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Castillo-Ruiz A, Gars A, Sturgeon H, Ronczkowski NM, Pyaram DN, Dauriat CJG, Chassaing B, Forger NG. Brain effects of gestating germ-free persist in mouse neonates despite acquisition of a microbiota at birth. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1130347. [PMID: 37207179 PMCID: PMC10188942 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1130347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
Abstract
At birth, mammals experience a massive colonization by microorganisms. We previously reported that newborn mice gestated and born germ-free (GF) have increased microglial labeling and alterations in developmental neuronal cell death in the hippocampus and hypothalamus, as well as greater forebrain volume and body weight when compared to conventionally colonized (CC) mice. To test whether these effects are solely due to differences in postnatal microbial exposure, or instead may be programmed in utero, we cross-fostered GF newborns immediately after birth to CC dams (GF→CC) and compared them to offspring fostered within the same microbiota status (CC→CC, GF→GF). Because key developmental events (including microglial colonization and neuronal cell death) shape the brain during the first postnatal week, we collected brains on postnatal day (P) 7. To track gut bacterial colonization, colonic content was also collected and subjected to 16S rRNA qPCR and Illumina sequencing. In the brains of GF→GF mice, we replicated most of the effects seen previously in GF mice. Interestingly, the GF brain phenotype persisted in GF→CC offspring for almost all measures. In contrast, total bacterial load did not differ between the CC→CC and GF→CC groups on P7, and bacterial community composition was also very similar, with a few exceptions. Thus, GF→CC offspring had altered brain development during at least the first 7 days after birth despite a largely normal microbiota. This suggests that prenatal influences of gestating in an altered microbial environment programs neonatal brain development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz
- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
- *Correspondence: Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz,
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- INSERM U1016, Team “Mucosal Microbiota in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases,” Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1016, Team “Mucosal Microbiota in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases,” Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Viennois E, Bretin A, Dubé PE, Maue AC, Dauriat CJG, Barnich N, Gewirtz AT, Chassaing B. Dietary Emulsifiers Directly Impact Adherent-Invasive E. coli Gene Expression to Drive Chronic Intestinal Inflammation. Cell Rep 2020; 33:108229. [PMID: 33027647 PMCID: PMC7539532 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Dietary emulsifiers carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and polysorbate-80 (P80) disturb gut microbiota, promoting chronic inflammation. Mice with minimal microbiota are protected against emulsifiers’ effects, leading us to hypothesize that these compounds might provoke select pathobionts to promote inflammation. Gnotobiotic wild-type (WT) and interleukin-10 (IL-10)−/− mice were colonized with Crohn’s-disease-associated adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC) and subsequently administered CMC or P80. AIEC colonization of GF and altered Schaedler flora (ASF) mice results in chronic intestinal inflammation and metabolism dysregulations when consuming the emulsifier. In IL-10−/− mice, AIEC mono-colonization results in severe intestinal inflammation in response to emulsifiers. Exposure of AIEC to emulsifiers in vitro increases its motility and ability to adhere to intestinal epithelial cells. Transcriptomic analysis reveals that emulsifiers directly induce expression of clusters of genes that mediate AIEC virulence and promotion of inflammation. To conclude, emulsifiers promote virulence and encroachment of pathobionts, providing a means by which these compounds may drive inflammation in hosts carrying such bacteria. Dietary emulsifiers alter the intestinal microbiota, promoting chronic inflammation Select pathobionts are required to mediate the detrimental effects of emulsifiers Emulsifiers directly induce the expression of bacterial virulence genes Microbiota-based dietary intervention appears warranted
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- Emilie Viennois
- INSERM, U1149, Center of Research on Inflammation, Université de Paris, Paris, France; Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Digestive Disease Research Group, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Digestive Disease Research Group, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- INSERM U1016, team "Mucosal microbiota in chronic inflammatory diseases", CNRS UMR 8104, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne/Inserm U1071 USC-INRA 2018, Microbes, Intestin, Inflammation et Susceptibilité de l'Hôte (M2iSH), Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Digestive Disease Research Group, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Digestive Disease Research Group, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA; INSERM U1016, team "Mucosal microbiota in chronic inflammatory diseases", CNRS UMR 8104, Université de Paris, Paris, France; Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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