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Stress-Induced Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone-Mediated NLRP6 Inflammasome Inhibition and Transmissible Enteritis in Mice
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Background & aims Stress alters brain-gut interactions and could exacerbate intestinal disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome. Alterations in the intestinal microbiota have been associated with irritable bowel syndrome. Maintenance of healthy microbiota requires nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain protein-like receptors, pyrin-domain containing (NLRP)-6 inflammasomes. We investigated the involvement of NLRP6 in water-avoidance stress (WAS)-induced intestinal disorders in mice.Methods B57BL6 mice were subjected to WAS for 1 hour each day for 10 days; body weights and intestinal inflammation and permeability were analyzed. We investigated signaling via the NLRP3 and NLRP6 inflammasomes, and the role of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in WAS-associated inflammation and NLRP6 inhibition. Mice that were not exposed to stress were co-housed with mice subjected to WAS to determine the effects of WAS-induced dysbiosis, measured by sequencing bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA. We also assessed the effects of a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ agonist and probiotics.Results WAS-induced small-bowel inflammation (enteritis) was associated with inhibition of NLRP6, but not NLRP3, and was prevented by a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ agonist, which induced epithelial expression of NLRP6. CRH was released during WAS and inhibited NLRP6 expression. WAS induced alterations in the gut microbiota of mice; co-housed nonstressed mice developed enteritis associated with increased CRH and decreased levels of NLRP6. Probiotic therapy reduced intestinal inflammation in mice with WAS-induced enteritis.Conclusions Exposure of mice to stress inhibits NLRP6 and alters the composition of the gut microbiota, leading to intestinal inflammation. These findings might explain the benefits of probiotics for patients with stress-associated gastrointestinal disorders.
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- Sun, Y., Zhang, M., Chen, C., Gillilland, M., Sun, X., El–Zaatari, M., Huffnagle, G. B., Young, V. B., Zhang, J., Hong, S., Chang, Y., Gumucio, D. L., Owyang, C., & Kao, J. Y.
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- Shandong University (CN)
- University of Michigan (US)
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- Kao, John Y.
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- Gastroenterology
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- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Inflammasome and immune disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Keywords
- NLRP6 inflammasome, corticotropin-releasing factor, water avoidance stress, intestinal inflammation, gut dysbiosis, NLRP3 inflammasome, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonists, probiotics, gut-brain axis, irritable bowel syndrome, intestinal permeability
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, Disease Models, Animal, Enteritis, Female, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Receptors, Cell Surface, Stress, Psychological, Probiotics, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, PPAR gamma, Mice, Metagenome, Inflammasomes
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