Aging induces changes in cancer formation and microbial content in a murine model of bladder cancer

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Bladder cancer (BCa) incidence is tightly linked to aging. Older patients with BCa present with higher grade tumors and have worse outcomes on Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunotherapy. Aging is also known to result in changes in the gut microbiome over mammalian lifespan, with recent studies linking alterations in the gut microbiome to changes in tumor immunity. There is limited information on the microbiome in BCa models though, despite known links to aging and immunotherapy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how aging impacts tumor formation, inflammation, and the microbiome of mice given the model BCa carcinogen N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl) nitrosamine (BBN). We hypothesized old animals would have larger, more inflamed tumors and a shift in their fecal microbiome compared to their younger counterparts. Young (~8-week-old) or old (~78-week-old) C57Bl/6J animals were administered 0.05% BBN in drinking water for 16 weeks and then euthanized or allowed to progress for an additional 4 weeks. After 16 weeks of BBN, old mice had higher bladder to body weight ratio than young mice, and also muscle invasive tumors, which were not seen in their young counterparts. Old animals also had increased innate immune recruitment, but CD4+/CD8+ T cell recruitment did not appear different. BBN dramatically altered the microbiome in both sets of animals as measured by ß-diversity, including changes in multiple genera of bacteria. These data suggest old mice have a differential response to BBN-induced BCa. Given the median age of patients with BCa, understanding how the aged phenotype interacts with BCa is imperative.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

Enthalten in:

GeroScience - 46(2024), 3 vom: 25. Apr., Seite 3361-3375

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Woolbright, Benjamin L [VerfasserIn]
Xuan, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Ishfaq [VerfasserIn]
Rajendran, Ganeshkumar [VerfasserIn]
Abbott, Erika [VerfasserIn]
Dennis, Katie [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Cuncong [VerfasserIn]
Umar, Shahid [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, John A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3817-11-6
Aging
Bladder cancer
Butylhydroxybutylnitrosamine
Carcinogens
Inflammation
Journal Article
Macrophage
Microbiome
Neutrophil

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Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11357-024-01064-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367612348