Microbiome alterations are associated with apolipoprotein E mutation in Octodon degus and humans with Alzheimer’s disease

Autor: Guido Zampieri, Léa Cabrol, Claudio Urra, Eduardo Castro-Nallar, Guillaume Schwob, David Cleary, Claudio Angione, Robert M.J. Deacon, Michael J. Hurley, Patricia Cogram
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: iScience, Vol 27, Iss 8, Pp 110348- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110348
Popis: Summary: Gut microbiome dysbiosis is linked to many neurological disorders including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). A major risk factor for AD is polymorphism in the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, which affects gut microbiome composition. To explore the gut-brain axis in AD, long-lived animal models of naturally developing AD-like pathologies are needed. Octodon degus (degu) exhibit spontaneous AD-like symptoms and ApoE mutations, making them suitable for studying the interplay between AD genetic determinants and gut microbiome. We analyzed the association between APOE genotype and gut microbiome in 50 humans and 32 degu using16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Significant associations were found between the degu ApoE mutation and gut microbial changes in degu, notably a depletion of Ruminococcaceae and Akkermansiaceae and an enrichment of Prevotellaceae, mirroring patterns seen in people with AD. The altered taxa were previously suggested to be involved in AD, validating the degu as an unconventional model for studying the AD/microbiome crosstalk.
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