A Long-term High-fat Diet Influences Brain Damage and is Linked to the Activation of HIF-1α/AMPK/mTOR/p70S6K Signalling

Overview

Journal Front Neurosci

Date 2022 Oct 3

PMID 36188454

Authors

Fei Chen

Wen-Min Yi

Sheng-Yuan Wang

Ming-Hao Yuan

Jie Wen

Hong-Yan Li

Qian Zou

Shu Liu

Zhi-You Cai

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Abstract

High-fat diets (HFDs) are related to the incidence of obesity and diabetes, but the effect of high-fat diet-induced brain damage remains to be clarified. In our study, we found that 24 weeks of a HFD effectively induced obesity and a change in fur color in mice. In addition, the mice also exhibited deficits in learning and memory. We further found that autophagic flux was impaired in mice after HFD feeding. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) expression was significantly increased in HFD-fed mice, and HFD feeding inhibited adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) phosphorylation and induced mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) phosphorylation and p70S6K expression. Treatment of HFD-induced BV2 cell model with palmitic acid (PA) was used to further verify a similar result. We concluded that improving tissue hypoxia or enhancing autophagy through the AMPK/mTOR/p70S6K pathway may be a relevant strategy for improving obesity- and ageing-related disorders.

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