Aqueous Extract of Agaricus blazei Murrill Prevents Age-Related Changes in the Myenteric Plexus of the Jejunum in Rats. 2015

Ana Paula de Santi-Rampazzo, and João Paulo Ferreira Schoffen, and Carla Possani Cirilo, and Mariana Cristina Vicente Umada Zapater, and Fernando Augusto Vicentini, and Andréia Assunção Soares, and Rosane Marina Peralta, and Adelar Bracht, and Nilza Cristina Buttow, and Maria Raquel Marçal Natali
Department of Morphological Sciences, State University of Maringá (UEM), 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil.

This study evaluated the effects of the supplementation with aqueous extract of Agaricus blazei Murrill (ABM) on biometric and blood parameters and quantitative morphology of the myenteric plexus and jejunal wall in aging Wistar rats. The animals were euthanized at 7 (C7), 12 (C12 and CA12), and 23 months of age (C23 and CA23). The CA12 and CA23 groups received a daily dose of ABM extract (26 mg/animal) via gavage, beginning at 7 months of age. A reduction in food intake was observed with aging, with increases in the Lee index, retroperitoneal fat, intestinal length, and levels of total cholesterol and total proteins. Aging led to a reduction of the total wall thickness, mucosa tunic, villus height, crypt depth, and number of goblet cells. In the myenteric plexus, aging quantitatively decreased the population of HuC/D(+) neuronal and S100(+) glial cells, with maintenance of the nNOS(+) nitrergic subpopulation and increase in the cell body area of these populations. Supplementation with the ABM extract preserved the myenteric plexus in old animals, in which no differences were detected in the density and cell body profile of neurons and glial cells in the CA12 and CA23 groups, compared with C7 group. The supplementation with the aqueous extract of ABM efficiently maintained myenteric plexus homeostasis, which positively influenced the physiology and prevented the death of the neurons and glial cells.

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