Ameer Y Taha, Qing Shen, Yurika Otoki, Nuanyi Liang, Kelley T Patten, Anthony E Valenzuela, Christopher D Wallis, Douglas J Rowland, Abhijit J Chaudhari, Keith J Bein, Anthony S Wexler, Lee-Way Jin, Brittany N Dugger, Danielle J Harvey, Pamela J Lein
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Abstract
Background: Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is a risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD), where unresolved brain inflammation has been linked to deficits in the levels of free lipid mediators that enable the resolution of inflammation. It is unknown whether these deficits are due to reductions in esterified lipid pools, the main source of free bioactive pro-resolving lipids in the brain, and whether they are related AD pathophysiology.
Methods: This unknown was tested by measuring brain esterified lipid mediators and pathogenic markers of AD in TgF344-AD and wildtype (WT) male and female rats exposed to filtered air or TRAP for 14 months, and in human postmortem pre-frontal cortex of individuals with or without AD.
Results: Significant reductions in pro-resolving lipid mediators esterified to neutral lipids and/or phospholipids were seen in AD and TRAP-exposed female rats, where levels were associated with inflammation, synaptic loss and impaired glucose metabolism. Lower esterified pro-resolving lipid mediator concentrations were associated with older age in pre-frontal cortex of humans with AD.
Conclusion: Impaired resolution in AD is due to depletion of esterified pro-resolving lipid pools that supply the brain with free bioactive mediators involved in inflammation resolution. TRAP exposure alters the same esterified resolution pathways, reflecting convergent mechanisms underlying AD.
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JCI Insight is a Gold Open Access journal with a 2022 Impact Factor of 8.0. It publishes high-quality studies in various biomedical specialties, such as autoimmunity, gastroenterology, immunology, metabolism, nephrology, neuroscience, oncology, pulmonology, and vascular biology. The journal focuses on clinically relevant basic and translational research that contributes to the understanding of disease biology and treatment. JCI Insight is self-published by the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), a nonprofit honor organization of physician-scientists founded in 1908, and it helps fulfill the ASCI's mission to advance medical science through the publication of clinically relevant research reports.