Dysbiosis and Alzheimer’s disease: a role for chronic stress?

Abstrakt

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an incurable, neuropsychiatric, pathological condition that deteriorates the worth of geriatric lives. AD is characterized by aggregated senile amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, neuronal loss, gliosis, oxidative stress, neurotransmitter dysfunction, and bioenergetic deficits. The changes in GIT composition and harmony have been recognized as a decisive and interesting player in neuronal pathologies including AD. Microbiota control and influence the oxidoreductase status, inflammation, immune system, and the endocrine system through which it may have an impact on the cognitive domain. The altered and malfunctioned state of microbiota is associated with minor infections to complicated illnesses that include psychosis and neurodegeneration, and several studies show that microbiota regulates neuronal plasticity and neuronal development. The altered state of microbiota (dysbiosis) may affect behavior, stress response, and cognitive functions. Chronic stress-mediated pathological progression also has a well-defined role that intermingles at various physiological levels and directly impacts the pathological advancement of AD. Chronic stress-modulated alterations affect the well-established pathological markers of AD but also affect the gut–brain axis through the mediation of various downstream signaling mechanisms that modulate the microbial commensals of GIT. The extensive literature reports that chronic stressors affect the composition, metabolic activities, and physiological role of microbiota in various capacities. The present manuscript aims to elucidate mechanistic pathways through which stress induces dysbiosis, which in turn escalates the neuropathological cascade of AD. The stress–dysbiosis axis appears a feasible zone of work in the direction of treatment of AD.

Autorzy

Vivek K. Sharma
Vivek K. Sharma
Thakur G. Singh
Thakur G. Singh
Nikhil Garg
Nikhil Garg
Sonia Dhiman
Sonia Dhiman
Saurabh Gupta
Saurabh Gupta
Habibur Rahman
Habibur Rahman
Mohamed Kamel
Mohamed Kamel
Ghadeer M. Albadrani
Ghadeer M. Albadrani
Muhammad F. Akhtar
Muhammad F. Akhtar
Ammara Saleem
Ammara Saleem
Ahmed E. Altyar
Ahmed E. Altyar
Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim
Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim
artykuł
Biomolecules
Angielski
2021
11
5
678
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CC BY 4.0 Uznanie autorstwa 4.0
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