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ArticlePloS one2019

Antibiotics induced intestinal tight junction barrier dysfunction is associated with microbiota dysbiosis, activated NLRP3 inflammasome and autophagy.

Yanhai Feng, Yalan Huang, Yu Wang, Pei Wang, Huapei Song, Fengjun Wang

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract read
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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07329595 (Monitoring the Clinical and Immunological Effects of Microbiome Changes Following Severe Burn Injury), which is not on this map. Cited by 128 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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128citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07329595 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Monitoring the Clinical and Immunological Effects of Microbiome Changes Following Severe Burn Injury

TypeobservationalSponsorTamas Vegh, MDRan2023 to 2026Enrolled30ConditionsSeverely Burned Patients, Gut Microbiota Diversity and Composition, Inflammatory Responses
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

128 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 206 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yanhai FengState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns, and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5052-7084
Yalan HuangDepartment of Military Nursing, School of Nursing, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Yu WangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Pei WangState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns, and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Huapei SongState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns, and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Fengjun WangState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns, and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Army Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tight junction barrier is critical to intestinal homeostasis. Applying antibiotics to treat infections is common in clinical practice, which may affect intestinal microbiota. Intestinal microbiota dysbiosis is involved in the occurrence of some gastrointestinal diseases. Therefore, this study was aimed to investigate the influence of antibiotics on intestinal tight junction barrier and the possible underlying mechanisms. Healthy adult female C57BL/6 mice were treated with a broad-spectrum antibiotic cocktail for 14 days. 16S rDNA Illumina sequencing and headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-GC/MS) were respectively used to analyze microbial community and to detect short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) contents. In vivo intestinal paracellular permeability to fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran (FITC-dextran) was measured. Protein expression was determined by immunoblotting. Immunofluoresence was applied to observe the distributions of ZO-1, LC3B and ASC. Antibiotics remarkably altered intestinal microbiota composition in healthy mice, accompanying reduced SCFAs' concentrations. In addition, the intestinal tight junction barrier was disrupted by antibiotic treatment, as evidenced by increased intestinal paracellular permeability to FITC-dextran, decreased tight junction protein expressions, and disrupted ZO-1 morphology. Furthermore, NLRP3 inflammasome and autophagy were activated by antibiotic treatment. In conclusion, intestinal epithelial tight junction barrier dysfunction induced by antibiotics is associated with intestinal microbiota dysbiosis, activated NLRP3 inflammasome and autophagy in mice.

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AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAutophagyDextransDisease Models, AnimalDNA, RibosomalDysbiosisFatty Acids, VolatileFluorescein-5-isothiocyanateGene Expression RegulationHumansInflammasomesIntestinesMiceMicrobiotaNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinAnti-Bacterial AgentsDextransDNA, RibosomalFatty Acids, VolatileFluorescein-5-isothiocyanatefluorescein isothiocyanate dextranInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein

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PMCPMC6581431
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