Neuroprotective Effects and Amelioration of Ethyl
Esters form of Fish Oil Supplementation in Neuroinflammation in a
Mouse Model of Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination
WeiSun1,
Bingyi Liu1, Junrong Yang1, Min Wen1,
Guiqin Liu2, Shuo Wang3, Muhammad Arif Zafar4*,
Muhammad Aitzaz Anas5, Muhammad Arfan Zaman6,
Muhammad Akram Khan7 and Ning Zhang1,8*
1Institute
of Biopharmaceutical Research, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng,
Shandong 252000, China
2College
of Agriculture, Shandong Engineering Technology Research Center of
Efficient Breeding and Ecological Rearing of black Donkey, Liaocheng
University, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, China; 3School of
Pharmacy, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, China;
4Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary
and Animal Sciences, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, 46300,
Rawalpindi, Pakistan; 5Independent Medical College,
Faisalabad, Pakistan;
6Department
of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang,
Sub-campus University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore,
Pakistan;
7Department
of Veterinary Pathology,Faculty of Veterinary and Animal
Sciences, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, 46300, Rawalpindi,
Pakistan; 8State Key Laboratory of Food Science and
Technology, Jiangnan University, China
*Corresponding author:Ning Zhang:
zhangning1111@126.com;
Muhammad Arif Zafar:
dr.mazafar@uaar.edu.pk
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that has
inflammatory effects on the brain and spinal cord. Myelin sheath degradation is
the prominent outcome of MS. This study is aimed to investigate protective effects of dietary fish oil in the form of ethyl
esters (EE-FO) on demyelination in mice induced by cuprizone (CPZ). We found
that
EE-FO supplementation ameliorated CPZ-induced demyelination and improved
learning and memory impairments of mice. It was observed that demyelination was
alleviated in EE-FO-treated mice which was measured through luxol fast blue
(LFB) staining and expression analyses of myelin basic protein (MBP).
Additionally, it was also observed that activation of microglia in the corpus
callosum was reduced in EE-FO treated mice. Furthermore, we demonstrated that
EE-FO treatmentdown-regulated the expression of M1-markers, pro-inflammatory cytokine
concentration i.e., TNF-α and IL-1β, and promoted M2-markers expression (CD206 and Arginase-1). Concomitantly, the EE-FO
treatment showed an increased expression of SIRT1 and AKT but suppressed the
expression of NF-κB p65 and NLRP3 inflammasomes in CPZ mice. Taken together,
these results suggest that EE-FOsupplementation exerts neuroprotective effects on
demyelination in mice induced by CPZ by modulating the SIRT1/p-AKT and
SIRT1/NF-κB/NLRP3 pathways.
To Cite This Article:
Sun W, Liu B, Yang J,
Wen M, Liu G, Wang S, Zafar MA, Anas MA, Zaman MA, Khan MA, and Zhang N, 2022.
Neuroprotective effects and amelioration of Ethyl esters form of fish oil
supplementation in neuroinflammation in a mouse model of cuprizone-induced
demyelination. Pak Vet J, 42(1): 25-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2022.015