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Obesogenic Diet in Aging Mice Disrupts Gut Microbe Composition and Alters Neutrophi:Lymphocyte Ratio, Leading to Inflamed Milieu in Acute Heart Failure
FASEB Journal
  • Vasundhara Kain, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • William Van Der Pol, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
  • Nithya Mariappan, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Aftab Ahmad, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
  • Peter Eipers, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
  • Deanna L. Gibson, University of British Columbia Okanagan
  • Cecile Gladine, Université Clermont Auvergne
  • Claire Vigor, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron
  • Thierry Durand, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron
  • Casey Morrow, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
  • Ganesh V. Halade, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2019
Keywords
  • inflammation,
  • leukocytes,
  • myocardial infarction,
  • nonresolving inflammation,
  • resolution of inflammation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201802477R
Abstract

Calorie-dense obesogenic diet (OBD) is a prime risk factor for cardiovascular disease in aging. However, increasing age coupled with changes in the diet can affect the interaction of intestinal microbiota influencing the immune system, which can lead to chronic inflammation. How age and calorie-enriched OBD interact with microbial flora and impact leukocyte profiling is currently under investigated. Here, we tested the interorgan hypothesis to determine whether OBD in young and aging mice alters the gut microbe composition and the splenic leukocyte profile in acute heart failure (HF). Young (2-mo-old) and aging (18-mo-old) mice were supplemented with standard diet (STD, ∼4% safflower oil diet) and OBD (10% safflower oil) for 2 mo and then subjected to coronary artery ligation to induce myocardial infarction. Fecal samples were collected pre- and post-diet intervention, and the microbial flora were analyzed using 16S variable region 4 rRNA gene DNA sequencing and Quantitative Insights Into Microbial Ecology informatics. The STD and OBD in aging mice resulted in an expansion of the genus Allobaculum in the fecal microbiota. However, we found a pathologic change in the neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio in aging mice in comparison with their young counterparts. Thus, calorie-enriched OBD dysregulated splenic leukocytes by decreasing immune-responsive F4/80+ and CD169+ macrophages in aging mice. OBD programmed neutrophil swarming with an increase in isoprostanoid levels, with dysregulation of lipoxygenases, cytokines, and metabolite-sensing receptor expression. In summary, calorie-dense OBD in aging mice disrupted the composition of the gut microbiome, which correlates with the development of integrative and system-wide nonresolving inflammation in acute HF.

Citation / Publisher Attribution
FASEB Journal, v. 33, issue 5, p. 6456-6469
Citation Information
Vasundhara Kain, William Van Der Pol, Nithya Mariappan, Aftab Ahmad, et al.. "Obesogenic Diet in Aging Mice Disrupts Gut Microbe Composition and Alters Neutrophi:Lymphocyte Ratio, Leading to Inflamed Milieu in Acute Heart Failure" FASEB Journal Vol. 33 Iss. 5 (2019) p. 6456 - 6469
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ganesh-halade/72/