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Pronovost GN, Yu KB, Coley-O’Rourke EJ, Telang SS, Chen AS, Vuong HE, Williams DW, Chandra A, Rendon TK, Paramo J, Kim RH, Hsiao EY. The maternal microbiome promotes placental development in mice. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eadk1887. [PMID: 37801498 PMCID: PMC10558122 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk1887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
Abstract
The maternal microbiome is an important regulator of gestational health, but how it affects the placenta as the interface between mother and fetus remains unexplored. Here, we show that the maternal gut microbiota supports placental development in mice. Depletion of the maternal gut microbiota restricts placental growth and impairs feto-placental vascularization. The maternal gut microbiota modulates metabolites in the maternal and fetal circulation. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) stimulate cultured endothelial cell tube formation and prevent abnormalities in placental vascularization in microbiota-deficient mice. Furthermore, in a model of maternal malnutrition, gestational supplementation with SCFAs prevents placental growth restriction and vascular insufficiency. These findings highlight the importance of host-microbial symbioses during pregnancy and reveal that the maternal gut microbiome promotes placental growth and vascularization in mice.
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- Geoffrey N. Pronovost
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Shapiro Family Laboratory of Viral Oncology and Aging Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Shapiro Family Laboratory of Viral Oncology and Aging Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- UCLA Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Pronovost GN, Telang SS, Chen AS, Coley EJ, Vuong HE, Williams DW, Yu KB, Rendon TK, Paramo J, Kim RH, Hsiao EY. The maternal microbiome promotes placental development in mice. bioRxiv 2023:2023.02.15.528712. [PMID: 36824779 PMCID: PMC9948959 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.15.528712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
Abstract
The maternal microbiome is an important regulator of gestational health, but how it impacts the placenta as the interface between mother and fetus remains unexplored. Here we show that the maternal gut microbiota supports placental development in mice. Depletion of the maternal gut microbiota restricts placental growth and impairs feto-placental vascularization. The maternal gut microbiota modulates metabolites in the maternal and fetal circulation. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) stimulate angiogenesis-related tube formation by endothelial cells and prevent abnormalities in placental vascularization in microbiota-deficient mice. Furthermore, in a model of maternal malnutrition, gestational supplementation with SCFAs prevents placental growth restriction and vascular insufficiency. These findings highlight the importance of host-microbial symbioses during pregnancy and reveal that the maternal gut microbiome promotes placental growth and vascularization in mice.
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Affiliation(s)
- Geoffrey N. Pronovost
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Shapiro Family Laboratory of Viral Oncology and Aging Research, University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Shapiro Family Laboratory of Viral Oncology and Aging Research, University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Olson CA, Iñiguez AJ, Yang GE, Fang P, Pronovost GN, Jameson KG, Rendon TK, Paramo J, Barlow JT, Ismagilov RF, Hsiao EY. Alterations in the gut microbiota contribute to cognitive impairment induced by the ketogenic diet and hypoxia. Cell Host Microbe 2021; 29:1378-1392.e6. [PMID: 34358434 PMCID: PMC8429275 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Many genetic and environmental factors increase susceptibility to cognitive impairment (CI), and the gut microbiome is increasingly implicated. However, the identity of gut microbes associated with CI risk, their effects on CI, and their mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we show that a carbohydrate-restricted (ketogenic) diet potentiates CI induced by intermittent hypoxia in mice and alters the gut microbiota. Depleting the microbiome reduces CI, whereas transplantation of the risk-associated microbiome or monocolonization with Bilophila wadsworthia confers CI in mice fed a standard diet. B. wadsworthia and the risk-associated microbiome disrupt hippocampal synaptic plasticity, neurogenesis, and gene expression. The CI is associated with microbiome-dependent increases in intestinal interferon-gamma (IFNg)-producing Th1 cells. Inhibiting Th1 cell development abrogates the adverse effects of both B. wadsworthia and environmental risk factors on CI. Together, these findings identify select gut bacteria that contribute to environmental risk for CI in mice by promoting inflammation and hippocampal dysfunction.
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- Christine A. Olson
- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA,Correspondence to: ,
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91108, USA
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- Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91108, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA,Correspondence to: ,
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Vuong HE, Coley EJL, Kazantsev M, Cooke ME, Rendon TK, Paramo J, Hsiao EY. Interactions between maternal fluoxetine exposure, the maternal gut microbiome and fetal neurodevelopment in mice. Behav Brain Res 2021; 410:113353. [PMID: 33979656 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most widely used treatment by women experiencing depression during pregnancy. However, the effects of maternal SSRI use on early offspring development remain poorly understood. Recent studies suggest that SSRIs can modify the gut microbiota and interact directly with particular gut bacteria, raising the question of whether the gut microbiome impacts host responses to SSRIs. In this study, we investigate effects of prenatal SSRI exposure on fetal neurodevelopment and further evaluate potential modulatory influences of the maternal gut microbiome. We demonstrate that maternal treatment with the SSRI fluoxetine induces widespread alterations in the fetal brain transcriptome during midgestation, including increases in the expression of genes relevant to synaptic organization and neuronal signaling and decreases in the expression of genes related to DNA replication and mitosis. Notably, maternal fluoxetine treatment from E7.5 to E14.5 has no overt effects on the composition of the maternal gut microbiota. However, maternal pretreatment with antibiotics to deplete the gut microbiome substantially modifies transcriptional responses of the fetal brain to maternal fluoxetine treatment. In particular, maternal fluoxetine treatment elevates localized expression of the opioid binding protein/cell adhesion molecule like gene Opcml in the fetal thalamus and lateral ganglionic eminence, which is prevented by maternal antibiotic treatment. Together, these findings reveal that maternal fluoxetine treatment alters gene expression in the fetal brain through pathways that are impacted, at least in part, by the presence of the maternal gut microbiota.
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- Helen E Vuong
- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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