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NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 118, Issue -, Pages 115-126Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2018.05.010
Keywords
Neuroinflammation; Lipopolysaccharide; Microglia; Resolution of neuroinflammation; Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [303157]
- Natural Health Science and Research Council of Canada [482597]
- Nestle Institute of Health Sciences
- Bunge Ltd
- Dairy Farmers of Canada
- Nestle Inc
- Sciex
- Arctic Nutrition
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Resolution of inflammation in the periphery was once thought to be a passive process, but new research now suggests it is an active process mediated by specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators (SPM) derived from omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA). However, this has yet to be illustrated in neuroinflammation. The purpose of this study was to measure resolution of neuroinflammation and to test whether increasing brain docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) affects the resolution of neuroinflammation. C57Bl/6 mice, fat-1 mice and their wildtype littermates, fed either fish oil or safflower oil, received lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the left lateral ventricle. Animals were then euthanized at various time points for immunohistochemistry, gene expression, and lipidomic analyses. Peak microglial activation was observed at 5 days post-surgery and the resolution index was 10 days. Of the approximately 350 genes significantly changed over the 28 days post LPS injection, 130 were uniquely changed at 3 days post injection. No changes were observed in the bioactive mediator pools. However, a few lysophospholipid species were decreased at 24hr post surgery. When brain DHA is increased, microglial cell density did not resolve faster and did not alter gene expression. In conclusion, resolution of neuroinflammation appears to be independent of SPM. Increasing brain DHA had no effect in this model.
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