Gut microbiota-derived succinate aggravates acute lung injury after intestinal ischemia/reperfusion in mice
Gut microbiota-derived succinate aggravates acute lung injury after intestinal ischemia/reperfusion in mice
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肠道微生物群衍生的琥珀酸加重小鼠肠道缺血/再灌注后的急性肺损伤
DOI:
10.1183/13993003.00840-2022
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
24.3
通讯作者:
Ke-Xuan Liu
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作者:
Yi-Heng Wang;Zheng-Zheng Yan;Si-Dan Luo;Jing-Juan Hu;Mei Wu;Jin Zhao;Wei-Feng Liu;Cai Li;Ke-Xuan Liu
IntroductionAcute lung injury (ALI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). Gut microbiota and their metabolic byproducts act as important modulators of the gut–lung axis. This study aimed to define the role of succinate, a key microbiota metabolite, in intestinal I/R-induced ALI progression.MethodsGut and lung microbiota of mice subjected to intestinal I/R were analysed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Succinate level alterations were measured in Germ-free (GF) mice or conventional mice treated with antibiotics. Succinate-induced alveolar macrophage polarisation and its effects on alveolar epithelial apoptosis were evaluated in succinate receptor1 (Sucnr1)-deficient mice and in murine alveolar macrophages transfected withSucnr1-siRNA. Succinate levels were measured in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass, including intestinal I/R.ResultsSuccinate accumulated in lungs after intestinal I/R, and this was associated with an imbalance of succinate-producing and succinate-consuming bacteria in the gut, but not the lungs. Succinate accumulation was absent in GF mice and was reversed by gut microbiota depletion with antibiotics, indicating that gut microbiota are a source of lung succinate. Moreover, succinate promoted alveolar macrophage polarisation, alveolar epithelial apoptosis, and lung injury during intestinal I/R. Conversely, knockdown ofSucnr1or blockage of SUCNR1in vitroandin vivoreversed the effects of succinate by modulating PI3K-AKT/HIF-1α pathway. Plasma succinate levels significantly correlated with intestinal I/R-related lung injury after cardiopulmonary bypass.ConclusionGut microbiota-derived succinate exacerbates intestinal I/R–induced ALI through SUCNR1-dependent alveolar macrophage polarisation, identifying succinate as a novel target for gut-derived ALI in critically ill patients.