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Helicobacter pylori promotes colorectal carcinogenesis by deregulating intestinal immunity and inducing a mucus-degrading microbiota signature.
Gut 72, 1258-1270 (2023)
OBJECTIVE: Helicobacter pylori infection is the most prevalent bacterial infection worldwide. Besides being the most important risk factor for gastric cancer development, epidemiological data show that infected individuals harbour a nearly twofold increased risk to develop colorectal cancer (CRC). However, a direct causal and functional connection between H. pylori infection and colon cancer is lacking. DESIGN: We infected two Apc-mutant mouse models and C57BL/6 mice with H. pylori and conducted a comprehensive analysis of H. pylori-induced changes in intestinal immune responses and epithelial signatures via flow cytometry, chip cytometry, immunohistochemistry and single cell RNA sequencing. Microbial signatures were characterised and evaluated in germ-free mice and via stool transfer experiments. RESULTS: H. pylori infection accelerated tumour development in Apc-mutant mice. We identified a unique H. pylori-driven immune alteration signature characterised by a reduction in regulatory T cells and pro-inflammatory T cells. Furthermore, in the intestinal and colonic epithelium, H. pylori induced pro-carcinogenic STAT3 signalling and a loss of goblet cells, changes that have been shown to contribute-in combination with pro-inflammatory and mucus degrading microbial signatures-to tumour development. Similar immune and epithelial alterations were found in human colon biopsies from H. pylori-infected patients. Housing of Apc-mutant mice under germ-free conditions ameliorated, and early antibiotic eradication of H. pylori infection normalised the tumour incidence to the level of uninfected controls. CONCLUSIONS: Our studies provide evidence that H. pylori infection is a strong causal promoter of colorectal carcinogenesis. Therefore, implementation of H. pylori status into preventive measures of CRC should be considered.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Helicobacter Pylori ; Colonic Microflora ; Colorectal Cancer ; Immune Response ; Signaling; Foxp3(+)il-17(+) T-cells; Tumor Progression; Gut Microbiota; Stat3; Activation; Colitis; Cancer; Th17; Differentiation; Responses
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0017-5749
e-ISSN
1468-3288
Zeitschrift
Gut (eGut)
Quellenangaben
Band: 72,
Heft: 7,
Seiten: 1258-1270
Verlag
BMJ Publishing Group
Verlagsort
British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London Wc1h 9jr, England
Nichtpatentliteratur
Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Virology (VIRO)
Förderungen
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG (German Research Foundation))