Klebsiella oxytoca expands in cancer cachexia and acts as a gut pathobiont contributing to intestinal dysfunction.
Sci Rep
; 8(1): 12321, 2018 08 17.
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ABSTRACT
Cancer cachexia is a complex multi-organ syndrome characterized by body weight loss, weakness, muscle atrophy and fat depletion. With a prevalence of 1 million people in Europe and only limited therapeutic options, there is a high medical need for new approaches to treat cachexia. Our latest results highlighted microbial dysbiosis, characterized by a bloom in Enterobacteriaceae and altered gut barrier function in preclinical models of cancer cachexia. They also demonstrated the potential of targeting the gut microbial dysbiosis in this pathology. However, the exact mechanisms underlying the gut microbiota-host crosstalk in cancer cachexia remain elusive. In this set of studies, we identified Klebsiella oxytoca as one of the main Enterobacteriaceae species increased in cancer cachexia and we demonstrated that this bacteria acts as a gut pathobiont by altering gut barrier function in cachectic mice. Moreover, we propose a conceptual framework for the lower colonization resistance to K. oxytoca in cancer cachexia that involves altered host gut epithelial metabolism and host-derived nitrate boosting the growth of the gut pathobiont. This set of studies constitutes a strong progression in the field of gut microbiota in cancer cachexia, by dissecting the mechanism of emergence of one bacterium, K. oxytoca, and establishing its role as a gut pathobiont in this severe disease.
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Caquexia
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Klebsiella oxytoca
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Neoplasias
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Risk_factors_studies
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Animals
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Sci Rep
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2018
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Article
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