Abstract
Recently, increasing evidence has shown the association between liver abnormal inflammation and cognition impairment, yet their age-related pathogenesis remains obscure. Here, our study provides a potentialmechanistic link between liver macrophage excessive activation and neuroinflammation in aging progression. In aged and LPS-injected C57BL/6J mice, systemic administration of β-chitosan ameliorates hepatic macrophage-driven inflammation and reduces peripheral accumulations of TNF-α and IL-1β. Downregulation of circulatory pro-inflammatory cytokines then decreases vascular VCAM1 expression and neuroinflammation in the hippocampus, leading to cognitive improvement in aged/LPS-stimulated mice. Interestingly, β-chitosan treatment also exhibits the beneficial effects on the behavioral recovery of aged/LPS-stimulated zebrafish and Caenorhabditis elegans. In our cell culture and molecular docking experiments, we found that β-chitosan prefers shielding the MD-2 pocket, thus blocking the activation of TLR4-MD-2 complex to suppress NF-κB signaling pathway activation. Together, our findings highlight the extensive therapeutic potential of β-chitosan in reversing aged-related/LPS-induced cognitive impairment via the liver-brain axis.
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