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Hylander BL, Qiao G, Cortes Gomez E, Singh P, Repasky EA. Housing temperature plays a critical role in determining gut microbiome composition in research mice: Implications for experimental reproducibility. Biochimie 2023; 210:71-81. [PMID: 36693616 PMCID: PMC10953156 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2023.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Preclinical mouse models are widely used for studying mechanisms of disease and responses to therapeutics, however there is concern about the lack of experimental reproducibility and failure to predict translational success. The gut microbiome has emerged as a regulator of metabolism and immunological processes in health and disease. The gut microbiome of mice differs by supplier and this affects experimental outcomes. We have previously reported that the mandated, mildly cool housing temperature for research mice (22°-26 °C) induces chronic adrenergic stress which suppresses anti-tumor immunity and promotes tumor growth compared to thermoneutral housing (30 °C). Therefore, we wondered how housing temperature affects the microbiome. Here, we demonstrate that the gut microbiome of BALB/c mice is easily modulated by a few degrees difference in temperature. Our results reveal significant differences between the gut microbiome of mice housed at 22°-23 °C vs. 30 °C. Although the genera vary, we consistently observed an enrichment of members of the family Lachnospiraceae when mice are housed at 22°-23 °C. These findings demonstrate that adrenergic stress and need for increased energy harvest to support thermogenesis, in addition to other factors such as diet, modulates the gut microbiome and this could be one mechanism by which housing temperature affects experimental outcomes. Additionally, tumor growth in mice housed at 30 °C also increases the proportion of Lachnospiraceae. The idea that stress can alter the gut microbiome and cause differences in experimental outcomes is applicable to mouse studies in general and is a variable that has significant potential to affect experimental reproducibility.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bonnie L Hylander
- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Elm & Carlton streets, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA.
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- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Elm & Carlton streets, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Elm & Carlton streets, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA.
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- Genomics Shared Resource, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Elm & Carlton streets, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA.
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- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Elm & Carlton streets, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA.
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Zhang X, Yamada Y, Sagayama H, Ainslie PN, Blaak EE, Buchowski MS, Close GL, Cooper JA, Das SK, Dugas LR, Gurven M, El Hamdouchi A, Hu S, Joonas N, Katzmarzyk P, Kraus WE, Kushner RF, Leonard WR, Martin CK, Meijer EP, Neuhouser ML, Ojiambo RM, Pitsiladis YP, Plasqui G, Prentice RL, Racette SB, Ravussin E, Redman LM, Reynolds RM, Roberts SB, Sardinha LB, Silva AM, Stice E, Urlacher SS, Van Mil EA, Wood BM, Murphy-Alford AJ, Loechl C, Luke AH, Rood J, Schoeller DA, Westerterp KR, Wong WW, Pontzer H, Speakman JR. Human total, basal and activity energy expenditures are independent of ambient environmental temperature. iScience 2022; 25:104682. [PMID: 35865134 PMCID: PMC9294192 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Lower ambient temperature (Ta) requires greater energy expenditure to sustain body temperature. However, effects of Ta on human energetics may be buffered by environmental modification and behavioral compensation. We used the IAEA DLW database for adults in the USA (n = 3213) to determine the effect of Ta (-10 to +30°C) on TEE, basal (BEE) and activity energy expenditure (AEE) and physical activity level (PAL). There were no significant relationships (p > 0.05) between maximum, minimum and average Ta and TEE, BEE, AEE and PAL. After adjustment for fat-free mass, fat mass and age, statistically significant (p < 0.01) relationships between TEE, BEE and Ta emerged in females but the effect sizes were not biologically meaningful. Temperatures inside buildings are regulated at 18-25°C independent of latitude. Hence, adults in the US modify their environments to keep TEE constant across a wide range of external ambient temperatures.
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- Xueying Zhang
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Metabolic Health, Center for Energy Metabolism and Reproduction, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.,Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Institute for Active Health, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Kyoto, Japan.,National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.,University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development Kelowna, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, Loyola University, Maywood, IL, USA.,Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche en Nutrition et Alimentation, CNESTEN- Université Ibn Tofail URAC39, Regional Designated Center of Nutrition Associated with AFRA/IAEA, Rabat, Morocco
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, National Soybean Processing Industry Technology Innovation Center, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China.,State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Central Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Port Louis, Mauritius
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- Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.,University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Program in Physical Therapy and Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA, USA
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- Exercise and Health Laboratory, CIPER, Department of Sport and Health, Faculdade Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Exercise and Health Laboratory, CIPER, Department of Sport and Health, Faculdade Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Anthropology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.,Child and Brain Development Program, CIFAR, Toronto, Canada
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- Maastricht University, Maastricht and Lifestyle Medicine Center for Children, Jeroen Bosch Hospital's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
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- University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA.,Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and Culture. Leipzig, Germany
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- Nutritional and Health Related Environmental Studies Section, Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Nutritional and Health Related Environmental Studies Section, Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Biotech Center and Nutritional Sciences University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Metabolic Health, Center for Energy Metabolism and Reproduction, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China.,Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.,State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,CAS Center of Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Kunming, China
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