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Microbiota of the Gut-Lymph Node Axis: Depletion of Mucosa-Associated Segmented Filamentous Bacteria and Enrichment of Methanobrevibacter by Colistin Sulfate and Linco-Spectin in Pigs
Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Benjamin Zwirzitz, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
  • Beate Pinior, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
  • Barbara Metzler-Zebeli, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
  • Monika Handler, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
  • Kristina Gense, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
  • Christian Knecht, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
  • Andrea Ladinig, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
  • Monika Dzieciol, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
  • Stefanie U. Wetzels, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
  • Martin Wagner, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
  • Stephan Schmitz-Esser, Iowa State University
  • Evelyne Mann, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
4-1-2019
DOI
10.3389/fmicb.2019.00599
Abstract

Microorganisms are translocated from the gut to lymphatic tissues via immune cells, thereby challenging and training the mammalian immune system. Antibiotics alter the gut microbiome and consecutively might also affect the corresponding translocation processes, resulting in an imbalanced state between the intestinal microbiota and the host. Hence, understanding the variant effects of antibiotics on the microbiome of gut-associated tissues is of vital importance for maintaining metabolic homeostasis and animal health. In the present study, we analyzed the microbiome of (i) pig feces, ileum, and ileocecal lymph nodes under the influence of antibiotics (Linco-Spectin and Colistin sulfate) using 16S rRNA gene sequencing for high-resolution community profiling and (ii) ileocecal lymph nodes in more detail with two additional methodological approaches, i.e., cultivation of ileocecal lymph node samples and (iii) metatranscriptome sequencing of a single lymph node sample. Supplementation of medicated feed showed a local effect on feces and ileal mucosa-associated microbiomes. Pigs that received antibiotics harbored significantly reduced amounts of segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) along the ileal mucosa (p = 0.048; 199.17-fold change) and increased amounts of Methanobrevibacter, a methanogenic Euryarchaeote in fecal samples (p = 0.005; 20.17-fold change) compared to the control group. Analysis of the porcine ileocecal lymph node microbiome exposed large differences between the viable and the dead fraction of microorganisms and the microbiome was altered to a lesser extent by antibiotics compared with feces and ileum. The core microbiome of lymph nodes was constituted mainly of Proteobacteria. RNA-sequencing of a single lymph node sample unveiled transcripts responsible for amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism as well as protein turnover, DNA replication and signal transduction. The study presented here is the first comparative study of microbial communities in feces, ileum, and its associated ileocecal lymph nodes. In each analyzed site, we identified specific phylotypes susceptible to antibiotic treatment that can have profound impacts on the host physiological and immunological state, or even on global biogeochemical cycles. Our results indicate that pathogenic bacteria, e.g., enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, could escape antibiotic treatment by translocating to lymph nodes. In general ileocecal lymph nodes harbor a more diverse and active community of microorganisms than previously assumed.

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This article is published as Zwirzitz B, Pinior B, Metzler-Zebeli B, Handler M, Gense K, Knecht C, Ladinig A, Dzieciol M, Wetzels SU, Wagner M, Schmitz-Esser S and Mann E (2019) Microbiota of the Gut-Lymph Node Axis: Depletion of Mucosa-Associated Segmented Filamentous Bacteria and Enrichment of Methanobrevibacter by Colistin Sulfate and Linco-Spectin in Pigs. Front. Microbiol. 10:599. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00599.

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Zwirzitz, Pinior, Metzler-Zebeli, Handler, Gense, Knecht, Ladinig, Dzieciol, Wetzels, Wagner, Schmitz-Esser and Mann
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Citation Information
Benjamin Zwirzitz, Beate Pinior, Barbara Metzler-Zebeli, Monika Handler, et al.. "Microbiota of the Gut-Lymph Node Axis: Depletion of Mucosa-Associated Segmented Filamentous Bacteria and Enrichment of Methanobrevibacter by Colistin Sulfate and Linco-Spectin in Pigs" Frontiers in Microbiology Vol. 10 (2019) p. 599
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/stephan-schmitz-esser/40/