Patrick E. Duffy, J. Patrick Gorres, Sara A. Healy, Michal Fried
{"title":"Malaria vaccines: a new era of prevention and control","authors":"Patrick E. Duffy, J. Patrick Gorres, Sara A. Healy, Michal Fried","doi":"10.1038/s41579-024-01065-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-024-01065-7","url":null,"abstract":"Malaria killed over 600,000 people in 2022, a death toll that has not improved since 2015. Additionally, parasites and mosquitoes resistant to existing interventions are spreading across Africa and other regions. Vaccines offer hope to reduce the mortality burden: the first licensed malaria vaccines, RTS,S and R21, will be widely deployed in 2024 and should substantially reduce childhood deaths. In this Review, we provide an overview of the malaria problem and the Plasmodium parasite, then describe the RTS,S and R21 vaccines (the first vaccines for any human parasitic disease), summarizing their benefits and limitations. We explore next-generation vaccines designed using new knowledge of malaria pathogenesis and protective immunity, which incorporate antigens and platforms to elicit effective immune responses against different parasite stages in human or mosquito hosts. We describe a decision-making process that prioritizes malaria vaccine candidates for development in a resource-constrained environment. Future vaccines might improve upon the protective efficacy of RTS,S or R21 for children, or address the wider malaria scourge by preventing pregnancy malaria, reducing the burden of Plasmodium vivax or accelerating malaria elimination. In this Review, Duffy et al. examine the malaria vaccine landscape, showcasing both achievements and setbacks over the past decades. They discuss approaches and assays for different parasite stages, summarize recent advancements, propose a decision-making process for the field and identify future priorities to address unmet needs.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"22 12","pages":"756-772"},"PeriodicalIF":69.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141723985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tearing CRISPR apart","authors":"Andrea Du Toit","doi":"10.1038/s41579-024-01084-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-024-01084-4","url":null,"abstract":"This study shows that the anti-CRISPR protein AcrIF25 inhibits the type I-F CRISPR–Cas system by pulling apart the fully assembled Csy complex.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"22 9","pages":"524-524"},"PeriodicalIF":69.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141631350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shilong Duan, Gu Feng, Erik Limpens, Paola Bonfante, Xianan Xie, Lin Zhang
{"title":"Cross-kingdom nutrient exchange in the plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus–bacterium continuum","authors":"Shilong Duan, Gu Feng, Erik Limpens, Paola Bonfante, Xianan Xie, Lin Zhang","doi":"10.1038/s41579-024-01073-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-024-01073-7","url":null,"abstract":"The association between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) affects plant performance and ecosystem functioning. Recent studies have identified AMF-associated bacteria as cooperative partners that participate in AMF–plant symbiosis: specific endobacteria live inside AMF, and hyphospheric bacteria colonize the soil that surrounds the extraradical hyphae. In this Review, we describe the concept of a plant–AMF–bacterium continuum, summarize current advances and provide perspectives on soil microbiology. First, we review the top-down carbon flow and the bottom-up mineral flow (especially phosphorus and nitrogen) in this continuum, as well as how AMF–bacteria interactions influence the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients (for example, carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen). Second, we discuss how AMF interact with hyphospheric bacteria or endobacteria to regulate nutrient exchange between plants and AMF, and the possible molecular mechanisms that underpin this continuum. Finally, we explore future prospects for studies on the hyphosphere to facilitate the utilization of AMF and hyphospheric bacteria in sustainable agriculture. Most plants form symbioses with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which themselves harbour endobacteria and hyphospheric bacteria. In this Review, Duan et al. explore how nutrients are transferred between the partners in this plant–fungus–bacterium continuum.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"22 12","pages":"773-790"},"PeriodicalIF":69.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141625073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Indirect intervention","authors":"Andrea Du Toit","doi":"10.1038/s41579-024-01085-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-024-01085-3","url":null,"abstract":"This study shows that accounting for spillover effects increased the cost-effectiveness of combined malaria-elimination interventions.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"22 9","pages":"523-523"},"PeriodicalIF":69.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141625092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fiona C. Ross, Dhrati Patangia, Ghjuvan Grimaud, Aonghus Lavelle, Eugene M. Dempsey, R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton
{"title":"The interplay between diet and the gut microbiome: implications for health and disease","authors":"Fiona C. Ross, Dhrati Patangia, Ghjuvan Grimaud, Aonghus Lavelle, Eugene M. Dempsey, R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton","doi":"10.1038/s41579-024-01068-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-024-01068-4","url":null,"abstract":"Diet has a pivotal role in shaping the composition, function and diversity of the gut microbiome, with various diets having a profound impact on the stability, functionality and diversity of the microbial community within our gut. Understanding the profound impact of varied diets on the microbiome is crucial, as it will enable us not only to make well-informed dietary decisions for better metabolic and intestinal health, but also to prevent and slow the onset of specific diet-related diseases that stem from suboptimal diets. In this Review, we explore how geographical location affects the gut microbiome and how different diets shape its composition and function. We examine the mechanisms by which whole dietary regimes, such as the Mediterranean diet, high-fibre diet, plant-based diet, high-protein diet, ketogenic diet and Western diet, influence the gut microbiome. Furthermore, we underscore the need for exhaustive studies to better understand the causal relationship between diet, host and microorganisms for the development of precision nutrition and microbiome-based therapies. In this Review, Stanton and colleagues examine the effect of different whole diets on the composition and function of the gut microbiome and explore how the diet–microbiome relationship influences human health and the progression of different chronic diseases.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"22 11","pages":"671-686"},"PeriodicalIF":69.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141620408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Getting wound closure with Alcaligenes","authors":"Agustina Taglialegna","doi":"10.1038/s41579-024-01082-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-024-01082-6","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, White et al. report that Alcaligenes faecalis mediates wound repair in diabetic foot ulcers.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"22 9","pages":"523-523"},"PeriodicalIF":69.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141556976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Busting Cryptococcus with brilacidin","authors":"Agustina Taglialegna","doi":"10.1038/s41579-024-01081-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-024-01081-7","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, Diehl et al. report that brilacidin could be a promising antifungal drug against Cryptococcus neoformans.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"22 9","pages":"524-524"},"PeriodicalIF":69.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141556975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New WHO proposed terminology for respiratory pathogen transmission","authors":"Nancy H. L. Leung, Donald K. Milton","doi":"10.1038/s41579-024-01067-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-024-01067-5","url":null,"abstract":"A WHO report suggests the terms ‘airborne transmission/inhalation’, ‘direct deposition’ and ‘infectious respiratory particles’ for describing transmission modes, highlighting the continuum of particle size with greatest exposure near the source. The report did not update infection control guidelines.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"22 8","pages":"453-454"},"PeriodicalIF":69.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141498455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bacterial barcoding facilitates plant microbiome studies","authors":"Hualan Liu","doi":"10.1038/s41579-024-01069-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41579-024-01069-3","url":null,"abstract":"This month’s Genome Watch highlights the use of genetic barcoding towards a better understanding of plant–microorganism interactions and colonization dynamics.","PeriodicalId":18838,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Microbiology","volume":"22 8","pages":"459-459"},"PeriodicalIF":69.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141458189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}