Interactions between the host and its microbiota are of mutual benefit and promote health. Complex molecular pathways underlie this dialog, but the identity of microbe-derived molecules that mediate the mutualistic state remains elusive. Helicobacter hepaticus is a member of the mouse intestinal microbiota that is tolerated by the host. In the absence of an intact IL-10 signaling, H. hepaticus induces an IL-23-driven inflammatory response in the intestine. Here we investigate the interactions between H. hepaticus and host immune cells that may promote mutualism, and the microbe-derived molecule(s) involved. Our results show that H. hepaticus triggers early IL-10 induction in intestinal macrophages and produces a large soluble polysaccharide that activates a specific MSK/CREB-dependent anti-inflammatory and repair gene signature via the receptor TLR2. These data identify a host-bacterial interaction that promotes mutualistic mechanisms at the intestinal interface. Further understanding of this pathway may provide novel prevention and treatment strategies for inflammatory bowel disease.
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Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins
December 2024
School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, 999077, China.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. The standard CRC chemo drug, 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), has a poor response rate and chemoresistance, prompting the need for a more effective and affordable treatment. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether Prohep, a novel probiotic mixture, would alleviate azoxymethane/dextran sodium sulfate (AOM/DSS)-induced colorectal tumorigenesis and enhance 5-FU efficacy and its mechanism.
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February 2025
Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China.
Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes
October 2024
Department of Anorectal Surgery, the Tenth Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University (Dongguan People's Hospital), Dongguan, People's Republic of China.
Commun Biol
August 2024
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA.
Heme trafficking is essential for cellular function, yet mechanisms of transport and/or heme interaction are not well defined. The System I and System II bacterial cytochrome c biogenesis pathways are developing into model systems for heme trafficking due to their functions in heme transport, heme stereospecific positioning, and mediation of heme attachment to apocytochrome c. Here we focus on the System II pathway, CcsBA, that is proposed to be a bi-functional heme transporter and holocytochrome c synthase.
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September 2024
Core Facility Laboratory Animal Services, Helmholtz Munich, Germany.
Objectives: We here assessed whether typical pathogens of laboratory mice affect the development of diet-induced obesity and glucose intolerance, and whether colonization affects the efficacy of the GLP-1R agonist liraglutide and of the GLP-1/GIP co-agonist MAR709 to treat obesity and diabetes.
Methods: Male C57BL/6J mice were experimentally infected with Helicobacter hepaticus, Rodentibacter pneumotropicus and Staphylococcus aureus and compared to a group of uninfected specific and opportunistic pathogen free (SOPF) mice. The development of diet-induced obesity and glucose intolerance was monitored over a period of 26 weeks.
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