on Pentobarbital-Induced Sleep in Mice.

2019-10-09
Nutrients 11(10)
- Alexander Lin
- Ching-Ting Shih
- Chin-Lin Huang
- Chien-Chen Wu
- Ching-Ting Lin
- Ying-Chieh Tsai

PubMed: 31600934
DOI: 10.3390/nu11102409

The bidirectional communication between the gastrointestinal tract and the central nervous system appears to be functionally linked to the intestinal microbiome, namely the microbiome-gut-brain axis (MGBA). Probiotics with health benefits on psychiatric or neurological illnesses are generally called psychobiotics, and some of them may also be able to improve sleep by targeting the MGBA. This study aimed to investigate the effects of a psychobiotic strain, Lactobacillus fermentum PS150^TM (PS150^TM), on sleep improvement by using a pentobarbital-induced sleep mouse model. Compared with the vehicle control group, the oral administration of PS150^TM, but not the other L. fermentum strains, significantly decreased the sleep latency and increased the sleep duration of mice, suggesting strain-specific sleep-improving effects of PS150^TM. Moreover, the ingestion of diphenhydramine, an antihistamine used to treat insomnia, as a drug control group, only increased the sleep duration of mice. We also found that the sleep-improving effects of PS150^TM are time- and dose-dependent. Furthermore, the oral administration of PS150^TM could attenuate a caffeine-induced sleep disturbance in mice, and PS150^TM appeared to increase the expression of the gene encoding the adenosine 1 receptor in the hypothalamus of mice, as assessed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Taken together, our results present a potential application of PS150^TM as a dietary supplement for sleep improvement.

Research Insights

Supplement	Health Outcome	Effect Type	Effect Size
Lactobacillus brevis SBC8803	Improved Sleep Quality	Beneficial	Moderate
Lactobacillus brevis SBC8803	Reduced Circadian Sleep Disturbance	Beneficial	Moderate