Fecal microbiota transplant rescues mice from human pathogen mediated sepsis by restoring systemic immunity

Death due to sepsis remains a persistent threat to critically ill patients confined to the intensive care unit and is characterized by colonization with multi-drug-resistant healthcare-associated pathogens. Here we report that sepsis in mice caused by a defined four-member pathogen community isolate...

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Published in:Nature communications 2020-05, Vol.11 (1), p.2354-2354, Article 2354
Main Authors: Kim, Sangman M., DeFazio, Jennifer R., Hyoju, Sanjiv K., Sangani, Kishan, Keskey, Robert, Krezalek, Monika A., Khodarev, Nikolai N., Sangwan, Naseer, Christley, Scott, Harris, Katharine G., Malik, Ankit, Zaborin, Alexander, Bouziat, Romain, Ranoa, Diana R., Wiegerinck, Mara, Ernest, Jordan D., Shakhsheer, Baddr A., Fleming, Irma D., Weichselbaum, Ralph R., Antonopoulos, Dionysios A., Gilbert, Jack A., Barreiro, Luis B., Zaborina, Olga, Jabri, Bana, Alverdy, John C.
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Summary:Death due to sepsis remains a persistent threat to critically ill patients confined to the intensive care unit and is characterized by colonization with multi-drug-resistant healthcare-associated pathogens. Here we report that sepsis in mice caused by a defined four-member pathogen community isolated from a patient with lethal sepsis is associated with the systemic suppression of key elements of the host transcriptome required for pathogen clearance and decreased butyrate expression. More specifically, these pathogens directly suppress interferon regulatory factor 3. Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) reverses the course of otherwise lethal sepsis by enhancing pathogen clearance via the restoration of host immunity in an interferon regulatory factor 3-dependent manner. This protective effect is linked to the expansion of butyrate-producing Bacteroidetes. Taken together these results suggest that fecal microbiota transplantation may be a treatment option in sepsis associated with immunosuppression. Sepsis due to multidrug resistant pathogens is the most common cause of death in intensive care units. Here, the authors report that fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) can rescue mice from lethal sepsis of pathogens isolated from stool of a critically ill patient and show that FMT reverses the immunosuppressive effect induced by the pathogen community.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-15545-w