A longitudinal study reveals the alterations of the Microtus fortis colonic microbiota during the natural resistance to Schistosoma japonicum infection

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第一作者： Su, Zhijie

作者： Su, Zhijie;Zhi, Wenling;Zhou, Zhijun;Zhang, Du;Liu, Xueduan;Liu, XinXing;Liang, Yili;Zou, Kai;Zhang, Du;Hu, Qi;Gao, Fei;Zhou, Zhijun;Zhang, Du;Hu, Qi

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关键词： Gut microbiota; Helminth infection; Non-permissive hosts; 16S rRNA gene sequencing; Reed vole; Blood flukes

期刊名称：EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY （ 影响因子：2.011； 五年影响因子：2.132 ）

ISSN： 0014-4894

年卷期： 2020 年 219 卷

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摘要： The gut microbiota has been demonstrated to associate with protection against helminth infection and mediate via microbial effects on the host humoral immunity. As a non-permissive host of Schistosoma japonicum, the Microtus fortis provides an ideal animal model to be investigated, because of its natural self-healing capability. Although researches on the systemic immunological responses have revealed that the host immune system contributes a lot to the resistance, the role of gut microbiome remains unclear. In this study, we exposed the M. fortis to the S japonicuin infection, carried out a longitudinal research (uninfected control, infected for 7 days, 14 days, 21 days, and 31 days) on their colonic microbiota based on the 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. The bacterial composition disclosed a disturbance-recovery alteration followed by the resistance to S. japonicum. The alpha diversity of colon microbiota was reduced after the infection, but it gradually recovered along with self-healing process. Further LEfSe analysis revealed that phyla shifted from Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes, which were mainly driven by an increase of Ruminococcaceae and a depletion of Muribaculaceae in the family level along the Control-Infection-Recovery (CIR) process. We identified a temporary blooming of Lactobacillaceae and Lactobacillus in the mid infection stage (D14). As a recognized probiotics repository, we speculate the increased abundance of Lactobacillaceae in M. fortis colonic microbiota might relate to the natural resistance to the schistosome. Besides, potential microbial functions were also significantly changed in the resistance process. These results demonstrate the remarkable alterations of reed vole colonic microbiota in both community structure and potential functions along with the resistance to S. japonicum infection. The identified microbial biomarkers might offer new ways for drug development to conquer human schistosomiasis.

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