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ArticleRedox biology2025

Choline alleviates cognitive impairment in sleep-deprived young mice via reducing neuroinflammation and altering phospholipidomic profile.

Si-Yu Huang, Zhi-Jun Yang, Jin Cheng, Hang-Yu Li, Si Chen, Zi-Hui Huang, Jie-Dong Chen, Ruo-Gu Xiong, Meng-Tao Yang, Chen Wang and 6 more

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16 authors.

Si-Yu HuangDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Zhi-Jun YangDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Jin ChengDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Hang-Yu LiDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Si ChenDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Zi-Hui HuangDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Jie-Dong ChenDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Ruo-Gu XiongDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Meng-Tao YangDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Chen WangDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Meng-Chu LiDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Shuang SongNational Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100050, China.
Wen-Ge HuangCenter of Experimental Animals, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Dong-Liang WangDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
Hua-Bin LiDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China. Electronic address: lihuabin@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Qiu-Ye LanDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China; School of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006, China. Electronic address: lanqy@link.cuhk.edu.hk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive impairment resulting from insufficient sleep poses a significant public health concern, particularly in children. The effects and mechanisms of choline on cognitive impairment caused by sleep deprivation are unknown. Chronic sleep deprivation is induced in young mice in this study, followed by feeding diet containing 11.36 g/kg choline bitartrate. Choline supplementation significantly improves spatial learning ability. Functional MRI results reveal the hippocampus as a key region affected by sleep deprivation, where choline supplementation notably preserves hippocampal structural integrity and enhanced connectivity. Additionally, choline ameliorates hippocampal pathological injury, reduces blood-brain barrier permeability and serum brain injury biomarkers. Choline also reduces inflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers, and mitigates microglial activation in the hippocampus, which preserves synaptic plasticity. A key finding is the changes of hippocampal phospholipidomic profile along with cognitive function, and a total of 313 phospholipid molecules are identified. Choline increases the levels of total phospholipid and sub-classes (particularly PC), which are strongly correlated with reduced neuroinflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers, as well as improved cognitive outcomes. Furthermore, there are similar findings in some phospholipid molecules such as PC 36:1, PC O-33:0, PC p-38:3, PE 36:3, PE p-42:4 and PS 44:12. These findings highlight that choline alleviates cognitive impairment in sleep deprivation via reducing neuroinflammation and oxidative stress as well as altering phospholipidomic profile. This study suggests that choline could develop into functional food or medicine ingredient to prevent and treat cognitive impairment by sleep disturbances, particularly children and adolescents.

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CholineCognitive DysfunctionNeuroinflammatory DiseasesPhospholipidsSleep DeprivationAnimalsBiomarkersDisease Models, AnimalHippocampusMaleMiceOxidative StressBiomarkersCholinePhospholipidsCholineCognitive impairmentMagnetic resonance imagingNeuroinflammationPhospholipidomicsSleep deprivation

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PMID40056720
PMCPMC11930228

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