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Th17 responses and natural IgM antibodies are related to gut microbiota composition in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

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López, Patricia, de Paz, Banesa, Rodríguez-Carrio, Javier, Hevia, Arancha, Sánchez, Borja, Margolles, Abelardo, Suárez, Ana·2016·Scientific Reports

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Intestinal dysbiosis, characterized by a reduced Firmicutes / Bacteroidetes ratio, has been reported in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. In this study, in vitro cultures revealed that microbiota isolated from SLE patient stool samples (SLE-M) promoted lymphocyte activation and Th17 differentiation from naïve CD4 + lymphocytes to a greater extent than healthy control-microbiota. Enrichment of SLE-M with Treg-inducing bacteria showed that a mixture of two Clostridia strains significantly reduced the Th17/Th1 balance, whereas Bifidobacterium bifidum supplementation prevented CD4 + lymphocyte over-activation, thus supporting a possible therapeutic benefit of probiotics containing Treg-inducer strains in order to restore the Treg/Th17/Th1 imbalance present in SLE. In fact, ex vivo analyses of patient samples showed enlarged Th17 and Foxp3 + IL-17 + populations, suggesting a possible Treg-Th17 trans-differentiation. Moreover, analyses of fecal microbiota revealed a negative correlation between IL-17 + populations and Firmicutes in healthy controls, whereas in SLE this phylum correlated directly with serum levels of IFNγ, a Th1 cytokine slightly reduced in patients. Finally, the frequency of Synergistetes , positively correlated with the Firmicutes / Bacteroidetes ratio in healthy controls, tended to be reduced in patients when anti-dsDNA titers were increased and showed a strong negative correlation with IL-6 serum levels and correlated positively with protective natural IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine.

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  • Supplementation of the gut microbiota obtained from a cohort of systemic lupus erythematosus patients with a B. bifidum strain partially corrected the altered immune response characteristic of lupus, using a dendritic cell/naive T-cell model.

    “In this regard, supplementation of the gut microbiota obtained from a cohort of systemic lupus erythematosus patients with a B. bifidum strain partially corrected the altered immune response characteristic of lupus, using a dendritic cell/naive T-cell model (105).”

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Authors
López, P., de Paz, B., Rodríguez-Carrio, J., Hevia, A., Sánchez, B., Margolles, A., & Suárez, A.
Affiliations
  • Universidad de Oviedo (ES)
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2016-04-05
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
24072-24072
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2325771122
Cited by
262
References
61
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FWCI
24.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Consultation of the Doctoral Thesis Database (TESEO) (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
Funders
  • European Commission (14952)
  • Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
  • Fundación para el Fomento en Asturias de la Investigación Científica Aplicada y la Tecnología
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • 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
Keywords
systemic lupus erythematosus, gut microbiota, Th17 cells, regulatory T cells, natural IgM, gut dysbiosis, Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio, Clostridium, Bifidobacterium bifidum, probiotics, Th17/Treg balance, IL-17, interferon-gamma, interleukin-6, anti-dsDNA antibodies, phosphorylcholine, Synergistetes, CD4+ T cell activation
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Aged, Cell Differentiation, Clostridium, Dendritic Cells, Female, Flow Cytometry, Humans, Immunoglobulin G, Immunoglobulin M, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Middle Aged, Monocytes, Interleukin-6, Case-Control Studies, Cytokines, Interleukin-17, Th17 Cells

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