Background: The gut-brain axis is considered a neuroendocrine system, which connects the brain and gastrointestinal tract and plays an important role in stress response. The homeostasis of gut-brain axis is important for health conditions and its alterations are associated to neurological disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Method: We selected recent papers analysing the association among alterations in the homeostasis of the gut-brain axis and neurological disorders. In addition, we described how bioactive natural molecules - such as polyphenols – by influencing gut microbiota composition may help rescue neural signalling pathways impaired in neurodegenerative diseases. Results: Recent studies show that gut microbiota is a dynamic ecosystem that can be altered by external factors such as diet composition, antibiotics or xenobiotics. Gut bacterial community plays a key role in maintaining normal brain functions. Metagenomic analyses have elucidated that the relationship between gut and brain, either in normal or in pathological conditions, reflects the existence of a “microbiota-gut-brain” axis. Gut microbiota composition can be influenced by dietary ingestion of probiotics or natural bioactive molecules such as prebiotics and polyphenols. Their derivatives coming from microbiota metabolism can affect both the gut bacterial composition and brain biochemistry. Conclusion: This review highlights the role of gut microbiota in regulating regulates brain biochemistry and the role of microbiota metabolites on neuropathologies. Dietary ingestion of probiotics, prebiotics and polyphenols affect gut microbiota composition underlining the key role played by specific metabolites not only in the gut microbiota composition but also in the brain health maintenance.

New therapeutic drugs from bioactive natural molecules: The role of gut microbiota metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases / Di Meo, Francesco; Donato, Stella; Di Pardo, Alba; Maglione, Vittorio; Filosa, Stefania; Crispi, Stefania. - In: CURRENT DRUG METABOLISM. - ISSN 1389-2002. - 19:6(2018), pp. 478-489. [10.2174/1389200219666180404094147]

New therapeutic drugs from bioactive natural molecules: The role of gut microbiota metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases

Di Pardo, Alba;Maglione, Vittorio;
2018

Abstract

Background: The gut-brain axis is considered a neuroendocrine system, which connects the brain and gastrointestinal tract and plays an important role in stress response. The homeostasis of gut-brain axis is important for health conditions and its alterations are associated to neurological disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Method: We selected recent papers analysing the association among alterations in the homeostasis of the gut-brain axis and neurological disorders. In addition, we described how bioactive natural molecules - such as polyphenols – by influencing gut microbiota composition may help rescue neural signalling pathways impaired in neurodegenerative diseases. Results: Recent studies show that gut microbiota is a dynamic ecosystem that can be altered by external factors such as diet composition, antibiotics or xenobiotics. Gut bacterial community plays a key role in maintaining normal brain functions. Metagenomic analyses have elucidated that the relationship between gut and brain, either in normal or in pathological conditions, reflects the existence of a “microbiota-gut-brain” axis. Gut microbiota composition can be influenced by dietary ingestion of probiotics or natural bioactive molecules such as prebiotics and polyphenols. Their derivatives coming from microbiota metabolism can affect both the gut bacterial composition and brain biochemistry. Conclusion: This review highlights the role of gut microbiota in regulating regulates brain biochemistry and the role of microbiota metabolites on neuropathologies. Dietary ingestion of probiotics, prebiotics and polyphenols affect gut microbiota composition underlining the key role played by specific metabolites not only in the gut microbiota composition but also in the brain health maintenance.
2018
Gut microbiota; Gut-brain axis; Metagenomic analysis; Polyphenols; Prebiotics; Probiotics; Animals; Humans; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Polyphenols; Prebiotics; Probiotics; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Pharmacology; Clinical Biochemistry
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New therapeutic drugs from bioactive natural molecules: The role of gut microbiota metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases / Di Meo, Francesco; Donato, Stella; Di Pardo, Alba; Maglione, Vittorio; Filosa, Stefania; Crispi, Stefania. - In: CURRENT DRUG METABOLISM. - ISSN 1389-2002. - 19:6(2018), pp. 478-489. [10.2174/1389200219666180404094147]
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