Gut Microbiome-Sphingolipid Metabolism-Brain Axis Interactions: Neuroprotective Effects of Amitriptyline as Functional Inhibitor of Acid Sphingomyelinase in a Mouse Model of Tauopathy.

ABSTRACT: Tauopathies are neurodegenerative diseases characterized by accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau protein (P-tau). The gut microbiota (GM) is symbiotic with the host and altered in neurodegenerative diseases. Amitriptyline (AMI) is a functional inhibitor of acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) which is abnormally highly expressed in brains of Alzheimer patients. Little data is known about the role of colonic ASM in management of tauopathy. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the role of AMI on reversing gut dysbiosis, ceramide levels, colonic inflammation and intestinal barrier disruption in tauopathy through the bidirectional gut-brain axis. P301S transgenic mice were administered AMI for 35 days. Colonic ASM, ceramides, inflammation and membrane integrity were assessed besides f

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12764700 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature