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ArticleScientific reports2024

Potential of using an engineered indole lactic acid producing Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 in a murine model of colitis.

Chrysoula Dimopoulou, Priscila Regina Guerra, Martin Steen Mortensen, Katja Ann Kristensen, Mikael Pedersen, Martin Iain Bahl, Morten Alexander Otto Sommer, Tine Rask Licht, Martin Frederik Laursen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Targeted and quantitatively modeled biologic delivery via dual-functional probiotic yeast in inflammatory bowel disease.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
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  6. Many circulating indole and phenol metabolites are host derived.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Chrysoula DimopoulouNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Priscila Regina GuerraNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Martin Steen MortensenNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Katja Ann KristensenNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Mikael PedersenNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Martin Iain BahlNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Morten Alexander Otto SommerThe Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Tine Rask LichtNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Martin Frederik LaursenNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. mfrla@food.dtu.dk.

Funding

Novo Nordisk Fonden NNF10CC1016517
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiome is a significant factor in the pathophysiology of ulcerative colitis (UC), prompting investigations into the use of probiotic therapies to counter gastrointestinal inflammation. However, while much attention has been given to the therapeutic potential of microbes at the species and strain level, the discovery and application of their metabolic products may offer more precise and controlled solutions in battling disease. In this work, we examined the therapeutic potential of indole lactic acid (ILA) to alleviate inflammation in a murine model of colitis. A previously constructed ILA-producing Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 strain (EcN aldh) and its isogenic non-ILA producing counterpart (EcN) were studied in a murine model of Dextran Sodium Sulfate (DSS) induced colitis. The colitic animals suffered from severe colitic symptoms, with no differentiation between the groups in body weight loss and disease activity index. However, three days after cessation of DSS treatment the EcN aldh-treated mice showed signs of reduced intestinal inflammation, as manifested by lower concentrations of fecal lipocalin-2. Additionally, expression analysis of the inflamed tissue revealed distinct effects of the EcN aldh strain on proteins associated with intestinal health, such as TFF3, occludin and IL-1β expression. These results show no impact of EcN or EcN aldh on acute DSS-induced colitis, but suggest that in particular EcN aldh may assist recovery from intestinal inflammation.

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ColitisDextran SulfateDisease Models, AnimalEscherichia coliIndolesAnimalsFecesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeLipocalin-2MiceMice, Inbred C57BLProbioticsDextran Sulfateindole-3-lactic acidIndolesLipocalin-2

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PMID39080343
PMCPMC11289411

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