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Lai TT, Tsai YH, Liou CW, Fan CH, Hou YT, Yao TH, Chuang HL, Wu WL. The gut microbiota modulate locomotion via vagus-dependent glucagon-like peptide-1 signaling. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 2024; 10:2. [PMID: 38228675 DOI: 10.1038/s41522-024-00477-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Locomotor activity is an innate behavior that can be triggered by gut-motivated conditions, such as appetite and metabolic condition. Various nutrient-sensing receptors distributed in the vagal terminal in the gut are crucial for signal transduction from the gut to the brain. The levels of gut hormones are closely associated with the colonization status of the gut microbiota, suggesting a complicated interaction among gut bacteria, gut hormones, and the brain. However, the detailed mechanism underlying gut microbiota-mediated endocrine signaling in the modulation of locomotion is still unclear. Herein, we show that broad-spectrum antibiotic cocktail (ABX)-treated mice displayed hypolocomotion and elevated levels of the gut hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). Blockade of the GLP-1 receptor and subdiaphragmatic vagal transmission rescued the deficient locomotor phenotype in ABX-treated mice. Activation of the GLP-1 receptor and vagal projecting brain regions led to hypolocomotion. Finally, selective antibiotic treatment dramatically increased serum GLP-1 levels and decreased locomotion. Colonizing Lactobacillus reuteri and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron in microbiota-deficient mice suppressed GLP-1 levels and restored the hypolocomotor phenotype. Our findings identify a mechanism by which specific gut microbes mediate host motor behavior via the enteroendocrine and vagal-dependent neural pathways.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tzu-Ting Lai
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan
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- National Laboratory Animal Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei, 115202, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd., Tainan, 70101, Taiwan.
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Liou CW, Cheng SJ, Yao TH, Lai TT, Tsai YH, Chien CW, Kuo YL, Chou SH, Hsu CC, Wu WL. Microbial metabolites regulate social novelty via CaMKII neurons in the BNST. Brain Behav Immun 2023; 113:104-123. [PMID: 37393058 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Social novelty is a cognitive process that is essential for animals to interact strategically with conspecifics based on their prior experiences. The commensal microbiome in the gut modulates social behavior through various routes, including microbe-derived metabolite signaling. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), metabolites derived from bacterial fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract, have been previously shown to impact host behavior. Herein, we demonstrate that the delivery of SCFAs directly into the brain disrupts social novelty through distinct neuronal populations. We are the first to observe that infusion of SCFAs into the lateral ventricle disrupted social novelty in microbiome-depleted mice without affecting brain inflammatory responses. The deficit in social novelty can be recapitulated by activating calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII)-labeled neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST). Conversely, chemogenetic silencing of the CaMKII-labeled neurons and pharmacological inhibition of fatty acid oxidation in the BNST reversed the SCFAs-induced deficit in social novelty. Our findings suggest that microbial metabolites impact social novelty through a distinct neuron population in the BNST.
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- Chia-Wei Liou
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan 70101, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan 70101, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan 70101, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Leeuwenhoek Laboratories Co. Ltd, Taipei 10672, Taiwan
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- Biotools Co. Ltd, New Taipei City 22175, Taiwan
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- Biotools Co. Ltd, New Taipei City 22175, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan
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- Leeuwenhoek Laboratories Co. Ltd, Taipei 10672, Taiwan; Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan 70101, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Rd, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
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Wu WL, Adame MD, Liou CW, Barlow JT, Lai TT, Sharon G, Schretter CE, Needham BD, Wang MI, Tang W, Ousey J, Lin YY, Yao TH, Abdel-Haq R, Beadle K, Gradinaru V, Ismagilov RF, Mazmanian SK. Microbiota regulate social behaviour via stress response neurons in the brain. Nature 2021; 595:409-414. [PMID: 34194038 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03669-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Social interactions among animals mediate essential behaviours, including mating, nurturing, and defence1,2. The gut microbiota contribute to social activity in mice3,4, but the gut-brain connections that regulate this complex behaviour and its underlying neural basis are unclear5,6. Here we show that the microbiome modulates neuronal activity in specific brain regions of male mice to regulate canonical stress responses and social behaviours. Social deviation in germ-free and antibiotic-treated mice is associated with elevated levels of the stress hormone corticosterone, which is primarily produced by activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Adrenalectomy, antagonism of glucocorticoid receptors, or pharmacological inhibition of corticosterone synthesis effectively corrects social deficits following microbiome depletion. Genetic ablation of glucocorticoid receptors in specific brain regions or chemogenetic inactivation of neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus that produce corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) reverse social impairments in antibiotic-treated mice. Conversely, specific activation of CRH-expressing neurons in the paraventricular nucleus induces social deficits in mice with a normal microbiome. Via microbiome profiling and in vivo selection, we identify a bacterial species, Enterococcus faecalis, that promotes social activity and reduces corticosterone levels in mice following social stress. These studies suggest that specific gut bacteria can restrain the activation of the HPA axis, and show that the microbiome can affect social behaviours through discrete neuronal circuits that mediate stress responses in the brain.
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- Wei-Li Wu
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. .,Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. .,Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.,Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been closely associated with the undifferentiated form of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), which is particularly common in the high risk area in southeast China. We have examined 37 nasopharyngeal biopsies from patients within this high risk area, including 31 cases of undifferentiated NPC and 6 cases of patients with nasopharyngitis, for the presence of EBV DNA. We found that 26 of 31 biopsies from NPC patients were EBV DNA positive; 3 of the 6 biopsies from patients diagnosed with nasopharyngitis were also EBV DNA positive. Southern blot analysis of the DNAs obtained from the EBV genome positive biopsies, digested with EcoRI, showed that all preparations from the NPC tumors had only one band corresponding to the EcoRI A fragment when a BamHI W fragment was used as a probe. However, one tumor had an additional band with a molecular weight larger than EcoRI A. The presence of this novel band could indicate the integration of viral DNA into host cellular DNA. DNA from the same biopsies were restricted with BamHI and PstI restriction enzymes. The data obtained from these experiments suggest that the EBV genomes in both the NPC tumor biopsies and biopsies from nasopharyngitis patients obtained from an endemic area in South China may be similar to each other and to the B95-8 EBV isolate with respect to the BamHI Y region of the EBV genome. The data also demonstrate that infection of normal nasopharyngeal epithelial cells with EBV takes place in patients with nasopharyngitis.
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- H Y Zhang
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus 43210
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