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Gut microbiome–derived metabolites modulate intestinal epithelial cell damage and mitigate graft-versus-host disease

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Mathewson, Nathan D, Jenq, Robert, Mathew, Anna V, Koenigsknecht, Mark, Hanash, Alan, Toubai, Tomomi, Oravecz-Wilson, Katherine, Wu, Shin-Rong +13 more·2016·Nature Immunology

Abstract

The effect of alterations in intestinal microbiota on microbial metabolites and on disease processes such as graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is not known. Here we carried out an unbiased analysis to identify previously unidentified alterations in gastrointestinal microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) after allogeneic bone marrow transplant (allo-BMT). Alterations in the amount of only one SCFA, butyrate, were observed only in the intestinal tissue. The reduced butyrate in CD326(+) intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) after allo-BMT resulted in decreased histone acetylation, which was restored after local administration of exogenous butyrate. Butyrate restoration improved IEC junctional integrity, decreased apoptosis and mitigated GVHD. Furthermore, alteration of the indigenous microbiota with 17 rationally selected strains of high butyrate-producing Clostridia also decreased GVHD. These data demonstrate a heretofore unrecognized role of microbial metabolites and suggest that local and specific alteration of microbial metabolites has direct salutary effects on GVHD target tissues and can mitigate disease severity.

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Mathewson, N. D., Jenq, R., Mathew, A. V., Koenigsknecht, M., Hanash, A., Toubai, T., Oravecz-Wilson, K., Wu, S.-R., Sun, Y., Rossi, C., Fujiwara, H., Byun, J., Shono, Y., Lindemans, C., Calafiore, M., Schmidt, T. M., Honda, K., Young, V. B., Pennathur, S., van den Brink, M., & Reddy, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
  • Michigan Medicine (US)
  • RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (JP)
Corresponding author
Reddy, Pavan
Venue
Nature Immunology
Published
2016-03-21
Volume
17
Issue
5
Pages
505-513
ISSN
  • 1529-2908 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2916
OpenAlex
W2310441748
Cited by
725
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 61 · 2025: 69 · 2024: 54 · 2023: 77 · 2022: 84 · 2021: 96 · 2020: 77 · 2019: 68 · 2018: 54 · 2017: 61 · 2016: 23
FWCI
35.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2016-09-20)
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Locations
  • Nature Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL128046, R01HL090775, R01HL128046, HL090775, K08HL115355, R01HL125571)
  • National Cancer Institute (P01CA023766, R01CA173878, CA-173878, CA46592, P30CA046592)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM007863)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI100288)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK034933, DK-097153, U24DK097153, DK089503, DK34933, P30DK089503)
  • Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Medical School, University of Michigan
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Keywords
gut microbiota, microbial metabolites, short-chain fatty acids, butyrate, graft-versus-host disease, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, intestinal epithelial cells, histone acetylation, intestinal barrier function, tight junctions, Clostridium, radiation conditioning
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Acetylation, Animals, Butyrates, Cells, Cultured, Epithelial Cells, Fatty Acids, Volatile, Female, Graft vs Host Disease, Histone Deacetylases, Histones, Intestines, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, T-Lymphocytes, Transplantation, Homologous, Immunoblotting, Gene Expression, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Histone Acetyltransferases, Metabolome

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