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Abstract Title:

Proton Pump Inhibitors Increase the Susceptibility of Mice to Oral Infection with Enteropathogenic Bacteria.

Abstract Source:

Dig Dis Sci. 2018 04 ;63(4):881-889. Epub 2018 Jan 11. PMID: 29327263

Abstract Author(s):

Eiichiro Yasutomi, Namiko Hoshi, Soichiro Adachi, Takafumi Otsuka, Lingling Kong, Yuna Ku, Haruka Yamairi, Jun Inoue, Tsukasa Ishida, Daisuke Watanabe, Makoto Ooi, Masaru Yoshida, Tomoya Tsukimi, Shinji Fukuda, Takeshi Azuma

Article Affiliation:

Eiichiro Yasutomi

Abstract:

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most frequently prescribed medications. Side effects including an increased risk of intestinal infections have been reported. It is assumed that PPIs can increase susceptibility to enteropathogens; however, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Here in this study, we explored whether Lansoprazole (Laz), one of the PPIs, increases the susceptibility to enteropathogens, and further investigated the mechanism of it.

METHODS: Mice were administered Laz intraperitoneally once daily and orally infected with Citrobacter rodentium (C. rodentium). The establishment of intestinal infection was assessed by histology and inflammatory cytokine expression levels measured by quantitative PCR. To test whether Laz changes the intestinal environment to influence the susceptibility, intestinal pH, microbiota, metabolites and immune cell distributions were evaluated via pH measurement, 16S rRNA gene sequencing, metabolome, and flow cytometry analyses after Laz administration.

RESULTS: Colitis was induced with less C. rodentium in Laz-treated mice as compared with the controls. We found that increased numbers of C. rodentium could reach the cecum following Laz administration. Laz increased pH in the stomach but not in the intestines. It induced dysbiosis and changed the metabolite content of the small intestine. However, these changes did not lead to alterations of immune cell distribution.

CONCLUSIONS: Laz raised susceptibility to C. rodentium as increased numbers of the pathogen reach the site of infection. Our results suggest that it was due to increased stomach pH which allowed more peroral enteropathogens to pass the stomach, but not because of changes of intestinal environment.

Study Type : Animal Study

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