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ArticleGastroenterology2013

Stress-induced corticotropin-releasing hormone-mediated NLRP6 inflammasome inhibition and transmissible enteritis in mice.

Yundong Sun, Min Zhang, Chun-Chia Chen, Merritt Gillilland, Xia Sun, Mohamad El-Zaatari, Gary B Huffnagle, Vincent B Young, Jiajie Zhang, Soon-Cheol Hong and 4 more

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Article in Gastroenterology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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87 citing papers in PubMed, 151 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Yundong SunDepartment of Microbiology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Min Zhang
Chun-Chia Chen
Merritt Gillilland
Xia Sun
Mohamad El-Zaatari
Gary B Huffnagle
Vincent B Young
Jiajie Zhang
Soon-Cheol Hong
Yu-Ming Chang
Deborah L Gumucio
Chung Owyang
John Y Kao
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWShandong University · CN

Funding

The Interplay Between Host Immunity and Clostridium difficile PathogenesisU19AI090871 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI YOUNG, VINCENT B · 2010 to 2014
$7.5M
Role of Dendritic Cells in H pylori-induced Treg-mediated Host Immune ToleranceR01DK087708 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI KAO, JOHN Y · 2011 to 2015
$2.0M
The Role of the Microbiome in the Development/Prevention of Food AllergiesR21AI087869 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HUFFNAGLE, GARY B · 2010 to 2011
$424k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI087869NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI090871NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK087708NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK087708-01PHS HHS U19 090871
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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aimsStress 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.

methodsB57BL6 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.

resultsWAS-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.

conclusionsExposure 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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AnimalsCorticotropin-Releasing HormoneDisease Models, AnimalEnteritisFemaleInflammasomesIrritable Bowel SyndromeMetagenomeMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPPAR gammaProbioticsReceptors, Cell SurfaceStress, PsychologicalCorticotropin-Releasing HormoneInflammasomesNod-like receptor pyrin domain-containing protein 6, mousePPAR gammaReceptors, Cell Surface

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PMID23470617
PMCPMC3777426
OpenAlexW2056707130

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