腸内病原体の転移がマウスとヒトの自己免疫を誘発する
S Manfredo Vieira1, M Hiltensperger1, V Kumar2
1Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
まとめ
腸内細菌であるEnterococcus gallinarumは 遺伝的に敏感な個体で 自己免疫疾患を引き起こします この病原生物は
科学分野:
- 微生物学
- 免疫学
- 自己免疫性
背景:
- 自己免疫疾患における腸内微生物の役割は十分に理解されていません.
- 微生物群と免疫疾患の間には関連性がありますが,自己免疫性の因果関係は不明です.
研究 の 目的:
- 自己免疫反応を誘発する腸内病原生物の転位を調査する.
- 自己免疫の病原生物を標的とした 潜在的な治療戦略を探る
主な方法:
- Enterococcus gallinarumの転位が 自己免疫性のあるマウスで研究された.
- 抗生物質治療と病原生物特有のワクチンを介入として使用した.
- 肝細胞と病原生物の共同培養実験を行った.
- 肝臓の生検を分析した
主要な成果:
- Enterococcus gallinarumが全身組織に転移すると,自己免疫反応,自己抗体,およびマウスの死亡が誘発された.
- 抗生物質の治療とワクチン接種は,疾患の進行と死亡を予防しました.
- 共同培養実験では 病原生物が自己免疫促進因子を誘発することを明らかにしました
- Enterococcus gallinarumのDNAは,自己免疫患者の肝臓生検で検出されました.
結論:
- 腸内病原生物の転移は,遺伝的に予備されている宿主において,自己免疫を誘発し,促進することができる.
- トランスロケーションされた腸内病原生物をターゲットにすることで 自己免疫疾患の治療戦略が実現できます
- 発見は,同様のメカニズムが 感受性の高いヒト集団で作用することを示唆しています.
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