Pharmacologic inhibition of glycolysis prevents the development of lupus by altering the gut microbiome in mice

Summary: Gut dysbiosis has been associated with lupus pathogenesis, and fecal microbiota transfers (FMT) from lupus-prone mice shown to induce autoimmune activation into healthy mice. The immune cells of lupus patients exhibit an increased glucose metabolism and treatments with 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2D...

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Main Authors: Ahmed S. Elshikha, Yong Ge, Josephine Brown, Nathalie Kanda, Mojgan Zadeh, Georges Abboud, Seung-Chul Choi, Gregg Silverman, Timothy J. Garrett, William L. Clapp, Mansour Mohamadzadeh, Laurence Morel
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author Ahmed S. Elshikha
Yong Ge
Josephine Brown
Nathalie Kanda
Mojgan Zadeh
Georges Abboud
Seung-Chul Choi
Gregg Silverman
Timothy J. Garrett
William L. Clapp
Mansour Mohamadzadeh
Laurence Morel
author_facet Ahmed S. Elshikha
Yong Ge
Josephine Brown
Nathalie Kanda
Mojgan Zadeh
Georges Abboud
Seung-Chul Choi
Gregg Silverman
Timothy J. Garrett
William L. Clapp
Mansour Mohamadzadeh
Laurence Morel
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description Summary: Gut dysbiosis has been associated with lupus pathogenesis, and fecal microbiota transfers (FMT) from lupus-prone mice shown to induce autoimmune activation into healthy mice. The immune cells of lupus patients exhibit an increased glucose metabolism and treatments with 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG), a glycolysis inhibitor, are therapeutic in lupus-prone mice. Here, we showed in two models of lupus with different etiologies that 2DG altered the composition of the fecal microbiome and associated metabolites. In both models, FMT from 2DG-treated mice protected lupus-prone mice of the same strain from the development of glomerulonephritis, reduced autoantibody production as well as the activation of CD4+ T cells and myeloid cells as compared to FMT from control mice. Thus, we demonstrated that the protective effect of glucose inhibition in lupus is transferable through the gut microbiota, directly linking alterations in immunometabolism to gut dysbiosis in the hosts.
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spelling doaj.art-229a7a042b954b65b4b97ba2cac538492023-07-23T04:55:37ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422023-07-01267107122Pharmacologic inhibition of glycolysis prevents the development of lupus by altering the gut microbiome in miceAhmed S. Elshikha0Yong Ge1Josephine Brown2Nathalie Kanda3Mojgan Zadeh4Georges Abboud5Seung-Chul Choi6Gregg Silverman7Timothy J. Garrett8William L. Clapp9Mansour Mohamadzadeh10Laurence Morel11Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; The Laboratory of B Cell Immunobiology and the Division of Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USADepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; The Laboratory of B Cell Immunobiology and the Division of Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USADepartment of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USADepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX 78229, USADepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX 78229, USADepartment of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USADepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX 78229, USAThe Laboratory of B Cell Immunobiology and the Division of Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USADepartment of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USADepartment of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USADepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX 78229, USADepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA; Corresponding authorSummary: Gut dysbiosis has been associated with lupus pathogenesis, and fecal microbiota transfers (FMT) from lupus-prone mice shown to induce autoimmune activation into healthy mice. The immune cells of lupus patients exhibit an increased glucose metabolism and treatments with 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG), a glycolysis inhibitor, are therapeutic in lupus-prone mice. Here, we showed in two models of lupus with different etiologies that 2DG altered the composition of the fecal microbiome and associated metabolites. In both models, FMT from 2DG-treated mice protected lupus-prone mice of the same strain from the development of glomerulonephritis, reduced autoantibody production as well as the activation of CD4+ T cells and myeloid cells as compared to FMT from control mice. Thus, we demonstrated that the protective effect of glucose inhibition in lupus is transferable through the gut microbiota, directly linking alterations in immunometabolism to gut dysbiosis in the hosts.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223011999Pharmaceutical scienceImmune system disorderMicrobiome
spellingShingle Ahmed S. Elshikha
Yong Ge
Josephine Brown
Nathalie Kanda
Mojgan Zadeh
Georges Abboud
Seung-Chul Choi
Gregg Silverman
Timothy J. Garrett
William L. Clapp
Mansour Mohamadzadeh
Laurence Morel
Pharmacologic inhibition of glycolysis prevents the development of lupus by altering the gut microbiome in mice
iScience
Pharmaceutical science
Immune system disorder
Microbiome
title Pharmacologic inhibition of glycolysis prevents the development of lupus by altering the gut microbiome in mice
title_full Pharmacologic inhibition of glycolysis prevents the development of lupus by altering the gut microbiome in mice
title_fullStr Pharmacologic inhibition of glycolysis prevents the development of lupus by altering the gut microbiome in mice
title_full_unstemmed Pharmacologic inhibition of glycolysis prevents the development of lupus by altering the gut microbiome in mice
title_short Pharmacologic inhibition of glycolysis prevents the development of lupus by altering the gut microbiome in mice
title_sort pharmacologic inhibition of glycolysis prevents the development of lupus by altering the gut microbiome in mice
topic Pharmaceutical science
Immune system disorder
Microbiome
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223011999
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