细菌在皮质内微电极植入后入侵大脑,诱导肠-大脑轴的破坏,并导致微电极性能降低
George F Hoeferlin1,2, Sarah E Grabinski3, Lindsey N Druschel1,2
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Nature communications
|February 20, 2025
概括
微电极植入可以破坏血脑屏障 (BBB),允许肠道细菌进入大脑. 抗生素暂时改善了大脑机器接口的性能,但长期使用会使其恶化,影响大脑健康.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 微生物学 微生物学
背景情况:
- 皮层内微电极植入可以导致血脑屏障 (BBB) 损伤.
- 在BBB损伤后的神经炎症可能会损害大脑机器接口 (BMI) 的性能.
- 肠道细菌可能通过受损的BBB进入大脑.
研究的目的:
- 调查微电极植入是否有助于微生物进入大脑.
- 确定细菌存在和抗生素治疗对BMI表现和大脑健康的影响.
主要方法:
- 在小鼠体内植入皮层内微电极.
- 通过测序,随着时间的推移,分析大脑组织中的细菌序列.
- 使用抗生素并评估其对细菌存在,神经炎症和BMI记录表现的影响.
- 对神经退行性路径的评估.
主要成果:
- 在植入微电极的小鼠的大脑中检测到包括肠道相关的种群在内的细菌序列.
- 抗生素治疗暂时减少了细菌的存在,改善了记录性能,改变了炎症反应.
- 长期使用抗生素加剧了性能下降,并破坏了神经退行性途径.
- 检测到的细菌序列中有很大一部分是肠道或未植入的大脑的新鲜事物.
结论:
- 微电极植入可以导致微生物通过BBB损伤进入大脑.
- 这种微生物转移是影响慢性BMI表现和大脑健康的潜在机制.
- 这些发现表明,微生物组,BBB完整性和神经记录效率之间存在复杂的相互作用.
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