Kinetic and mechanistic diversity of intestinal immune homeostasis characterized by rapid removal of gut bacteria

Autor: Da-Jung Jung, Ledia Gebremedhin, Byoungsook Goh, Ji-Sun Yoo, Francesca Gazzaniga, Dennis L. Kasper, Sungwhan F. Oh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Gut Microbes, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 19490976
1949-0984
1949-0976
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2201154
Popis: ABSTRACTSymbiotic microbiota critically contribute to host immune homeostasis in effector cell-specific manner. For exclusion of microbial component, germ-free animals have been the gold standard method. However, total removal of the entire gut microbiota of an animal from birth significantly skews physiological development. On the other hand, removal of gut microbiota from conventional mice using oral antibiotics has its own limitations, especially lack of consistency and the requirement for long-term treatment period. Here, we introduce an improved regimen to quickly remove gut microbiota and to maintain sterility, that is well received by animals without refusal. Rapid and consistent exclusion of resident bacteria in the gut lumen revealed kinetic differences among colonic lymphocyte subsets, which cannot be observed with typical germ-free animal models. Furthermore, the proposed method distinguished the mechanism of microbiota contribution as a direct stimulus to capable effector cells and a homeostatic cue to maintain such cell types.
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