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Heterochronic faecal transplantation boosts gut germinal centres in aged mice

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Stebegg, Marisa, Silva-Cayetano, Alyssa, Innocentin, Silvia, Jenkins, Timothy P., Cantacessi, Cinzia, Gilbert, Colin, Linterman, Michelle A.·2019·Nature Communications

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Ageing is a complex multifactorial process associated with a plethora of disorders, which contribute significantly to morbidity worldwide. One of the organs significantly affected by age is the gut. Age-dependent changes of the gut-associated microbiome have been linked to increased frailty and systemic inflammation. This change in microbial composition with age occurs in parallel with a decline in function of the gut immune system; however, it is not clear whether there is a causal link between the two. Here we report that the defective germinal centre reaction in Peyer’s patches of aged mice can be rescued by faecal transfers from younger adults into aged mice and by immunisations with cholera toxin, without affecting germinal centre reactions in peripheral lymph nodes. This demonstrates that the poor germinal centre reaction in aged animals is not irreversible, and that it is possible to improve this response in older individuals by providing appropriate stimuli.

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  • Changes in the aging intestinal microbiota can adversely affect host metabolism and immunity and are associated with development of cardiovascular, autoimmune, metabolic, and neurodegenerative disorders.

    “These changes can adversely affect the host metabolism and immunity [25–27, 40, 64, 86, 110, 112, 118] and are associated with the development of cardiovascular, autoimmune, metabolic, and neurodegenerative disorders [17, 90, 122, 132].”
  • In aged mice, receiving microbiota from young mice has been reported to extend life span or halt functional decline in the mucosal immune system.

    “Similar beneficial effects have been reported in aged mice receiving microbiota from young mice to extend life span [8, 61] or halt the functional decline in the mucosal immune system [112].”

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Authors
Stebegg, M., Silva-Cayetano, A., Innocentin, S., Jenkins, T. P., Cantacessi, C., Gilbert, C., & Linterman, M. A.
Affiliations
  • Babraham Institute (GB)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
Linterman, Michelle A.
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2019-06-04
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
2443-2443
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2948768639
Cited by
107
References
53
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1
FWCI
4.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Apollo (cc-by)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • European Commission (675395)
  • Directorate for Biological Sciences
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBS/E/B/000C0407, BBS/E/B/000C0427)
  • H2020 European Research Council (637801)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Keywords
Peyer's patches, gut-associated lymphoid tissue, gut microbiota, immunosenescence, frailty, systemic inflammation, aged mice
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, Aging, Animals, Cholera Toxin, Female, Immunoglobulin A, Immunization, Nitrophenols, Peyer's Patches, Phenylacetates, Germinal Center, Mice, Dysbiosis

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