Social isolation induces intestinal barrier disorder and imbalances gut microbiota in mice

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study design
Citation
PMID PubMed identifier for scientific articles.
DOI Digital object identifier for electronic documents.
URI
Authors
Wang Y, Ullah H, Deng T, Ren X, Zhao Z, Xin Y, Qiu J
Journal
Neuroscience letters
Year
2024
Keywords:
Gut microbiota, Intestinal barrier, Social isolation
Social isolation, a known stressor, can have detrimental effects on both physical and mental health. Recent scientific attention has been drawn to the gut-brain axis, a bidirectional communication system between the central nervous system and gut microbiota, suggesting that gut microbes may influence brain function. This study aimed to explore the impact of social isolation on the intestinal barrier and gut microbiota. 40 male BALB/c mice were either individually housed or kept in groups for 8 and 15 weeks. Socially isolated mice exhibited increased anxiety-like behavior, with significant differences between the 8-week and 15-week isolation groups (P < 0.05). After 8 weeks of isolation, there was a reduction in tight junction protein expression in the intestinal mechanical barrier. Furthermore, after 15 weeks of isolation, both tight junction protein and mucin expression, key components of the intestinal chemical barrier, decreased. This was accompanied by a substantial increase in inflammatory cytokines (IL-6 mRNA, IL-10, and TNF-α) in colon tissue in the 15-week isolated group (P < 0.05). Additionally, Illumina MiSequencing revealed significant alterations in the gut microbiota of socially isolated mice, including reduced Firmicutes and Bacteroides compared to the control group. Lactobacillus levels also decreased in the socially isolated mice.

Experiment 1


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Peace Sandy on 2024-5-23

Curated date: 2024/04/18

Curator: Barrakat

Revision editor(s): Barrakat

Subjects

Location of subjects
China
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
Feces Cow dung,Cow pat,Droppings,Dung,Excrement,Excreta,Faeces,Fecal material,Fecal matter,Fewmet,Frass,Guano,Matières fécales@fr,Merde@fr,Ordure,Partie de la merde@fr,Piece of shit,Porción de mierda@es,Portion of dung,Portion of excrement,Portion of faeces,Portion of fecal material,Portion of fecal matter,Portion of feces,Portion of guano,Portion of scat,Portionem cacas,Scat,Spoor,Spraint,Stool,Teil der fäkalien@de,Feces,feces
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Social deprivation Social deprivation,social deprivation
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Normal Control NCd (8-week normal control group)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Socially Isolated SId (8-week socially isolated group)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Individually housed mice without any sensory communication with other mice for 8 weeks
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
10
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
10
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
None

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
LEfSe
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
unchanged

Experiment 2


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Peace Sandy on 2024-5-23

Curated date: 2024/04/18

Curator: Barrakat

Revision editor(s): Barrakat

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Normal Control NCc (15-week normal control group)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Socially Isolated SIc (15-week socially isolated group)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Individually housed mice without any sensory communication with other mice for 15 weeks

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
increased
Simpson Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species evenness
increased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Peace Sandy on 2024-5-23

Curated date: 2024/04/18

Curator: Barrakat

Revision editor(s): Barrakat, Peace Sandy

Source: Figure 9B

Description: Differentially abundant bacterial in Normal control (NCc) and Socially isolated (SIc) mice housed for 15 weeks

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Socially Isolated SIc (15-week socially isolated group)

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Acidobacteriota
Adlercreutzia
Akkermansia
Alcaligenaceae
Anaerostipes
Anaerovoracaceae
Bacteroidaceae
Bacteroides
Bacteroidia
Comamonadaceae
Coriobacteriales
Coriobacteriia
Deferribacteraceae
Deferribacterales
Deferribacteres
Lactococcus
Mucispirillum
Sphingomonas
Sutterella

Revision editor(s): Barrakat, Peace Sandy

Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Peace Sandy on 2024-5-23

Curated date: 2024/04/18

Curator: Barrakat

Revision editor(s): Barrakat, Peace Sandy

Source: Figure 9B

Description: Differentially abundant bacterial taxa in Normal control (NCc) and Socially isolated (SIc) mice housed for 15 weeks

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Socially Isolated SIc (15-week socially isolated group)

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Bacilli
Bacillota
Cyanobacteriota
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillus
Marinomonas
Methylobacteriaceae
Methylobacterium
Oceanospirillaceae
Odoribacter
Odoribacteraceae

Revision editor(s): Barrakat, Peace Sandy