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- Title
Embryonic Exposure to Tryptophan Yields Bullying Victimization via Reprogramming the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in a Chicken Model.
- Authors
Huang, Xiaohong; Hu, Jiaying; Peng, Haining; Cheng, Heng-wei
- Abstract
Maternal metabolic disorder during early pregnancy may give rise to emotional and behavioral disorders in the child, vulnerable to bullying. Placental tryptophan fluctuation consequently disrupts offspring gut microbiome and brain neurogenesis with long-lasting physiological and social behavioral impacts. The aim of this study was to examine the hypothesis that the excess gestational tryptophan may affect children's mental and physical development via modifying the microbiota-gut-brain axis, which lays the foundation of their mental status. Chicken embryo was employed due to its robust microbiota and independence of maternal influences during embryogenesis. The results indicated that embryonic tryptophan exposure reduced body weight and aggressiveness in the male offspring before and during adolescence. Additionally, the relative gut length and crypt depth were increased, while the villus/crypt ratio was decreased in tryptophan treated roosters, which was corresponding to the changes in the cecal microbiota composition. Furthermore, the catecholamine concentrations were increased in tryptophan group, which may be associated with the alterations in the gut microbiome and the gut-brain axis's function. These changes may underlie the sociometric status of bullying; clarify how gestational tryptophan fluctuation compromises bullying and provide a strategy to prevent bullying by controlling dietary tryptophan and medication therapy during pregnancy.
- Subjects
BRAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL system; ANIMAL behavior; BIOLOGICAL models; EMBRYOS; POULTRY; BODY weight; ANIMAL experimentation; CATECHOLAMINES; CHILD development; TRYPTOPHAN; HUMAN microbiota; AGGRESSION (Psychology); BULLYING; CECUM
- Publication
Nutrients, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 3, p661
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu14030661