Depletion of microbiome-derived molecules in the host using Clostridium genetics
Guo, Allen, Hiam, Dodd, Van Treuren, Higginbottom, Nagashima, Fischer, Sonnenburg, Spitzer, Fischbach (2019) Depletion of microbiome-derived molecules in the host using Clostridium genetics Science (IF: 56.9) 366(6471)
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Abstract
The gut microbiota produce hundreds of molecules that are present at high concentrations in the host circulation. Unraveling the contribution of each molecule to host biology remains difficult. We developed a system for constructing clean deletions in Clostridium spp., the source of many molecules from the gut microbiome. By applying this method to the model commensal organism Clostridium sporogenes, we knocked out genes for 10 C. sporogenes-derived molecules that accumulate in host tissues. In mice colonized by a C. sporogenes for which the production of branched short-chain fatty acids was knocked out, we discovered that these microbial products have immunoglobulin A-modulatory activity.Copyright © 2019 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7141153http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31831639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aav1282
