Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium neonatale fermentation metabolism and enteropathogenicity - INRAE - Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement
Journal Articles Gut microbes Year : 2023

Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium neonatale fermentation metabolism and enteropathogenicity

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Bacterial colonization in the gut plays a pivotal role in neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) development, but the relationship between bacteria and NEC remains unclear. In this study, we aimed to elucidate whether bacterial butyrate end-fermentation metabolites participate in the development of NEC lesions and confirm the enteropathogenicity of Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium neonatale in NEC. First, we produced C.butyricum and C.neonatale strains impaired in butyrate production by genetically inactivating the hbd gene encoding β-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase that produces end-fermentation metabolites. Second, we evaluated the enteropathogenicty of the hbd-knockout strains in a gnotobiotic quail model of NEC. The analyses showed that animals harboring these strains had significantly fewer and less intense intestinal lesions than those harboring the respective wild-type strains. In the absence of specific biological markers of NEC, the data provide original and new mechanistic insights into the disease pathophysiology, a necessary step for developing potential novel therapies.
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hal-04106612 , version 1 (25-05-2023)

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Laurent Ferraris, Aurélie Balvay, Deborah Bellet, Johanne Delannoy, Claire Maudet, et al.. Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium neonatale fermentation metabolism and enteropathogenicity. Gut microbes, 2023, 15 (1), pp.2172666. ⟨10.1080/19490976.2023.2172666⟩. ⟨hal-04106612⟩
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