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Gut microbiota from NLRP3-deficient mice ameliorates depressive-like behaviors by regulating astrocyte dysfunction via circHIPK2
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BACKGROUND: Inflammasomes have been found to interact with the gut microbiota, and this effect is associated with depression, but the mechanisms underlying this interaction have not been elucidated in detail. RESULTS: The locomotor activity of NLRP3 KO mice was significantly greater than that of their WT littermates, while cohousing and transplantation of the NLRP3 KO gut microbiota avoid the effects of NLRP3 KO on the general locomotor activity at baseline. Meanwhile, transplantation of the NLRP3 KO microbiota alleviated the CUS-induced depressive-like behaviors. The compositions of the gut microbiota in NLRP3 KO mice and WT mice were significantly different in terms of the relative abundance of Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, and Bacteroidetes. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from NLRP3 KO mice significantly ameliorated the depressive-like behavior induced by chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) in recipient mice. Given the correlation between circular RNA HIPK2 (circHIPK2) and depression and the observation that the level of circHIPK2 expression was significantly increased in CUS-treated mice compared with that in the control group, further experiments were performed. FMT significantly ameliorated astrocyte dysfunction in recipient mice treated with CUS via inhibition of circHIPK2 expression. CONCLUSIONS: Our study illustrates the involvement of the gut microbiota-circHIPK2-astrocyte axis in depression, providing translational evidence that transplantation of the gut microbiota from NLRP3 KO mice may serve as a novel therapeutic strategy for depression.
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“Knockdown of circHIPK2 and overexpression of circSTAG1 have been shown to induce an inhibitory effect on the progression of depression, due to the binding mechanism between circSTAG1 and human AlkB homolog 5 (ALKBH5) and the miR-9 sponge function of circHIPK2.”
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“This study found that the expression level of circHIPK2 increased significantly in a CUS mouse model with depression compared with a control group.”
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“Fecal microbiota transplantation significantly alleviated astrocyte dysfunction and depression-like behaviors in recipient depressive mice via inhibition of circHIPK2 expression.295”
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“the gut microbiota-circHIPK2-astrocyte axis was involved in the development of depression in a stress mouse model.295”
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“Likewise, the role of circRNAs as novel therapeutic targets to ameliorate depression-like symptoms has been demonstrated in various animal models [21][22][23][24].”
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“Furthermore, circular STAG1 (circSTAG1) and circular HIPK2 (circHIPK2) were reported to function in astrocyte activation.”
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“These results suggest that these two circRNAs may be novel therapeutic targets for depression [16,22] (Fig. 3C & D).”
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“Transplantation of the gut microbiota from pyrin domain containing protein 3 knock out (NLRP3 KO) mice alleviated astrocyte dysfunction in CUS mice.”
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“This study revealed a regulatory effect of the gut microbiota-circHIPK2-astrocyte axis in depression, and suggested that transplantation of the gut microbiota may constitute a novel therapeutic strategy for depression [22].”
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“This study revealed a regulatory effect of the gut microbiota-circHIPK2-astrocyte axis in depression, and suggested that transplantation of the gut microbiota may constitute a novel therapeutic strategy for depression [22].”
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“Improved astrocyte function was attributed to the regulation of circHIPK2 expression.”
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“(C) Transplantation of the NLRP3 KO gut microbiota decreases the expression of circHIPK2 and reverses astrocyte dysfunction in the CUS model mouse.”
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“| 19 | CircHIPK2 | HIPK2 | Mouse | √ | | Plasma, Hippocampus | [22] |”
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“It was found that FMT from NLPR3 knockout mice resulted in a decrease in anxiety and depressive-like behaviours in the recipient mice [28].”
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- Authors
- Zhang, Y., Huang, R., Cheng, M., Wang, L., Chao, J., Li, J., Zheng, P., Xie, P., Zhang, Z., & Yao, H.
- Affiliations
- Southeast University (CN)
- China Pharmaceutical University (CN)
- The Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- Zhongda Hospital Southeast University (CN)
- Nantong University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Yao, Honghong
- Venue
- Microbiome
- Published
- 2019-08-22
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 116-116
- ISSN
- 2049-2618 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6706943
- OpenAlex
- W2969822493
- Cited by
- 263
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 55 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 24
- FWCI
- 9.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Microbiome (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (2017YFA0104303, 81603090, 81761138048, 81673410)
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0104303)
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2242019, 2017YFA0104303)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Keywords
- gut microbiota, NLRP3 inflammasome, depression, depression-like behavior, astrocyte dysfunction, circular RNA, fecal microbiota transplantation, chronic unpredictable mild stress, locomotor activity, depression treatment
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein, Animals, Astrocytes, Behavior, Animal, Depression, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Mice
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