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ArticlePharmaceutics2022

Prevention of Ulcerative Colitis by Autologous Metabolite Transfer from Colitogenic Microbiota Treated with Lipid Nanoparticles Encapsulating an Anti-Inflammatory Drug Candidate.

Chunhua Yang, Junsik Sung, Dingpei Long, Zahra Alghoul, Didier Merlin

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chunhua YangDigestive Disease Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0805-1008
Junsik SungDigestive Disease Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7267-4424
Dingpei LongDigestive Disease Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2907-6901
Zahra AlghoulDigestive Disease Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Didier MerlinDigestive Disease Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Georgia State University · US

Funding

Fecal exosomes as a source of miRNA biomarkers for diagnosing the degree of colitis and as a drug delivery system to reduce colitisR01DK116306 · NIDDK · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DENNING, TIMOTHY L, GEWIRTZ, ANDREW T · 2017 to 2020
$1.8M
Novel Therapeutic Approaches For Treatment of Intestinal InflammationR01DK107739 · NIDDK · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DENNING, TIMOTHY L, MERLIN, DIDIER · 2017 to 2020
$1.4M
Small intestinal PepT1 expression plays a critical role in maintaining intestinal homeostasis and in shaping the gut microbiotaI01BX002526 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI MERLIN, DIDIER · 2014 to 2024
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BLR&D Research Career Scientist Award ApplicationIK6BX004476 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI MERLIN, DIDIER · 2019 to 2025
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Atlanta VA Medical Center BX002526Atlanta VA Medical Center BX004476BLRD VA I01 BX002526BLRD VA IK6 BX004476Crohn's and Colitis Foundation 689659NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK107739NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK116306NIDDK NIH HHS RO1-DK-107739NIDDK NIH HHS RO1-DK-116306
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modulating the gut microbiota composition is a potent approach to treat various chronic diseases, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and ulcerative colitis (UC). However, the current methods, such as fecal microbiota transplantation, carry a risk of serious infections due to the transmission of multi-drug-resistant organisms. Here, we developed an organism-free strategy in which the gut microbiota is modulated ex vivo and microbiota-secreted metabolites are transferred back to the host. Using feces collected from the interleukin-10 (IL-10) knockout mouse model of chronic UC, we found that a drug candidate (M13)-loaded natural-lipid nanoparticle (M13/nLNP) modified the composition of the ex vivo-cultured inflamed gut microbiota and its secreted metabolites. Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) showed that M13/nLNP shifted the inflamed microbiota composition toward the non-inflamed direction. This compositional modification induced significant changes in the chemical profiles of secreted metabolites, which proved to be anti-inflammatory against in vitro-cultured NF-κβ reporter cells. Further, when these metabolites were orally administered to mice, they established strong protection against the formation of chronic inflammation. Our study demonstrates that ex vivo modulation of microbiota using M13/nLNP effectively reshaped the microbial secreted metabolites and that oral transfer of these metabolites might be an effective and safe therapeutic approach for preventing chronic UC.

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chronic inflammationex vivo cultureIL-10 knockoutM13microbiota-secreted metabolitesnatural-lipid nanoparticles

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PMID35745805
PMCPMC9228491
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