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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Methionine Diet Evoked Hyperhomocysteinemia Causes Hippocampal Alterations, Metabolomics Plasma Changes and Behavioral Pattern in Wild Type Rats.

Maria Kovalska, Eva Baranovicova, Dagmar Kalenska, Anna Tomascova, Marian Adamkov, Libusa Kovalska, Jan Lehotsky

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria KovalskaDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-6802-5309
Eva BaranovicovaDepartment of Neuroscience, Biomedical Center Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Dagmar KalenskaDepartment of Anatomy, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Anna TomascovaDepartment of Neuroscience, Biomedical Center Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Marian AdamkovDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Libusa KovalskaClinic of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Jan LehotskyDepartment of Neuroscience, Biomedical Center Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Comenius University Bratislava · SK

Funding

Agentúra na Podporu Výskumu a Vývoja 15/107Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV 230/20
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

L-methionine, an essential amino acid, plays a critical role in cell physiology. High intake and/or dysregulation in methionine (Met) metabolism results in accumulation of its intermediate(s) or breakdown products in plasma, including homocysteine (Hcy). High level of Hcy in plasma, hyperhomocysteinemia (hHcy), is considered to be an independent risk factor for cerebrovascular diseases, stroke and dementias. To evoke a mild hHcy in adult male Wistar rats we used an enriched Met diet at a dose of 2 g/kg of animal weight/day in duration of 4 weeks. The study contributes to the exploration of the impact of Met enriched diet inducing mild hHcy on nervous tissue by detecting the histo-morphological, metabolomic and behavioural alterations. We found an altered plasma metabolomic profile, modified spatial and learning memory acquisition as well as remarkable histo-morphological changes such as a decrease in neurons' vitality, alterations in the morphology of neurons in the selective vulnerable hippocampal CA 1 area of animals treated with Met enriched diet. Results of these approaches suggest that the mild hHcy alters plasma metabolome and behavioural and histo-morphological patterns in rats, likely due to the potential Met induced changes in "methylation index" of hippocampal brain area, which eventually aggravates the noxious effect of high methionine intake.

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Behavior, AnimalMetabolomicsAnimalsHippocampusHomocysteineHyperhomocysteinemiaIn Situ Nick-End LabelingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMethionineRatsRats, WistarStaining and LabelingHomocysteineMethioninehyperhomocysteinemiamethionine dietmorris water mazeneurodegenerationwild-type rats

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PMID34066973
PMCPMC8124831
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