Crowe, J. et al. (2020) The parasitic worm product ES-62 promotes health- and life-span in a high calorie diet-accelerated mouse model of ageing. PLoS Pathogens, 16(3), e1008391. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008391) (PMID:32163524) (PMCID:PMC7108737)
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Abstract
Improvements in hygiene and health management have driven significant increases in human lifespan over the last 50 years. Frustratingly however, this extension of lifespan has not been matched by equivalent improvements in late-life health, not least due to the global pandemic in type-2 diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease, all ageing-associated conditions exacerbated and accelerated by widespread adoption of the high calorie Western diet (HCD). Recently, evidence has begun to emerge that parasitic worm infection might protect against such ageing-associated co-morbidities, as a serendipitous side-effect of their evolution of pro-survival, anti-inflammatory mechanisms. As a novel therapeutic strategy, we have therefore investigated the potential of ES-62, an anti-inflammatory secreted product of the filarial nematode Acanthocheilonema viteae, to improve healthspan (the period of life before diseases of ageing appear) by targeting the chronic inflammation that drives metabolic dysregulation underpinning ageing-induced ill-health. We administered ES-62 subcutaneously (at a dose of 1 μg/week) to C57BL/6J mice undergoing HCD-accelerated ageing throughout their lifespan, while subjecting the animals to analysis of 120 immunometabolic responses at various time-points. ES-62 improved a number of inflammatory parameters, but markedly, a range of pathophysiological, metabolic and microbiome parameters of ageing were also successfully targeted. Notably, ES-62-mediated promotion of healthspan in male and female HCD-mice was associated with different mechanisms and reflecting this, machine learning modelling identified sex-specific signatures predictive of ES-62 action against HCD-accelerated ageing. Remarkably, ES-62 substantially increased the median survival of male HCD-mice. This was not the case with female animals and unexpectedly, this difference between the two sexes could not be explained in terms of suppression of the chronic inflammation driving ageing, as ES-62 tended to be more effective in reducing this in female mice. Rather, the difference appeared to be associated with ES-62's additional ability to preferentially promote a healthier gut-metabolic tissue axis in male animals.
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| Additional Information: | Funding: The study was funded by linked awards to MMH and CS (BB/M029727/1) and WH (BB/ M029662/1) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (https://bbsrc.ukri.org). |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Harnett, Professor Margaret and Tarafdar, Ms Anuradha and Mulvey, Ms Lorna and Lumb, Miss Felicity and Crowe, Dr Jenny and Babayan, Dr Simon and Selman, Professor Colin and Harnett, Professor William and Pineda, Dr Miguel and Doonan, Dr James |
| Creator Roles: | Crowe, J.Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review and editing Lumb, F. E.Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review and editing Doonan, J.Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review and editing Tarafdar, A.Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review and editing Pineda, M. A.Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review and editing Mulvey, L.Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review and editing Babayan, S. A.Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review and editing Selman, C.Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing Harnett, W.Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing Harnett, M. M.Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing |
| Authors: | Crowe, J., Lumb, F. E., Doonan, J., Broussard, M., Tarafdar, A., Pineda, M. A., Landabaso, C., Mulvey, L., Hoskisson, P. A., Babayan, S. A., Selman, C., Harnett, W., and Harnett, M. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Research Centre: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity > Centre for Immunobiology |
| Journal Name: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
| ISSN: | 1553-7366 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1553-7374 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 Crowe et al. |
| First Published: | First published in PLoS Pathogens 16(3):e1008391 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons license |
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