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Drosophila as a Model for Microbiota Studies of Neurodegeneration
Accumulating evidence show that the gut microbiota is deeply involved not only in host nutrient metabolism but also in immune function, endocrine regulation, and chronic disease. In neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), and amyotrophic lateral scler...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8673522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34569965 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-215031 |
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author | Kitani-Morii, Fukiko Friedland, Robert P. Yoshida, Hideki Mizuno, Toshiki |
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description | Accumulating evidence show that the gut microbiota is deeply involved not only in host nutrient metabolism but also in immune function, endocrine regulation, and chronic disease. In neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the gut-brain axis, the bidirectional interaction between the brain and the gut, provides new route of pathological spread and potential therapeutic targets. Although studies of gut microbiota have been conducted mainly in mice, mammalian gut microbiota is highly diverse, complex, and sensitive to environmental changes. Drosophila melanogaster, a fruit fly, has many advantages as a laboratory animal: short life cycle, numerous and genetically homogenous offspring, less ethical concerns, availability of many genetic models, and low maintenance costs. Drosophila has a simpler gut microbiota than mammals and can be made to remain sterile or to have standardized gut microbiota by simple established methods. Research on the microbiota of Drosophila has revealed new molecules that regulate the brain-gut axis, and it has been shown that dysbiosis of the fly microbiota worsens lifespan, motor function, and neurodegeneration in AD and PD models. The results shown in fly studies represents a fundamental part of the immune and proteomic process involving gut-microbiota interactions that are highly conserved. Even though the fly’s gut microbiota are not simple mimics of humans, flies are a valuable system to learn the molecular mechanisms of how the gut microbiota affect host health and behavior. |
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spelling | pubmed-86735222021-12-29 Drosophila as a Model for Microbiota Studies of Neurodegeneration Kitani-Morii, Fukiko Friedland, Robert P. Yoshida, Hideki Mizuno, Toshiki J Alzheimers Dis Review Accumulating evidence show that the gut microbiota is deeply involved not only in host nutrient metabolism but also in immune function, endocrine regulation, and chronic disease. In neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the gut-brain axis, the bidirectional interaction between the brain and the gut, provides new route of pathological spread and potential therapeutic targets. Although studies of gut microbiota have been conducted mainly in mice, mammalian gut microbiota is highly diverse, complex, and sensitive to environmental changes. Drosophila melanogaster, a fruit fly, has many advantages as a laboratory animal: short life cycle, numerous and genetically homogenous offspring, less ethical concerns, availability of many genetic models, and low maintenance costs. Drosophila has a simpler gut microbiota than mammals and can be made to remain sterile or to have standardized gut microbiota by simple established methods. Research on the microbiota of Drosophila has revealed new molecules that regulate the brain-gut axis, and it has been shown that dysbiosis of the fly microbiota worsens lifespan, motor function, and neurodegeneration in AD and PD models. The results shown in fly studies represents a fundamental part of the immune and proteomic process involving gut-microbiota interactions that are highly conserved. Even though the fly’s gut microbiota are not simple mimics of humans, flies are a valuable system to learn the molecular mechanisms of how the gut microbiota affect host health and behavior. IOS Press 2021-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8673522/ /pubmed/34569965 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-215031 Text en © 2021 – The authors. Published by IOS Press https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Kitani-Morii, Fukiko Friedland, Robert P. Yoshida, Hideki Mizuno, Toshiki Drosophila as a Model for Microbiota Studies of Neurodegeneration |
title | Drosophila as a Model for Microbiota Studies of Neurodegeneration |
title_full | Drosophila as a Model for Microbiota Studies of Neurodegeneration |
title_fullStr | Drosophila as a Model for Microbiota Studies of Neurodegeneration |
title_full_unstemmed | Drosophila as a Model for Microbiota Studies of Neurodegeneration |
title_short | Drosophila as a Model for Microbiota Studies of Neurodegeneration |
title_sort | drosophila as a model for microbiota studies of neurodegeneration |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8673522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34569965 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-215031 |
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