Higher Circulating Trimethylamine N-Oxide Aggravates Cognitive Impairment Probably via Downregulating Hippocampal SIRT1 in Vascular Dementia Rats

Oxidative stress and inflammation damage play pivotal roles in vascular dementia (VaD). Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), an intestinal microbiota-stemming metabolite, was reported to promote inflammation and oxidative stress, involved in the etiology of several diseases. Still, these effects have not been investigated in VaD. Here, we tested whether pre-existing, circulating, high levels of TMAO could affect VaD-induced cognitive decline. TMAO (120 mg/kg) was given to rats for a total of 8 weeks, and these rats underwent a sham operation or bilateral common carotid artery (2VO) surgery after 4 weeks of treatment. Four weeks after surgery, the 2VO rats exhibited hippocampal-dependent cognitive function declines and synaptic plasticity dysfunction, accompanied by an increase in oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and apoptosis. TMAO administration, which increased plasma and hippocampal TMAO at 4 weeks postoperatively, further aggravated these effects, resulting in exaggerated cognitive and synaptic plasticity impairment, though not within the Sham group. Moreover, TMAO treatment activated the NLRP3 inflammasome and decreased SIRT1 protein expression within the hippocampus. However, these effects of TMAO were significantly attenuated by the overexpression of SIRT1. Our findings suggest that TMAO increases oxidative stress-induced neuroinflammation and apoptosis by inhibiting the SIRT1 pathway, thereby exacerbating cognitive dysfunction and neuropathological changes in VaD rats.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Cells - 11(2022), 22 vom: 17. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Deng, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Junqing [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Ye [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Xinxin [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiangliang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

EC 3.5.1.-
FLD0K1SJ1A
Inflammation
Journal Article
Oxidative stress
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SIRT1
Sirt1 protein, rat
Sirtuin 1
Synaptic plasticity
Trimethylamine N-oxide
Trimethyloxamine
Vascular dementia

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Date Completed 29.11.2022

Date Revised 15.01.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cells11223650

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349420335