PPARα is involved in high-fat diet-induced risk avoidance impairment via the regulation of hippocampal BDNF

Risk avoidance behaviors are essential for survival. "Uncontrollable" risk-taking behaviors in animals or humans may have severe adverse consequences. In humans, a large proportion of psychiatric disorders are accompanied by impairments in risk avoidance. Obesity is associated with psychiatric disorders. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) takes part in regulating lipid metabolism and neuronal function. Here, we investigated the effect of high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity on risk avoidance and the role of PPARα in this behavior. Male PPARα-null (KO) mice and wild-type (WT) mice were assigned to four different groups: WT-CON and KO-CON (normal diet); WT-HFD and KO-HFD (high fat diet). The HFD began at week 6 and was continued until sampling. A series of behavioral tests were performed at week 11. We found that WT but not KO mice fed with a HFD exhibited weight gain and risk avoidance impairment, compared with the mice fed with a normal diet. The staining of c-Fos revealed that the hippocampus was the main brain region involved in risk avoidance behavior. Moreover, biochemical analysis suggested that the decreased levels of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus might contribute to risk avoidance impairment induced by a HFD. These results indicated that PPARα is involved in HFD-induced risk avoidance impairment via the regulation of hippocampal BDNF.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Food & function - 14(2023), 14 vom: 17. Juli, Seite 6541-6553

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Xin-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Jia [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Xiao-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Lu-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xiao-Fan [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Lin-Bo [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Yi-Bei [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Ying-Ke [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Fei-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Le [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Li-Min [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ai-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiao-Qin [VerfasserIn]

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Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Journal Article
PPAR alpha

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Date Completed 19.07.2023

Date Revised 19.07.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1039/d3fo01636f

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358830133