Cargando…
High-fat diet exacerbates cognitive decline in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and mixed dementia in a sex-dependent manner
BACKGROUND: Approximately 70% of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients have co-morbid vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID); this highly prevalent overlap of dementia subtypes is known as mixed dementia (MxD). AD is more prevalent in women, while VCID is slightly more preval...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107741/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35568928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-022-02466-2 |
_version_ | 1784708549554733056 |
---|---|
author | Gannon, Olivia J. Robison, Lisa S. Salinero, Abigail E. Abi-Ghanem, Charly Mansour, Febronia M. Kelly, Richard D. Tyagi, Alvira Brawley, Rebekah R. Ogg, Jordan D. Zuloaga, Kristen L. |
author_facet | Gannon, Olivia J. Robison, Lisa S. Salinero, Abigail E. Abi-Ghanem, Charly Mansour, Febronia M. Kelly, Richard D. Tyagi, Alvira Brawley, Rebekah R. Ogg, Jordan D. Zuloaga, Kristen L. |
author_sort | Gannon, Olivia J. |
collection | PubMed |
description | BACKGROUND: Approximately 70% of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients have co-morbid vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID); this highly prevalent overlap of dementia subtypes is known as mixed dementia (MxD). AD is more prevalent in women, while VCID is slightly more prevalent in men. Sex differences in risk factors may contribute to sex differences in dementia subtypes. Unlike metabolically healthy women, diabetic women are more likely to develop VCID than diabetic men. Prediabetes is 3× more prevalent than diabetes and is linked to earlier onset of dementia in women, but not men. How prediabetes influences underlying pathology and cognitive outcomes across different dementia subtypes is unknown. To fill this gap in knowledge, we investigated the impact of diet-induced prediabetes and biological sex on cognitive function and neuropathology in mouse models of AD and MxD. METHODS: Male and female 3xTg-AD mice received a sham (AD model) or unilateral common carotid artery occlusion surgery to induce chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (MxD model). Mice were fed a control or high fat (HF; 60% fat) diet from 3 to 7 months of age. In both sexes, HF diet elicited a prediabetic phenotype (impaired glucose tolerance) and weight gain. RESULTS: In females, but not males, metabolic consequences of a HF diet were more severe in AD or MxD mice compared to WT. In both sexes, HF-fed AD or MxD mice displayed deficits in spatial memory in the Morris water maze (MWM). In females, but not males, HF-fed AD and MxD mice also displayed impaired spatial learning in the MWM. In females, but not males, AD or MxD caused deficits in activities of daily living, regardless of diet. Astrogliosis was more severe in AD and MxD females compared to males. Further, AD/MxD females had more amyloid beta plaques and hippocampal levels of insoluble amyloid beta 40 and 42 than AD/MxD males. In females, but not males, more severe glucose intolerance (prediabetes) was correlated with increased hippocampal microgliosis. CONCLUSIONS: High-fat diet had a wider array of metabolic, cognitive, and neuropathological consequences in AD and MxD females compared to males. These findings shed light on potential underlying mechanisms by which prediabetes may lead to earlier dementia onset in women. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12974-022-02466-2. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9107741 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | BioMed Central |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-91077412022-05-16 High-fat diet exacerbates cognitive decline in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and mixed dementia in a sex-dependent manner Gannon, Olivia J. Robison, Lisa S. Salinero, Abigail E. Abi-Ghanem, Charly Mansour, Febronia M. Kelly, Richard D. Tyagi, Alvira Brawley, Rebekah R. Ogg, Jordan D. Zuloaga, Kristen L. J Neuroinflammation Research BACKGROUND: Approximately 70% of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients have co-morbid vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID); this highly prevalent overlap of dementia subtypes is known as mixed dementia (MxD). AD is more prevalent in women, while VCID is slightly more prevalent in men. Sex differences in risk factors may contribute to sex differences in dementia subtypes. Unlike metabolically healthy women, diabetic women are more likely to develop VCID than diabetic men. Prediabetes is 3× more prevalent than diabetes and is linked to earlier onset of dementia in women, but not men. How prediabetes influences underlying pathology and cognitive outcomes across different dementia subtypes is unknown. To fill this gap in knowledge, we investigated the impact of diet-induced prediabetes and biological sex on cognitive function and neuropathology in mouse models of AD and MxD. METHODS: Male and female 3xTg-AD mice received a sham (AD model) or unilateral common carotid artery occlusion surgery to induce chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (MxD model). Mice were fed a control or high fat (HF; 60% fat) diet from 3 to 7 months of age. In both sexes, HF diet elicited a prediabetic phenotype (impaired glucose tolerance) and weight gain. RESULTS: In females, but not males, metabolic consequences of a HF diet were more severe in AD or MxD mice compared to WT. In both sexes, HF-fed AD or MxD mice displayed deficits in spatial memory in the Morris water maze (MWM). In females, but not males, HF-fed AD and MxD mice also displayed impaired spatial learning in the MWM. In females, but not males, AD or MxD caused deficits in activities of daily living, regardless of diet. Astrogliosis was more severe in AD and MxD females compared to males. Further, AD/MxD females had more amyloid beta plaques and hippocampal levels of insoluble amyloid beta 40 and 42 than AD/MxD males. In females, but not males, more severe glucose intolerance (prediabetes) was correlated with increased hippocampal microgliosis. CONCLUSIONS: High-fat diet had a wider array of metabolic, cognitive, and neuropathological consequences in AD and MxD females compared to males. These findings shed light on potential underlying mechanisms by which prediabetes may lead to earlier dementia onset in women. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12974-022-02466-2. BioMed Central 2022-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9107741/ /pubmed/35568928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-022-02466-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Gannon, Olivia J. Robison, Lisa S. Salinero, Abigail E. Abi-Ghanem, Charly Mansour, Febronia M. Kelly, Richard D. Tyagi, Alvira Brawley, Rebekah R. Ogg, Jordan D. Zuloaga, Kristen L. High-fat diet exacerbates cognitive decline in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and mixed dementia in a sex-dependent manner |
title | High-fat diet exacerbates cognitive decline in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and mixed dementia in a sex-dependent manner |
title_full | High-fat diet exacerbates cognitive decline in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and mixed dementia in a sex-dependent manner |
title_fullStr | High-fat diet exacerbates cognitive decline in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and mixed dementia in a sex-dependent manner |
title_full_unstemmed | High-fat diet exacerbates cognitive decline in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and mixed dementia in a sex-dependent manner |
title_short | High-fat diet exacerbates cognitive decline in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and mixed dementia in a sex-dependent manner |
title_sort | high-fat diet exacerbates cognitive decline in mouse models of alzheimer's disease and mixed dementia in a sex-dependent manner |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107741/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35568928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-022-02466-2 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT gannonoliviaj highfatdietexacerbatescognitivedeclineinmousemodelsofalzheimersdiseaseandmixeddementiainasexdependentmanner AT robisonlisas highfatdietexacerbatescognitivedeclineinmousemodelsofalzheimersdiseaseandmixeddementiainasexdependentmanner AT salineroabigaile highfatdietexacerbatescognitivedeclineinmousemodelsofalzheimersdiseaseandmixeddementiainasexdependentmanner AT abighanemcharly highfatdietexacerbatescognitivedeclineinmousemodelsofalzheimersdiseaseandmixeddementiainasexdependentmanner AT mansourfebroniam highfatdietexacerbatescognitivedeclineinmousemodelsofalzheimersdiseaseandmixeddementiainasexdependentmanner AT kellyrichardd highfatdietexacerbatescognitivedeclineinmousemodelsofalzheimersdiseaseandmixeddementiainasexdependentmanner AT tyagialvira highfatdietexacerbatescognitivedeclineinmousemodelsofalzheimersdiseaseandmixeddementiainasexdependentmanner AT brawleyrebekahr highfatdietexacerbatescognitivedeclineinmousemodelsofalzheimersdiseaseandmixeddementiainasexdependentmanner AT oggjordand highfatdietexacerbatescognitivedeclineinmousemodelsofalzheimersdiseaseandmixeddementiainasexdependentmanner AT zuloagakristenl highfatdietexacerbatescognitivedeclineinmousemodelsofalzheimersdiseaseandmixeddementiainasexdependentmanner |