Perinatal antibiotic-induced shifts in gut microbiota have differential effects on inflammatory lung diseases

Russell, S. L. et al. (2015) Perinatal antibiotic-induced shifts in gut microbiota have differential effects on inflammatory lung diseases. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 135(1), 100-109.e5. (doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.06.027) (PMID:25145536)

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Abstract

Background: Resident gut microbiota are now recognized as potent modifiers of host immune responses in various scenarios. Recently, we demonstrated that perinatal exposure to vancomycin, but not streptomycin, profoundly alters gut microbiota and enhances susceptibility to a TH2 model of allergic asthma. Objective: Here we sought to further clarify the etiology of these changes by determining whether perinatal antibiotic treatment has a similar effect on the TH1/TH17-mediated lung disease, hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Methods: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis was induced in C57BL/6 wild-type or recombination-activating gene 1–deficient mice treated perinatally with vancomycin or streptomycin by repeated intranasal administration of Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula antigen. Disease severity was assessed by measuring lung inflammation, pathology, cytokine responses, and serum antibodies. Microbial community analyses were performed on stool samples via 16S ribosomal RNA pyrosequencing and correlations between disease severity and specific bacterial taxa were identified. Results: Surprisingly, in contrast to our findings in an allergic asthma model, we found that the severity of hypersensitivity pneumonitis was unaffected by vancomycin, but increased dramatically after streptomycin treatment. This likely reflects an effect on the adaptive, rather than innate, immune response because the effects of streptomycin were not observed during the early phases of disease and were abrogated in recombination-activating gene 1–deficient mice. Interestingly, Bacteroidetes dominated the intestinal microbiota of streptomycin-treated animals, while vancomycin promoted the expansion of the Firmicutes. Conclusions: Perinatal antibiotics exert highly selective effects on resident gut flora, which, in turn, lead to very specific alterations in susceptibility to TH2- or TH1/TH17-driven lung inflammatory disease.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Perona-Wright, Dr Georgia
Authors: Russell, S. L., Gold, M. J., Reynolds, L. A., Willing, B. P., Dimitriu, P., Thorson, L., Redpath, S. A., Perona-Wright, G., Blanchet, M.-R., Mohn, W. W., Finlay, B. B., and McNagny, K. M.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity
Journal Name:Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0091-6749
ISSN (Online):1097-6825
Published Online:18 August 2014

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