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Zhao YT, Zhang L, Yin H, Shen L, Zheng W, Zhang K, Zeng J, Hu C, Liu Y. Hydroxytyrosol alleviates oxidative stress and neuroinflammation and enhances hippocampal neurotrophic signaling to improve stress-induced depressive behaviors in mice. Food Funct 2021; 12:5478-5487. [PMID: 33998633 DOI: 10.1039/d1fo00210d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Hydroxytyrosol (HT), the main phenolic compound in olives and olive products, has antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, and other physiological functions. The effects of HT on depression are unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of HT on chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) induced depressive-like behaviors. Mice were exposed to CUMS for 9 weeks and then treated with HT beginning in the second week and continuing for 7 weeks. Behavioral, biochemical, and molecular tests were conducted at the end of the experiment. The sucrose preference was significantly decreased in the CUMS group versus the healthy control group. Also, immobility times in forced swimming and tail suspension tests were increased in CUMS-induced mice, but treatment with HT significantly reversed this change. HT ameliorated oxidative stress in CUMS-exposed mice by enhancing superoxide dismutase activity and reducing reactive oxygen species and malondialdehyde levels in the hippocampus. HT administration significantly suppressed microglia activation and inhibited the expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 1 beta in the hippocampus versus the untreated group. The expression level of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and the number of GFAP-immunoreactive astrocytes in the hippocampus were significantly augmented by HT. Furthermore, HT treatment increased the expression of hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), phosphorylated tropomyosin receptor kinase B (p-TrkB), and phosphorylated c-AMP response element binding protein (p-CREB) compared with the untreated CUMS group. Overall, HT improved CUMS-induced depressive-like behaviors in mice by alleviating oxidative stress and neuroinflammation and by enhancing the BDNF/TrkB/CREB signaling pathway.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yun-Tao Zhao
- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, P.R. China. and Shenzhen Research Institute, Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518108, P.R. China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, P.R. China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, P.R. China.
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- College of Agriculture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, P.R. China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, P.R. China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, P.R. China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, P.R. China.
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- Department of Biology, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, 524023, P.R. China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, P.R. China.
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Functional Neurochemistry of the Ventral and Dorsal Hippocampus: Stress, Depression, Dementia and Remote Hippocampal Damage. Neurochem Res 2018; 44:1306-1322. [PMID: 30357653 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-018-2662-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Revised: 09/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The hippocampus is not a homogeneous brain area, and the complex organization of this structure underlies its relevance and functional pleiotropism. The new data related to the involvement of the ventral hippocampus in the cognitive function, behavior, stress response and its association with brain pathology, in particular, depression, are analyzed with a focus on neuroplasticity, specializations of the intrinsic neuronal network, corticosteroid signaling through mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors and neuroinflammation in the hippocampus. The data on the septo-temporal hippicampal gradient are analyzed with particular emphasis on the ventral hippocampus, a region where most important alteration underlying depressive disorders occur. According to the recent data, the existing simple paradigm "learning (dorsal hippocampus) versus emotions (ventral hippocampus)" should be substantially revised and specified. A new hypothesis is suggested on the principal involvement of stress response mechanisms (including interaction of released glucocorticoids with hippocampal receptors and subsequent inflammatory events) in the remote hippocampal damage underlying delayed dementia and depression induced by focal brain damage (e.g. post-stroke and post-traumatic). The translational validity of this hypothesis comprising new approaches in preventing post-stroke and post-trauma depression and dementia can be confirmed in experimental and clinical studies.
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