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BMC Microbiol ; 24(1): 131, 2024 Apr 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38643098

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Exposure to extreme cold or heat temperature is one leading cause of weather-associated mortality and morbidity in animals. Emerging studies demonstrate that the microbiota residing in guts act as an integral factor required to modulate host tolerance to cold or heat exposure, but common and unique patterns of animal-temperature associations between cold and heat have not been simultaneously examined. Therefore, we attempted to investigate the roles of gut microbiota in modulating tolerance to cold or heat exposure in mice. RESULTS: The results showed that both cold and heat acutely change the body temperature of mice, but mice efficiently maintain their body temperature at conditions of chronic extreme temperatures. Mice adapt to extreme temperatures by adjusting body weight gain, food intake and energy harvest. Fascinatingly, 16 S rRNA sequencing shows that extreme temperatures result in a differential shift in the gut microbiota. Moreover, transplantation of the extreme-temperature microbiota is sufficient to enhance host tolerance to cold and heat, respectively. Metagenomic sequencing shows that the microbiota assists their hosts in resisting extreme temperatures through regulating the host insulin pathway. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight that the microbiota is a key factor orchestrating the overall energy homeostasis under extreme temperatures, providing an insight into the interaction and coevolution of hosts and gut microbiota.


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Microbioma Gastrointestinal , Temperatura Alta , Animais , Camundongos , Temperatura , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/fisiologia , Temperatura Baixa , Adaptação Fisiológica/fisiologia
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ACS Nano ; 2024 Feb 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38320291

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Different valence states of copper (Cu) ions are involved in complicated redox reactions in vivo, which are closely related to tumor proliferation and death pathways, such as cuproptosis and chemodynamic therapy (CDT). Cu ion mediated Fenton-like reagents induced tumor cell death which presents compelling attention for the CDT of tumors. However, the superiority of different valence states of Cu ions in the antitumor effect is unknown. In this study, we investigated different valence states of Cu ions in modulating tumor cell death by Cu-chelated cyanine dye against triple-negative breast cancer. The cuprous ion (Cu+) and copper ion (Cu2+) were chelated with four nitrogen atoms of dipicolylethylenediamine-modified cyanine for the construction of Cu+ and Cu2+ chelated cyanine dyes (denoted as CC1 and CC2, respectively). Upon 660 nm laser irradiation, the CC1 or CC2 can generate reactive oxygen species, which could disrupt the cyanine structure, achieving the rapid release of Cu ions and initiating the Fenton-like reaction for CDT. Compared with Cu2+-based Fenton-like reagent, the CC1 with Cu+ exhibited a better therapeutic outcome for the tumor due to there being no need for a reduction by glutathione and a shorter route to generate more hydroxyl radicals. Our findings suggest the precision delivery of Cu+ could achieve highly efficient antitumor therapy.

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Elife ; 132024 Aug 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39190452

RESUMO

Host-microbe interactions are virtually bidirectional, but how the host affects their microbiome is poorly understood. Here, we report that the host is a critical modulator to regulate the lifestyle switch and pathogenicity heterogeneity of the opportunistic pathogens Serratia marcescens utilizing the Drosophila and bacterium model system. First, we find that Drosophila larvae efficiently outcompete S. marcescens and typically drive a bacterial switch from pathogenicity to commensalism toward the fly. Furthermore, Drosophila larvae reshape the transcriptomic and metabolic profiles of S. marcescens characterized by a lifestyle switch. More importantly, the host alters pathogenicity and heterogeneity of S. marcescens in the single-cell resolution. Finally, we find that larvae-derived AMPs are required to recapitulate the response of S. marcescens to larvae. Altogether, our findings provide an insight into the pivotal roles of the host in harnessing the life history and heterogeneity of symbiotic bacterial cells, advancing knowledge of the reciprocal relationships between the host and pathogen.


Assuntos
Drosophila melanogaster , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Larva , Serratia marcescens , Animais , Serratia marcescens/patogenicidade , Serratia marcescens/genética , Serratia marcescens/fisiologia , Larva/microbiologia , Drosophila melanogaster/microbiologia , Análise de Célula Única , Simbiose , Drosophila/microbiologia , Virulência/genética
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Life Sci ; 288: 120179, 2022 Jan 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34838850

RESUMO

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) stem from alterations in the intestinal immune system and microbial dysbiosis, but the precise interactions between bacteria and IBD remain obscure. The commensal microbiota have a profound impact on human health and diseases. Here, we developed a selective culture medium for lactate-utilizing bacteria (LUB) that function as candidate probiotics to ameliorate IBD using a mouse model. Firstly, LUB, including Megasphaera, were enriched from human faeces using a selective medium with lactate. LUB efficiently attenuated the pathology of colitis induced by dextran sulphate sodium (DSS). Next, LUB administration counteracted the dysbiosis associated with the intestinal inflammatory process, and elevated the proportion of Escherichia-Shigella in intestines. Moreover, E. coli isolated from healthy faeces downstream recapitulated lactate-utilizing bacterial community to ameliorate the severity of DSS-induced acute colitis. In conclusion, our finding revealed that LUB were sufficient to exert inflammatory protection against colitis in mice, highlighting a novel therapeutic strategy to use LUB as potentially curable probiotics for therapeutic manipulation for IBD.


Assuntos
Bactérias/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Colite/prevenção & controle , Sulfato de Dextrana/toxicidade , Transplante de Microbiota Fecal/métodos , Fezes/microbiologia , Ácido Láctico/metabolismo , Probióticos/administração & dosagem , Adulto , Animais , Colite/induzido quimicamente , Colite/microbiologia , Colite/patologia , Disbiose/induzido quimicamente , Disbiose/microbiologia , Disbiose/patologia , Disbiose/prevenção & controle , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Adulto Jovem
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