KMID : 1204320230390010030
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Laboratory Animal Research 2023 Volume.39 No. 1 p.30 ~ p.30
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Compositional changes in fecal microbiota in a new Parkinson's disease model: C57BL/6-Tg(NSE-haSyn) mice
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Kim Ji-Eun
Kwon Ki-Chun Jin You-Jeong Seol A-Yun Song Hee-Jin Roh Yu-Jeong Kim Tae-Ryeol Park Eun-Seo Park Gi-Ho Park Ji-Won Jung Young-Suk Cho Joon-Yong Hwang Dae-Youn
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Abstract
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Background : The gut?brain axis (GBA) in Parkinson's disease (PD) has only been investigated in limited mice models despite dysbiosis of the gut microbiota being considered one of the major treatment targets for neurodegenerative disease. Therefore, this study examined the compositional changes of fecal microbiota in novel transgenic (Tg) mice overexpressing human ¥á-synuclein (h¥áSyn) proteins under the neuron-specific enolase (NSE) to analyze the potential as GBA model.
Results : The expression level of the ¥áSyn proteins was significantly higher in the substantia nigra and striatum of NSE-h¥áSyn Tg mice than the Non-Tg mice, while those of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) were decreased in the same group. In addition, a decrease of 72.7% in the fall times and a 3.8-fold increase in the fall number was detected in NSE-h¥áSyn Tg mice. The villus thickness and crypt length on the histological structure of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract decreased in NSE-h¥áSyn Tg mice. Furthermore, the NSE-h¥áSyn Tg mice exhibited a significant increase in 11 genera, including Scatolibacter, Clostridium, Feifania, Lachnoclostridium, and Acetatifactor population, and a decrease in only two genera in Ligilactobacillus and Sangeribacter population during enhancement of microbiota richness and diversity.
Conclusions : The motor coordination and balance dysfunction of NSE-h¥áSyn Tg mice may be associated with compositional changes in gut microbiota. In addition, these mice have potential as a GBA model.
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KEYWORD
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Parkinson's disease, ¥á-Synuclein, Gut?brain axis, Microbiota, Transgenic mice
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