J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2020;30(12):1819-1826.
Alteration of Lung and Gut Microbiota in IL-13-Transgenic Mice Simulating Chronic Asthma.
제1저자 손경희 · 교신저자 이하나, 강혜련
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- Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
- Division of Pulmonology, Allergy and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
- Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
- School of Biosystems and Biomedical Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Abstract
Increasing evidence suggests a potential role of microbial colonization in the inception of chronic airway diseases. However, it is not clear whether the lung and gut microbiome dysbiosis is coincidental or a result of mutual interaction. In this study, we investigated the airway microbiome in interleukin 13 (IL-13)-rich lung environment and related alterations of the gut microbiome. IL-13- overexpressing transgenic (TG) mice presented enhanced eosinophilic inflammatory responses and mucus production, together with airway hyperresponsiveness and subepithelial fibrosis. While bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and cecum samples obtained from 10-week-old IL-13 TG mice and their C57BL/6 wild-type (WT) littermates showed no significant differences in alpha diversity of lung and gut microbiome, they presented altered beta diversity in both lung and gut microbiota in the IL-13 TG mice compared to the WT mice. Lung-specific IL-13 overexpression also altered the composition of the gut as well as the lung microbiome. In particular, IL-13 TG mice showed an increased proportion of Proteobacteria and Cyanobacteria and a decreased amount of Bacteroidetes in the lungs, and depletion of Firmicutes and Proteobacteria in the gut. The patterns of polymicrobial interaction within the lung microbiota were different between WT and IL-13 TG mice. For instance, in IL-13 TG mice, lung Mesorhizobium significantly affected the alpha diversity of both lung and gut microbiomes. In summary, chronic asthma-like pathologic changes can alter the lung microbiota and affect the gut microbiome. These findings suggest that the lung-gut microbial axis might actually work in asthma.
Keywords
Interleukin-13asthmagastrointestinal microbiomemicrobial interactionsmicrobiota
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그림 출처: PubMed Central 공개 논문 (PMC9728179)
Conflict of interest statement
Conflict of Interest . The authors have no financial conflicts of interest to declare.
그 밖의 정보
- 출판 형태
- Journal Article
- 저널
- Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · eISSN 1738-8872
- MeSH
- Animals · Asthma / microbiology · Bacteria / classification / genetics · Biodiversity · Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology · Cecum / microbiology · Dysbiosis · Gastrointestinal Microbiome / physiology · Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology · Interleukin-13 / metabolism · Lung / microbiology · Male · Mice · Mice, Inbred C57BL · Mice, Transgenic · Microbial Interactions / physiology · Microbiota / physiology · RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Substances
- Interleukin-13 · RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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