Nurturing the Gut, Moms with IBD and Their Babies.
Nurturing the Gut, Moms with IBD and Their Babies.
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滋养肠道,患有炎症性肠病的妈妈和她们的宝宝。
DOI:
10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad139
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发表时间:
2023
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Bishu,Shrinivas
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作者:
Bishu,Shrinivas
Inflammatory bowel diseases [IBD], encompassing Crohn’s disease [CD] and ulcerative colitis [UC], are the consequence of dysregulated host responses to dysbiotic gut microbiota. This scenario arises when a susceptible host meets environmental risk factors that tip the scales towards inflammation. 1 A uniquely important question that intersects gene-environment interactions, is maternal transmission of IBD to their offspring. Clinically, this is very high-value question that is frequently posed by mothers with IBD. We know that offspring of mothers with IBD have a higher risk of developing IBD relative to offspring of mothers without IBD. Yet the magnitude of this risk and the mechanisms that underlie the ‘generational transmission’of IBD to infants are very unclear. Epidemiological studies have reported widely varying rates of IBD in offspring of mothers with IBD, ranging from 2% to near 40%! 2–4 Whereas this variance may be due to the challenges inherent in tracking individual-level epidemiological data over time, it is clear our understanding of mother to infant transmission of IBD has many gaps.In this edition of the Journal, Sabino et al. present a potential pathway whereby IBD may be generationally transferred. These data are drawn from the ‘Exploring MEChanisms Of disease traNsmission In Utero through the Microbiome’[MECONIUM] study, which follows a cohort of mothers with IBD and their offspring through early life. 5 The MECONIUM study examines how the gut microbiota of offspring of mothers with IBD evolves and contributes to the risk that these offspring will develop IBD. The MECONIUM study prospectively follows> 200 patients, and is adjusted for key variables like maternal age and race, mode of delivery, feeding type, medical complications, and early antibiotic use. The longitudinal and controlled design has the potential to provide valuable insights into the pathways that underlie the generational transmission of IBD. 5 Herein, the authors discovered that along with mode of delivery and feeding type, maternal IBD status is a major contributor to the β-diversity of offspring even up to 2 years after delivery. At the taxonomic level, the genus Bifidobacterium, which is protective in murine models of colitis and possibly in patients with UC, was less abundant in offspring of mothers with IBD. 6–8 Accumulating data indicate that maternal breast milk has substantial immune-modulatory properties via cytokines, metabolites, and immunoglobulins. 9, 10 In turn, murine models have linked weaning with intestinal homeostasis and to the risk of inflammatory conditions later in life. 11 Consistent with these possibilities, the breast milk of mothers with IBD has significantly lower levels of the chemokine