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The Gut Commensal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Exacerbates Enteric Infection through Modification of the Metabolic Landscape

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Curtis, Meredith M., Hu, Zeping, Klimko, Claire, Narayanan, Sanjeev, Deberardinis, Ralph, Sperandio, Vanessa·2014·Cell Host & Microbe

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SUMMARY The enteric pathogen enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) causes severe diarrhea but the influence of the gut microbiota on EHEC infection is largely unknown. A predominant member of the microbiota, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Bt), is resident at EHEC attachment sites. We show that Bt enhances EHEC virulence gene expression through the transcription factor, Cra, which is functionally sensitive to sugar concentrations. This enhanced virulence accompanies increased formation of attaching and effacing (AE) lesions requisite for EHEC colonization. Infection with Citrobacter rodentium, a natural mouse pathogen homologous to EHEC, in Bt-reconstituted mice results in increased gut permeability along with exacerbated host pathology and mortality compared to mice deplete of microflora. Bt modifies the metabolite environment at infection sites, increasing metabolites involved in gluconeogenesis, with stark increases in succinate, which can be sensed by Cra. Our findings suggest that microbiota composition affects disease outcome and may explain links between microbiota composition and disease susceptibility.

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Authors
Curtis, M. M., Hu, Z., Klimko, C., Narayanan, S., Deberardinis, R., & Sperandio, V.
Venue
Cell Host & Microbe
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-12
Volume
16
Issue
6
Pages
759-769
ISSN
1931-3128 (ISSN-L)
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W2123583755
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307
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13
FWCI
10.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Curtis, M. M., Hu, Z., Klimko, C., Narayanan, S., Deberardinis, R., & Sperandio, V. (2014). The Gut Commensal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Exacerbates Enteric Infection through Modification of the Metabolic Landscape. Cell Host & Microbe. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2014.11.005

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