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ArticleBrain, behavior, & immunity - health2025

The vagus nerve-dependent lung-brain axis mediates brain demyelination following acute lung injury.

Dan Xu, Mingming Zhao, Guilin Liu, Tingting Zhu, Yi Cai, Rumi Murayama, Yong Yue, Kenji Hashimoto

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Dan XuChiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Mingming ZhaoChiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Guilin LiuChiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Tingting ZhuChiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Yi CaiChiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Rumi MurayamaChiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Yong YueChiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Kenji HashimotoChiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.

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Abstract

Patients with acute lung injury (ALI) often experience psychiatric and neurological symptoms; however, the precise underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Given that white matter loss (demyelination) contributes to these symptoms, we investigated whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALI leads to brain demyelination via a vagus nerve-dependent lung-brain axis. A single intratracheal injection of LPS caused severe lung injury and demyelination in the corpus callosum (CC) of mouse brains. Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy did not affect LPS-induced lung injury or demyelination in the CC. Interestingly, cervical vagotomy significantly attenuated LPS-induced hypo-locomotion, plasma interleukin-6 levels, and demyelination in the CC of ALI mice without influencing lung injury. These findings demonstrate that ALI can induce demyelination in the CC of the mouse brain via a cervical vagus nerve-dependent lung-brain axis, highlighting the critical role of this pathway in the psychiatric and neurological symptoms observed in ALI patients.

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Cervical vagus nerveDemyelinationLung-brain axisSubdiaphragmatic vagus nerve

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PMCPMC11871466

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