Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Effect of gut microbiota on depressive-like behaviors in mice is mediated by the endocannabinoid system. |
| Authors: |
Chevalier, Grégoire, Siopi, Eleni, Guenin-Macé, Laure, Pascal, Maud, Laval, Thomas, Rifflet, Aline, Boneca, Ivo Gomperts, Demangel, Caroline, Colsch, Benoit, Pruvost, Alain, Chu-Van, Emeline, Messager, Aurélie, Leulier, François, Lepousez, Gabriel, Eberl, Gérard, Lledo, Pierre-Marie |
| Source: |
Nature Communications; 12/11/2020, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p |
| Subject Terms: |
FECAL microbiota transplantation, BEHAVIOR, MICE, AFFECTIVE disorders, LONG-term synaptic depression |
| Abstract: |
Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Recent observations have revealed an association between mood disorders and alterations of the intestinal microbiota. Here, using unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) as a mouse model of depression, we show that UCMS mice display phenotypic alterations, which could be transferred from UCMS donors to naïve recipient mice by fecal microbiota transplantation. The cellular and behavioral alterations observed in recipient mice were accompanied by a decrease in the endocannabinoid (eCB) signaling due to lower peripheral levels of fatty acid precursors of eCB ligands. The adverse effects of UCMS-transferred microbiota were alleviated by selectively enhancing the central eCB or by complementation with a strain of the Lactobacilli genus. Our findings provide a mechanistic scenario for how chronic stress, diet and gut microbiota generate a pathological feed-forward loop that contributes to despair behavior via the central eCB system. The gut microbiota may contribute to depression, but the underlying mechanism is not well understood. Here the authors use a mouse model of stress induced depression to demonstrate that behavioural changes conferred by fecal transplant from stressed to naïve mice require the endocannabinoid system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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