Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6209
Authors: Santos Guilherme, Malena dos
Nguyen, Vu Thu Thuy
Reinhardt, Christoph
Endres, Kristina
Title: Impact of gut microbiome manipulation in 5xFAD mice on Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology
Online publication date: 30-Jul-2021
Year of first publication: 2021
Language: english
Abstract: The gut brain axis seems to modulate various psychiatric and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Growing evidence has led to the assumption that the gut microbiome might contribute to or even present the nucleus of origin for these diseases. In this regard, modifiers of the microbial composition might provide attractive new therapeutics. Aim of our study was to elucidate the effect of a rigorously changed gut microbiome on pathological hallmarks of AD. 5xFAD model mice were treated by antibiotics or probiotics (L. acidophilus and L. rhamnosus) for 14 weeks. Pathogenesis was measured by nest building capability and plaque deposition. The gut microbiome was affected as expected: antibiotics significantly reduced viable commensals, while probiotics transiently increased Lactobacillaceae. Nesting score, however, was only improved in antibiotics-treated mice. These animals additionally displayed reduced plaque load in the hippocampus. While various physiological parameters were not affected, blood sugar was reduced and serum glucagon level significantly elevated in the antibiotics-treated animals together with a reduction in the receptor for advanced glycation end products RAGE—the inward transporter of Aβ peptides of the brain. Assumedly, the beneficial effect of the antibiotics was based on their anti-diabetic potential.
DDC: 570 Biowissenschaften
570 Life sciences
610 Medizin
610 Medical sciences
Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department: FB 04 Medizin
Place: Mainz
ROR: https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6209
Version: Published version
Publication type: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License: CC BY
Information on rights of use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal: Microorganisms
9
4
Pages or article number: 815
Publisher: MDPI
Publisher place: Basel
Issue date: 2021
ISSN: 2076-2607
Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9040815
Publisher DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9040815
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