Microbiota-derived indoles alleviate intestinal inflammation and modulate microbiome by microbial cross-feeding

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BACKGROUND: The host-microbiota interaction plays a crucial role in maintaining homeostasis and disease susceptibility, and microbial tryptophan metabolites are potent modulators of host physiology. However, whether and how these metabolites mediate host-microbiota interactions, particularly in terms of inter-microbial communication, remains unclear.

RESULTS: Here, we have demonstrated that indole-3-lactic acid (ILA) is a key molecule produced by Lactobacillus in protecting against intestinal inflammation and correcting microbial dysbiosis. Specifically, Lactobacillus metabolizes tryptophan into ILA, thereby augmenting the expression of key bacterial enzymes implicated in tryptophan metabolism, leading to the synthesis of other indole derivatives including indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Notably, ILA, IPA, and IAA possess the ability to mitigate intestinal inflammation and modulate the gut microbiota in both DSS-induced and IL-10-/- spontaneous colitis models. ILA increases the abundance of tryptophan-metabolizing bacteria (e.g., Clostridium), as well as the mRNA expression of acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and indolelactate dehydrogenase in vivo and in vitro, resulting in an augmented production of IPA and IAA. Furthermore, a mutant strain of Lactobacillus fails to protect against inflammation and producing other derivatives. ILA-mediated microbial cross-feeding was microbiota-dependent and specifically enhanced indole derivatives production under conditions of dysbiosis induced by Citrobacter rodentium or DSS, but not of microbiota disruption with antibiotics.

CONCLUSION: Taken together, we highlight mechanisms by which microbiome-host crosstalk cooperatively control intestinal homoeostasis through microbiota-derived indoles mediating the inter-microbial communication. These findings may contribute to the development of microbiota-derived metabolites or targeted "postbiotic" as potential interventions for the treatment or prevention of dysbiosis-driven diseases. Video Abstract.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Microbiome - 12(2024), 1 vom: 19. März, Seite 59

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Yuxin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Guolong [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Yonghang [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Lijie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yuming [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Haitao [VerfasserIn]
Qiao, Shiyan [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Xiangfang [VerfasserIn]

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8DUH1N11BX
Indole derivatives
Indoles
Intestinal inflammation
Journal Article
Lactobacillus
Microbial tryptophan metabolites
Tryptophan
Video-Audio Media

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Date Completed 21.03.2024

Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s40168-024-01750-y

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NLM369939859