Journal
PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 7, Pages 2964-2981Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.7490
Keywords
berberine; hydrogen sulfide; microbiota; microglia; vagus nerve
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81573635, 81873027]
- Qing-Lan Project of Jiangsu Province
- Open Project Program of Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Pharmacology and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Materia Medica [JKLPSE201820]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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This study explored the mechanism by which berberine improves neuroinflammation in cerebral ischemia by modulating microglia polarization. The results showed that berberine can enhance vagus nerve activity and stimulate the production of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) through the activation of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) receptor. Sphingolipid metabolism may mediate the improvement of neuroinflammation following vagus afferent fiber activation.
Amelioration of neuroinflammation via modulating microglia is a promising approach for cerebral ischemia therapy. The aim of the present study was to explore gut-brain axis signals in berberine-modulating microglia polarization following cerebral ischemia. The potential pathway was determined through analyzing the activation of the vagus nerve, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) metabolism, and cysteine persulfides of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) receptor. The cerebral microenvironment feature was explored with a metabolomics assay. The data indicated that berberine ameliorated behavioral deficiency in transient middle cerebral artery occlusion rats through modulating microglia polarization and neuroinflammation depending on microbiota. Enhanced vagus nerve activity following berberine treatment was blocked by antibiotic cocktails, capsazepine, or sodium molybdate, respectively. Berberine-induced H2S production was responsible for vagus nerve stimulation achieved through assimilatory and dissimilatory sulfate reduction with increased synthetic enzymes. Sulfation of the TRPV1 receptor resulted in vagus nerve activation and promoted the c-fos and ChAT in the nucleus tractus solitaries with berberine. Sphingolipid metabolism is the primary metabolic characteristic with berberine in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and cerebral spinal fluid disrupted by antibiotics. Berberine, in conclusion, modulates microglia polarization in a microbiota-dependent manner. H2S stimulates the vagus nerve through TRPV1 is responsible for the berberine-induced gut-brain axis signal transmission. Sphingolipid metabolism might mediate the neuroinflammation amelioration following vagus afferent fiber activation.
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