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ArticleExperimental neurology2025

Stool-derived extracellular vesicles increase inflammasome signaling and regulate the gut-brain axis after stroke in Alzheimer's disease transgenic mice.

Nadine A Kerr, Helen M Bramlett, Juliana Sanchez-Molano, Alfredo Fernandez Higueras, Winston Walters, Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, Robert W Keane, W Dalton Dietrich

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Article in Experimental neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Nadine A KerrDepartment of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America. Electronic address: n.kerr@med.miami.edu.
Helen M BramlettDepartment of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America; Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL, United States of America.
Juliana Sanchez-MolanoDepartment of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America.
Alfredo Fernandez HiguerasDepartment of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America.
Winston WaltersDepartment of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America.
Juan Pablo de Rivero VaccariDepartment of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America.
Robert W KeaneDepartment of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America.
W Dalton DietrichDepartment of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America.

Funding

The Importance of Abnormal Inflammasome Activation as a Risk Factor between Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer’s DiseaseRF1NS125578 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DE RIVERO VACCARI, JUAN PABLO, DIETRICH, W DALTON · 2021 to 2023
$2.8M
Role of ASC in TBI-Mediated Systemic Inflammation.R01NS113969 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DE RIVERO VACCARI, JUAN PABLO, KEANE, ROBERT W · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Human Schwann Cell-Derived Exosome Treatment for Traumatic Brain InjuryR37NS133195 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI W Dalton Dietrich · 2023 to 2026
$1.7M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS113969NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS133195NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS125578
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) suffering from post-stroke gut dysfunction present with worsened neurological outcomes. This study investigated the role of stool-derived extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated inflammasome signaling in the gut-brain axis following photothrombotic stroke (PTS) in aged 3xTg- AD and wildtype (WT) mice. Western Blot and immunohistochemical analyses evaluated inflammasome signaling proteins, Gasdermin D (GSDMD), and Aβ in intestinal and cortical tissues. Gut permeability was measured using a FITC-dextran assay 3 days post PTS. Adoptive transfer experiments assessed the impact of stool-derived EVs from PTS mice on inflammasome signaling in recipient naïve 3xTg and WT mice. At 3 days, 3xTg-PTS mice demonstrated significantly impaired sensorimotor Rotarod performance compared to WT-PTS mice. Both WT and 3xTg PTS mice had deficits compared to 3xTg and WT sham mice using the Open Field or Novel Object Recognition tests. Compared to WT- PTS mice, 3xTg-PTS mice had disrupted gut morphology at 1-month post-PTS, as well as increased gut permeability at 72 h. Immunohistochemical analysis also revealed activated microglial morphology and presence of GSDMD and Aβ in the brain and intestines post-PTS in 3xTg and WT mice. Adoptive transfer of stool-derived EVs from PTS mice to WT mice induced elevated levels of inflammasome signaling proteins in recipient cerebral cortices. These findings indicate an important role of stool-derived EV inflammasome signaling and pyroptosis in disruption of the bidirectional gut-brain axis after stroke leading to exacerbation of AD pathology in aged WT and 3xTg mice.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBrainBrain-Gut AxisExtracellular VesiclesFecesInflammasomesStrokeAnimalsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicSignal TransductionInflammasomesAlzheimer's diseaseExtracellular vesiclesGut-brain axisInflammasomePyroptosisStroke

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PMCPMC13367828

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