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. 2024 Jun;39(5):731-739.
doi: 10.1007/s11011-024-01352-5. Epub 2024 May 9.

High sugar consumption for seven days in adult mice increased blood glucose variability, induced an anxiolytic effect and triggered oxidative stress in cerebral cortex

Asma Lahouel  1   2
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High sugar consumption for seven days in adult mice increased blood glucose variability, induced an anxiolytic effect and triggered oxidative stress in cerebral cortex

Asma Lahouel. Metab Brain Dis. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

Brain function is highly altered by glucose toxicity related to diabetes. High consumption of sugar in normal conditions is suspected to affect as well brain integrity. The present study investigates the possible effects of short-term exposure to high sugar diet on brain redox homeostasis in healthy mice. Male adult healthy mice were divided into two groups: control (CG) and sugar-exposed group (SG), that was exposed continually to 10% of glucose in drinking water for 7 days and 20% sucrose pellets food. Behavior, blood glucose variability and cerebral cortex oxidative stress biomarkers were measured at the end of exposure. Animals exposed to the high sugar diet expressed a significant increase in blood glucose levels and high glucose variability compared to control. These animals expressed as well anxiolytic behavior as revealed by the plus maze test. Exposure to the sugar diet altered redox homeostasis in the brain cortex as revealed by an increase in lipid peroxidation and the activity of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione-s-transferase (GST). On the other hand, catalase (CAT) activity was decreased, and reduced glutathione (GSH) level was not altered compared to control. Further studies are required to understand the mechanisms trigging oxidative stress (OS) in the brain in response to short term exposure to high sugar diet and glucose fluctuations.

Keywords: Anxiolytic behavior; Brain; Glucose variability; Oxidative stress; Sucrose.

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