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Article

Gut Microbiota and Brain Alterations after Refeeding in a Translational Anorexia Nervosa Rat Model

by
Stefanie Trinh
1,
Vanessa Kogel
1,
Lilly Kneisel
1,
Elena Müller-Limberger
1,
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann
2,
Cordian Beyer
1,* and
Jochen Seitz
2
1
Institute of Neuroanatomy, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074 Aachen, Germany
2
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University, Neuenhofer Weg 21, 52074 Aachen, Germany
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(11), 9496; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119496
Submission received: 29 April 2023 / Revised: 23 May 2023 / Accepted: 27 May 2023 / Published: 30 May 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modulation of Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in the Disorders of Brain and Mind)
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Abstract

The gut microbiota composition is causally involved in the regulation of body weight. Through the gut–brain axis, microbiota play a role in psychiatric disorders including anorexia nervosa (AN). Previously, we showed microbiome changes to be associated with brain volume and astrocyte reductions after chronic starvation in an AN animal model. Here, we analyzed whether these alterations are reversible after refeeding. The activity-based anorexia (ABA) model is a well-established animal model that mimics several symptoms of AN. Fecal samples and the brain were analyzed. Like previous results, significant alterations in the microbiome were observed after starvation. After refeeding, including the normalization of food intake and body weight, α- and β-diversity, as well as the relative abundance of specific genera, were largely normalized in starved rats. Brain parameters appeared to normalize alongside microbial restitution with some aberrations in the white matter. We confirmed our previous findings of microbial dysbiosis during starvation and showed a high degree of reversibility. Thus, microbiome alterations in the ABA model appear to be mostly starvation-related. These findings support the usefulness of the ABA model in investigating starvation-induced effects on the microbiota–gut–brain axis to help comprehend the pathomechanisms of AN and potentially develop microbiome-targeted treatments for patients.
Keywords: activity-based anorexia; anorexia nervosa; astrocyte; microbiome; microbiota–gut–brain axis activity-based anorexia; anorexia nervosa; astrocyte; microbiome; microbiota–gut–brain axis

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Trinh, S.; Kogel, V.; Kneisel, L.; Müller-Limberger, E.; Herpertz-Dahlmann, B.; Beyer, C.; Seitz, J. Gut Microbiota and Brain Alterations after Refeeding in a Translational Anorexia Nervosa Rat Model. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 9496. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119496

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Trinh S, Kogel V, Kneisel L, Müller-Limberger E, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, Beyer C, Seitz J. Gut Microbiota and Brain Alterations after Refeeding in a Translational Anorexia Nervosa Rat Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(11):9496. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119496

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Trinh, Stefanie, Vanessa Kogel, Lilly Kneisel, Elena Müller-Limberger, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Cordian Beyer, and Jochen Seitz. 2023. "Gut Microbiota and Brain Alterations after Refeeding in a Translational Anorexia Nervosa Rat Model" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 11: 9496. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119496

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Trinh, S., Kogel, V., Kneisel, L., Müller-Limberger, E., Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Beyer, C., & Seitz, J. (2023). Gut Microbiota and Brain Alterations after Refeeding in a Translational Anorexia Nervosa Rat Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(11), 9496. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119496

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