Young age is often characterized by high consumption of processed foods and fruit juices rich in fructose, which, besides inducing a tendency to become overweight, can promote alterations in brain function. The aim of this study was therefore to (a) clarify brain effects resulting from fructose consumption in juvenile age, a critical phase for brain development, and (b) verify whether these alterations can be rescued after removing fructose from the diet. Young rats were fed a fructose-rich or control diet for 3 weeks. Fructose-fed rats were then fed a control diet for a further 3 weeks. We evaluated mitochondrial bioenergetics by high-resolution respirometry in the hippocampus, a brain area that is critically involved in learning and memory. Glucose transporter-5, fructose and uric acid levels, oxidative status, and inflammatory and synaptic markers were investigated by Western blotting and spectrophotometric or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. A short-term fructose-rich diet induced mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress, associated with an increased concentration of inflammatory markers and decreased Neurofilament-M and post-synaptic density protein 95. These alterations, except for increases in haptoglobin and nitrotyrosine, were recovered by returning to a control diet. Overall, our results point to the dangerous effects of excessive consumption of fructose in young age but also highlight the effect of partial recovery by switching back to a control diet.

Fructose removal from the diet reverses inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative stress in hippocampus / Mazzoli, A.; Spagnuolo, M. S.; Nazzaro, M.; Gatto, C.; Iossa, S.; Cigliano, L.. - In: ANTIOXIDANTS. - ISSN 2076-3921. - 10:3(2021), pp. 1-17. [10.3390/antiox10030487]

Fructose removal from the diet reverses inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative stress in hippocampus

Mazzoli A.
Primo
;
Spagnuolo M. S.;Nazzaro M.;Gatto C.;Iossa S.
Penultimo
;
Cigliano L.
Ultimo
2021

Abstract

Young age is often characterized by high consumption of processed foods and fruit juices rich in fructose, which, besides inducing a tendency to become overweight, can promote alterations in brain function. The aim of this study was therefore to (a) clarify brain effects resulting from fructose consumption in juvenile age, a critical phase for brain development, and (b) verify whether these alterations can be rescued after removing fructose from the diet. Young rats were fed a fructose-rich or control diet for 3 weeks. Fructose-fed rats were then fed a control diet for a further 3 weeks. We evaluated mitochondrial bioenergetics by high-resolution respirometry in the hippocampus, a brain area that is critically involved in learning and memory. Glucose transporter-5, fructose and uric acid levels, oxidative status, and inflammatory and synaptic markers were investigated by Western blotting and spectrophotometric or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. A short-term fructose-rich diet induced mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress, associated with an increased concentration of inflammatory markers and decreased Neurofilament-M and post-synaptic density protein 95. These alterations, except for increases in haptoglobin and nitrotyrosine, were recovered by returning to a control diet. Overall, our results point to the dangerous effects of excessive consumption of fructose in young age but also highlight the effect of partial recovery by switching back to a control diet.
2021
Fructose removal from the diet reverses inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative stress in hippocampus / Mazzoli, A.; Spagnuolo, M. S.; Nazzaro, M.; Gatto, C.; Iossa, S.; Cigliano, L.. - In: ANTIOXIDANTS. - ISSN 2076-3921. - 10:3(2021), pp. 1-17. [10.3390/antiox10030487]
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