Sexual Dimorphism in the Response to Broad-spectrum Antibiotics During T Cell-mediated Colitis.

Autor: Harrison CA; Department of Pediatrics, Steele Children's Research Center, Tucson, AZ, USA.; Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA., Laubitz D; Department of Pediatrics, Steele Children's Research Center, Tucson, AZ, USA., Midura-Kiela MT; Department of Pediatrics, Steele Children's Research Center, Tucson, AZ, USA., Jamwal DR; Department of Pediatrics, Steele Children's Research Center, Tucson, AZ, USA., Besselsen DG; University Animal Care, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA., Ghishan FK; Department of Pediatrics, Steele Children's Research Center, Tucson, AZ, USA., Kiela PR; Department of Pediatrics, Steele Children's Research Center, Tucson, AZ, USA.; Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of Crohn's & colitis [J Crohns Colitis] 2019 Jan 01; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 115-126.
DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjy144
Abstrakt: Background: Broad-spectrum antibiotics [Abx], including combination therapy with ciprofloxacin and metronidazole, are often prescribed during the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] to alleviate symptoms, but with varying success. In this pilot study, we studied the effects of Abx on the course of experimental colitis, with a particular focus on sex as a determinant of the microbial and inflammatory responses.
Methods: The effects of Abx were tested on colonic inflammation and microbiome in male and female Rag-/- mice, using adoptive transfer of naïve T cells to induce colitis in a short-term [2-week] and long-term [9-week] study.
Results: We observed disparities between the sexes in both the response to adoptive T cell transfer and the effects of Abx. At baseline without Abx, female mice displayed a trend toward a more severe colitis than males. In both the short- and the long-term experiments, gut microbiota of some female mice exposed to Abx showed weak, delayed, or negligible shifts. Caecum weight was significantly lower in Abx-treated females. Abx exposure favoured a quick and persistent rise in Enterococcaceae exclusively in females. Males had higher relative abundance of Lactobacillaceae following Abx exposure relative to females. Abx-treated females trended toward higher colitis scores than Abx-treated males, and towards higher levels of IL-17A, NOS2, and IL-22.
Conclusions: Although preliminary, our results suggest a differential response to both inflammation and Abx between male and female mice, The findings may be relevant to current practice and also as the basis for further studies on the differential gender effects during long-term antibiotic exposure in IBD.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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