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Zebrafish gut microbiota composition in response to tick saliva biomolecules correlates with allergic reactions to mammalian meat consumption.
Díaz-Sánchez, Sandra; Vaz-Rodrigues, Rita; Contreras, Marinela; Rafael, Marta; Villar, Margarita; González-García, Almudena; Artigas-Jerónimo, Sara; Gortázar, Christian; de la Fuente, José.
Affiliation
  • Díaz-Sánchez S; Departamento de Bioquímica, Microbiología, Biología Celular y Genética, Área de Microbiología, Entrada Campus Anchieta, 4, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands 38200, Spain.
  • Vaz-Rodrigues R; SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain.
  • Contreras M; SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain.
  • Rafael M; SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain.
  • Villar M; SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain; Biochemistry Section, Faculty of Science and Chemical Technologies, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain.
  • González-García A; SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain.
  • Artigas-Jerónimo S; Biochemistry Section, Faculty of Science and Chemical Technologies, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain.
  • Gortázar C; SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain.
  • de la Fuente J; SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain; Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. Electronic address: jose_delafuente@yahoo.c
Microbiol Res ; 285: 127786, 2024 Aug.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38820703
ABSTRACT
The α-Gal syndrome (AGS) is an IgE-mediated tick borne-allergy that results in delayed anaphylaxis to the consumption of mammalian meat and products containing α-Gal. Considering that α-Gal-containing microbiota modulates natural antibody production to this glycan, this study aimed to evaluate the influence on tick salivary compounds on the gut microbiota composition in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) animal model. Sequencing of 16 S rDNA was performed in a total of 75 zebrafish intestine samples, representing different treatment groups PBS control, Ixodes ricinus tick saliva, tick saliva non-protein fraction (NPF), tick saliva protein fraction (PF), and tick saliva protein fractions 1-5 with NPF (F1-5). The results revealed that treatment with tick saliva and different tick salivary fractions, combined with α-Gal-positive dog food feeding, resulted in specific variations in zebrafish gut microbiota composition at various taxonomic levels and affected commensal microbial alpha and beta diversities. Metagenomics results were corroborated by qPCR, supporting the overrepresentation of phylum Firmicutes in the tick saliva group, phylum Fusobacteriota in group F1, and phylum Cyanobacteria in F2 and F5 compared to the PBS-control. qPCRs results at genus level sustained significant enrichment of Plesiomonas spp. in groups F3 and F5, Rhizobium spp. in NPF and F4, and Cloacibacterium spp. dominance in the PBS control group. This study provides new results on the role of gut microbiota in allergic reactions to tick saliva components using a zebrafish model of AGS. Overall, gut microbiota composition in response to tick saliva biomolecules may be associated with allergic reactions to mammalian meat consumption in AGS.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Saliva / Zebrafish / Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Food Hypersensitivity Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Microbiol Res Journal subject: MICROBIOLOGIA / SAUDE AMBIENTAL Year: 2024 Document type: Article Country of publication: Germany

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Saliva / Zebrafish / Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Food Hypersensitivity Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Microbiol Res Journal subject: MICROBIOLOGIA / SAUDE AMBIENTAL Year: 2024 Document type: Article Country of publication: Germany