Arizona State University-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center at the Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Aging Cell. 2023 Feb;22(2):e13775. doi: 10.1111/acel.13775. Epub 2023 Jan 15.
There is an urgent need to identify modifiable environmental risk factors that reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The B-like vitamin choline plays key roles in body- and brain-related functions. Choline produced endogenously by the phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase protein in the liver is not sufficient for adequate physiological functions, necessitating daily dietary intake. ~90% of Americans do not reach the recommended daily intake of dietary choline. Thus, it's imperative to determine whether dietary choline deficiency increases disease outcomes. Here, we placed 3xTg-AD, a model of AD, and non-transgenic (NonTg) control mice on either a standard laboratory diet with sufficient choline (ChN; 2.0 g/kg choline bitartrate) or a choline-deficient diet (Ch-; 0.0 g/kg choline bitartrate) from 3 to 12 (early to late adulthood) months of age. A Ch- diet reduced blood plasma choline levels, increased weight, and impaired both motor function and glucose metabolism in NonTg mice, with 3xTg-AD mice showing greater deficits. Tissue analyses showed cardiac and liver pathology, elevated soluble and insoluble Amyloid-β and Thioflavin S structures, and tau hyperphosphorylation at various pathological epitopes in the hippocampus and cortex of 3xTg-AD Ch- mice. To gain mechanistic insight, we performed unbiased proteomics of hippocampal and blood plasma samples. Dietary choline deficiency altered hippocampal networks associated with microtubule function and postsynaptic membrane regulation. In plasma, dietary choline deficiency altered protein networks associated with insulin metabolism, mitochondrial function, inflammation, and fructose metabolic processing. Our data highlight that dietary choline intake is necessary to prevent systems-wide organ pathology and reduce hallmark AD pathologies.
目前迫切需要确定可改变的环境风险因素,以降低阿尔茨海默病(AD)的发病率。B 族维生素胆碱在人体和大脑相关功能中起着关键作用。肝脏中通过磷酸乙醇胺 N-甲基转移酶蛋白内源性产生的胆碱不足以满足充分的生理功能,需要日常饮食摄入。~90%的美国人没有达到推荐的每日饮食胆碱摄入量。因此,有必要确定饮食中胆碱缺乏是否会增加疾病的发生。在这里,我们将 3xTg-AD 模型(AD 的一种模型)和非转基因(NonTg)对照小鼠置于标准实验室饮食(含足够胆碱(ChN;2.0 g/kg 酒石酸氢胆碱))或胆碱缺乏饮食(Ch-;0.0 g/kg 酒石酸氢胆碱)中,从 3 个月到 12 个月(从早期到成年晚期)。Ch-饮食降低了非转基因小鼠的血浆胆碱水平,增加了体重,并损害了运动功能和葡萄糖代谢,而 3xTg-AD 小鼠表现出更大的缺陷。组织分析显示,3xTg-AD Ch-小鼠的心脏和肝脏病理学、可溶性和不溶性淀粉样蛋白-β和硫黄素 S 结构增加以及海马和皮质中的 tau 过度磷酸化。为了获得机制上的见解,我们对海马和血浆样本进行了无偏蛋白质组学分析。饮食中胆碱的缺乏改变了与微管功能和突触后膜调节相关的海马网络。在血浆中,饮食中胆碱的缺乏改变了与胰岛素代谢、线粒体功能、炎症和果糖代谢处理相关的蛋白质网络。我们的数据强调了饮食中胆碱的摄入对于预防全身性器官病理学和减少 AD 的标志性病理学是必要的。
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