Mitochondrial metabolism and neuroinflammation in the cerebral cortex and cortical synapses of rats : effect of milk intake through DNA methylation

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Brain plasticity and cognitive functions are tightly influenced by foods or nutrients, which determine a metabolic modulation having a long-term effect on health, involving also epigenetic mechanisms. Breast milk or formula based on cow milk is the first food for human beings, who, throughout their lives, are then exposed to different types of milk. We previously demonstrated that rats fed with milk derived from distinct species, with different compositions and nutritional properties, display selective modulation of systemic metabolic and inflammatory profiles through changes of mitochondrial functions and redox state in liver, skeletal and cardiac muscle. Here, in a rat model, we demonstrated that isoenergetic supplementation of milk from cow (CM), donkey (DM) or human (HM) impacts mitochondrial functions and redox state in the brain cortex and cortical synapses, affecting neuroinflammation and synaptic plasticity. Interestingly, we found that the administration of different milk modulates DNA methylation in rat brain cortex and consequently affects gene expression. Our results emphasize the importance of nutrition in brain and synapse physiology, and highlight the key role played in this context by mitochondria, nutrient-sensitive organelles able to orchestrate metabolic and inflammatory responses.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:128

Enthalten in:

The Journal of nutritional biochemistry - 128(2024) vom: 20. Apr., Seite 109624

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Trinchese, Giovanna [VerfasserIn]
Feola, Antonia [VerfasserIn]
Cavaliere, Gina [VerfasserIn]
Cimmino, Fabiano [VerfasserIn]
Catapano, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Penna, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Scala, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Greco, Luigi [VerfasserIn]
Bernardo, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Porcellini, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Crispino, Marianna [VerfasserIn]
Pezone, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Mollica, Maria Pina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DNA methylation
Gene expression
Journal Article
Milk
Mitochondria dysfunction
Neuroinflammation
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Synapse

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Date Completed 27.04.2024

Date Revised 27.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jnutbio.2024.109624

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NLM370084292