肠道菌群紊乱对Treg细胞影响的研究进展

人和动物肠道内存在大量的细菌,并且肠道细菌在宿主多功能代谢和免疫系统平衡中至关重要,它们与宿主免疫和代谢系统共同进化。在正常情况下,肠道菌群与宿主处于长期平衡状态,然而当肠道菌群紊乱时,这种平衡将会被打破,并导致免疫应答的改变和各种疾病的发生。Treg细胞是一种表达转录因子Foxp3的调节型T细胞,是促炎和抑炎反应及免疫平衡中重要的组成成分。近年来,大量的研究揭示了Treg细胞、宿主和肠道菌群之间错综复杂的关系,但并没有对动物体内各个部位Treg细胞的表达变化规律做出系统总结。本综述通过总结近年来人们对肠道菌群的研究,综合阐述肠道菌群紊乱时,Treg细胞在肠、外周血、脾脏和肾中的表达变化规律。     

肠道菌群参与宿主免疫应答的作用及机制研究进展

肠道菌群作为动物体内重要的组成部分,能够直接参与机体的免疫调控作用,促进机体免疫系统发育,维持正常免疫功能。同时,免疫系统对肠道菌群又有调控和制约作用。本文主要综述了肠道菌群的组成以及影响肠道菌群变化的因素,系统阐述了肠道菌群与疾病相互作用的机制,总结了肠道菌群在宿主感染与免疫应答中的作用,为开展肠道菌群参与机体免疫应答的机制方面的研究提供新的思路。     

阿泰宁对抗生素诱导的大鼠肠道菌群失调和免疫功能的影响

目的探讨阿泰宁对抗生素诱导的大鼠肠道菌群失调的恢复作用以及免疫功能的影响。方法通过给大鼠灌服抗生素诺氟沙星胶曩造成肠道菌群失调模型,然后给予阿泰宁治疗,随后进行肠道菌群分析、迟发型变态反应试验、NK细胞活性测定和T淋巴细胞转化率测定等。结果抗生素组肠道菌群失调,NK细胞活性较正常组显著降低（P〈0．01）,经阿泰宁治疗后,肠道菌群恢复平衡,在迟发型变态反应试验中,阿泰宁组足跖增厚显著高于正常组和抗生素组（P〈0．05）,T淋巴细胞转化率较正常组和模型组显著升高（P〈0．01）。结论阿泰宁能够有效恢复抗生素引起的肠道菌群失调,并能有效提高免疫。     

单胃动物肠道微生物菌群与肠道免疫功能的相互作用

动物胃肠道栖息着大量的微生物,这些微生物及其代谢产物在营养、免疫等方面对宿主的健康有重要的意义。近年来研究发现肠道微生物与免疫系统间存在密切的交流和互作机制,尽管肠道共生菌具有定植抑制效应,但肠道微生物也可通过其特定组分刺激免疫细胞如Tregs细胞、Th17细胞的分化,肠道菌群的紊乱可能导致细菌移位、肠道屏障功能损伤,影响机体健康。宿主免疫系统可通过分泌多种免疫效应因子如MUC、sIgA、ITF、RegIIIγ、α-防御素等调节肠道微生物的分布和组成,调节肠道菌群的稳态。本文综述了单胃动物肠道微生物菌群的组成,深入探讨了肠道微生物菌群与动物肠道免疫功能之间的相互作用。     

细菌耐药影响肠道菌群及其宿主免疫调控

抗生素在养殖业、医疗业及制药业的广泛应用导致环境中的细菌耐药性日益严重,环境中的抗生素及耐药细菌一旦进入人体肠道,将破坏肠道菌群稳态,对人体健康造成威胁,而残存于饮食中的环境污染物则加剧了细菌耐药造成的人体健康影响。文中在总结大量文献的基础上,阐述了细菌耐药对人体和动物肠道菌群的影响机制及其相关的机体免疫调控,以环境中影响人体肠道菌群获得耐药性的来源作为切入点,阐述抗生素和耐药细菌进入人体肠道后对人体肠道菌群结构和耐药基因组成的影响,以及与人体免疫和免疫调节相关疾病之间的相关机制,并对今后的研究方向进行了展望。     

肠道正常菌群与人体的关系

人体肠道正常菌群与人体有着非常密切的利害关系。正常情况下,人体内、外环境与肠道正常菌群保持着相对平衡状态,它确保着人体的健康,但一旦在某些因素的作用下,平衡被打破,将导致某些疾病的发生。主要介绍肠道正常菌群的概况、与人体的利害关系、以及菌群失调的调整等。     

多糖对肠道功能调节作用的研究进展

肠道是机体重要的消化器官,亦是共生微生物群的主要寄居场所,在维持机体正常生命活动如免疫和内分泌功能中发挥着重要作用。 肠道功能紊乱与疾病的发生以及发展过程密切相关。近年来,多项研究结果显示,多糖具有肠道功能调节作用,包括通过作用于肠道黏膜 参与机体免疫过程、保护肠道屏障结构和功能的完整性、调节肠道菌群组成以及刺激肠道内分泌。从伴随疾病过程中的肠道功能紊乱的角度, 对多糖调节肠道功能的作用机制进行综述。     

长短链菊粉对抗生素诱导肠道菌群紊乱小鼠调节作用的研究

目的采用头孢曲松钠诱发小鼠肠道菌群紊乱建立模型,观察不同剂量长短链菊粉对抗生素诱导的肠道菌群紊乱小鼠的调节作用。方法 2g/(kg·d)头孢曲松钠灌胃小鼠,连续8d,诱导小鼠肠道菌群紊乱,然后将菌群紊乱小鼠分为低剂量短链菊粉处理组、高剂量短链菊粉处理组、低剂量长链菊粉处理组、高剂量长链菊粉处理组和自然恢复组,连续处理2周,采用PCR-DGGE和菌落计数的方法观察各组小鼠肠道菌群的恢复情况。结果抗生素处理后,小鼠肠道菌群与正常小鼠相比具有显著差异,菌群条带数明显减少(P0.05),有益菌肠杆菌、乳酸杆菌、双歧杆菌和消化球菌含量明显减少(P0.05),条件致病菌葡萄球菌和铜绿假单胞菌含量明显增多(P0.05);经菊粉处理后,小鼠的肠道菌群恢复效果明显好于自然恢复组(P0.05),其中长链菊粉处理组优于短链菊粉处理组,且高剂量长链菌粉处理组恢复程度优于低剂量长链处理组。结论菊粉能够有效调节抗生素引起的肠道菌群紊乱,而长链菊粉的调节作用优于短链菊粉,且高剂量更有效。     

肠道菌群在非酒精性脂肪性肝病发生发展中的生物学机制

肠道菌群是机体不可或缺的组成部分,也是维持机体内环境动态平衡的健康保证。当某些因素导致机体内外环境紊乱时,机体肠道菌群动态平衡被打破,导致机体肠道菌群紊乱,从而促进非酒精性脂肪性肝病(单纯性脂肪肝、非酒精性脂肪性肝炎、非酒精性脂肪性肝纤维化以及肝硬化)的发生及发展。肠道菌群紊乱能够影响肠道胆汁酸代谢,胆碱及其代谢产物产生,短链脂肪酸形成,肠道内源性乙醇产生,肠道通透性增加及肠道蠕动改变等多种生物学机制的改变,导致非酒精性脂肪性肝病的发病及进程。     

海参多糖对小鼠肠道菌群紊乱的恢复作用

目的探究海参多糖对抗生素所致小鼠肠道菌群失衡的调整作用。方法超声浸提法提取海参多糖,硫酸-苯酚法测定多糖含量;通过抗生素连续灌胃1周,构建小鼠肠道紊乱模型;将18只昆明种小鼠随机分为正常对照、自然恢复和海参多糖干预组(每组6只),定期留取粪便,采用PCR-DGGE技术获得肠道菌群分子指纹图谱,进行相似性、多样性及主要差异条带序列的分析。结果提取海参多糖的浓度为1.92 mg/mL;正常对照组小鼠肠道菌群以有益菌,即乳杆菌属和梭菌属占主导地位;而在抗生素干预后,这两种菌的含量明显下降,并伴随检测出致病性卟啉单胞菌属;经海参多糖处理后,有益菌含量有所恢复,有害菌含量降低。结论海参多糖对抗生素所致实验小鼠肠道菌群紊乱有一定的恢复作用。     

Effect of antibiotics on indices of immunologic reactivity in mice

The effect of ristomycin, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, benzylpenicillin, streptomycin, and cephaloridine on the indices of cellular and humoral immunity was studied comparatively on intact animals and on animals with secondary immune deficiency. The study of the antibiotic effect on the count of rosette-forming lymphocytes (RFL) and the total count of lymphocytes showed that all the antibiotics except streptomycin induced a significant decrease in the count of RFL. The most active was kanamycin. It lowered the count of RFL 5-fold as compared to the control. The total count of lymphocytes was lowered after administration of ristomycin, chloramphenicol and kanamycin. In the animals with immune deficiency induced by cyclophosphamide benzylpenicillin potentiated the inhibitory effect of cyclophosphamide on the weight of the lymphoid organs, while streptomycin lowered the effect of cyclophosphamide. No such effect was observed with the use of the other antibiotics. The data indicated the necessity of taking into account the effect of various antibiotics on the immune system, especially under conditions of immune deficiency.     

Antibiotic sensitivity of the bacterial microflora from the sputum of children with acute pneumonia]

Bacteriological analysis of sputum of 598 children with acute pneumonia was performed. Sensivity of 1348 cultures belonging to 8 bacterial species with respect to benzylpenicillin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline, erythromycin, oleandomycin, neomycin and monomycin was determined. It was shown that the sputum microflora was often resistant to the antibiotics widely used in the medical practice for prolonged periods of time, such as benzylpenicillin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, tetracyclines. However, it usually remained sunsitive to neomycin, monomycin, erythromycin and oleandomycin. It was found that antibioticogrammes defining the antibiotic choice were of great significance for therapy of acute pneumonia.     

四种抗菌药物对BALB/c小鼠肠菌群的影响

本文给普通BALB/c小鼠口服红霉素、链霉素、新霉素和甲硝哒唑,以探讨同一实验条件下,该4种药代动力学特性各异的每种抗菌药物在不同给药剂量及不同用药时间对BALB/c小鼠肠菌群的影响。结果表明:除甲硝哒唑外,其他3种抗菌药当剂量达到或超过一定水平时对肠菌群均有明显影响。红霉素对肠菌群的影响表现在肠杆菌科细菌、拟杆菌显著减少,葡萄球菌、双歧杆菌减少,肠球菌增多。肠菌群的显著性变化在A组(10000mg/kg体重每日)出现在用药后第3天,B组(4000mg/kg体重每日)出现在第7天。链霉素与新霉素引起肠菌群相似的改变,只是新霉素引起的菌群改变较对应组的链霉素引起的菌群改变更显著一些。表现在肠杆菌科细菌增多,类杆菌、肠球菌减少。本文认为抗菌药物引起菌群改变与否及影响的程度主要取决于其用药剂量、用药时间及药物代谢动力学特性。     

Study of the immunotropic activity of aminoglycoside antibiotics

The action of some aminoglycoside antibiotics on the immune system was studied on both intact mice and the animals with immune deficiency caused by administration of cyclophosphamide. The following tests were used: local hemolysis (the Herne test), lymphocyte transformation (LT), delayed hypersensitivity to sheep red blood cells and the local graft versus host reaction (GVHR). Amikacin was shown to have no significant action on the activity of lymphocytes in the intact mice and stimulated both cellular (LT and GVHR) and humoral (the Herne test) immunity in the animals with lowered immunological reactivity. Sisomicin had no significant action on the immune system of the animals. Gentamicin suppressed the immune response only in the intact mice. Kanamycin and streptomycin induced inhibition of humoral and cellular immunity in both the intact mice and animals with immune deficiency. On the basis of the results it was concluded that gentamicin, amikacin and sisomicin may be used in the treatment of diseases developing in the presence of immune deficiency whereas streptomycin and kanamycin should be recommended when inhibition of the immunity is needed.     

Detection and eradication of endophytic bacteria from micropropagated mint plants

Summary Liquid medium and an enriched agar were used to detect endophytic bacteria in micropropagated mints (Mentha spp.) within 2 to 6 d of inoculation. Bacteria isolated from the cultures were screened on several antibiotic concentrations to determine bactericidal doses. Antibiotics were also tested for phytotoxic effects. Shoot tips from infected plants were treated by immersion in liquid MS medium containing antibiotics either singly or in combination. Streptomycin applied at 1000µg/ml for a period of 10 d was effective and less phytotoxic in a larger number of cases than gentamicin (50µg/ml), neomycin (500µg/ml), or rifampicin (30µg/ml). Mint cultures that tested negative for bacteria after antibiotic treatment were multiplied, retested, and cold-stored for 1 yr or longer. Upon regrowth after storage, 25 of 30 treated cultures (83%) tested negative for bacteria. Of the 25, 8 were successfully treated with streptomycin, 1 with gentamicin, 2 with neomycin, 1 with rifampicin, and 1 with streptomycin and gentamicin; 12 required more than one treatment. An early detection system, initial trial treatment with streptomycin for infected plants, and monitoring of treated cultures successfully reduced the spread of bacterial contamination. Antibiotic treatment in liquid MS medium at pH 6.9 resulted in enhanced bactericidal activity over that seen at pH 5.5.     

Antibiotic resistance of Shigella in different regions of the USSR]

Shigella were most sensitive to polymyxin ceporin, ampicillin, neomycin and furazolidone and resistant to chloramphenicol, tetracycline and streptomycin. Shigella resistant simultaneously to two or three drugs mainly to tetracycline + chloramphenicol, tetracycline + streptomycin and tetracycline + chloramphenicol + streptomycin were most frequent. The frequency of the Shigella strains carrying R-plasmids increased from 28 per cent in 1969--1970 to 72.6 per cent in 1977. The Shigella strains isolated during the dysentery outbreak in 1973--1977 carried the R-factor controlling resistance to tetracycline + chloramphenicol, tetracycline + chloramphenicol + streptomycin, tetracycline + chloramphenicol + streptomycin + neomycin. Interaction between separate biochemical types, colicinogenicity and drug resistance classes was found in the Shigella isolates. The data on the effect of antibiotic (tetracyclines) intensive use in stock-raising defining wide spread of the R-plasmids controlling resistance to these drugs were obtained.     

The Effect of Antibiotics on Associated Bacterial Community of Stored Product Mites

Background

Bacteria are associated with the gut, fat bodies and reproductive organs of stored product mites (Acari: Astigmata). The mites are pests due to the production of allergens. Addition of antibiotics to diets can help to characterize the association between mites and bacteria.

Methodology and Principal Findings

Ampicillin, neomycin and streptomycin were added to the diets of mites and the effects on mite population growth (Acarus siro, Lepidoglyphus destructor and Tyrophagus putrescentiae) and associated bacterial community structure were assessed. Mites were treated by antibiotic supplementation (1 mgg⁻¹ of diet) for 21 days and numbers of mites and bacterial communities were analyzed and compared to the untreated control. Bacterial quantities, determined by real-time PCR, significantly decreased in antibiotic treated specimens from 5 to 30 times in A. siro and T. putrescentiae, while no decline was observed in L. destructor. Streptomycin treatment eliminated Bartonella-like bacteria in the both A. siro and T. putrescentiae and Cardinium in T. putrescentiae. Solitalea-like bacteria proportion increased in the communities of neomycin and streptomycin treated A. siro specimens. Kocuria proportion increased in the bacterial communities of ampicillin and streptomycin treated A. siro and neomycin and streptomycin treated L. destructor.

Conclusions/Significance

The work demonstrated the changes of mite associated bacterial community under antibiotic pressure in pests of medical importance. Pre-treatment of mites by 1 mgg⁻¹ antibiotic diets improved mite fitness as indicated accelerated population growth of A. siro pretreated streptomycin and neomycin and L. destructor pretreated by neomycin. All tested antibiotics supplemented to diets caused the decrease of mite growth rate in comparison to the control diet.     

Kinetic mechanism of streptomycin adenylyltransferase from a recombinant<Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">Escherichia coli</Emphasis>

Bacterial resistance to the aminoglycoside antibiotics is manifested primarily by enzymic modification of these drugs. One important mechanism of streptomycin modification is through ATP-dependent O-adenylation, catalyzed by streptomycin adenylyltransferase. Initial velocity patterns deduced from steady state kinetics indicate a sequential mechanism. Dead-end inhibition by tobramycin and neomycin is non-competitive versus streptomycin and uncompetitive versus ATP, indicative of ordered substrate binding where ATP binds first and then streptomycin. These results surmise that streptomycin adenylyltransferase follows an ordered, sequential kinetic mechanism in which one substrate (ATP) binds prior to the antibiotic and pyrophosphate is released prior to formation of AMP-streptomycin.     

Suppressive Activity of Streptomycin on the Growth of Mycobacterium lepraemurium in Macrophage Cultures

The effect of streptomycin on the growth of an obligate intracellular bacterium was studied in a new host-parasite cell system. The system consisted of Mycobacterium lepraemurium grown in cultures of mouse peritoneal macrophages. Since these organisms do not grow in bacteriological media, the influence of extracellular bacterial growth can be ruled out. The suppressive activity of streptomycin was observed in a total of five experiments. At the end of 4 weeks, the average number of organisms per macrophage for the controls was 65.7; for cultures with streptomycin at concentrations of 0.5, 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 mug/ml of medium, it was 45.4, 38.3, 28.7, 22.7, 13.4, and 8.2, respectively. A good dose-response relationship was evident. M. lepraemurium which had been treated in macrophage cultures with various concentrations of the antibiotic for 6 to 8 weeks was used to infect fresh macrophages. These cultures were in turn treated with streptomycin. Resistance of the organisms to streptomycin did not occur.     

Pharyngeal microflora disruption by antibiotics promotes airway hyperresponsiveness after respiratory syncytial virus infection

Background

Regulatory T cells (Treg cells), which are essential for regulation of immune response to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, are promoted by pharyngeal commensal pneumococcus. The effects of pharyngeal microflora disruption by antibiotics on airway responsiveness and relative immune responses after RSV infection have not been clarified.

Methods

Female BALB/c mice (aged 3 weeks) were infected with RSV and then treated with either oral antibiotics or oral double distilled water (ddH₂O) from 1 d post infection (pi). Changes in pharyngeal microflora were analyzed after antibiotic treatment for 7 d and 14 d. At 8 d pi and 15 d pi, the inflammatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were investigated in combination with tests of pulmonary histopathology, airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), pulmonary and splenic Treg cells responses. Pulmonary Foxp3 mRNA expression, IL-10 and TGF-β1 in BALF and lung homogenate were investigated at 15 d pi. Ovalbumin (OVA) challenge was used to induce AHR after RSV infection.

Results

The predominant pharyngeal commensal, Streptococcus, was cleared by antibiotic treatment for 7 d. Same change also existed after antibiotic treatment for 14 d. After RSV infection, AHR was promoted by antibiotic treatment at 15 d pi. Synchronous decreases of pulmonary Treg cells, Foxp3 mRNA and TGF-β1 were detected. Similar results were observed under OVA challenge.

Conclusions

After RSV infection, antibiotic treatment cleared pharyngeal commensal bacteria such as Streptococcus, which consequently, might induce AHR and decrease pulmonary Treg cells.