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ArticleMicrobiome2024

The intestinal microbiome and Cetobacterium somerae inhibit viral infection through TLR2-type I IFN signaling axis in zebrafish.

Hui Liang, Ming Li, Jie Chen, Wenhao Zhou, Dongmei Xia, Qianwen Ding, Yalin Yang, Zhen Zhang, Chao Ran, Zhigang Zhou

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Article in Microbiome, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Hui LiangSino-Norway Joint Lab On Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Ming LiSino-Norway Joint Lab On Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Jie ChenSino-Norway Joint Lab On Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Wenhao ZhouSino-Norway Joint Lab On Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Dongmei XiaSino-Norway Joint Lab On Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Qianwen DingKey Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Yalin YangKey Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Zhen ZhangKey Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
Chao RanKey Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China. ranchao@caas.cn.
Zhigang ZhouSino-Norway Joint Lab On Fish Gastrointestinal Microbiota, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China. zhouzhigang03@caas.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31925038National Natural Science Foundation of China 32122088
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvidence has accumulated to demonstrate that intestinal microbiome can inhibit viral infection. However, our knowledge of the signaling pathways and identity of specific commensal microbes that mediate the antiviral response is limited. Zebrafish have emerged as a powerful animal model for study of vertebrate-microbiota interactions. Here, a rhabdoviral infection model in zebrafish allows us to investigate the modes of action of microbiome-mediated antiviral effect.

resultsWe observed that oral antibiotics-treated and germ-free zebrafish exhibited greater spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV) infection. Mechanistically, depletion of the intestinal microbiome alters TLR2-Myd88 signaling and blunts neutrophil response and type I interferon (IFN) antiviral innate immunity. Through 16S rRNA sequencing of the intestinal contents from control and antibiotic(s)-treated fish, we identified a single commensal bacterial species, Cetobacterium somerae, that can restore the TLR2- and neutrophil-dependent type I IFN response to restrict SVCV infection in gnotobiotic zebrafish. Furthermore, we found that C. somerae exopolysaccharides (CsEPS) was the effector molecule that engaged TLR2 to mediate the type I IFN-dependent antiviral function.

conclusionsTogether, our results suggest a conserved role of intestinal microbiome in regulating type I IFN antiviral response among vertebrates and reveal that the intestinal microbiome inhibits viral infection through a CsEPS-TLR2-type I IFN signaling axis in zebrafish. Video Abstract.

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Fish DiseasesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeImmunity, InnateInterferon Type IRhabdoviridaeRhabdoviridae InfectionsSignal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 2ZebrafishAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsDisease Models, AnimalRNA, Ribosomal, 16SAnti-Bacterial AgentsInterferon Type IRNA, Ribosomal, 16SToll-Like Receptor 2Antiviral innate immunityIntestinal microbiotaZebrafish

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