Tianze Yu, Xiaoqiang Xu, Yang Liu, Xiaokai Wang, Shi Wu, Zhuoqiong Qiu, Xiaochun Liu, Xiaoyu Pan, Chaoying Gu, Shangshang Wang, Lixin Dong, Wei Li, Xu Yao
{"title":"Multi-omics signatures reveal genomic and functional heterogeneity of Cutibacterium acnes in normal and diseased skin","authors":"Tianze Yu, Xiaoqiang Xu, Yang Liu, Xiaokai Wang, Shi Wu, Zhuoqiong Qiu, Xiaochun Liu, Xiaoyu Pan, Chaoying Gu, Shangshang Wang, Lixin Dong, Wei Li, Xu Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.chom.2024.06.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><em>Cutibacterium acnes</em> is the most abundant bacterium of the human skin microbiome since adolescence, participating in both skin homeostasis and diseases. Here, we demonstrate individual and niche heterogeneity of <em>C. acnes</em> from 1,234 isolate genomes. Skin disease (atopic dermatitis and acne) and body site shape genomic differences of <em>C. acnes</em>, stemming from horizontal gene transfer and selection pressure. <em>C. acnes</em> harbors characteristic metabolic functions, fewer antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors, and a more stable genome compared with <em>Staphylococcus epidermidis</em>. Integrated genome, transcriptome, and metabolome analysis at the strain level unveils the functional characteristics of <em>C. acnes</em>. Consistent with the transcriptome signature, <em>C. acnes</em> in a sebum-rich environment induces toxic and pro-inflammatory effects on keratinocytes. L-carnosine, an anti-oxidative stress metabolite, is up-regulated in the <em>C. acnes</em> metabolome from atopic dermatitis and attenuates skin inflammation. Collectively, our study reveals the joint impact of genes and the microenvironment on <em>C. acnes</em> function.</p>","PeriodicalId":9693,"journal":{"name":"Cell host & microbe","volume":"85 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141453186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adarsh Kumbhari, Thomas N.H. Cheng, Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, Bharati Kochar, Kristin E. Burke, Kevin Shannon, Helena Lau, Ramnik J. Xavier, Christopher S. Smillie
{"title":"Discovery of disease-adapted bacterial lineages in inflammatory bowel diseases","authors":"Adarsh Kumbhari, Thomas N.H. Cheng, Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, Bharati Kochar, Kristin E. Burke, Kevin Shannon, Helena Lau, Ramnik J. Xavier, Christopher S. Smillie","doi":"10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.022","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Gut bacteria are implicated in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the strains driving these associations are unknown. Large-scale studies of microbiome evolution could reveal the imprint of disease on gut bacteria, thus pinpointing the strains and genes that may underlie inflammation. Here, we use stool metagenomes of thousands of IBD patients and healthy controls to reconstruct 140,000 strain genotypes, revealing hundreds of lineages enriched in IBD. We demonstrate that these strains are ancient, taxonomically diverse, and ubiquitous in humans. Moreover, disease-associated strains outcompete their healthy counterparts during inflammation, implying long-term adaptation to disease. Strain genetic differences map onto known axes of inflammation, including oxidative stress, nutrient biosynthesis, and immune evasion. Lastly, the loss of health-associated strains of <em>Eggerthella lenta</em> was predictive of fecal calprotectin, a biomarker of disease severity. Our work identifies reservoirs of strain diversity that may impact inflammatory disease and can be extended to other microbiome-associated diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":9693,"journal":{"name":"Cell host & microbe","volume":"82 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141444995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Desmond Richmond-Buccola, Samuel J. Hobbs, Jasmine M. Garcia, Hunter Toyoda, Jingjing Gao, Sichen Shao, Amy S.Y. Lee, Philip J. Kranzusch
{"title":"A large-scale type I CBASS antiphage screen identifies the phage prohead protease as a key determinant of immune activation and evasion","authors":"Desmond Richmond-Buccola, Samuel J. Hobbs, Jasmine M. Garcia, Hunter Toyoda, Jingjing Gao, Sichen Shao, Amy S.Y. Lee, Philip J. Kranzusch","doi":"10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.021","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cyclic oligonucleotide-based signaling system (CBASS) is an antiviral system that protects bacteria from phage infection and is evolutionarily related to human cGAS-STING immunity. cGAS-STING signaling is initiated by the recognition of viral DNA, but the molecular cues activating CBASS are incompletely understood. Using a screen of 975 type I CBASS operon-phage challenges, we show that operons with distinct cGAS/DncV-like nucleotidyltransferases (CD-NTases) and CD-NTase-associated protein (Cap) effectors exhibit marked patterns of phage restriction. We find that some type I CD-NTase enzymes require a C-terminal AGS-C immunoglobulin (Ig)-like fold domain for defense against select phages. Escaper phages evade CBASS via protein-coding mutations in virion assembly proteins, and acquired resistance is largely operon specific. We demonstrate that the phage Bas13 prohead protease interacts with the CD-NTase <em>Ec</em>CdnD12 and can induce CBASS-dependent growth arrest in cells. Our results define phage virion assembly as a determinant of type I CBASS immune evasion and support viral protein recognition as a putative mechanism of cGAS-like enzyme activation.</p>","PeriodicalId":9693,"journal":{"name":"Cell host & microbe","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141445065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lauren A. Hesser, Armando A. Puente, Jack Arnold, Edward Ionescu, Anjali Mirmira, Nidhi Talasani, Jacqueline Lopez, Lisa Maccio-Maretto, Mark Mimee, Cathryn R. Nagler
{"title":"A synbiotic of Anaerostipes caccae and lactulose prevents and treats food allergy in mice","authors":"Lauren A. Hesser, Armando A. Puente, Jack Arnold, Edward Ionescu, Anjali Mirmira, Nidhi Talasani, Jacqueline Lopez, Lisa Maccio-Maretto, Mark Mimee, Cathryn R. Nagler","doi":"10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.019","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Depletion of beneficial microbes by modern lifestyle factors correlates with the rising prevalence of food allergies. Re-introduction of allergy-protective bacteria may be an effective treatment strategy. We characterized the fecal microbiota of healthy and food-allergic infants and found that the anaerobe <em>Anaerostipes caccae</em> (<em>A. caccae</em>) was representative of the protective capacity of the healthy microbiota. We isolated a strain of <em>A. caccae</em> from the feces of a healthy infant and identified lactulose as a prebiotic to optimize butyrate production by <em>A. caccae in vitro</em>. Administration of a synbiotic composed of our isolated <em>A. caccae</em> strain and lactulose increased luminal butyrate in gnotobiotic mice colonized with feces from an allergic infant and in antibiotic-treated specific pathogen-free (SPF) mice, and prevented or treated an anaphylactic response to allergen challenge. The synbiotic’s efficacy in two models and microbial contexts suggests that it may be a promising approach for the treatment of food allergy.</p>","PeriodicalId":9693,"journal":{"name":"Cell host & microbe","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141430646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Umut Karakus, Ignacio Mena, Jithesh Kottur, Sara S. El Zahed, Rocío Seoane, Soner Yildiz, Leanne Chen, Magdalena Plancarte, LeAnn Lindsay, Rebecca Halpin, Timothy B. Stockwell, David E. Wentworth, Geert-Jan Boons, Florian Krammer, Silke Stertz, Walter Boyce, Robert P. de Vries, Aneel K. Aggarwal, Adolfo García-Sastre
{"title":"H19 influenza A virus exhibits species-specific MHC class II receptor usage","authors":"Umut Karakus, Ignacio Mena, Jithesh Kottur, Sara S. El Zahed, Rocío Seoane, Soner Yildiz, Leanne Chen, Magdalena Plancarte, LeAnn Lindsay, Rebecca Halpin, Timothy B. Stockwell, David E. Wentworth, Geert-Jan Boons, Florian Krammer, Silke Stertz, Walter Boyce, Robert P. de Vries, Aneel K. Aggarwal, Adolfo García-Sastre","doi":"10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.018","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Avian influenza A virus (IAV) surveillance in Northern California, USA, revealed unique IAV hemagglutinin (HA) genome sequences in cloacal swabs from lesser scaups. We found two closely related HA sequences in the same duck species in 2010 and 2013. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that both sequences belong to the recently discovered H19 subtype, which thus far has remained uncharacterized. We demonstrate that H19 does not bind the canonical IAV receptor sialic acid (Sia). Instead, H19 binds to the major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC class II), which facilitates viral entry. Unlike the broad MHC class II specificity of H17 and H18 from bat IAV, H19 exhibits a species-specific MHC class II usage that suggests a limited host range and zoonotic potential. Using cell lines overexpressing MHC class II, we rescued recombinant H19 IAV. We solved the H19 crystal structure and identified residues within the putative Sia receptor binding site (RBS) that impede Sia-dependent entry.</p>","PeriodicalId":9693,"journal":{"name":"Cell host & microbe","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141333896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neuropilin invites reoviruses into neurons","authors":"Tom Gallagher","doi":"10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this issue of <em>Cell Host & Microbe</em>, Shang et al. identify murine neuropilin 1 as a host factor that binds reovirus particles, directing cell entry and contributing to viral dissemination and neurovirulence. This study highlights the reovirus model system to investigate host receptors and their significance in viral pathogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":9693,"journal":{"name":"Cell host & microbe","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Going viral: The role of mobile genetic elements in bacterial immunity","authors":"Beatriz Beamud, Fabienne Benz, David Bikard","doi":"10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.017","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bacteriophages and other mobile genetic elements (MGEs) pose a significant threat to bacteria, subjecting them to constant attacks. In response, bacteria have evolved a sophisticated immune system that employs diverse defensive strategies and mechanisms. Remarkably, a growing body of evidence suggests that most of these defenses are encoded by MGEs themselves. This realization challenges our traditional understanding of bacterial immunity and raises intriguing questions about the evolutionary forces at play. Our review provides a comprehensive overview of the latest findings on the main families of MGEs and the defense systems they encode. We also highlight how a vast diversity of defense systems remains to be discovered and their mechanism of mobility understood. Altogether, the composition and distribution of defense systems in bacterial genomes only makes sense in the light of the ecological and evolutionary interactions of a complex network of MGEs.</p>","PeriodicalId":9693,"journal":{"name":"Cell host & microbe","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marta Selma-Royo, Léonard Dubois, Serena Manara, Federica Armanini, Raúl Cabrera-Rubio, Mireia Valles-Colomer, Sonia González, Anna Parra-Llorca, Ramon Escuriet, Lars Bode, Cecilia Martínez-Costa, Nicola Segata, Maria Carmen Collado
{"title":"Birthmode and environment-dependent microbiota transmission dynamics are complemented by breastfeeding during the first year","authors":"Marta Selma-Royo, Léonard Dubois, Serena Manara, Federica Armanini, Raúl Cabrera-Rubio, Mireia Valles-Colomer, Sonia González, Anna Parra-Llorca, Ramon Escuriet, Lars Bode, Cecilia Martínez-Costa, Nicola Segata, Maria Carmen Collado","doi":"10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The composition and maturation of the early-life microbiota are modulated by a number of perinatal factors, whose interplay in relation to microbial vertical transmission remains inadequately elucidated. Using recent strain-tracking methodologies, we analyzed mother-to-infant microbiota transmission in two different birth environments: hospital-born (vaginal/cesarean) and home-born (vaginal) infants and their mothers. While delivery mode primarily explains initial compositional differences, place of birth impacts transmission timing—being early in homebirths and delayed in cesarean deliveries. Transmission patterns vary greatly across species and birth groups, yet certain species, like <em>Bifidobacterium longum</em>, are consistently vertically transmitted regardless of delivery setting. Strain-level analysis of <em>B. longum</em> highlights relevant and consistent subspecies replacement patterns mainly explained by breastfeeding practices, which drive changes in human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) degrading capabilities. Our findings highlight how delivery setting, breastfeeding duration, and other lifestyle preferences collectively shape vertical transmission, impacting infant gut colonization during early life.</p>","PeriodicalId":9693,"journal":{"name":"Cell host & microbe","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tactical terminase: How a Salmonella prophage navigates oxidative stress","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.010","url":null,"abstract":"Stress-induced prophages commonly “jump ship” by inducing lysis via the host SOS response. In a recent work, Uppalapati et al. reports an alternate, s…","PeriodicalId":9693,"journal":{"name":"Cell host & microbe","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nutrient acquisition strategies by gut microbes","authors":"Matthew K. Muramatsu, Sebastian E. Winter","doi":"10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The composition and function of the gut microbiota are intimately tied to nutrient acquisition strategies and metabolism, with significant implications for host health. Both dietary and host-intrinsic factors influence community structure and the basic modes of bacterial energy metabolism. The intestinal tract is rich in carbon and nitrogen sources; however, limited access to oxygen restricts energy-generating reactions to fermentation. By contrast, increased availability of electron acceptors during episodes of intestinal inflammation results in phylum-level changes in gut microbiota composition, suggesting that bacterial energy metabolism is a key driver of gut microbiota function. In this review article, we will illustrate diverse examples of microbial nutrient acquisition strategies in the context of habitat filters and anatomical location and the central role of energy metabolism in shaping metabolic strategies to support bacterial growth in the mammalian gut.</p>","PeriodicalId":9693,"journal":{"name":"Cell host & microbe","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}