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Potential roles of functional bacterial amyloid proteins, bacterial biosurfactants and other putative gut microbiota products in the etiopathogeny of Parkinson’s Disease
EMILIA MANOLE1,2,#, LAURA DUMITRESCU2,3,#, CRISTINA NICULIȚE1,3, BOGDAN OVIDIU POPESCU1,2,3, LAURA CRISTINA CEAFALAN1,3,*
1 Victor Babeș” National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, 050088, Romania
2 Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, 020125, Romania
3 Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, 020021, Romania
* Address correspondence to: Laura Cristina Ceafalan,
# These authors contributed equally
BIOCELL 2021, 45(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2021.013452
Received 07 August 2020; Accepted 13 October 2020; Issue published 26 January 2021
Abstract
An increasing number of studies provide evidence for the existence of a microbiota-gut-brain axis and its
potential involvement in the development of sporadic Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions.
The neuropathologic hallmark of Parkinson’s disease is the presence of brain intraneuronal aggregates of misfolded
alpha-synuclein, known as Lewy bodies. Some gut microbiota products may trigger alpha-synuclein conformational
changes in the neurons of the enteric nervous system, which can then spread to the brain in a prion-like fashion
through the vagus nerve. Others may interfere with neuroinflammatory pathways and susceptibility to
neurodegeneration. In this review, we assess the potential role of putative gut microbiota products in the
etiopathogeny of Parkinson’s disease, with a special emphasis on functional bacterial amyloid proteins, bacterial
biosurfactants, endotoxins and short-chain fatty acids. The possible roles of molecular hydrogen, a common byproduct of bacterial fermentation, are also addressed.
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MANOLE, E., DUMITRESCU, L., NICULIȚE, C., POPESCU, B.O., CEAFALAN, L.C. (2021). Potential roles of functional bacterial amyloid proteins, bacterial biosurfactants and other putative gut microbiota products in the etiopathogeny of parkinson’s disease. BIOCELL, 45(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2021.013452
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MANOLE E, DUMITRESCU L, NICULIȚE C, POPESCU BO, CEAFALAN LC. Potential roles of functional bacterial amyloid proteins, bacterial biosurfactants and other putative gut microbiota products in the etiopathogeny of parkinson’s disease. BIOCELL . 2021;45(1):1-16 https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2021.013452
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E. MANOLE, L. DUMITRESCU, C. NICULIȚE, B.O. POPESCU, and L.C. CEAFALAN "Potential roles of functional bacterial amyloid proteins, bacterial biosurfactants and other putative gut microbiota products in the etiopathogeny of Parkinson’s Disease," BIOCELL , vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 1-16. 2021. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2021.013452
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