Target Dysbiosis of Gut Microbes as a Future Therapeutic Manipulation in Alzheimer’s Disease

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Feiqi Zhu¹  Xiaoping Tian¹  Chunrong Li²  Jie Zhu³  Fengna Chu³ 

[1] Cognitive Impairment Ward of Neurology Department, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical College, Shenzhen, China;Department of Neurology, Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China;Division of Neurogeriatrcs, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden;

关键词: Alzheimer’s disease;    gut microbiota;    dysbiosis;    microbiota-gut-brain axis;    treatment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fnagi.2020.544235

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is commonly an age-associated dementia with neurodegeneration. The pathogenesis of AD is complex and still remains unclear. The inflammation, amyloid β (Aβ), and neurofibrillary tangles as well misfolded tau protein in the brain may contribute to the occurrence and development of AD. Compared with tau protein, Aβ is less toxic. So far, all efforts made in the treatments of AD with targeting these pathogenic factors were unsuccessful over the past decades. Recently, many studies demonstrated that changes of the intestinal environment and gut microbiota via gut–brain axis pathway can cause neurological disorders, such as AD, which may be involved in the pathogenesis of AD. Thus, remodeling the gut microbiota by various ways to maintain their balance might be a novel therapeutic strategy for AD. In the review article, we analyzed the characteristics of gut microbiota and its dysbiosis in AD and its animal models and investigated the possibility of targeting the gut microbiota in the treatment of the patients with AD in the future.

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