Alghamdi Mashael A, Al-Ayadhi Laila, Hassan Wail M, Bhat Ramesa Shafi, Alonazi Mona A, El-Ansary Afaf
Department of Chemistry, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), P.O. Box. 90950, Riyadh 11623, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Metabolites. 2022 Jun 18;12(6):562. doi: 10.3390/metabo12060562.
Neuropeptides play a major role in maintaining normal brain development in children. Dysfunction of some specific neuropeptides can lead to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in terms of social interaction and repetitive behavior, but the exact underlying etiological mechanisms are still not clear. In this study, we used an animal model of autism to investigate the role of bee pollen and probiotic in maintaining neuropeptide levels in the brain. We measured the Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH), Beta-endorphin (β-End), neurotensin (NT), and substance P (SP) in brain homogenates of six studied groups of rats. Group I served as control, given only PBS for 30 days; Group II as an autistic model treated with 250 mg PPA/kg BW/day for 3 days after being given PBS for 27 days. Groups III-VI were denoted as intervention groups. G-III was treated with bee pollen (BP) 250 mg/kg body weight/day; G-IV with (LB) (109 CFU/mL) suspended in PBS; G-V with 0.2 g/kg body weight/day Protexin, a mixture of probiotics (MPB); and G-VI was transplanted with stool from normal animals (FT) for 27 days prior to the induction of PPA neurotoxicity on the last 3 days of study (days 28-30). The obtained data were analyzed through the use of principal component analysis (PCA), discriminant analysis (DA), hierarchical clustering, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves as excellent statistical tools in the field of biomarkers. The obtained data revealed that brain levels of the four measured neuropeptides were significantly reduced in PPA-treated animals compared to healthy control animals. Moreover, the findings demonstrate the ameliorative effects of bee pollen as a prebiotic and of the pure or mixed probiotics. This study proves the protective effects of pre and probiotics against the neurotoxic effects of PPA presented as impaired levels of α-MSH, β-End, NT, and SP.
神经肽在维持儿童正常大脑发育中起主要作用。某些特定神经肽功能失调会在社交互动和重复行为方面导致自闭症谱系障碍(ASD),但其确切的潜在病因机制仍不清楚。在本研究中,我们使用自闭症动物模型来研究蜂花粉和益生菌在维持大脑神经肽水平中的作用。我们测量了六组受试大鼠脑匀浆中的α-黑素细胞刺激素(α-MSH)、β-内啡肽(β-End)、神经降压素(NT)和P物质(SP)。第一组作为对照组,仅给予PBS 30天;第二组作为自闭症模型,在给予PBS 27天后,用250 mg PPA/kg体重/天处理3天。第三至六组为干预组。第三组用250 mg/kg体重/天的蜂花粉(BP)处理;第四组用悬浮于PBS中的罗伊氏乳杆菌(LB)(109 CFU/mL)处理;第五组用0.2 g/kg体重/天的宝乐维,一种益生菌混合物(MPB)处理;第六组在研究的最后3天(第28 - 30天)诱导PPA神经毒性之前27天移植正常动物的粪便(FT)。通过使用主成分分析(PCA)、判别分析(DA)、层次聚类和受试者工作特征(ROC)曲线作为生物标志物领域优秀的统计工具对所得数据进行分析。所得数据显示,与健康对照动物相比,PPA处理的动物中四种被测神经肽的脑水平显著降低。此外,研究结果证明了蜂花粉作为益生元以及纯益生菌或混合益生菌的改善作用。本研究证明了益生元和益生菌对PPA神经毒性的保护作用,其表现为α-MSH、β-End、NT和SP水平受损。