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Wier RC, Flietstra TD, Coleman-McCray JD, Genzer SC, Brake ME, Velazquez EM, Forero C, Welch SR, Tansey CM, Condrey JA, Spengler JR. Effect of Adopting a Timothy Hay-based Diet at Weaning or in Adulthood on Urinary Tract Parameters in Strain 13/N Guinea Pigs ( Cavia porcellus). J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci 2024. [PMID: 38580436 DOI: 10.30802/aalas-jaalas-24-000019] [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: 04/07/2024]
Abstract
Type of feed is an important consideration in herbivore colony management, yet limited studies report on the effects of diet on common conditions such as urolithiasis in guinea pigs. Urolithiasis is a well-documented cause of lower urinary tract disease in guinea pigs, with calcium carbonate uroliths reported as the predominant calculi formed in the guinea pig urinary tract. A calcium-rich diet has been suggested as a risk factor for of urolithiasis, with numerous commercially available guinea pig diets formulated for adults avoiding ingredients that are higher in calcium. Due to the high incidence of urolithiasis in our strain 13/N guinea pig colony, we conducted a prospective control study following the implementation of dietary changes aimed at improving overall urinary tract health and reducing risk factors for urolithiasis, thus improving colony welfare. A control group was kept on the original ad libitum alfalfa hay-based pellet diet with restricted loose timothy hay (control diet, 14 juveniles and 24 adults). An experimental group was placed on a portioned, 1 oz daily, timothy hay-based pellet diet with ad libitum loose timothy hay (experimental diet, 21 juveniles and 23 adults). Juveniles and adults were followed for a total of 14 and 26 wk, respectively. Longitudinal blood and urine samples were collected to evaluate blood chemistry and urinary parameters, along with weight and body condition scores to assess general health. Overall, dietary changes did not improve parameters associated with improved urinary tract health or reduced risk of urolithiasis; feeding strategy was not found to meaningfully affect calcium crystalluria, urine protein, urine specific gravity, or renal values. These data support alfalfa hay-based pellet or timothy hay-based pellet, when fed with loose timothy hay, as viable options and suggest that practices aimed at reducing dietary calcium by reducing pelleted diet portions are insufficient to mitigate risk factors for urolithiasis in guinea pigs.
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- Rachel C Wier
- Comparative Medicine Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Comparative Medicine Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Comparative Medicine Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Comparative Medicine Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Comparative Medicine Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Comparative Medicine Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Comparative Medicine Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Liou MJ, Miller BM, Litvak Y, Nguyen H, Natwick DE, Savage HP, Rixon JA, Mahan SP, Hiyoshi H, Rogers AWL, Velazquez EM, Butler BP, Collins SR, McSorley SJ, Harshey RM, Byndloss MX, Simon SI, Bäumler AJ. Host cells subdivide nutrient niches into discrete biogeographical microhabitats for gut microbes. Cell Host Microbe 2022; 30:836-847.e6. [PMID: 35568027 PMCID: PMC9187619 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Changes in the microbiota composition are associated with many human diseases, but factors that govern strain abundance remain poorly defined. We show that a commensal Escherichia coli strain and a pathogenic Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolate both utilize nitrate for intestinal growth, but each accesses this resource in a distinct biogeographical niche. Commensal E. coli utilizes epithelial-derived nitrate, whereas nitrate in the niche occupied by S. Typhimurium is derived from phagocytic infiltrates. Surprisingly, avirulent S. Typhimurium was shown to be unable to utilize epithelial-derived nitrate because its chemotaxis receptors McpB and McpC exclude the pathogen from the niche occupied by E. coli. In contrast, E. coli invades the niche constructed by S. Typhimurium virulence factors and confers colonization resistance by competing for nitrate. Thus, nutrient niches are not defined solely by critical resources, but they can be further subdivided biogeographically within the host into distinct microhabitats, thereby generating new niche opportunities for distinct bacterial species.
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- Megan J Liou
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus Givat-Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Biological Sciences, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases and Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Biological Sciences, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases and Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and LaMontagne Center for Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation and Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Stull-Lane AR, Lokken-Toyli KL, Diaz-Ochoa VE, Walker GT, Cevallos SA, Winter ALN, Muñoz ADH, Yang GG, Velazquez EM, Wu CY, Tsolis RM. Vitamin A supplementation boosts control of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella infection in malnourished mice. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008737. [PMID: 33006970 PMCID: PMC7556496 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Disseminated disease from non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica strains results in >20% mortality globally. Barriers to effective treatment include emerging multidrug resistance, antibiotic treatment failure, and risk factors such as malnutrition and related micronutrient deficiencies. Individuals in sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionately affected by non-typhoidal S. enterica bloodstream infections. To inform a clinical trial in people, we investigated vitamin A as a treatment in the context of antibiotic treatment failure in a mouse model of vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A-deficient (VAD) mice exhibited higher systemic bacterial levels with a multidrug-resistant clinical isolate in comparison to mice on a control diet. Sex-specific differences in vitamin A deficiency and disseminated infection with S. enterica serotype Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) were observed. VAD male mice had decreased weight gain compared to control male mice. Further, infected VAD male mice had significant weight loss and decreased survival during the course of infection. These differences were not apparent in female mice. In a model of disseminated S. Typhimurium infection and antibiotic treatment failure, we assessed the potential of two consecutive doses of vitamin A in alleviating infection in male and female mice on a VAD or control diet. We found that subtherapeutic antibiotic treatment synergized with vitamin A treatment in infected VAD male mice, significantly decreasing systemic bacterial levels, mitigating weight loss and improving survival. These results suggest that assessing vitamin A as a therapy during bacteremia in malnourished patients may lead to improved health outcomes in a subset of patients, especially in the context of antibiotic treatment failure. Non-typhoidal Salmonella serotypes generally cause diarrhea in people. However, there are certain factors that make people at risk of developing a more severe infection where the bacteria can enter the blood and cause fever and whole-body symptoms. Patients with this infection are usually hospitalized, and about one in five patients do not survive. The factors that make this bloodstream infection possible include pathogen features like resistance to antibiotics and patient factors like a malnourished state. Better treatments are needed. In this study, the authors assess vitamin A as a treatment during antibiotic treatment failure in a mouse model. Vitamin A-deficient male mice have better outcomes with vitamin A and antibiotic co-therapy, whereas female mice do not benefit. Despite similar levels of bacteria causing infection systemically, female mice show better outcomes in terms of weight loss and survival than male mice overall. This research provides evidence that a clinical study assessing vitamin A as a treatment in people could lead to improved survival for malnourished patients presenting with severe bloodstream infection.
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- Annica R. Stull-Lane
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Velazquez EM, Nguyen H, Heasley KT, Saechao CH, Gil LM, Rogers AWL, Miller BM, Rolston MR, Lopez CA, Litvak Y, Liou MJ, Faber F, Bronner DN, Tiffany CR, Byndloss MX, Byndloss AJ, Bäumler AJ. Endogenous Enterobacteriaceae underlie variation in susceptibility to Salmonella infection. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:1057-1064. [PMID: 30911125 PMCID: PMC6533147 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0407-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Lack of reproducibility is a prominent problem in biomedical research. An important source of variation in animal experiments is the microbiome, but little is known about specific changes in the microbiota composition that cause phenotypic differences. Here we show that genetically similar laboratory mice obtained from four different commercial vendors exhibited marked phenotypic variation in their susceptibility to Salmonella infection. Fecal microbiota transplantation into germ-free mice replicated donor susceptibility, revealing that variability was due to changes in the gut microbiota composition. Co-housing of mice only partially transferred protection against Salmonella infection, suggesting that minority species within the gut microbiota might confer this trait. Consistent with this idea, we identified endogenous Enterobacteriaceae, a low abundance taxon, as keystone species responsible for variation in the susceptibility to Salmonella infection. Protection conferred by endogenous Enterobacteriaceae could be modeled by inoculating mice with probiotic Escherichia coli, which conferred resistance by using its aerobic metabolism to compete with Salmonella for resources. We conclude that a mechanistic understanding of phenotypic variation can accelerate development of strategies for enhancing the reproducibility of animal experiments.
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- Eric M Velazquez
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.,Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.,Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.,Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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In recent years, many spore-forming commensal Clostridia found in the gut have been discovered to promote host physiology, immune development, and protection against infections. We provide a detailed protocol for rapid enrichment of spore-forming bacteria from murine intestine. Briefly, contents from the intestinal cecum are collected aerobically, diluted and finally treated with chloroform to enrich for Clostridia spores.
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- Eric M Velazquez
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Rivera-Chávez F, Zhang LF, Faber F, Lopez CA, Byndloss MX, Olsan EE, Xu G, Velazquez EM, Lebrilla CB, Winter SE, Bäumler AJ. Depletion of Butyrate-Producing Clostridia from the Gut Microbiota Drives an Aerobic Luminal Expansion of Salmonella. Cell Host Microbe 2016; 19:443-54. [PMID: 27078066 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 517] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
The mammalian intestine is host to a microbial community that prevents pathogen expansion through unknown mechanisms, while antibiotic treatment can increase susceptibility to enteric pathogens. Here we show that streptomycin treatment depleted commensal, butyrate-producing Clostridia from the mouse intestinal lumen, leading to decreased butyrate levels, increased epithelial oxygenation, and aerobic expansion of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Epithelial hypoxia and Salmonella restriction could be restored by tributyrin treatment. Clostridia depletion and aerobic Salmonella expansion were also observed in the absence of streptomycin treatment in genetically resistant mice but proceeded with slower kinetics and required the presence of functional Salmonella type III secretion systems. The Salmonella cytochrome bd-II oxidase synergized with nitrate reductases to drive luminal expansion, and both were required for fecal-oral transmission. We conclude that Salmonella virulence factors and antibiotic treatment promote pathogen expansion through the same mechanism: depletion of butyrate-producing Clostridia to elevate epithelial oxygenation, allowing aerobic Salmonella growth.
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- Fabian Rivera-Chávez
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Letters and Sciences, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Letters and Sciences, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Costa LF, Mol JPS, Silva APC, Macêdo AA, Silva TMA, Alves GES, Winter S, Winter MG, Velazquez EM, Byndloss MX, Bäumler AJ, Tsolis RM, Paixão TA, Santos RL. Iron acquisition pathways and colonization of the inflamed intestine by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Int J Med Microbiol 2016; 306:604-610. [PMID: 27760693 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 02/17/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium is able to expand in the lumen of the inflamed intestine through mechanisms that have not been fully resolved. Here we utilized streptomycin-pretreated mice and dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-treated mice to investigate how pathways for S. Typhimurium iron acquisition contribute to pathogen expansion in the inflamed intestine. Competitive infection with an iron uptake-proficient S. Typhimurium strain and mutant strains lacking tonB feoB, feoB, tonB or iroN in streptomycin pretreated mice demonstrated that ferric iron uptake requiring IroN and TonB conferred a fitness advantage during growth in the inflamed intestine. However, the fitness advantage conferred by ferrous iron uptake mechanisms was independent of inflammation and was only apparent in models where the normal microbiota composition had been disrupted by antibiotic treatment.
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- Luciana F Costa
- Departamento de Patologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária da Universidade Federal Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária da Universidade Federal Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária da Universidade Federal Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária da Universidade Federal Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Departamento de Patologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária, Escola de Veterinária da Universidade Federal Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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Lopez CA, Miller BM, Rivera-Chávez F, Velazquez EM, Byndloss MX, Chávez-Arroyo A, Lokken KL, Tsolis RM, Winter SE, Bäumler AJ. Virulence factors enhance Citrobacter rodentium expansion through aerobic respiration. Science 2016; 353:1249-53. [PMID: 27634526 PMCID: PMC5127919 DOI: 10.1126/science.aag3042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Citrobacter rodentium uses a type III secretion system (T3SS) to induce colonic crypt hyperplasia in mice, thereby gaining an edge during its competition with the gut microbiota through an unknown mechanism. Here, we show that by triggering colonic crypt hyperplasia, the C. rodentium T3SS induced an excessive expansion of undifferentiated Ki67-positive epithelial cells, which increased oxygenation of the mucosal surface and drove an aerobic C. rodentium expansion in the colon. Treatment of mice with the γ-secretase inhibitor dibenzazepine to diminish Notch-driven colonic crypt hyperplasia curtailed the fitness advantage conferred by aerobic respiration during C. rodentium infection. We conclude that C. rodentium uses its T3SS to induce histopathological lesions that generate an intestinal microenvironment in which growth of the pathogen is fueled by aerobic respiration.
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- Christopher A Lopez
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA.
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Lopez CA, Kingsbury DD, Velazquez EM, Bäumler AJ. Collateral damage: microbiota-derived metabolites and immune function in the antibiotic era. Cell Host Microbe 2015; 16:156-163. [PMID: 25121745 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Our long-standing evolutionary association with gut-associated microbial communities has given rise to an intimate relationship, which affects many aspects of human health. Recent studies on the mechanisms that link these microbial communities to immune education, nutrition, and protection against pathogens point to microbiota-derived metabolites as key players during these microbe-host interactions. A disruption of gut-associated microbial communities by antibiotic treatment can result in a depletion of microbiota-derived metabolites, thereby enhancing pathogen susceptibility, impairing immune homeostasis, and contributing to the rise of certain chronic inflammatory diseases. Here, we highlight some of the recently elucidated mechanisms that showcase the impacts of microbiota-derived metabolites on human health.
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- Christopher A Lopez
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Imai D, Holden K, Velazquez EM, Feng S, Hodzic E, Barthold SW. Influence of arthritis-related protein (BBF01) on infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi B31. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:100. [PMID: 23651628 PMCID: PMC3701516 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Lyme borreliosis, caused by tick-borne Borrelia burgdorferi, is a multi-phasic, multi-system disease in humans. Similar to humans, C3H mice develop arthritis and carditis, with resolution and periodic bouts of recurrence over the course of persistent infection. Borrelia burgdorferi arthritis-related protein (Arp/BBF01), a highly conserved protein among B. burgdorferi s.s. isolates, has been shown to be antigenic in humans with Lyme borreliosis, and a target for antibody-mediated disease resolution in the mouse model. Results A mutant strain of B. burgdorferi s.s. deficient of the arp gene and a complemented version of that mutant were created and examined for phenotypic effects in mice compared to wild-type B. burgdorferi. Deletion of arp did not abolish infectivity, but did result in a higher infectious dose compared to wild-type B. burgdorferi, which was restored by complementation. Spirochete burdens in tissues of C3H-scid mice were lower when infected with the arp mutant, compared to wild-type, but arthritis was equally severe. Spirochete burdens were also lower in C3H mice infected with the arp mutant, but disease was markedly reduced. Ticks that fed upon infected C3H mice were able to acquire infection with both wild-type and arp mutant spirochetes. Arp mutant spirochetes were marginally able to be transmitted to naïve hosts by infected ticks. Conclusion These results indicated that deletion of BBF01/arp did not abrogate, but diminished infectivity and limited spirochete burdens in tissues of both immunocompetent and immunodeficient hosts, and attenuated, but did not abolish the ability of ticks to acquire or transmit infection.
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- Denise Imai
- Center for Comparative Medicine, Schools of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Velazquez EM, Mendoza SG, Wang P, Glueck CJ. Metformin therapy is associated with a decrease in plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, lipoprotein(a), and immunoreactive insulin levels in patients with the polycystic ovary syndrome. Metabolism 1997; 46:454-7. [PMID: 9109854 DOI: 10.1016/s0026-0495(97)90066-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Sixteen nondiabetic women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) aged 18 to 33 years were studied before and after 8 weeks on metformin (1.5 g/d) therapy to assess whether reducing hyperinsulinemia would reduce the levels of the major inhibitor of fibrinolysis, antigenic plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1). Compared with six normal control women, PCOS women had a higher body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio, fasting insulin (Izero), insulin area under the curve during oral glucose tolerance testing (IA), glucose area under the curve during oral glucose tolerance testing (GA), IA/GA ratio, PAI-1, luteinizing hormone (LH) and ratio of LH to follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and free testosterone, and lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (all P < .025). On metformin, BMI decreased 1.3% (P = .04), Izero 43% (P = .002), IA 31% (P = .03), GA 11% (P = .02), PAI-1 16% (P = .01), lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] 42% (P = .004), free testosterone 46% (P = .0006), LH 44% (P = .004), and the LH/FSH ratio 41% (P = .0001). On metformin, absolute and percent reductions in Izero correlated with absolute and percent reductions in PAI-1 (r = .60, P = .015 and r = .64, P = .008). On metformin, by stepwise multiple regression, the absolute reduction in Izero was a significant determinant of the absolute reduction in PAI-1 (partial R2 = 35%, P = .02), and the percent reduction in Izero was a significant determinant of the percent reduction in PAI-1 (partial R2 = 52%, P = .003). Metformin decreases Izero in hyperinsulinemic PCOS patients, reverses the hyperinsulinemia-driven endocrinopathy, decreases PAI-1, and decreases Lp(a), and should thus reduce the increased risk of atherothrombosis in PCOS.
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Velazquez EM, Mendoza S, Hamer T, Sosa F, Glueck CJ. Metformin therapy in polycystic ovary syndrome reduces hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, hyperandrogenemia, and systolic blood pressure, while facilitating normal menses and pregnancy. Metabolism 1994; 43:647-54. [PMID: 8177055 DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(94)90209-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 493] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Using polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) as a model of insulin resistance and hyperandrogenism, our specific aim was to assess the effect of Metformin on lipoproteins, sex hormones, gonadotropins, and blood pressure in 26 women with PCOS who were studied at baseline, received Metformin 1.5 g/d for 8 weeks, and were then restudied. None of the women had normal menstrual cycles, 100% had multiple subcapsular follicules by pelvic ultrasound, 90% were hirsute, and 85% had high free testosterone. Comparing post-Metformin versus baseline levels, the Quetelet Index (QI) decreased 1.5% (P = .04) and the waist to hip ratio (WHR) decreased 2.8% (P = .003). After covariance adjusting for changes in the QI and WHR, on Metformin the area under the insulin curve (IA) during oral glucose tolerance testing decreased 35% (P = .04), and the insulin area to glucose area ratio decreased 31% (P = .03). On Metformin, covariance-adjusted systolic blood pressure (SBP) decreased (P = .04) and apo A-1 increased (P = .05). On Metformin, with improvement in insulin sensitivity, there were sharp reductions in covariance-adjusted luteinizing hormone ([LH] P = .0007), total testosterone ([T] P = .0004), free T (P = .0001), androstenedione (P = .002), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate ([DHEAS] P = .006), and the free androgen index ([FAI] P = .0005), with increments in follicle-stimulating hormone ([FSH] P = .04) and sex hormone-binding globulin ([SHBG] P = .04).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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