Microbial bile salt hydrolases mediate the efficacy of faecal microbiota transplant in the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection

Autor: Mullish, Benjamin H., McDonald, Julie A. K., Pechlivanis, Alexandros, Allegretti, Jessica R., Kao, Dina, Barker, Grace F., Kapila, Diya, Petrof, Elaine O., Joyce, Susan A., Gahan, Cormac G., Glegola-Madejska, Izabela, Williams, Horace R. T., Holmes, Elaine, Clarke, Thomas B., Thursz, Mark R., Marchesi, Julian R.
Přispěvatelé: Medical Research Council, Medical Research Council (MRC), Imperial College London Joint Translational Fund, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding, Wellcome Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: Research Capability Funding (RCF)
Rok vydání: 2019
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ISSN: 0017-5749
Popis: Objective Faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) effectively treats recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI), but its mechanisms of action remain poorly defined. Certain bile acids affect C. difficile germination or vegetative growth. We hypothesised that loss of gut microbiota-derived bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) predisposes to CDI by perturbing gut bile metabolism, and that BSH restitution is a key mediator of FMT’s efficacy in treating the condition.\ud \ud \ud Design Using stool collected from patients and donors pre-FMT/post-FMT for rCDI, we performed 16S rRNA gene sequencing, ultra performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) bile acid profiling, BSH activity measurement, and qPCR of bsh/baiCD genes involved in bile metabolism. Human data were validated in C. difficile batch cultures and a C57BL/6 mouse model of rCDI.\ud \ud \ud Results From metataxonomics, pre-FMT stool demonstrated a reduced proportion of BSH-producing bacterial species compared with donors/post-FMT. Pre-FMT stool was enriched in taurocholic acid (TCA, a potent C. difficile germinant); TCA levels negatively correlated with key bacterial genera containing BSH-producing organisms. Post-FMT samples demonstrated recovered BSH activity and bsh/baiCD gene copy number compared with pretreatment (p
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