Intestinal Epithelial Cells and the Microbiome Undergo Swift Reprogramming at the Inception of Colonic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Citrobacter rodentium</named-content> Infection

ABSTRACT We used the mouse attaching and effacing (A/E) pathogen Citrobacter rodentium, which models the human A/E pathogens enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EPEC and EHEC), to temporally resolve intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) responses and changes to the microbiome...

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Autores principales: Eve G. D. Hopkins, Theodoros I. Roumeliotis, Caroline Mullineaux-Sanders, Jyoti S. Choudhary, Gad Frankel
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a67581a0f3b94343866cb0b1dbcd1ec02021-11-15T15:55:24ZIntestinal Epithelial Cells and the Microbiome Undergo Swift Reprogramming at the Inception of Colonic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Citrobacter rodentium</named-content> Infection10.1128/mBio.00062-192150-7511https://doaj.org/article/a67581a0f3b94343866cb0b1dbcd1ec02019-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00062-19https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT We used the mouse attaching and effacing (A/E) pathogen Citrobacter rodentium, which models the human A/E pathogens enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EPEC and EHEC), to temporally resolve intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) responses and changes to the microbiome during in vivo infection. We found the host to be unresponsive during the first 3 days postinfection (DPI), when C. rodentium resides in the caecum. In contrast, at 4 DPI, the day of colonic colonization, despite only sporadic adhesion to the apex of the crypt, we observed robust upregulation of cell cycle and DNA repair processes, which were associated with expansion of the crypt Ki67-positive replicative zone, and downregulation of multiple metabolic processes (including the tricarboxylic acid [TCA] cycle and oxidative phosphorylation). Moreover, we observed dramatic depletion of goblet and deep crypt secretory cells and an atypical regulation of cholesterol homeostasis in IECs during early infection, with simultaneous upregulation of cholesterol biogenesis (e.g., 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl–coenzyme A reductase [Hmgcr]), import (e.g., low-density lipoprotein receptor [Ldlr]), and efflux (e.g., AbcA1). We also detected interleukin 22 (IL-22) responses in IECs (e.g., Reg3γ) on the day of colonic colonization, which occurred concomitantly with a bloom of commensal Enterobacteriaceae on the mucosal surface. These results unravel a new paradigm in host-pathogen-microbiome interactions, showing for the first time that sensing a small number of pathogenic bacteria triggers swift intrinsic changes to the IEC composition and function, in tandem with significant changes to the mucosa-associated microbiome, which parallel innate immune responses. IMPORTANCE The mouse pathogen C. rodentium is a widely used model for colonic infection and has been a major tool in fundamental discoveries in the fields of bacterial pathogenesis and mucosal immunology. Despite extensive studies probing acute C. rodentium infection, our understanding of the early stages preceding the infection climax remains relatively undetailed. To this end, we apply a multiomics approach to resolve temporal changes to the host and microbiome during early infection. Unexpectedly, we found immediate and dramatic responses occurring on the day of colonic infection, both in the host intestinal epithelial cells and in the microbiome. Our study suggests changes in cholesterol and carbon metabolism in epithelial cells are instantly induced upon pathogen detection in the colon, corresponding with a shift to primarily facultative anaerobes constituting the microbiome. This study contributes to our knowledge of disease pathogenesis and mechanisms of barrier regulation, which is required for development of novel therapeutics targeting the intestinal epithelium.Eve G. D. HopkinsTheodoros I. RoumeliotisCaroline Mullineaux-SandersJyoti S. ChoudharyGad FrankelAmerican Society for Microbiologyarticlecholesterol homeostasisCitrobacter rodentiumhost response to infectionintestinal epithelial cellsthe microbiomeMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 10, Iss 2 (2019)
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topic cholesterol homeostasis
Citrobacter rodentium
host response to infection
intestinal epithelial cells
the microbiome
Microbiology
QR1-502
spellingShingle cholesterol homeostasis
Citrobacter rodentium
host response to infection
intestinal epithelial cells
the microbiome
Microbiology
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Eve G. D. Hopkins
Theodoros I. Roumeliotis
Caroline Mullineaux-Sanders
Jyoti S. Choudhary
Gad Frankel
Intestinal Epithelial Cells and the Microbiome Undergo Swift Reprogramming at the Inception of Colonic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Citrobacter rodentium</named-content> Infection
description ABSTRACT We used the mouse attaching and effacing (A/E) pathogen Citrobacter rodentium, which models the human A/E pathogens enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EPEC and EHEC), to temporally resolve intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) responses and changes to the microbiome during in vivo infection. We found the host to be unresponsive during the first 3 days postinfection (DPI), when C. rodentium resides in the caecum. In contrast, at 4 DPI, the day of colonic colonization, despite only sporadic adhesion to the apex of the crypt, we observed robust upregulation of cell cycle and DNA repair processes, which were associated with expansion of the crypt Ki67-positive replicative zone, and downregulation of multiple metabolic processes (including the tricarboxylic acid [TCA] cycle and oxidative phosphorylation). Moreover, we observed dramatic depletion of goblet and deep crypt secretory cells and an atypical regulation of cholesterol homeostasis in IECs during early infection, with simultaneous upregulation of cholesterol biogenesis (e.g., 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl–coenzyme A reductase [Hmgcr]), import (e.g., low-density lipoprotein receptor [Ldlr]), and efflux (e.g., AbcA1). We also detected interleukin 22 (IL-22) responses in IECs (e.g., Reg3γ) on the day of colonic colonization, which occurred concomitantly with a bloom of commensal Enterobacteriaceae on the mucosal surface. These results unravel a new paradigm in host-pathogen-microbiome interactions, showing for the first time that sensing a small number of pathogenic bacteria triggers swift intrinsic changes to the IEC composition and function, in tandem with significant changes to the mucosa-associated microbiome, which parallel innate immune responses. IMPORTANCE The mouse pathogen C. rodentium is a widely used model for colonic infection and has been a major tool in fundamental discoveries in the fields of bacterial pathogenesis and mucosal immunology. Despite extensive studies probing acute C. rodentium infection, our understanding of the early stages preceding the infection climax remains relatively undetailed. To this end, we apply a multiomics approach to resolve temporal changes to the host and microbiome during early infection. Unexpectedly, we found immediate and dramatic responses occurring on the day of colonic infection, both in the host intestinal epithelial cells and in the microbiome. Our study suggests changes in cholesterol and carbon metabolism in epithelial cells are instantly induced upon pathogen detection in the colon, corresponding with a shift to primarily facultative anaerobes constituting the microbiome. This study contributes to our knowledge of disease pathogenesis and mechanisms of barrier regulation, which is required for development of novel therapeutics targeting the intestinal epithelium.
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author Eve G. D. Hopkins
Theodoros I. Roumeliotis
Caroline Mullineaux-Sanders
Jyoti S. Choudhary
Gad Frankel
author_facet Eve G. D. Hopkins
Theodoros I. Roumeliotis
Caroline Mullineaux-Sanders
Jyoti S. Choudhary
Gad Frankel
author_sort Eve G. D. Hopkins
title Intestinal Epithelial Cells and the Microbiome Undergo Swift Reprogramming at the Inception of Colonic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Citrobacter rodentium</named-content> Infection
title_short Intestinal Epithelial Cells and the Microbiome Undergo Swift Reprogramming at the Inception of Colonic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Citrobacter rodentium</named-content> Infection
title_full Intestinal Epithelial Cells and the Microbiome Undergo Swift Reprogramming at the Inception of Colonic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Citrobacter rodentium</named-content> Infection
title_fullStr Intestinal Epithelial Cells and the Microbiome Undergo Swift Reprogramming at the Inception of Colonic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Citrobacter rodentium</named-content> Infection
title_full_unstemmed Intestinal Epithelial Cells and the Microbiome Undergo Swift Reprogramming at the Inception of Colonic <named-content content-type="genus-species">Citrobacter rodentium</named-content> Infection
title_sort intestinal epithelial cells and the microbiome undergo swift reprogramming at the inception of colonic <named-content content-type="genus-species">citrobacter rodentium</named-content> infection
publisher American Society for Microbiology
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