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ArticleMolecular neurobiology2025

Impact of Sex, Gonadectomy, and Repeated Restraint Stress on Gut Microbiome in Mice.

Chahrazed Mekadim, Jakub Mrázek, Martin Vodička, Peter Ergang, Kateřina Olša Fliegerová, Tiziana Maria Mahayri, Kallayanee Chawengsaksophak, Jiří Pácha

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Article in Molecular neurobiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Chahrazed MekadimLaboratory of Anaerobic Microbiology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, V.V.I., Prague, Czech Republic. mekadim@iapg.cas.cz.
Jakub MrázekLaboratory of Anaerobic Microbiology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, V.V.I., Prague, Czech Republic.
Martin VodičkaLaboratory of Epithelial Physiology, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, V.V.I., Prague, Czech Republic.
Peter ErgangLaboratory of Epithelial Physiology, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, V.V.I., Prague, Czech Republic.
Kateřina Olša FliegerováLaboratory of Anaerobic Microbiology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, V.V.I., Prague, Czech Republic.
Tiziana Maria MahayriLaboratory of Anaerobic Microbiology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, V.V.I., Prague, Czech Republic.
Kallayanee ChawengsaksophakLaboratory of Cell Differentiation, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, V.V.I., Prague, Czech Republic.
Jiří PáchaLaboratory of Epithelial Physiology, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, V.V.I., Prague, Czech Republic.

Funding

Czech Academy of Science PPLZ Project: L200112201Czech Science Foundation Grant 21-10845S
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, the bidirectional connection between the gastrointestinal microbiota and the brain has gained interest in many research studies. Findings have highlighted the potential role of stress and sex hormones in modulating the gut microbiome. To our knowledge, no study has investigated the effect of sex hormone perturbations on the gut microbiota in response to stress. To understand how stress may alter the gut microbiota differently depending on sex, gonadectomized and sham-operated male and female mice were subjected to 2 h of daily restraint stress for seven consecutive days. Body weight and plasma level of corticosterone were evaluated. Bacterial diversity and composition of colon and cecum were analyzed by sequencing of 16S rRNA gene. The bacterial communities were strongly altered by stress in the colon than in the cecum. A profound dysregulation of several metabolic and functional pathways was observed in sham mice. Alterations in the gut microbiome diversity and its functional pathways due to stress were more pronounced in males than in females. The present results provide potential sex-specific biomarkers and novel metabolic signatures in the gut microbiota related to stress disorders which may be used as potential targets in diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in neurogastroenterological diseases.

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CastrationGastrointestinal MicrobiomeRestraint, PhysicalSex CharacteristicsStress, PsychologicalAnimalsCecumColonCorticosteroneFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRNA, Ribosomal, 16SCorticosteroneRNA, Ribosomal, 16SGonadectomyGut–brain axisGut microbiotaNeurogastroenterologySex differenceStress

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PMCPMC12627175

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