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ArticleScience advances2021

Disruption of autophagy by increased 5-HT alters gut microbiota and enhances susceptibility to experimental colitis and Crohn's disease.

Sabah Haq, Huaqing Wang, Jensine Grondin, Suhrid Banskota, John K Marshall, Irfan I Khan, Usha Chauhan, Francine Cote, Yun Han Kwon, Dana Philpott and 4 more

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Novel 5-HTAmerican journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2024
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  20. Caveolae with serotonin and NMDA receptors as promising targets for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.International journal of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Sabah HaqFarncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6926-5988
Huaqing WangFarncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Jensine GrondinFarncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3815-9191
Suhrid BanskotaFarncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3183-6268
John K MarshallFarncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Irfan I KhanDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Usha ChauhanDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6221-9644
Francine CoteInstitut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, Paris, France.
Yun Han KwonFarncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4232-9141
Dana PhilpottDepartment of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3238-6254
John H BrumellDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5802-7789
Michael SuretteFarncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Gregory R SteinbergDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5425-8275
Waliul I KhanFarncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6282-9514
Population Health Research Institute · CAUniversity of Toronto · CACentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRHamilton Health Sciences · CAMcMaster University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy, an essential intracellular recycling process, is linked to the pathogenesis of various diseases including Crohn’s disease (CD). Factors that lead to the development of impaired autophagy during intestinal inflammation remain largely unexplored. Here, we report the impact of the interaction between serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine;(5-HT)] and autophagy in colitis in mouse and human studies. In mice, increased gut 5-HT inhibited autophagy and led to enhanced colitis susceptibility. Reciprocally, mice with reduced 5-HT exhibited up-regulated autophagy via the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway, which resulted in significantly decreased colitis. Deletion of autophagy gene, Atg7, in an epithelial-specific manner, in concert with reduced 5-HT, promoted the development of a colitogenic microbiota and abolished the protective effects conferred by reduced 5-HT. Notably, in control and patient peripheral blood mononuclear cells, we uncovered that 5-HT treatment inhibited autophagy. Our findings suggest 5-HT as a previously unidentified therapeutic target in intestinal inflammatory disorders such as CD that exhibits dysregulated autophagy.

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