Abstract
As the world population ages, the burden of age-related health problems grows, creating a greater demand for new novel interventions for healthy aging. Advancing aging is related to a loss of beneficial mutualistic microbes in the gut microbiota caused by extrinsic and intrinsic factors such as diet, sedentary lifestyle, sleep deprivation, circadian rhythms, and oxidative stress, which emerge as essential elements in controlling and prolonging life expectancy of healthy aging. This condition is known as gut dysbiosis, and it affects normal brain function via the brain-gut microbiota (BGM) axis, which is a bidirectional link between the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and the central nervous system (CNS) that leads to the emergence of brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Here, we reviewed the role of the gut microbiome in aging and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as provided a comprehensive review of recent findings from preclinical and clinical studies to present an up-to-date overview of recent advances in developing strategies to modulate the intestinal microbiome by probiotic administration, dietary intervention, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), and physical activity to address the aging process and prevent neurodegenerative diseases. The findings of this review will provide researchers in the fields of aging and the gut microbiome design innovative studies that leverage results from preclinical and clinical studies to better understand the nuances of aging, gut microbiome, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Introduction
Aging is unavoidable in the human life cycle, characterized by progressive physiological decline, leading to increased frailty, disease, and decreased longevity (). Gerontology is the study of the aging process, which involves a complex interaction of behavior, chemistry, genetics, and physiology. There are now dozens of aging theories explaining why aging is inevitable. The free radical theory of aging (FRTA), which Denham Harman first proposed in the 1950s, has become one of the most prominent theories to explain aging (Figure 1; ). This theory proposes that the rate of oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA determines life span primarily. For many decades, FRTA has established a theoretical basis for extensive studies and received abundant support from scientific research, resulting in significant advancements in our knowledge of aging. Past studies revealed a correlation between reducing oxidative stress and extending the lifespan in various model organisms, including nematodes (), African turquoise killifish (Smith et al., 2017), naked mole-rat (), fruit flies (Shenghua et al., 2020), and mice (Wang et al., 2020). Extensive scientific evidence supports the FRTA, which is manifested in the levels of oxidative stress to the damage in specific molecules including lipids, proteins, and mitochondrial DNA (). As a result, with regard to free radicals in aging, it has advanced to the point of becoming one of the more reasonable theories of the aging process.
FIGURE 1
Free radicals such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) are essential electron donors in normal metabolism. ROS is produced by both exogenous and endogenous sources, such as mitochondrial oxidative metabolism and ionizing radiation. ROS promotes inflammation, accelerates aging, and increases the risk of neurodegenerative diseases (Thanan et al., 2014). Under a normal state, free radicals are needed for primary biological responses, including gene transcription, leukocyte adherence, platelet accumulation, signal transduction, and smooth muscle relaxation. Cells produce excess free radicals when exposed to ROS, which can be neutralized by cell-induced antioxidants, for instance, superoxide dismutase (SOD). When the production of free radicals exceeds detoxification capacity, oxidative damage occurs, which can amplify DNA mutations and lead to mitochondrial dysfunction or apoptosis (
Aging has become a significant predictor of neurodegeneration, and aggregation of oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA may be related to neurodegenerative diseases (
Simultaneously, aging is associated with the inability to accelerate a robust immune response, a condition known as immunosenescence, and with age-related inflammation, a condition known as inflammaging (
A substantial amount of research has been conducted on the role and abundance of the intestinal microbiome as well as the implications for maintaining a healthy state. Gut microbiota (GM) is an ecosystem metabolic of a million different microorganisms living in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and forming a symbiotic connection with the host (
The role of gut microbiome in aging
Gut microbiota is a diverse group of microorganisms present in the GIT, and its genes are known as the microbiome (Salazar et al., 2020). Each individual has a unique microbiota composition that is very diverse and complex in nature (
Several research revealed that the composition and stability of the intestinal microbiome change significantly with aging (Salazar et al., 2017;
In general, these alterations are known as “gut dysbiosis,” which is distinguished by a decrease in a plethora of beneficial microorganisms, including bacteria that generate short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), e.g., Clostridium, Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, and Roseburia (
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is an inflammatory toxin produced by certain microbes, such as Bacteroides and Prevotella. LPS stimulates the TLR4 receptor by interacting with CD14 and MD-2 proteins, triggering an inflammatory response (Zhao et al., 2015). According to other studies, LPS produced by Bacteroides fragilis activates the pro-inflammatory transcription factor NFκB, which is responsible for the progression of AD in microglial cells. NFκB stimulates the pro-inflammatory micro RNA (miRNAs) transcription, including miRNA-155, miRNA-146a, miRNA-125b, miRNA-34a, and miRNA-9, which activates neuroinflammatory mediators and prevents phagocytosis (Zhao and Lukiw, 2018). For instance, it was recognized that miRNA-34a reduces the expression of TREM2, which is the activating receptor expressed on microglia cells, impairing microglia phagocytosis and enhancing amyloid β-42 (Aβ42) aggregation (
Bacterial amyloids such as curli secreted by pathogenic bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica, and Bacillus subtilis (
Several studies have revealed that the gut microbiome modulates Th17 cells and Treg cells, implying that the microbiome composition has a significant impact on the immune responses against pathogenic microbes and inflammatory responses (
TABLE 1
| No. | References | The role of the gut microbiome on aging and neurodegenerative diseases | Abundance of bacteria |
| 1 | Promotes gut homeostasis and healthy aging by lowering adiposity, inflammation, and the risk of developing metabolic and cognitive dysfunction. | ↑ Verrucomicrobia ↑ Akkermansia ↑ Christensenellaceae | |
| 2 | Sorbara and Pamer, 2019 | Disrupt the intestinal barrier integrity and causes chronic inflammation, further aggravating microbial dysbiosis and increasing susceptibility to gastrointestinal infections. | ↑ Clostridium difficile ↑ Helicobacter pylori |
| 3 | It could cause accumulation of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. | ↑ Porphyromonas gingivalis | |
| 4 | Involved in the synthesis of aminobutyric acid (Y-Aminobutyric acid, GABA). | ↑ Bifidobacterium ↑ Lactobacillus | |
| 5 | Strandwitz, 2018 | It causes brain dysfunction, which is characterized by synaptogenesis disorders, depression, and cognitive impairment. | ↓ Bifidobacterium ↓ Lactobacillus |
| 6 | Xu et al., 2018 | It involved in inflammatory bowel diseases by inducing Th17 proinflammatory lymphocytes. | ↑ Helicobacter hepaticus |
| 7 | Rizzatti et al., 2017 | Increased gut inflammation and dysbiosis. | ↑ Proteobacteria |
| 8 | It is crucial in the production of the SCFA butyrate. | ↑ Faecalibacterium | |
| 9 | It defends against enteric bacterial infection by activating epithelial inflammasome signaling and promoting DC-driven Th1 and Th17 immunity. | ↑ Trichomonas musculis | |
| 10 | Seo et al., 2015 | It stimulates monocytes to release NLRP3-dependent IL-1β, which causes intestinal inflammation. | ↑ Proteus mirabilis |
| 11 | Reduce TNF-α production, oxidative stress markers, and induced antioxidant enzymes in the brain. | ↑ Enterococcus faecium ↑ Lactobacillus rhamnosus | |
| 12 | Zhao et al., 2015 | Produces LPS and activates the pro-inflammatory transcription factor NFκB. | ↑ Bacteroides fragilis |
| 13 | Increased production of IL-10, restored levels of norepinephrine and serotonin, and enhanced BDNF expression in the hippocampus. | ↑ Lactobacillus helveticus NS8 | |
| 14 | Enhance the intestinal barrier by increasing the expression of proteins that forming tight junctions. | ↑ Lactobacillus plantarum ↑ Escherichia coli Nissle ↑ Bifidobacterium infantis | |
| 15 | It is capable of secreting large quantities of the bacterial amyloid peptide curli. | ↑ Escherichia coli ↑ Baccilus subtilis ↑ Salmonella tyrhimurium ↑ Salmonella enterica |
Role of the gut microbiome on aging and neurodegenerative diseases.
Changes (↑: increase; ↓: decrease) in the relative abundance of selected microbial taxa.
Brain-gut-microbiome axis and neurotransmitters
There is now a great deal of understanding about the connection between the intestinal microbiome and brain functions (
The gut and the brain are also linked by chemicals known as neurotransmitters, which help in monitoring and integrating gut functions with the cognitive and emotional functions of the brain (Scriven et al., 2018). Interestingly, the gut microbiome can produce a variety of mammalian neurotransmitters such as dopamine (Bacillus, Escherichia, Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, and Streptococcus), serotonin (Escherichia, Enterococcus, Lactobacillus, and Streptococcus), acetylcholine (Lactobacillus and Bacillus), noradrenaline (Bacillus spp.), norepinephrine (Bacillus), histamine (Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Streptococcus, and Enterococcus), and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA; Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus), all of which affect the host’s well-being and maintain homeostasis (
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) acts as a neurotransmitter modulator that is involved in synaptic plasticity, which is extremely important for all forms of learning and memory. There is evidence that Alzheimer’s disease patients have lower BDNF levels in their brains and serum (
Mechanisms of the effects of the gut microbiome on the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases
Numerous molecular research discovered a relationship between gut microbes and neurological disorders known as neurodegenerative diseases, in which patients with elevated intestinal inflammation having lower microbiome diversity than healthy cohorts with relatively intact abundance (Rowin et al., 2017). Each neurodegenerative disease has a distinct clinical aspect and pathology. Molecular research has revealed that the brain tissue of the elderly consists of abnormal deposits of proteins such as amyloid-β (Aβ), hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau), or α-synuclein (α-syn) (
FIGURE 2

The mechanism underlying the effect of the gut microbiome on the etiology of neurodegenerative diseases. GIT is composed of a diverse group of microbes, and its composition changes significantly with age. These alterations are termed “gut dysbiosis,” which leads to increased leaky gut, causing translocation of bacteria (a process known as atopobiosis) into the bloodstream (
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is distinguished by a gradual deterioration in neuronal function (
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is defined by dysfunctional motor neurons and neuropsychiatric signs. The pathogenesis features of PD involve neuronal degeneration in the substantia nigra (SN) due to proteostasis of α-synuclein, oxidative damage, mitochondrial dysfunction, impaired axonal transport, calcium homeostasis, and neuroinflammation (Poewe et al., 2017). Concurrently, these features result in striatal dopamine deficit and intracellular aggregates consisting of α-synuclein deposits, manifesting as locomotor signs, such as neuromuscular dysfunctions affecting movement speed, muscle stiffness and resting tremor (
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is related to motor neuron damage in the spinal cord due to muscle frailty, atrophy, and spasticity (
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a type of dementia with neuropathological features involving chronic atrophy in the frontal and neocortex as well as the accumulation of microtubule-associated protein tau and two RNA-binding proteins, 43-kDa TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) and fused in sarcoma (FUS) (
Role of nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, sleep deprivation and circadian rhythms on the gut microbiome
Gut microbiome is hypersensitive to external factors associated with an unhealthy lifestyle, such as nutrition, exercise, sleep deprivation, sedentary behavior, and circadian rhythm disorders, all of which are essential elements in controlling healthy aging and prolonging life expectancy (
A sedentary lifestyle has been associated with severe diseases, including cancer, coronary artery disease and diabetes (
Concurrently, global data show that sleep deprivation enhances the risk of age-related diseases, and recent studies suggest the GM may contribute to this phenomenon (
Circadian rhythm regulation is critical in healthy people who are influenced by cosmic events such as light-dark cycles and sleep-wake cycles as well as lifestyles (
Targeting gut microbiota as an intervention to delay aging and neurodegenerative diseases
Comprehensive knowledge about the role of the gut microbiome in aging and the emergence of neurological disorders create the potential for new novel interventions for achieving healthy aging (
TABLE 2
| Interventions | Models | Methodological approach | Main findings | References |
| Probiotic administration | senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 (SAMP8 mice) | ProBiotic-4 (Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus) (12-weeks) | ↑ Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ↓ Proteobacteria, Pseudomonas ↑ Cognitive dysfunction, memory deficits, glial activation, and neuronal injury ↓ Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) ↓ Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and nuclear factor-kB (NF-kB) | Yang et al., 2020 |
| >78 weeks (older C57BL/6J male mice) | Human-origin probiotic cocktail (five Lactobacillus and five Enterococcus) (10 weeks) | ↑ Firmicutes ↑ Rumminoccocaceae ↑ Clostridiales ↓ Verrucomicrobiaceae ↓ Erysipelotrichaceae ↓ Inflammation, leaky gut, metabolic disorders, gut dysbiosis, and physical deterioration | ||
| Aβ (1–42) injected rats. | Probiotics (Bifidobacterium lactis, Bifidobacterium longum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Lactobacillus fermentum) (8 weeks) | ↑ Lactobacillus ↑ Bifidobacterium ↑ Learning and spatial memory deficits ↓ Malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) (oxidative stress biomarkers) | ||
| 3xTg-AD mice | SLAB51 (Streptococcus thermophilus, bifidobacterial and lactobacilli) (4 months) | ↑ Bifidobacterium spp. ↓ Campylobacterales ↓ Brain damage and Aβ aggregates ↑ Cognitive function | ||
| Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) | (ADLPAPT) transgenic mouse model of AD | ADLPAPT mice administrated with fresh feces of WT mice (16 weeks) | ↑ Bacterial diversity ↑ Aβ plaques and neurofibrillary tangles ↓ Gut barrier integrity, chronic systemic inflammation | |
| APPswe/PS1dE9 transgenic (Tg) mice and wild-type (WT) mice | Tg + FMT administrated with stool from WT mouse pellets | ↑ Bacteroidetes ↓ Proteobacteria and Verrucomicrobia ↑ Cognitive deficits, synaptic plasticity ↓ Aβ40 and Aβ42 levels, tau protein phosphorylation ↓ COX-2 and CD11b levels | Sun et al., 2019b | |
| Dietary intervention | Asymptomatic APOE4 transgenic (E4FAD) mice | Prebiotic diet containing inulin vs. control diet containing cellulose (16 weeks) | ↑ Prevotella and Lactobacillus ↓ Escherichia, Turicibacter, and Akkermansia ↑ SCFAs levels, tryptophan-derived metabolites ↓ Inflammatory gene expression | |
| (APP/PS1) transgenic (Tg) mice and wild-type (WT) mice | Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) vs. cellulose (CMC-Na) (6 weeks) | ↑ Actinobacteria, Lactobacillus ↓ Proteobacteria, Epsilonproteobacteria, Helicobacteraceae, and Deferribacteraceae ↑ Cognitive impairments ↑ Expression synapsin I and postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD-5) levels | Sun et al., 2019a | |
| C57BL/6 ApoE knockout mice (ApoE-/-) and wild-type mice | Sesamol (0.05%, w/v, in drinking water) vs. high-fat diet (10 weeks) | ↑ Bacillales, Fusobacterium, and Lactococcus ↑ SCFAs production ↑ Cognitive deficits, synapse ultrastructure ↓ Aβ aggregation, gut barrier damages and systemic inflammation | Yuan et al., 2019 | |
| APP/PS1 double-transgenic mice (APP/PS1) and wild-type (WT) mice | Jatrorrhizine (JAT) at high and low dose vs. saline vs. donepezil hydrochloride monohydrate (DONE) (24 weeks) | ↑ Firmicutes ↑ Bacteroidetes ↓ Aβ plaques in the cortex and hippocampus ↑ Learning and memory deficits | Wang N. et al., 2019 | |
| Tg2576 mouse model of AD and wild-type (WT) | Calorie restriction (VR) vs. ad libitum (AL) (12 months) | ↑ Clostridium sensu stricto 1 ↑ Lachnospiraceae NK4B4 group ↓Eubacterium xylanophilum ↓ Aβ deposition in the brain | ||
| Exercise and probiotic | APP/PS1 transgenic mice (APP/PS1TG) | Interval treadmill running (2 weeks) and FRAMELIM (Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, vitamins A and D, omega-3 fatty acids, B1, B3, B6, B9, B12) (20 weeks) | ↑ Lactobacillus johnsonii ↑ Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron ↓ Beta-amyloid plaques in the hippocampus | |
| Diet and exercise | C57BL/6NTac mice | Normal vs. HFD and exercise vs. sedentary groups (12- weeks) | ↑ Clostridium spp. ↑ Allobaculum spp. ↑ Faecalibacterium prausnitzi ↓ Intestinal inflammatory response |
Modulation of the gut microbiome by different types of interventions in preclinical studies.
Changes (↑: increase; ↓: decrease) in the relative abundance of selected microbial taxa and other main findings in the study.
TABLE 3
| Interventions | Subjects | Methodological approach | Main findings | References |
| Probiotic administration | ≥65 years old (63 healthy elders) | Randomized double-blind, multicenter clinical trial. Bifidobacterium bifidum BGN4 and Bifidobacterium longum BORI vs. placebo (12 weeks) | ↓ Eubacterium ↓ Clostridiales ↑ Serum BDNF level ↑ Mental flexibility and alleviate stress | |
| 60–93 years old (20 Alzheimer’s disease patients) | Multispecies probiotics (Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Bifidobacterium) (4 weeks) | ↑ Faecalibacterium prausnitzii ↑ Serum kynurenine concentrations | ||
| Dietary intervention | 65–79 years old (612 older adults) | A randomized single-blind, multicenter controlled trial. Mediterranean diet (MD) vs. control group (1-year) | ↑ Eubacterium ↑ Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron ↓ Ruminococcus torques ↓ Frailty ↑ Cognitive function ↑ Short or branch chained fatty acid production ↓ Secondary bile acids, carbon dioxide, ethanol and p-cresols production | |
| Physical activity | >61 years old (897 overweight elderly) | Comparative study. Daily/regular exercise vs. never/rare exercise group | ↑ Turicibacteraceae ↓ Pseudomonadaceae ↑α-diversity of gut microbiota | Zhu et al., 2020 |
| 65–92 years old (338 community-living Japanese) | Cross-sectional and observational design. Physical activity was measured using a uniaxial acceleration sensor (1 month) | ↑ Bacillaceae ↓ Fusobacteriaceae ↑ Bowel function ↑ Mechanical stimulation of intestinal movements | ||
| >65 years old (32 sedentary women) | Non-randomized comparative trial. Aerobic exercise training vs. trunk muscle training (12 weeks) | ↑ Bacteroides ↑ Cardiorespiratory fitness | ||
| 62–76 years old (33 Japanese men) | Randomized crossover trial. Endurance exercise (5 weeks) | ↓ Clostridium difficile ↑ Oscillospira (related to cardiometabolic risk factors) | Taniguchi et al., 2018 |
Modulation of the gut microbiome by different types of interventions in clinical studies.
Changes (↑: increase;↓: decrease) in the relative abundance of selected microbial taxa and other main findings in the study.
Several studies have discovered that probiotics improve gut epithelium integrity, prevent barrier degradation, reduce pro-inflammatory responses, and prevent the initiation or proliferation of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration (
However, dietary intervention is one of the most effective interventions for altering the gut microbiome due to its safety and is more beneficial than drug-based therapies. Diets high in carbohydrates, saturated fat, and processed foods may increase health risks by reducing microbiome diversity, intestinal barrier function, promote neuroinflammation, and cognitive decline (
Physical activity has also been proven to extend life expectancy and reduce the detrimental of age-associated disorders (
Conclusion and future perspective
New novel approaches to healthy aging are required as the population ages, life expectancies increase, and the burden of age-related health issues grows. The gut microbiome is responsible for a variety of both pathological and physiological mechanisms, and its role in aging and neurological processes has been underlined as a potential target for anti-aging interventions. Numerous reviews have been published on the correlation between the gut microbiome and aging and therapeutic interventions. Recent preclinical studies have revealed the efficacy of microbiota-based intervention approaches, but more advanced human studies are required to support the hypothesis. Therefore, more extensive sample size studies are needed, including demographic, lifestyle, and biological factors that may influence microbial composition in humans and advanced high-throughput sequencing analysis. Understanding the interaction between aging, gut microbiome, neurodegenerative diseases, and interventions targeting the gut microbiome is critical in this context, as this knowledge could lead to a discovery that expands the possibilities for delaying aging and combating neurodegenerative diseases.
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SM developed the concept and revised the manuscript. HH analyzed the literature, wrote and edited the draft of the manuscript, drew the diagrams, and prepared the tables. Both authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.
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This review is part of a research study financially supported by the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia grant DIP-2019-030.
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Keywords
aging, gut microbiome, brain-gut-microbiota axis, neurodegenerative diseases, interventions
Citation
Hashim HM and Makpol S (2022) A review of the preclinical and clinical studies on the role of the gut microbiome in aging and neurodegenerative diseases and its modulation. Front. Cell. Neurosci. 16:1007166. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2022.1007166
Received
30 July 2022
Accepted
03 October 2022
Published
03 November 2022
Volume
16 - 2022
Edited by
Elisa L. Hill-Yardin, RMIT University, Australia
Reviewed by
Javier Ochoa-Repáraz, Boise State University, United States; Bhanu Ganesh, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States
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