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Subacute loss of olfactory neurons following SARS-CoV-2 infection in hamsters 仓鼠感染SARS-CoV-2后嗅觉神经元的亚急性丧失
IF 7.6 2区 医学 Q1 IMMUNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2026.106274
Clara Bourgon , Laetitia Merle-Nguyen , Juliette Jacquelin , Isis Leguay , Luc Jouneau , Bernard Klonjkowski , Sophie Le Poder , Nicolas Meunier
The loss of smell has been a hallmark of the COVID-19 pandemic. Odorant detection relies on neurons present in the olfactory epithelium supported by sustentacular cells. The latter are massively infected by SARS-CoV-2 along with infiltration of innate immune cells and desquamation of the olfactory epithelium. This destruction leads to release of olfactory epithelium cells into the lumen of the nasal cavity, but the extent of the loss of mature olfactory neurons remains to be clarified. In this study, we compared the spatiotemporal evolution of the olfactory epithelium during SARS-CoV-2 infection with associated smell impairment in hamsters. The olfactory performance of infected hamsters decreases as early as 2 days post-infection (dpi), then gradually recovers through 17 dpi. While the infection is mostly resolved after 4 dpi in the nasal cavity, we observed a subacute decrease of the mature olfactory neuron population which almost completely disappear at 11 dpi. Furthermore, regeneration of the olfactory epithelium does not start until 8 dpi and leads to a high fraction of immature olfactory neurons. The delayed regeneration and persistent alteration of the olfactory neuron population was correlated with a prolonged expression of inflammatory cytokines and a rapid decrease of the levels of anti-inflammatory markers linked to regeneration. Overall, our results suggest that the regeneration process is altered in some areas of the olfactory epithelium leading to delayed recovery of the epithelium. The later may explain the prolonged smell alteration linked to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
嗅觉丧失是COVID-19大流行的一个标志。气味检测依赖于存在于嗅觉上皮中的神经元,由支撑细胞支持。后者被SARS-CoV-2大量感染,伴随着先天免疫细胞的浸润和嗅上皮的脱屑。这种破坏导致嗅觉上皮细胞释放到鼻腔腔内,但成熟嗅觉神经元损失的程度仍有待澄清。在这项研究中,我们比较了仓鼠在SARS-CoV-2感染期间嗅觉上皮的时空演变和相关的嗅觉损伤。感染仓鼠的嗅觉性能最早在感染后2 d (dpi)下降,然后在感染后17 d逐渐恢复。虽然鼻腔感染在4 dpi后基本消失,但我们观察到成熟嗅觉神经元数量亚急性减少,在11 dpi时几乎完全消失。此外,嗅觉上皮的再生直到8 dpi才开始,并导致高比例的未成熟嗅觉神经元。嗅觉神经元群的延迟再生和持续改变与炎症细胞因子的延长表达和与再生相关的抗炎标志物水平的迅速下降有关。总的来说,我们的研究结果表明,再生过程在嗅觉上皮的某些区域发生了改变,导致上皮的恢复延迟。后者可以解释与SARS-CoV-2感染有关的长期气味改变。
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Daily affect and behavior in relation to inflammatory and metabolic health: An ambulatory assessment study 与炎症和代谢健康相关的日常影响和行为:一项动态评估研究
IF 7.6 2区 医学 Q1 IMMUNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2026.106282
Noa van Zwieten , George Aalbers , Femke Lamers , Erik J. Giltay , Manon H.J. Hillegers , Brenda W.J.H. Penninx

Background

Daily life stress is associated with biological dysregulations including elevated inflammatory markers and poorer metabolic (immunometabolic) health, but it remains unclear how they are connected to daily life affect and behaviors. We examined whether daily life affect and behaviors were associated with immunometabolic health, and whether associations were moderated by the presence of a current depression/anxiety diagnosis.

Methods

In the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety, participants (n = 357) with and without depression/anxiety self-reported positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA) 5x/day while continuously wearing a research-grade actigraphy device for 14 days. We quantified four affect variables (i.e., M and SD of PA and NA) and three behavioral variables (i.e., minutes spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity [MVPA], sleep duration, and relative amplitude [RA; measure of circadian rhythmicity]), averaged across 14 days. We used linear regression analyses to explore their associations with three immunometabolic health outcomes: (1) inflammation index (based on C-Reactive Protein and Interleukin-6 levels), (2) metabolic index (based on five metabolic syndrome components), and (3) BMI (Body Mass Index), and examined if these associations were moderated by the presence of a current depression/anxiety diagnosis.

Results

Analyses showed that higher MVPA and RA were consistently associated with lower inflammation index (B = −0.19; B = −0.12), metabolic index (B = −0.14, B = −0.15), and BMI (B = −1.23; B = −1.30) (all p’s < 0.011). Longer sleep duration was associated with lower BMI (B = −0.80, p = 0.027). Affect variables were not associated with immunometabolic health outcomes (p’s > 0.05). Associations were independent of mental health status (p’s > 0.05).

Conclusions

Our findings suggest that more minutes spent in MVPA and a more pronounced circadian rhythm, assessed with actigraphy, are important correlates of better immunometabolic health, and highlight the potential of ambulatory assessment in understanding immunometabolic health.
日常生活压力与生物失调有关,包括炎症标志物升高和代谢(免疫代谢)健康状况较差,但它们与日常生活影响和行为之间的关系尚不清楚。我们研究了日常生活影响和行为是否与免疫代谢健康相关,以及当前抑郁/焦虑诊断是否会缓和这种关联。方法在荷兰抑郁与焦虑研究中,有和没有抑郁/焦虑的参与者(n = 357)在连续佩戴研究级活动记录仪14天的情况下,自我报告积极影响(PA)和消极影响(NA) 5次/天。我们量化了四个影响变量(即PA和NA的M和SD)和三个行为变量(即中高强度体育活动的分钟数[MVPA]、睡眠持续时间和相对幅度[RA;昼夜节律测量]),平均值为14天。我们使用线性回归分析来探索它们与三种免疫代谢健康结果的关联:(1)炎症指数(基于c反应蛋白和白细胞介素-6水平),(2)代谢指数(基于五种代谢综合征成分),(3)BMI(身体质量指数),并检查这些关联是否因当前抑郁/焦虑诊断的存在而被缓和。结果分析显示,较高的MVPA和RA与较低的炎症指数(B = - 0.19; B = - 0.12)、代谢指数(B = - 0.14, B = - 0.15)和BMI (B = - 1.23; B = - 1.30)(均p 's < 0.011)一致相关。较长的睡眠时间与较低的BMI相关(B = - 0.80, p = 0.027)。影响变量与免疫代谢健康结果无关(p 's > 0.05)。相关性与心理健康状况无关(p 's > 0.05)。结论我们的研究结果表明,MVPA时间的延长和更明显的昼夜节律(通过活动描记术评估)是更好的免疫代谢健康的重要相关因素,并强调了动态评估在了解免疫代谢健康方面的潜力。
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Effects of Dopaminergic Therapy with Levodopa (L-DOPA) on Fear and Anxiety-Related Circuits and Symptoms in Patients with Depression and Higher Inflammation 左旋多巴(L-DOPA)多巴胺能治疗对抑郁症和重度炎症患者恐惧和焦虑相关回路及症状的影响
IF 7.6 2区 医学 Q1 IMMUNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106252
Genevieve E. Craig , Neeti D. Mehta , Mandakh Bekhbat , Kate P. Revill , Michael J. Lucido , Changdo Hong , Evanthia C. Wommack , Wendy M. Baer , Ebrahim Haroon , Andrew H. Miller , Zhihao Li , Jennifer C. Felger
<div><div>Inflammatory biomarkers such as cytokines and C-reactive protein (CRP) are reliably elevated in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) as well as fear and anxiety-related disorders. Moreover, inflammatory biomarkers have been associated with lower functional connectivity (FC) in reward and threat-related circuits that contribute to symptom severity. Prior work has linked low FC in reward circuitry and symptoms of anhedonia to inflammation effects on striatal dopamine (DA), including our studies involving administration of the DA precursor, levodopa (L-DOPA). Nevertheless, the mechanisms of inflammation associations with fear and anxiety-related circuits and symptoms are not fully understood. Given recent interest in DA in the amygdala in anxiety and the effects of inflammation, we examined a potential role for DA in relationships between inflammation, lower right amygdala-ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) FC, and symptoms of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Leveraging data from our studies in medically-stable, unmedicated adults with a primary MDD diagnosis, we tested the hypothesis that acute (250 mg; Study 1, n = 30) and sub-chronic (150–450 mg/day/week; Study 2, n = 18) L-DOPA (administered with carbidopa) versus placebo would increase right amygdala-vmPFC resting state (rs)FC (using a targeted, <em>a priori</em> approach) in patients with higher (but not lower) inflammation, in relation to comorbid anxiety and PTSD symptoms. In patients enrolled to have a range of CRP concentrations and rsFC before and after acute, within-subject challenge with both L-DOPA and placebo (double-blind, randomized order ∼ 1-week apart; Study 1), a CRP by treatment interaction (F[1,28] = 1.33, p < 0.05) revealed that right amygdala-vmPFC rsFC was increased by L-DOPA versus placebo only in patients with CRP > versus ≤ 2 mg/L (p < 0.05). In MDD patients recruited to have CRP > 2 mg/L in Study 2, L-DOPA increased right amygdala-vmPFC rsFC versus placebo (F[1,12] = 9.24, p < 0.05), with two of three L-DOPA doses (150 and 450 mg/day) increasing rsFC versus placebo at a predetermined threshold of ≥ 20 %. Repeated L-DOPA versus placebo further decreased self-reported anxiety symptoms and state anxiety (F[2,16] = 11.87, p < 0.01), with all three L-DOPA doses significantly decreasing state anxiety (p < 0.05). Right amygdala-vmPFC rsFC responses to L-DOPA also associated with greater reductions in state anxiety (r = -0.72, p < 0.05). Similarly, L-DOPA decreased PTSD symptom severity versus placebo across all four PTSD symptom clusters (B-E) in patients with significant PTSD symptoms at baseline (n = 11; all p < 0.05), with right amygdala-vmPFC rsFC responses to L-DOPA versus placebo negatively correlating with improved Intrusion symptoms (r = -0.81, p < 0.05). These findings suggest a role for DA in the effects of inflammation on fear and anxiety-related circuits and symptoms, while supporting the use of
炎症生物标志物,如细胞因子和c反应蛋白(CRP)在重度抑郁症(MDD)以及恐惧和焦虑相关疾病患者中确实升高。此外,炎症生物标志物与奖励和威胁相关回路中较低的功能连通性(FC)有关,这有助于症状的严重程度。先前的工作已经将奖励回路中的低FC和快感缺乏症状与纹状体多巴胺(DA)的炎症效应联系起来,包括我们涉及给药DA前体左旋多巴(L-DOPA)的研究。然而,炎症与恐惧和焦虑相关回路和症状的关联机制尚不完全清楚。鉴于最近对杏仁核DA在焦虑和炎症影响中的作用的兴趣,我们研究了DA在炎症、右下杏仁核-腹内侧前额叶皮层(vmPFC) FC以及焦虑和创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)症状之间的关系中的潜在作用。利用我们对医学上稳定的、未用药的原发性MDD成人的研究数据,我们检验了急性(250 mg;研究1,n = 30)和亚慢性(150-450 mg/天/周;研究2,n = 18)左旋多巴(加卡比多巴)与安慰剂相比,在炎症较高(但不较低)的患者中,与共病焦虑和PTSD症状相关的右杏仁核- vmpfc静下状态(rs)FC(使用有针对性的先验方法)会增加。登记的病人有一个范围的CRP浓度和rsFC急性前后,受试的挑战与左旋多巴和安慰剂(双盲随机顺序 ∼ 1周分开;研究1)、c反应蛋白的治疗交互(F[1, 28] = 1.33,p 与 ≤ 2 mg / L (p  2 mg / L在研究2中,左旋多巴对增加amygdala-vmPFC rsFC与安慰剂(F(1、12) = 9.24,p
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IL-17A-mediated copper accumulation participates in chronic neuropathic pain-induced cognitive impairment by enhancing microglial synaptic pruning il - 17a介导的铜积累通过增强小胶质突触修剪参与慢性神经性疼痛诱导的认知障碍。
IF 7.6 2区 医学 Q1 IMMUNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106208
Jie Liu, Zheng Li, Xiaoling Peng, Wei Zhao, Tiantian Chu, Jie Ju, Jihao Ren, Feng Gao
Chronic neuropathic pain is frequently accompanied by cognitive impairment, which seriously influence the quality of the patient’s life. The stability of synapse is the basis for maintaining neural circuits. And overactive microglia can prune normal synapses through phagocytosis, leading to cognitive impairment. This study aims to investigate the role of microglial synaptic pruning in chronic neuropathic pain-induced cognitive impairment, and explore the mechanisms of microglial activation through Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) activation and copper accumulation. We found that chronic neuropathic pain resulted in cognitive impairment, and microglial activation, abnormal microglial synaptic pruning, synaptic loss in hippocampus. Depleting microglia ameliorated the activations of microglial and complement pathways, and rescued synaptic loss and cognitive impairment. The copper was accumulated in hippocampus, and copper chelator tetrathiomolybdate (TTM) inhibited microglial and complement activations and rescued synaptic loss and cognitive impairment. Further research found that suppressing mitochondrial oxidative stress response inhibited copper accumulation-induced microglial activation. Finally, IL-17A was found to be increased in serum and hippocampus. IL-17A neutralization antibody (anti-IL-17A Abs) alleviated copper accumulation by inhibiting six transmembrane epithelial antigens of prostate 4 (STEAP4) / copper transporter 1 (CTR1), and inhibited microglial and complement activation, interrupting abnormal synaptic elimination and ameliorating cognitive impairment. Our results suggest that IL-17A can induce copper accumulation in microglia through STEAP4/CTR1, the latter promotes complement-mediated microglia synaptic pruning, reducing synapse number, and ultimately resulting in cognitive impairment. These provide a new potential therapeutic target for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain-induced cognitive impairment.
慢性神经性疼痛常伴有认知功能障碍,严重影响患者的生活质量。突触的稳定性是维持神经回路的基础。过度活跃的小胶质细胞可以通过吞噬作用修剪正常的突触,导致认知障碍。本研究旨在探讨小胶质细胞突触修剪在慢性神经性疼痛引起的认知障碍中的作用,并通过白细胞介素- 17a (IL-17A)的激活和铜的积累来探讨小胶质细胞的激活机制。我们发现慢性神经性疼痛导致认知障碍,海马小胶质细胞激活,小胶质突触异常修剪,突触丢失。消耗小胶质细胞改善了小胶质细胞和补体通路的激活,并挽救了突触丧失和认知障碍。铜在海马中积累,铜螯合剂四硫钼酸盐(TTM)抑制小胶质细胞和补体激活,挽救突触丧失和认知障碍。进一步研究发现,抑制线粒体氧化应激反应可抑制铜积累诱导的小胶质细胞活化。最后,发现血清和海马中IL-17A升高。IL-17A中和抗体(anti-IL-17A Abs)通过抑制前列腺4 (STEAP4) /铜转运蛋白1 (CTR1)的6种跨膜上皮抗原,抑制小胶质细胞和补体活化,阻断异常突触消除,改善认知障碍,从而减轻铜的积累。我们的研究结果表明,IL-17A可以通过STEAP4/CTR1诱导小胶质细胞内铜的积累,后者促进补体介导的小胶质细胞突触修剪,减少突触数量,最终导致认知功能障碍。这为慢性神经性疼痛引起的认知障碍的治疗提供了一个新的潜在治疗靶点。
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Brain-immune correlates of quality of life in adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain 患有慢性肌肉骨骼疼痛的青少年生活质量的脑免疫相关因素
IF 7.6 2区 医学 Q1 IMMUNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106225
Saül Pascual-Diaz , Maria Suñol , Marie-Eve Hoeppli , Emma Biggs , Christopher D. King , Nima Aghaeepour , Martin S. Angst , Edward Ganio , Amelie Cambriel , Dorien Feyaerts , Brice Gaudilliere , Jennifer N. Stinson , Massieh Moayedi , Robert C. Coghill , Laura E. Simons , Marina López-Solà
Chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain affects a substantial proportion of youth, with 5 % reporting high-impact symptoms. Chronic pain in youth leads to multifaceted negative consequences that profoundly affect adolescents’ quality of life (QoL) and future outcomes. Recent studies suggest that neuro-immune interactions significantly contribute to chronic pain. However, how systemic immune dysregulation influences brain function, and how these brain changes affect well-being and functioning in chronic pain remains unclear. This study aims to examine the convergence between immune function and brain processing during a multisensory task to identify novel mechanistic pathways that may explain reduced QoL in adolescents with chronic MSK pain (N = 129). We used a multisensory fMRI task designed to mimic the unpleasant sensory experiences that adolescents and adults with chronic pain often encounter in daily life. Higher task-evoked activation in the rostral anterior cingulate and dorsomedial prefrontal cortices (rACC–dmPFC), which support threat appraisal and response regulation, was associated with lower physical QoL (pFWE = 0.005). Lower physical QoL was also associated with augmented functional connectivity between the rACC-dmPFC region and sensory processing areas in the somatosensory (pFWE = 0.002) and visual (pFWE = 0.049) cortices. Higher systemic pro-inflammatory activity in immature neutrophils was also associated with lower physical QoL (p = 0.01). Furthermore, task-evoked brain activation in the rACC-dmPFC partially mediated the relationship between neutrophil-mediated inflammatory responses and reduced physical QoL. These findings suggest a potential neuro-immune pathway through which systemic immune alterations may affect brain function and QoL in adolescents with chronic MSK pain.
慢性肌肉骨骼(MSK)疼痛影响了相当大比例的年轻人,其中5%报告了高影响症状。青少年慢性疼痛会导致多方面的负面后果,深刻影响青少年的生活质量(QoL)和未来结局。最近的研究表明,神经免疫相互作用显著促进慢性疼痛。然而,系统免疫失调如何影响大脑功能,以及这些大脑变化如何影响慢性疼痛患者的健康和功能仍不清楚。本研究旨在研究在多感觉任务中免疫功能和大脑加工之间的趋同,以确定可能解释慢性MSK疼痛青少年生活质量降低的新机制途径(N = 129)。我们使用多感官功能磁共振成像任务来模拟青少年和成人慢性疼痛患者在日常生活中经常遇到的不愉快的感官体验。支持威胁评估和反应调节的吻侧前扣带和背内侧前额叶皮层(rACC-dmPFC)的任务诱发激活越高,身体生活质量越低(pFWE = 0.005)。较低的身体生活质量还与rACC-dmPFC区域与躯体感觉(pFWE = 0.002)和视觉(pFWE = 0.049)皮质的感觉加工区域之间的功能连接增强有关。未成熟中性粒细胞全身性促炎活性升高也与较低的物理生活质量相关(p = 0.01)。此外,rACC-dmPFC的任务诱发脑激活部分介导了中性粒细胞介导的炎症反应与身体生活质量降低之间的关系。这些发现提示了一种潜在的神经免疫途径,通过该途径,全身免疫改变可能影响青少年慢性MSK疼痛的脑功能和生活质量。
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The sheep as a translational model for neurodevelopmental disorders induced by prenatal maternal immune activation 绵羊作为产前母体免疫激活诱导的神经发育障碍的翻译模型。
IF 7.6 2区 医学 Q1 IMMUNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106214
Wiesława Florek , Katarzyna Barłowska , Marta Marlena Ziętek , Rafał Radosław Starzyński , Pasqualino Loi , Silvestre Sampino
Neurodevelopmental disorders (ND) arise from a complex interaction between genetic and maternal environmental factors occurring during pregnancy and involving the immune system. Rodent models, particularly genetic and immune-based approaches, have significantly advanced our understanding of ND etiology and pathogenesis. However, translationally relevant large animal model of maternal immune activation, capable of recapitulating behavioral phenotypes and biomarker associations consistent with ND are missing. In this study, we aimed to model ND in sheep by inducing Maternal Immune Activation (MIA) in pregnant ewes, as prenatal infections are well-replicated environmental factors associated with an increased risk of ND in humans. Pregnant ewes were challenged with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to induce MIA at either mid- or late pregnancy, and the lambs’ behaviors were monitored after birth. Moreover, we developed and validated a battery of behavioral assays (e.g., Isolation Test, V-Detour Test, and T-Maze) to assess ND-related behavioral domains in lambs, such as social attachment, spatial learning, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility. Lambs prenatally exposed to MIA exhibited selective impairments in cognitive domains, including learning, memory consolidation, and cognitive flexibility, while developmental milestones and core social behaviors, such as maternal bonding, remained unchanged. Importantly, individual differences in maternal inflammatory responses, particularly IL-6 levels, correlated with the severity of behavioral alterations in the offspring. The observed behavioral phenotypes and immunological correlations support the validity of the ovine model for studying ND and related behavioral disorders. Our findings lay the groundwork for using sheep in future mechanistic and preclinical research on neurodevelopmental disorders.
神经发育障碍(ND)是由遗传和母体环境因素在怀孕期间发生的复杂相互作用引起的,并涉及免疫系统。啮齿类动物模型,特别是基于遗传和免疫的方法,大大提高了我们对ND病因和发病机制的理解。然而,缺乏与翻译相关的母体免疫激活的大型动物模型,能够概括与ND一致的行为表型和生物标志物关联。在这项研究中,我们旨在通过诱导怀孕母羊的母体免疫激活(MIA)来模拟绵羊ND,因为产前感染是与人类ND风险增加相关的良好复制的环境因素。采用细菌脂多糖(LPS)刺激怀孕母羊,诱导妊娠中期和晚期的MIA,并在出生后监测羔羊的行为。此外,我们开发并验证了一系列行为分析(如隔离测试、V-Detour测试和T-Maze测试),以评估羔羊的社交依恋、空间学习、抑制控制和认知灵活性等与nd相关的行为领域。羔羊在产前暴露于MIA表现出认知领域的选择性损伤,包括学习、记忆巩固和认知灵活性,而发育里程碑和核心社会行为,如母性纽带,保持不变。重要的是,母体炎症反应的个体差异,特别是IL-6水平,与后代行为改变的严重程度相关。观察到的行为表型和免疫学相关性支持了研究ND和相关行为障碍的羊模型的有效性。我们的发现为将来利用绵羊进行神经发育障碍的机制和临床前研究奠定了基础。
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Developmental origins of immune function: Maternal prenatal mood is associated with infant immune cell gene expression 免疫功能的发育起源:母亲产前情绪与婴儿免疫细胞基因表达有关。
IF 7.6 2区 医学 Q1 IMMUNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106230
Gabrielle R. Rinne , Christine Dunkel Schetter , Susan Jackman , Steve W. Cole
The in-utero environment shapes offspring mental and physical health trajectories over the lifespan, likely through developmental adaptations to fetal biological systems. Offspring immune system development is a putative pathway through which the prenatal environment influences offspring health. The current study tested associations of maternal prenatal depressive and anxiety symptoms with infant pro-inflammatory and antiviral gene expression in a sample of 118 mother-infant pairs enrolled in a longitudinal study. Mothers reported on depressive and anxiety symptoms during interviews in early, mid, and late pregnancy. About one month after birth, trained research staff collected dried blood spots from infants during a heel stick procedure (M = 1.3 months, SD = 1.1 months). Infant dried blood spots were assayed for genome-wide transcriptional profiles using RNAseq. We evaluated associations of maternal prenatal depressive and anxiety symptoms with infant genome-wide transcriptional profiles and used bioinformatics analyses to identify upstream transcriptional pathways of differentially expressed genes. Higher maternal depressive symptom levels over the course of pregnancy were associated with upregulation of the pro-inflammatory NF-κB transcription control pathway and downregulation of the antiviral IRF control pathway in infants. In contrast, anxiety symptoms were associated with downregulation of the antiviral transcriptional control pathway in infants but were not associated with differences in the pro-inflammatory transcriptional control pathway. However, the association of anxiety symptoms with antiviral transcriptional control pathways was no longer significant with adjustment for depressive symptoms. These findings suggest that depressive symptoms during pregnancy may influence infant immune function via inflammatory and antiviral transcriptional control pathways, with potential implications for subsequent health.
子宫内环境可能通过对胎儿生物系统的发育适应,塑造了后代一生中的心理和身体健康轨迹。子代免疫系统的发育被认为是产前环境影响子代健康的一个途径。目前的研究测试了母亲产前抑郁和焦虑症状与婴儿促炎和抗病毒基因表达的关系,研究对象是118对参与纵向研究的母婴。母亲们在怀孕早期、中期和晚期的访谈中报告了抑郁和焦虑症状。出生约1个月后,训练有素的研究人员在婴儿脚跟贴过程中收集干血斑(M = 1.3 个月,SD = 1.1 个月)。用RNAseq检测干血斑的全基因组转录谱。我们评估了母亲产前抑郁和焦虑症状与全基因组转录谱的关系,并使用生物信息学分析来确定差异表达基因的上游转录途径。妊娠期间较高的母亲抑郁症状水平与婴儿促炎NF-κB转录控制通路上调和抗病毒IRF控制通路下调有关。相比之下,焦虑症状与抗病毒转录控制途径的下调有关,但与促炎转录控制途径的差异无关。然而,焦虑症状与抗病毒转录控制途径的关联在调整抑郁症状时不再显著。这些发现表明,怀孕期间的抑郁症状可能通过炎症和抗病毒转录控制途径影响婴儿的免疫功能,对随后的健康有潜在的影响。
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Resistant starch improves Parkinson’s disease symptoms through restructuring of the gut microbiome and modulating inflammation 抗性淀粉通过重组肠道微生物群和调节炎症来改善帕金森病症状。
IF 7.6 2区 医学 Q1 IMMUNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106217
Viacheslav A. Petrov , Sebastian Schade , Cedric C. Laczny , Jenny Hällqvist , Patrick May , Christian Jäger , Velma T.E. Aho , Oskar Hickl , Rashi Halder , Elisabeth Lang , Jordan Caussin , Laura A. Lebrun , Janine Schulz , Marcus Michael Unger , Kevin Mills , Brit Mollenhauer , Paul Wilmes
Alterations in the gut microbiome and a “leaky” gut are associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD), which implies the prospect of rebalancing via dietary intervention. Here, we investigate the impact of a diet rich in resistant starch on the gut microbiome through a multi-omics approach. We conducted a randomized, controlled trial with short-term and long-term phases involving 74 PD patients of three groups: conventional diet, supplementation with resistant starch, and high-fibre diet.
Our findings reveal associations between dietary patterns and changes in the gut microbiome’s taxonomic composition, functional potential, metabolic activity, and host inflammatory proteome response. Resistant starch supplementation led to an increase in Faecalibacterium species and short-chain fatty acids alongside a reduction in opportunistic pathogens. Long-term supplementation also increased blood APOA4 and HSPA5 and reduced symptoms of PD.
Our study highlights the potential of dietary interventions to modulate the gut microbiome and improve the quality of life for PD patients.
肠道微生物群的改变和肠道“渗漏”与帕金森病(PD)有关,这意味着通过饮食干预来重新平衡的前景。在这里,我们通过多组学方法研究了富含抗性淀粉的饮食对肠道微生物组的影响。我们进行了一项短期和长期的随机对照试验,涉及74名PD患者,分为三组:常规饮食、补充抗性淀粉和高纤维饮食。我们的研究结果揭示了饮食模式与肠道微生物组的分类组成、功能潜力、代谢活性和宿主炎症蛋白质组反应的变化之间的联系。抗性淀粉的补充导致粪杆菌种类和短链脂肪酸的增加和机会致病菌的减少。长期补充也增加了血液APOA4和HSPA5,减轻了PD的症状。我们的研究强调了饮食干预在调节肠道微生物群和改善PD患者生活质量方面的潜力。
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The infant gut microbiome and the intergenerational transmission of psychiatric risk 婴儿肠道微生物群与精神疾病风险的代际传递。
IF 7.6 2区 医学 Q1 IMMUNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106232
Ellen Jopling , Avril Metcalfe-Roach , Stuart E. Turvey , Piushkumar Mandhane , the CHILD Study investigators , B. Brett Finlay , Joelle LeMoult
Elevated stress during the prenatal period is associated with increased psychiatric risk among children. However, less is known about the mechanisms through which this intergenerational transmission of risk occurs. The early life microbiome is one candidate mechanism through which maternal stress during the prenatal period could impact offspring mental health, with a growing body of literature highlighting the importance of the early life microbiome in mental health across the lifespan. This study leverages Canada’s largest deeply phenotyped birth cohort to elucidate the mechanistic associations between maternal prenatal stress, dynamic changes in the microbiome across the first year of life, and child internalizing symptoms. Analytic sample size with use of full information maximum likelihood methodology was 2,985. Analyses indicated that early diversification of the early life microbiome significantly mediated the relation between higher maternal perceived stress during pregnancy and increased internalizing symptoms among offspring at 5 years of age. Crucially, microbial taxa impacted by early diversification of the microbiome implicated the immune system. This work supports maturational dynamics of the microbiome as one mechanism through which prenatal stress is biologically embedded to impact offspring’s later mental health. By linking several burgeoning areas of research, this study lays the groundwork for future multidisciplinary work examining the intergenerational transmission of psychiatric risk through the microbiome.
产前压力升高与儿童精神疾病风险增加有关。然而,人们对这种风险代际传递的机制知之甚少。早期生命微生物群是产前母亲压力可能影响后代心理健康的一种候选机制,越来越多的文献强调了早期生命微生物群在整个生命周期中对心理健康的重要性。本研究利用加拿大最大的深度表型出生队列来阐明母亲产前压力、生命第一年微生物组的动态变化和儿童内化症状之间的机制关联。使用全信息最大似然方法的分析样本量为2,985。分析表明,早期生命微生物组的早期多样化显著介导了怀孕期间母亲感知压力升高与5 岁时后代内化症状增加之间的关系。至关重要的是,微生物群的早期多样化影响了免疫系统。这项工作支持微生物组的成熟动力学是一种机制,通过这种机制,产前压力在生物学上嵌入,影响后代后来的心理健康。通过将几个新兴的研究领域联系起来,这项研究为未来通过微生物组研究精神疾病风险代际传递的多学科工作奠定了基础。
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Social stress worsens colitis through β-adrenergic–driven oxidative stress in intestinal mucosal compartments 社会压力通过肠粘膜室中β-肾上腺素能驱动的氧化应激使结肠炎恶化。
IF 7.6 2区 医学 Q1 IMMUNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106222
Maria Elisa Caetano-Silva , Miranda E. Hilt , Ivan Valishev , Casey Lim , Mikaela Kasperek , Akriti Shrestha , Helen Fu , Eleanor Eck , Robert McCusker , Heather Armstrong , Brett Loman , Michael T. Bailey , Jacob M. Allen
Psychological stress is a known risk factor for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the mechanisms linking stress to worsened disease remain unclear. Because distinct stress paradigms activate different neuroimmune circuits, it is critical to investigate model-specific effects. We examined how social stress primes the gut for heightened inflammation and whether this is mediated by specific neuroendocrine pathways, including α2-/β-adrenergic (sympathetic) or glucocorticoid/ corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor (CRHR1) (HPA axis) signaling. Mice were exposed to social disruption (SDR) stress and pre-treated with pharmacological antagonists targeting α2-adrenergic receptors (idazoxan), β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) (propranolol), glucocorticoid receptor (mifepristone), or CRHR1 (antalarmin). Intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) gene expression and microbiota composition were assessed following SDR. To determine disease impact, SDR was combined with either Citrobacter rodentium infection or dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis, with interventions including the β-AR inhibitors and the NADPH oxidase inhibitor apocynin. SDR significantly upregulated expression of Dual oxidase 2 (Duox2), Dual oxidase maturation factor 2 (Duoxa2), and inducible nitric oxide synthase 2 (Nos2) in IECs (2- to 8-fold, p < 0.0001), effects reversed by β-AR blockade but not α2-adrenergic, CRH, or glucocorticoid inhibition. SDR also induced microbial dysbiosis, characterized by reduced α −diversity and compositional shifts, which was rescued by propranolol. Stress exacerbated disease severity in both infectious (C. rodentium) and chemically induced (DSS) colitis, amplifying colonic expression of Duox2, Nos2, and Ccl2, especially. Apocynin mitigated stress-induced ROS/RNS production and body weight loss even prior to colitis onset, reduced colonic expression of key oxidative enzymes, especially DUOX2, and alleviated both chemically and infectious colitis severity. These findings provide strong evidence that social stress sensitizes the gut to inflammation through β-adrenergic and NADPH oxidase–driven oxidative stress, highlighting potential therapeutic targets for mitigating stress-exacerbated IBD.
心理压力是炎症性肠病(IBD)的一个已知危险因素,但将压力与疾病恶化联系起来的机制尚不清楚。由于不同的应激模式激活不同的神经免疫回路,因此研究模型特异性效应至关重要。我们研究了社会压力如何使肠道为炎症加剧做好准备,以及这是否由特定的神经内分泌途径介导,包括α2-/β-肾上腺素能(交感神经)或糖皮质激素/促肾上腺皮质激素释放激素受体(CRHR1) (HPA轴)信号。小鼠暴露于社会干扰(SDR)应激,并预先使用靶向α2-肾上腺素能受体(咪唑嗪)、β-肾上腺素能受体(β-AR)(普萘洛尔)、糖皮质激素受体(米非司酮)或CRHR1(安他拉明)的药物拮抗剂。SDR后评估肠上皮细胞(IEC)基因表达和微生物群组成。为了确定疾病影响,SDR与啮齿柠檬酸杆菌感染或葡聚糖硫酸钠(DSS)诱导的结肠炎联合使用,干预措施包括β-AR抑制剂和NADPH氧化酶抑制剂罗布麻碱。SDR显著上调IECs中双氧化酶2 (Duox2)、双氧化酶成熟因子2 (Duoxa2)和诱导型一氧化氮合酶2 (Nos2)的表达(2- 8倍,p
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