Hydrolyzed Salmon Milt Extract Enhances Object Recognition and Location Memory Through an Increase in Hippocampal Cytidine Nucleoside Levels in Normal Mice
Hydrolyzed Salmon Milt Extract Enhances Object Recognition and Location Memory Through an Increase in Hippocampal Cytidine Nucleoside Levels in Normal Mice
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DOI:
10.1089/jmf.2018.4285
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发表时间:
2019-04-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Kato, Yukio
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作者:
Nakamichi, Noritaka;Nakao, Shunsuke;Kato, Yukio
Salmon milt extract contains high levels of nucleic acids and has antioxidant potential. Although salmon milt extract is known to improve impaired brain function in animal models with brain disease, its effects on learning and memory ability in healthy subjects is unknown. The purpose of the present study was to clarify the effect of hydrolyzed salmon milt extract (HSME) on object recognition and object location memory under normal conditions. A diet containing 2.5% HSME induced normal mice to devote more time to exploring novel and moved objects than in exploring familiar and unmoved objects, as observed during novel object recognition and spatial recognition tests, respectively. A diet containing 2.5% nucleic acid fraction purified from HSME also induced similar effects, as measured by the same behavioral tests. This suggests that the nucleic acids may be a functional component contributing to the effects of HSME on brain function. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that gene expression of the markers for brain parenchymal cells, including neural stem cells, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia, in the hippocampi of mice on an HSME diet was higher than that in mice on a control diet. Oral administration of HSME increased concentrations of cytosine, cytidine, and deoxycytidine in the hippocampus. Overall, ingestion of HSME may enhance object recognition and object location memory under normal conditions in mice, at least, in part, via the activation of brain parenchymal cells. Our results thus indicate that dietary intake of this easily ingestible food might enhance brain function in healthy individuals.