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The Western Diet Regulates Hippocampal Microvascular Gene Expression: An
Integrated Genomic Analyses in Female Mice.
Authors Nuthikattu S, Milenkovic D, Rutledge J, Villablanca A
Submitted By Submitted Externally on 4/30/2020
Status Published
Journal Scientific reports
Year 2019
Date Published 12/1/2019
Volume : Pages 9 : 19058
PubMed Reference 31836762
Abstract Hyperlipidemia is a risk factor for dementia, and chronic consumption of a
Western Diet (WD) is associated with cognitive impairment. However, the
molecular mechanisms underlying the development of microvascular disease in the
memory centers of the brain are poorly understood. This pilot study investigated
the nutrigenomic pathways by which the WD regulates gene expression in
hippocampal brain microvessels of female mice. Five-week-old female low-density
lipoprotein receptor deficient (LDL-R-/-) and C57BL/6J wild type (WT) mice were
fed a chow or WD for 8 weeks. Metabolics for lipids, glucose and insulin were
determined. Differential gene expression, gene networks and pathways,
transcription factors, and non-protein coding RNAs were evaluated by genome-wide
microarray and bioinformatics analysis of laser captured hippocampal
microvessels. The WD resulted in differential expression of 2,412 genes. The
majority of differential gene expression was attributable to differential
regulation of cell signaling proteins and their transcription factors,
approximately 7% was attributable to differential expression of miRNAs, and a
lesser proportion was due to other non-protein coding RNAs, primarily long
non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) not previously
described to be modified by the WD in females. Our findings revealed that
chronic consumption of the WD resulted in integrated multilevel molecular
regulation of the hippocampal microvasculature of female mice and may provide
one of the mechanisms underlying vascular dementia.




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