Soil causes gut microbiota to flourish and total serum IgE levels to decrease in mice

Abstract Background Traditional farm environments provide protection from allergic diseases. In this study, farm environmental factors were classified into three categories: environmental microbes, soil, and organic matter. To explore the impact of soil and environmental microorganisms on gut microbiota and immune function, mice were fed sterilized soil, soil microbes (in lieu of environmental microbes), or non-sterilized soil. Results Metagenomic sequencing results showed that the intake of sterile soil while inhaling a small amount of soil microbes in the air, increased gut microbial diversity and the abundance of type III secretion system (T3SS) genes and decreased total serum IgE levels induced by 2-4-dinitrofluorobenzene. The intake of soil microbes increased the abundance of genes involved in the metabolism of short-chain fatty acids and amino acid biosynthesis. By contrast, the intake of soil increased gut microbial diversity, the abundance of T3SS genes and related infectious elements, and genes associated with the metabolism of short-chain fatty acids and amino acid biosynthesis and decreased serum IgE levels. The immune function was positively and significantly correlated with the bacterial secretion system genes, especially with that of T3SS. Conclusions An important mechanism through which farm environments exert a protective effect against allergic diseases could be by serving as a “prebiotic” promoting the reproduction and growth of some intestinal microorganisms that harbor bacterial secretion system genes, especially those of T3SS, whose abundance was positively and significantly correlated with innate immune function of mice..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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ResearchSquare.com - (2022) vom: 29. Juli Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Dongrui [VerfasserIn]
Li, Na [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Honglin [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Zhimao [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Yangyang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Mengjie [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Wenyong [VerfasserIn]
Fei, Zhongjie [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Pengfeng [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Zuhong [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.21203/rs.3.rs-208795/v1

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XRA034730087