Green Tea Diet Can Effectively Antagonize the Toxicity Induced by Environmental-Related Concentrations of BPA: An Implication from In Vivo and In Silico Studies
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Abstract
The neurotoxicity of bisphenol A (BPA) exposure has been confirmed in vitro and in vivo, and inflammatory response is considered the main pathway. Green tea is a healthy life habit as it is rich in various anti-inflammatory components. To confirm that green tea diet is an effective measure to antagonize BPA-induced neurotoxicity, mice were treated with 0.5 and 5000 μg/kg/day of BPA from postnatal days (PNDs) 10–50 and supplemented with green tea on PND 21. From PND 51, behavioral tests were conducted on mice to assess their emotional, cognitive, and spatial learning memory capabilities. The open field test and elevated plus maze test indicated anxiety-like behaviors induced by BPA. Interestingly, green tea diet significantly alleviated BPA-induced anxiety-like behaviors. Meanwhile, the green tea diet effectively reversed BPA-induced microglia activation and morphological changes in the hippocampus of mice. Molecularly, green tea inhibited hippocampal neuroinflammation of mice by reducing BPA-induced expressions of NLRP3, ASC, cleaved-caspase-1, GSDMD-N, IL-6, and IL-1β, as well as significantly reducing the expression of Bak1, Bax, caspase-9, and Cytc c genes (p < 0.05). Molecular docking suggests that various anti-inflammatory components of green tea can competitively bind to the estrogen receptors with BPA. In general, a green tea diet alleviates BPA-induced emotional disorders by inhibiting microglial polarization and hippocampal pyroptosis, indicating its effective antagonistic ability against the neurotoxicity induced by environmental BPA exposure.
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The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry publishes high-quality, cutting edge original research representing complete studies and research advances dealing with the chemistry and biochemistry of agriculture and food. The Journal also encourages papers with chemistry and/or biochemistry as a major component combined with biological/sensory/nutritional/toxicological evaluation related to agriculture and/or food.