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Principles and clinical implications of the brain-gut-enteric microbiota axis
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While bidirectional brain–gut interactions are well known mechanisms for the regulation of gut function in both healthy and diseased states, a role of the enteric flora—including both commensal and pathogenic organisms—in these interactions has only been recognized in the past few years. The brain can influence commensal organisms (enteric microbiota) indirectly, via changes in gastrointestinal motility and secretion, and intestinal permeability, or directly, via signaling molecules released into the gut lumen from cells in the lamina propria (enterochromaffin cells, neurons, immune cells). Communication from enteric microbiota to the host can occur via multiple mechanisms, including epithelial-cell, receptor-mediated signaling and, when intestinal permeability is increased, through direct stimulation of host cells in the lamina propria. Enterochromaffin cells are important bidirectional transducers that regulate communication between the gut lumen and the nervous system. Vagal, afferent innervation of enterochromaffin cells provides a direct pathway for enterochromaffin-cell signaling to neuronal circuits, which may have an important role in pain and immune-response modulation, control of background emotions and other homeostatic functions. Disruption of the bidirectional interactions between the enteric microbiota and the nervous system may be involved in the pathophysiology of acute and chronic gastrointestinal disease states, including functional and inflammatory bowel disorders.
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This review synthesizes evidence for bidirectional signaling between the CNS and the enteric microbiota—the "brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis"—and proposes enterochromaffin cells as key bidirectional transducers. It argues that disruption of these interactions may contribute to functional and inflammatory bowel disorders, though causative roles remain unproven.
Key findings
- The brain can influence commensal organisms indirectly (via ANS-mediated changes in motility, secretion, and intestinal permeability) and directly via signaling molecules (catecholamines, serotonin, dynorphin, cytokines) released into the gut lumen from neurons, immune cells, and enterochromaffin cells.
- Microbe-to-host signaling occurs via epithelial receptor-mediated mechanisms (e.g., Toll-like receptors) and, when permeability is increased, through direct stimulation of lamina propria cells; the autoinducer-3–QseC system in enterohemorrhagic *E. coli* is activated by host norepinephrine, enabling interkingdom signaling during stress.
- Enterochromaffin cells are positioned to act as bidirectional transducers: they secrete serotonin and peptides in response to luminal microbial factors and central stimuli, and vagal afferents expressing 5-HT3R lie in close proximity.
- Germ-free mice showed less intense inflammation-associated hyperalgesia than conventional mice, associated with increased interleukin-10 expression, reversed by anti-interleukin-10 antibody; the human gut harbors 400–1,000 bacterial species with ~10¹¹ bacterial cells per gram of colon contents.
- Two cited RCTs: 4-week *Bifidobacterium lactis* reduced abdominal distention and accelerated orocecal/colonic transit in IBS with constipation; 8-week *Bifidobacterium infantis* improved symptoms and normalized the plasma IL-10:IL-12 ratio.
Methods
- Narrative review (not a primary study) summarizing preclinical and clinical evidence on bidirectional nervous system–enteric microbiota interactions.
- Draws on animal models (rhesus monkeys, mice, rats, pigs), in vitro studies, and human clinical trials, including cited randomized controlled trials of probiotics in IBS.
- Organizes evidence into brain-to-microbiota signaling, microbe-to-gut-to-brain signaling, enterochromaffin cell transduction, vagal transmission, homeostatic functions, and clinical/therapeutic implications.
Limitations
- The paper states that evidence is "often sparse," that host-to-enteric bacteria signaling has been characterized in detail only for pathogenic organisms and only for some molecules (norepinephrine, dynorphins, cytokines), and that considerably more data are needed to establish a causative role for microbiota changes in IBS symptoms.
- The paper notes most studies of CNS influence on microbiota used luminal bacterial populations from stool samples, with biofilm-adjacent organisms less well documented.
- Evident from the text: this is a review without primary data or systematic search methodology, and several proposed mechanisms (e.g., enterochromaffin cell signaling to brain function, adrenergic receptors on epithelial brush border) are explicitly described as not yet studied in detail.
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“the mechanisms that underlie the observed effects are poorly understood.”
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“The enteric microbiota can directly influence gut homeostasis by the regulation of bowel motility and modulation of intestinal pain, immune responses, and nutrient processing.8-10”
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“Enterochromaffin cells are important bidirectional transducers that regulate communication between the gut lumen and the nervous system.”
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“while accelerated intestinal transit, with an increased number of giant, migrating contractions, is seen in many diarrheal states, including diarrhea-predominant IBS.22”
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- Not checked yetcites [22] Chey, W. Y. et al. Colonic motility abnormality in patients with irritable bowel syndrome exhibiting abdominal pain and diarrhea. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 96, 1499–1506 (2001). source
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“Impaired intestinal transit caused by compromised, migrating motor complexes (a motor pattern characteristic of the fasting state of the gastrointestinal tract that is under parasympathetic control), is associated with bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine.20”
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“Different types of psychological stressors modulate the composition and total biomass of the enteric microbiota in both adult15 and newborn animals.16”
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- Not checked yetcites [16] Bailey, M. T. & Coe, C. L. Maternal separation disrupts the integrity of the intestinal microflora in infant rhesus monkeys. Dev. Psychobiol. 35, 146–155 (1999). source
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“In this case, the shedding of lactobacilli may have been related to the stress-induced acceleration of intestinal transit, since normal bacterial levels were restored 1 week after separation.16”
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- Not checked yetcites [16] Bailey, M. T. & Coe, C. L. Maternal separation disrupts the integrity of the intestinal microflora in infant rhesus monkeys. Dev. Psychobiol. 35, 146–155 (1999). source
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“Although different types of psychological stressors, including early-life stress and sustained stress, have been recognized as risk factors or promoters of events that result in disease exacerbation in patients with ulcerative colitis2 and IBS,3”
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- Not checked yetcites [2] Levenstein, S. et al. Stress and exacerbation in ulcerative colitis: a prospective study of patients enrolled in remission. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 95, 1213–1220 (2000). source
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“The activation of any of these systems, either alone or in combination, might influence enteric microbiota both indirectly, via changes in their environment, and directly, via host–enteric microbiota signaling.”
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“Both sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, which are part of the ANS, have a prominent role in the modulation of gut functions, such as motility, secretion of acid, bicarbonates and mucus, intestinal-fluid handling and mucosal immune response (reviewed elsewhere1).”
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- Not checked yetcites [1] Mayer, E. A. The neurobiology of stress and gastrointestinal disease. Gut 47, 861–869 (2000). source
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“The brain can influence commensal organisms (enteric microbiota) indirectly, via changes in gastrointestinal motility and secretion, and intestinal permeability, or directly, via signaling molecules released into the gut lumen from cells in the lamina propria (enterochromaffin cells, neurons, immune cells).”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Abstract
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“In maternal separation-induced, postnatal stress, reduction in lactobacilli was associated with the appearance of stress-indicative behaviors, and affected animals were more susceptible than unstressed controls to opportunistic infection.”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Brain to enteric microbiota signaling
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- Not checked yetcites [16] Bailey, M. T. & Coe, C. L. Maternal separation disrupts the integrity of the intestinal microflora in infant rhesus monkeys. Dev. Psychobiol. 35, 146–155 (1999). source
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“Vagal, afferent innervation of enterochromaffin cells provides a direct pathway for enterochromaffin-cell signaling to neuronal circuits, which may have an important role in pain and immune-response modulation, control of background emotions and other homeostatic functions.”
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“the role of the enteric microbiota in bidirectional gut–brain interactions in health and disease has received little attention until the past 5 years or so.”
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“Both pre natal17 and postnatal stress16 were associated with transient reductions in the levels of the enteric microbiota in rhesus monkeys.”
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- Not checked yetcites [17] Bailey, M. T. et al. Prenatal stress alters bacterial colonization of the gut in infant monkeys. J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 38, 414–421 (2004). source
- Not checked yetcites [16] Bailey, M. T. & Coe, C. L. Maternal separation disrupts the integrity of the intestinal microflora in infant rhesus monkeys. Dev. Psychobiol. 35, 146–155 (1999). source
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“In general, bacteria located in the biofilm seem to be less affected by environmental alterations, such as changes in intestinal transit rate and luminal contents, than luminal populations are, but seem to have increased involvement in bidirectional signaling with the host.19”
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- Not checked yetcites [19] Macfarlane, S. & Dillon, J. F. Microbial biofilms in the human gastrointestinal tract. J. Appl. Microbiol. 102, 1187–1196 (2007). source
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“For example, several studies have demonstrated that stressful stimuli can enhance the permeability of the intestinal epithelium, which allows bacterial antigens to penetrate the gut epithelium and triggers an immune response in the intestinal mucosa.23-27”
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“The ANS also affects epithelial mechanisms involved in immune activation of the gut, either directly, through modulation of the response of the gut immune cells (for example, macrophages and mast cells) to luminal bacteria, or indirectly, through alteration of the access of luminal bacteria to gut immunocytes (Figure 2).”
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“Notably, most of the studies that have examined the influence of these systems on enteric microbiota have been performed on luminal bacterial populations from stool samples, whereas the influence of these systems on organisms contained in the biofilm adjacent to the intestinal mucosa are less well documented.”
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“For example, serotonin secretion into the stomach lumen has been reported in response to an intrathecal injection into the cerebrospinal fluid (central injection) of TRP, an analog of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, which is a central mediator of the stress response to cold temperatures.31,32 This secretion is probably mediated by vagal activation of gastric enterochromaffin cells.”
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- Not checked yetcites [32] Yang, H. et al. TRH analogue microinjected into specific medullary nuclei stimulates gastric serotonin secretion in rats. Am. J. Physiol. 262, G216–G222 (1992).
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“For example, secretion of antimicrobial peptides, such as defensins, by Paneth cells has an important role in host defense mechanisms against inflammatory and infectious diseases of the gut.29”
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- Not checked yetcites [29] Salzman, N. H., Underwood, M. A. & Bevins, C. L. Paneth cells, defensins, and the commensal microbiota: a hypothesis on intimate interplay at the intestinal mucosa. Semin. Immunol. 19, 70–83 (2007). source
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“For example, Bifidobacterium bifidum and Lactobacillus acidophilus are able to promote motility, while Escherichia species can inhibit it.6”
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- Not checked yetcites [6] Mazmanian, S. K. et al. A microbial symbiosis factor prevents intestinal inflammatory disease. Nature 453, 620–625 (2008). source
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“Several signaling molecules used by the host for neuronal and neuroendocrine signaling (for example, catecholamines, serotonin, dynorphin, and cytokines) are also likely to be secreted into the gut lumen by neurons, immune cells and enterochromaffin cells, and the CNS is likely to have an important role in the release of these molecules.”
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“Similarly to eukaryotes, prokaryotes communicate with each other through hormones and hormone-like compounds. This pattern of mutual bacterial inter action is called quorum sensing.41”
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- Not checked yetcites [41] Nealson, K. H., Platt, T. & Hastings, J. W. Cellular control of the synthesis and activity of the bacterial luminescent system. J. Bacteriol. 104, 313–322 (1970). source
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“Autoinducer 3 binds to the bacterial membrane receptor QseC, which results in its autophosphorylation. QseC then phosphorylates its response regulator, QseB, to initiate a complex signaling cascade that activates the expression of bacterial genes associated with virulence and motility, including the gene that presides over flagellum development.34”
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- Not checked yetcites [34] Hughes, D. T. & Sperandio, V. Inter-kingdom signalling: communication between bacteria and their hosts. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 6, 111–120 (2008). source
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“Stress-induced changes in permeability involve activation of glial and mast cells in the gut, overproduction of interferon-γ and changes in the morphology of the colonic epithelium via reduced expression of tight junction protein 2 (zona occludens 2) and by occlusion of important components of the intestinal tight junction.28”
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- Not checked yetcites [28] Demaude, J. et al. Phenotypic changes in colonocytes following acute stress or activation of mast cells in mice: implications for delayed epithelial barrier dysfunction. Gut 55, 655–661 (2006). source
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“In vitro norepinephrine stimulates the growth of several strains of enteric pathogens (reviewed elsewhere34) and magnifies the virulent properties of Campylobacter jejuni.36”
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- Not checked yetcites [34] Hughes, D. T. & Sperandio, V. Inter-kingdom signalling: communication between bacteria and their hosts. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 6, 111–120 (2008). source
- Not checked yetcites [36] Cogan, T. A. et al. Norepinephrine increases the pathogenic potential of Campylobacter jejuni. Gut 56, 1060–1065 (2007). source
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“For example, autoinducer 3 can stimulate nor epinephrine receptors on the surface of eukaryotic cells, and α-2 receptors are present on the brush border of human enterocytes.51”
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- Not checked yetcites [51] Valet, P. et al. Characterization and distribution of alpha 2-adrenergic receptors in the human intestinal mucosa. J. Clin. Invest. 91, 2049–2055 (1993). source
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“Although the effects of enteric microbiota to host signaling on various gut functions, including motility, secretion and immune function, have been studied extensively in healthy and diseased states, the possible effect of such microbial signaling beyond the gastro intestinal tract and on the nervous system has received little attention.”
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“Microbial signaling molecules could interact directly with afferent nerve terminals in situations where intestinal permeability is enhanced (for example, during inflammation or stress) or their signal could be relayed to neurons within the intestinal wall by ‘transducer cells’ in the epithelium.”
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“That signaling molecules are released by the host into the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract during stress and that receptors and intercellular signaling mechanisms for these same molecules are present on certain luminal microbes34 strongly suggests that the nervous system can also directly modulate microbial behavior.”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Bidirectional signaling
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- Not checked yetcites [34] Hughes, D. T. & Sperandio, V. Inter-kingdom signalling: communication between bacteria and their hosts. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 6, 111–120 (2008). source
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“Enterochromaffin cells are distributed throughout the intestinal tract,52 and, like intestinal epithelial cells, those located in the intestinal mucosa are accessible to the enteric microbiota on the intestinal lumen side, and are in contact with afferent and efferent nerve terminals located on the lamina propria.”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Enterochromaffin cells as signal transducers
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- Not checked yetcites [52] Walsh, J. H. & Mayer, E. A. Gastrointestinal peptide hormones and signal transduction. In Gastrointestinal Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management 5th edn (Eds Sleizenger, M. & Fordtran, J.) 18–44 (WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1993).
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“Similar mechanisms could have a role in the patho physiology of alterations in bowel habits for patients with IBS.”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Microbe–gut–brain signaling
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“Thus, whereas the bacterial adrenergic agonist autoinducer 3 may mediate inhibition of intestinal fluid secretion—and thus delay transit rate—by binding to α-2 receptors on epithelial cells, other microbial factors may stimulate serotonin release by enterochromaffin cells to enhance fluid secretion, and thus accelerate transit rate.”
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“This increase in luminal fluid in turn stimulates bowel motility, which ultimately helps remove intestinal contents, including pathogenic bacteria.”
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“Interestingly, olfactory and taste receptors are expressed in enterochromaffin cells, and odorants present in the luminal environment (probably produced by the enteric microbiota) are also able to effect serotonin release by these cells.53”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Enterochromaffin cells as signal transducers
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- Not checked yetcites [53] Braun, T., Voland, P., Kunz, L., Prinz, C. & Gratzl, M. Enterochromaffin cells of the human gut: sensors for spices and odorants. Gastroenterology 132, 1890–1901 (2007). source
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“Nerve terminals of vagal afferents are located in close proximity to enterochromaffin cells, and these terminals express the serotonin-specific receptor 5-HT3R.67”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Vagal transmission of luminal signals
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- Not checked yetcites [67] Raybould, H. E., Cooke, H. J. & Christofi, F. L. Sensory mechanisms: transmitters, modulators and reflexes. Neurogastroenterol. Motil. 16 (Suppl. 1), 60–63 (2004). source
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“A mechanism of this type might explain the reported upregulation of mucosal serotonin in a mouse model of postinfectious bowel dysfunction.66”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Enterochromaffin cells as signal transducers
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- Not checked yetcites [66] Wheatcroft, J. et al. Enterochromaffin cell hyperplasia and decreased serotonin transporter in a mouse model of postinfectious bowel dysfunction. Neurogastroenterol. Motil. 17, 863–870 (2005). source
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“The cholera toxin, a secretory enterotoxin from Vibrio cholerae, is known to trigger intestinal-fluid secretion by binding to the GM1 ganglioside on the surface of enterochromaffin cells. This interaction results in serotonin-mediated activation of secretomotor reflexes.61”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Enterochromaffin cells as signal transducers
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- Not checked yetcites [61] Lencer, W. I. Microbes and microbial toxins: paradigms for microbial-mucosal toxins. V. Cholera: invasion of the intestinal epithelial barrier by a stably folded protein toxin. Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 280, G781–G786 (2001). source
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“Inflammation-induced upregulation of serotonin signaling persists after the inflammation has receded, and, in this post inflammatory, upregulated state, microbe to entero chromaffin cell signaling may result in persistent symptoms of bowel dysfunction in human, post infectious IBS.”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Enterochromaffin cells as signal transducers
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“The influence on the brain of stimuli such as cytokines and vagal signaling has been well characterized in animal models of inflammation, and the constellation of psychological symptoms associated with inflammation (fatigue, social withdrawal and loss of appetite) has been labeled the sickness behavior syndrome.72”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Enteric microbiota and homeostatic functions
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- Not checked yetcites [72] Watkins, L. R. & Maier, S. F. The pain of being sick: implications of immune-to-brain communication for understanding pain. Annu. Rev. Psychol. 51, 29–57 (2000). source
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“As afferent nerves are not exposed to the luminal side of the intestine, under normal circumstances sensory neurons are indirectly activated by stimuli in the intestinal lumen via paracrine signaling, which is mediated by compounds such as serotonin, cholecystokinin, histamine, secretin, somatostatin, melatonin, uroguanylin, and corticotrophin-releasing factor, all of which can be released from ne”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Vagal transmission of luminal signals
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- Not checked yetcites [68] Schonhoff, S. E., Giel-Moloney, M. & Leiter, A. B. Minireview: development and differentiation of gut endocrine cells. Endocrinology 145, 2639–2644 (2004). source
- Not checked yetcites [69] O'Hara, J. R., Ho, W., Linden, D. R., Mawe, G. M. & Sharkey, K. A. Enteroendocrine cells and 5-HT availability are altered in mucosa of guinea pigs with TNBS ileitis. Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 287, G998–G1007 (2004). source
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“As discussed earlier, in the presence of increased intestinal permeability (caused, for instance, by stress or gut inflammation), access of various bacterial products and inflammatory mediators to nerve endings in the mucosa would be a plausible mechanism for microbe to brain communication.”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Enteric microbiota and homeostatic functions
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“Possible mechanisms underlying such changes include effects secondary to the production of gas and short-chain fatty acids by enteric microbiota, and direct enteric microbiota to host signaling.”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Clinical impact of bidirectional signaling
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“Evidence of activation of the afferent vagal system was reported, which suggests a possible vagus-mediated microbe to brain signaling pathway.”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Enteric microbiota and homeostatic functions
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- Not checked yetcites [73] Lyte, M., Li, W., Opitz, N., Gaykema, R. P. & Goehler, L. E. Induction of anxiety-like behavior in mice during the initial stages of infection with the agent of murine colonic hyperplasia Citrobacter rodentium. Physiol. Behav. 89, 350–357 (2006). source
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“However, in healthy organisms, signaling via epithelial transducer cells, such as enterochromaffin cells, may be the predominant mechanism.”
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“In postinfectious IBS, major psychological stress around the time of gastroenteritis, trait anxiety, as well as extended duration of the infection, have been identified as risk factors for the persistence of symptoms.81”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Clinical impact of bidirectional signaling
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- Not checked yetcites [81] Gwee, K. A. et al. The role of psychological and biological factors in postinfective gut dysfunction. Gut 44, 400–406 (1999). source
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“One way to explain this resilience would be to consider the epithelium-associated biofilm as a permanent bacterial reservoir whose presence allows prompt reconstitution of the physiological microbiota profile in the gut lumen following a decline in luminal microbiota.”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Clinical impact of bidirectional signaling
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- Rests on an assumption: The gastrointestinal system is surprisingly resilient to transient changes in enteric microbiota induced by antibiotic treatment, colonic lavage, or, possibly, by spikes in psychological stress.
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“This reduction in abdominal girth was associ ated with an acceleration of orocecal as well as colonic transit and with an overall improvement in symptoms.”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Potential therapeutic implications
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- Not checked yetcites [13] Agrawal, A. et al. Clinical trial: the effects of a fermented milk product containing Bifidobacterium lactis DN-173-010 on abdominal distension and gastrointestinal transit in irritable bowel syndrome with constipation. Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. (In press).
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“Inflammation-induced upregulation of the mucosal serotonin signaling system would be expected to enhance the ability of the enteric microbiota to modulate gut motility through activation of peristaltic and secretomotor reflexes.”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Clinical impact of bidirectional signaling
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“Evidence suggests that modification of the enteric microbiota by administration of antibiotics, probiotic bacteria or prebiotic substances (for example, certain fibers or lactulose) are beneficial in the treatment of IBD14 and improve some symptoms of IBS.12”
§ Principles and clinical implications of the brain–gut–enteric microbiota axis > Potential therapeutic implications
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- Not checked yetcites [14] Vanderpool, C., Yan, F. & Polk, D. B. Mechanisms of probiotic action: implications for therapeutic applications in inflammatory bowel diseases. Inflamm. Bowel Dis. 14, 1585–1596 (2008). source
- Not checked yetcites [12] Spiller, P. Review article: probiotics and prebiotics in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. (2008).
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Little is known about the possible role of direct signaling by luminal microorganisms to the brain in healthy and diseased states.
“However, little is known about the possible role of direct signaling by luminal microorganisms to the brain in healthy and diseased states.”
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The gastrointestinal system is surprisingly resilient to transient changes in enteric microbiota induced by antibiotic treatment, colonic lavage, or, possibly, by spikes in psychological stress.
“Notably, despite the intriguing possibility of adverse clinical consequences of long-term functional disruption in the brain–gut–microbe axis, the gastro intestinal system is surprisingly resilient to transient changes in enteric microbiota induced by antibiotic treatment, colonic lavage, or, possibly, by spikes in psychological stress.”
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“Microbes can communicate with each other via metabolites, similar to those recognized by host cells and can thereby interact with gut ANS synapses (Rhee et al., 2009).”
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“The size and quality of the intestinal mucus layer is believed to be mediated by sympathetic innervation where mucosal immune system modulation (Elenkov et al., 2000) and microbial composition and behavior alterations (commensal and pathogenic) were seen (Macfarlane and Dillon, 2007;Rhee et al., 2009)”
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“The concept of the microbiota-gut-brain axis thus emerged (Cryan and O'Mahony, 2011;De Palma et al., 2014;Rhee et al., 2009) based upon the rich historical legacy of the illustrious scientific figures discussed above, amongst many others.”
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“Gut-brain communication can also be achieved through vagus nerve signaling (57).”
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“By regulating gastrointestinal functions, e.g., motility, nutrient absorption, acid production and mucosal immunity, the brain shapes the gut habitat and therefore selects for a distinct microbial profile [62].”
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“There are evidence that the gut microbiota modulates the CNS via the ENS, the ANS, the HPA axis and vice versa [124,213]”
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“Mounting evidence suggests that the gastrointestinal microbiota influences host behaviour via bi-directional communication through what has been coined the microbiota-gut-brain axis [17, 18, 20, 29, 50, 60, 71].”
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- Rhee, S. H., Pothoulakis, C., & Mayer, E. A.
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- Locations
- Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P01DK033506, P01 DK-33506, R01 DK072471, R01 DK 48351, R01DK048351, R01-DK47343, P50DK064539, P-50DK64539, R01DK047343, R01DK060729)
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (R24AT002681)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
- Keywords
- gut-brain axis, gut microbiota, enteric microbiota, two-way communication, central nervous system, enterochromaffin cells, intestinal permeability, lamina propria, gastrointestinal motility, gastrointestinal secretion, functional bowel disorders, inflammatory bowel disease
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Humans, Intestines, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Enteric Nervous System
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
A language model drew the claims from the paper on 2026-10-09, under version 3 of the claim definition (model deepseek-v4.1-flash, prompt extract-v3).
A second model labelled each claim on 2026-10-09 (model jev-1.13-20260917, definition revision gold-guideline-v0.2).
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
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