Effects of inhaled air pollution on markers of integrity, inflammation, and microbiota profiles of the intestines in Apolipoprotein E knockout mice

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Citation
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Authors
Fitch MN, Phillippi D, Zhang Y, Lucero J, Pandey RS, Liu J, Brower J, Allen MS, Campen MJ, McDonald JD, Lund AK
Journal
Environmental research
Year
2020
Keywords:
Air pollution, Inflammation, Intestine epithelial barrier, Microbiome
Air pollution exposure is known to contribute to the progression of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and there is increasing evidence that dysbiosis of the gut microbiome may also play a role in the pathogenesis of CVD, including atherosclerosis. To date, the effects of inhaled air pollution mixtures on the intestinal epithelial barrier (IEB), and microbiota profiles are not well characterized, especially in susceptible individuals with comorbidity. Thus, we investigated the effects of inhaled ubiquitous air-pollutants, wood-smoke (WS) and mixed diesel and gasoline vehicle exhaust (MVE) on alterations in the expression of markers of integrity, inflammation, and microbiota profiles in the intestine of atherosclerotic Apolipoprotein E knockout (ApoE-/-) mice. To do this, male 8 wk-old ApoE-/- mice, on a high-fat diet, were exposed to either MVE (300 μg/m3 PM), WS; (∼450 μg/m3 PM), or filtered air (FA) for 6 h/d, 7 d/wk, for 50 d. Immunofluorescence and RT-PCR were used to quantify the expression of IEB components and inflammatory factors, including mucin (Muc)-2, tight junction (TJ) proteins, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and interleukin (IL)-1β, as well as Toll-like receptor (TLR)-4. Microbial profiling of the intestine was done using Illumina 16S sequencing of V4 16S rRNA PCR amplicons. We observed a decrease in intestinal Muc2 and TJ proteins in both MVE and WS exposures, compared to FA controls, associated with a significant increase in MMP-9, TLR-4, and inflammatory marker expression. Both WS and MVE-exposure resulted in decreased intestinal bacterial diversity, as well as alterations in microbiota profiles, including the Firmicutes: Bacteroidetes ratio at the phylum level. Our findings suggest inhalation exposure to either MVE or WS result in alterations in components involved in mucosal integrity, and also microbiota profiles and diversity, which are associated with increased markers of an inflammatory response.

Experiment 1


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Subjects

Location of subjects
United States of America
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Mus musculus
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Small intestine Anterior intestine,Intestinum tenue,Mid intestine,Small bowel,Small intestine,small intestine
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Air pollution air pollution,Air pollution
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
mice exposed to Filtered Air
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
mice exposed to MVE
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
male ApoE−/- mice exposed to mixed diesel and gasoline engine emissions (MVE) or Wood Smoke (WS)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
20
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
20

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
Kruskall-Wallis
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
Yes

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
decreased
Richness Number of species
decreased

Signature 1

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Source: Figure 10 & text

Description: Effects of inhaled filtered air (FA), wood-smoke (WS), and mixed diesel and gasoline vehicle exhaust (MVE) on the relative abundance of gastrointestinal bacteria at the (A) phylum level, and (B) genus level in ApoE−/-mice.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in mice exposed to MVE

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Turicibacter
Clostridium
Bacillota

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Curator: Zyaijah Bailey

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Source: Figure 10 & text

Description: Effects of inhaled filtered air (FA), wood-smoke (WS), and mixed diesel and gasoline vehicle exhaust (MVE) on the relative abundance of gastrointestinal bacteria at the (A) phylum level, and (B) genus level in ApoE−/-mice.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in mice exposed to MVE

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Lactobacillus
Oscillospira
unclassified Lachnospiraceae

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Experiment 2


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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
mice exposed to WS

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
decreased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
decreased
Richness Number of species
decreased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Atrayees on 2023-7-3

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Zyaijah Bailey

Revision editor(s): Claregrieve1, WikiWorks

Source: Figure 10 & text

Description: Effects of inhaled filtered air (FA), wood-smoke (WS), and mixed diesel and gasoline vehicle exhaust (MVE) on the relative abundance of gastrointestinal bacteria at the (A) phylum level, and (B) genus level in ApoE−/-mice.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in mice exposed to WS

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Bacteroidales

Revision editor(s): Claregrieve1, WikiWorks

Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Atrayees on 2023-7-3

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Zyaijah Bailey

Revision editor(s): Claregrieve1, WikiWorks

Source: Figure 10 & text

Description: Effects of inhaled filtered air (FA), wood-smoke (WS), and mixed diesel and gasoline vehicle exhaust (MVE) on the relative abundance of gastrointestinal bacteria at the (A) phylum level, and (B) genus level in ApoE−/-mice.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in mice exposed to WS

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Clostridium
Lactobacillus
Oscillospira
unclassified Lachnospiraceae

Revision editor(s): Claregrieve1, WikiWorks