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- Title
The Effects of Rice Bran on Neuroinflammation and Gut Microbiota in Ovariectomized Mice Fed a Drink with Fructose.
- Authors
Chao, Yu-Wen; Tung, Yu-Tang; Yang, Suh-Ching; Shirakawa, Hitoshi; Su, Li-Han; Loe, Pei-Yu; Chiu, Wan-Chun
- Abstract
Rice bran, which is abundant in dietary fiber and phytochemicals, provides multiple health benefits. Nonetheless, its effects on neuroinflammation and gut microbiota in postmenopausal conditions are still not well understood. This study investigated the effects of rice bran and/or tea seed oil supplementation in d-galactose-injected ovariectomized (OVX) old mice fed a fructose drink. The combination of d-galactose injection, ovariectomy, and fructose drink administration creates a comprehensive model that simulates aging in females under multiple metabolic stressors, including oxidative stress, estrogen deficiency, and high-sugar diets, and allows the study of their combined impact on metabolic disorders and related diseases. Eight-week-old and 6–8-month-old female C57BL/6 mice were used. The mice were divided into six groups: a sham + young mice, a sham + old mice, an OVX + soybean oil, an OVX + soybean oil with rice bran, an OVX + tea seed oil (TO), and an OVX + TO with rice bran diet group. The OVX groups were subcutaneously injected with d-galactose (100 mg/kg/day) and received a 15% (v/v) fructose drink. The rice bran and tea seed oil supplementation formed 10% of the diet (w/w). The results showed that the rice bran with TO diet increased the number of short-chain fatty acid (SCFA)-producing Clostridia and reduced the number of endotoxin-producing Tannerellaceae, which mitigated imbalances in the gut–liver–brain axis. Rice bran supplementation reduced the relative weight of the liver, levels of hepatic triglycerides and total cholesterol; aspartate transaminase and alanine aminotransferase activity; brain levels of proinflammatory cytokines, including interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α; and plasma 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine. This study concludes that rice bran inhibits hepatic fat accumulation, which mitigates peripheral metaflammation and oxidative damage and reduces neuroinflammation in the brain.
- Subjects
SOY oil; ALANINE; SHORT-chain fatty acids; RESEARCH funding; GUT microbiome; BRAIN; NEUROINFLAMMATION; TEA tree oil; TREATMENT effectiveness; OXIDATIVE stress; ESTROGEN; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CLOSTRIDIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL system; INJECTIONS; SEEDS; MICE; FRUCTOSE; ANIMAL experimentation; AGING; CHOLESTEROL; BLOOD plasma; RICE oil; LIVER; TRIGLYCERIDES; CYTOKINES; OVARIECTOMY; DIETARY supplements; ENDOTOXINS; INTERLEUKINS; TUMOR necrosis factors
- Publication
Nutrients, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 17, p2980
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu16172980