ArticleJournal of translational medicine2023
Matrine alleviates depressive-like behaviors via modulating microbiota-gut-brain axis in CUMS-induced mice.
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- Exploring the molecular mechanisms by which exercise improves cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease based on the brain-gut microbiota axis: bibliometrics and visualization analysis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Natural antidepressants in neuroimmunomodulation: molecular mechanisms, action targets, and therapeutic potential.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
- A Synergistic Hydrogel-Microalgae Platform for Dual-Targeting of Intestinal and Neuroimmune Dysfunction in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Lanzhou Lily (Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Electroacupuncture prevents CUMS induced depressive-like behaviors by inhibiting microglia-mediated synaptic pruning induced by gut dysbiosis.Chinese medicine · 2026Article
- Bergamot Essential Oil Beverage: Preparation, Formulation Optimization, and Preliminary Evaluation of Antidepressant-like Effects in Mice Induced by Chronic Corticosterone Treatment.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- New Advances in the Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Gut Microbiota in Regulating Glycolipid Metabolism to Combat Atherosclerosis.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2026Review
- A dual pathway intervention of tES and FMT enhances emotion regulation in stressed military personnel.Discover mental health · 2026Review
- The microbiota-gut-brain axis in postpartum depression: a review of microbial mechanisms and therapeutic potential.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- The prairie vole gut-brain-microbiota-axis: a narrative review.Gut microbiome (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- The gut-brain axis in Alzheimer's disease: traditional Chinese medicine constituents as modulators of gut-brain homeostasis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- The oral-gut-brain axis: how periodontitis influence depression.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Ameliorates Depression via the Gut-Brain Axis: A Review Focus on NLRP3/TLR4-Mediated Inflammatory Pathways and Gut Microbiota Modulation.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Review
- Microbiota-gut-brain axis and anxiety or depression: A perspective from bibliometric and visual analysis.Medicine · 2025Article
- Recent developments in matrine as a versatile molecular scaffold in small molecule drug discovery.Future medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- The Behavioral and Neuroinflammatory Impact of Ketamine in a Murine Model of Depression and Liver Damage.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Interaction between depressive state and high-fat diet and its impact on behavioral and body weight changes in male mice.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exercise-induced Activation of SIRT1/BDNF/mTORC1 Signaling Pathway: A Novel Mechanism to Reduce Neuroinflammation and Improve Post-stroke Depression.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2025Article
- Electroacupuncture Alleviates Neuropathic Pain and Negative Emotion in Mice by Regulating Gut Microbiota.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe realization of the "microbiota-gut-brain" axis plays a critical role in neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly depression, is advancing rapidly. Matrine is a natural bioactive compound, which has been found to possess potential antidepressant effect. However, the underlying mechanisms of regulation of the "microbiota-gut-brain" axis in the treatment of depression by oral matrine remain elusive.
methodsIts antidepressant effects were initially evaluated by behavioral tests and relative levels of monoamine neurotransmitters, and matrine has been observed to attenuate the depression-like behavior and increase neurotransmitter content in CUMS-induced mice. Subsequently, studies from the "gut" to "brain" were conducted, including detection of the composition of gut microbiota by 16S rRNA sequencing; the metabolomics detection of gut metabolites and the analysis of differential metabolic pathways; the assessment of relative levels of diamine oxidase, lipopolysaccharide, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) by ELISA kits or immunofluorescence.
resultsMatrine could regulate the disturbance of gut microbiota and metabolites, restore intestinal permeability, and reduce intestinal inflammation, thereby reducing the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in peripheral blood circulation and brain regions, and ultimately increase the levels of BDNF in brain.
conclusionMatrine may ameliorate CUMS-induced depression in mice by modulating the "microbiota-gut-brain" axis.
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