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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Kreilaus, Fabiana; b; * | Spiro, Adena S.a; b | Hannan, Anthony J.c; d | Garner, Bretta; b | Jenner, Andrew M.a; b
Affiliations: [a] Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia | [b] School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia | [c] Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia | [d] Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Fabian Kreilaus, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Building 32 University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, N.S.W 2522, Australia. Tel.: +61 402195891; Fax: +61 2 4221 8130; E-mail: fk628@uowmail.edu.au.
Abstract: Background: Huntington’s disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with no effective treatment or cure. Environmental enrichment has been used to slow processes leading to ageing and neurodegenerative diseases including HD. Phenolic phytochemicals including anthocyanins have also been shown to improve brain function in ageing and neurodegenerative diseases. Objective: This study examined the effects of anthocyanin dietary supplementation and environmental enrichment on behavioural phenotypes and brain cholesterol metabolic alterations in the R6/1 mouse model of HD. Methods: R6/1 HD mice and their wild-type littermate controls were randomised into the different experimental conditions, involving either environmentally enriched versus standard housing conditions, or anthocyanin versus control diet. Motor dysfunction was assessed from 6 to 26 weeks using the RotaRod and the hind-paw clasping tests. Gas chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry was used to quantify a broad range of sterols in the striatum and cortex of R6/1 HD mice. Results: Anthocyanin dietary supplementation delayed the onset of motor dysfunction in female HD mice. Environmental enrichment improved motor function and the hind paw clasping phenotype in male HD mice only. These mice also had lower levels of cholesterol oxidation products in the cortex compared to standard-housed mice. Conclusion: Both anthocyanin supplementation and environmental enrichment are able to improve the motor dysfunction phenotype of R6/1 mice, however the effectiveness of these interventions was different between the two sexes. The interventions examined did not alter brain cholesterol metabolic deficits that have been reported previously in this mouse model of HD.
Keywords: Huntington disease, cholesterol, environment, housing, anthocyanins, dietary supplements
DOI: 10.3233/JHD-160204
Journal: Journal of Huntington's Disease, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 285-296, 2016
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