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GUT
Volume 72, Issue 6, Pages 1143-1154Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-328389
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COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLONIC MICROFLORA; INTESTINAL MICROBIOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS
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This study assessed the role of gut microbiota in colonic surgical healing by performing fecal microbiota transplantation in mice. Certain bacterial strains were found to be associated with healing capacity and gut integrity, and the preoperative white blood cell count of patients was also correlated with postoperative colonic healing quality. These findings have important implications for invasive gastrointestinal procedures.
ObjectiveColorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most diagnosed cancer, and requires surgical resection and reconnection, or anastomosis, of the remaining bowel to re-establish intestinal continuity. Anastomotic leak (AL) is a major complication that increases mortality and cancer recurrence. Our objective is to assess the causal role of gut microbiota in anastomotic healing. DesignThe causal role of gut microbiota was assessed in a murine AL model receiving faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from patients with CRC collected before surgery and who later developed or not, AL. Anastomotic healing and gut barrier integrity were assessed after surgery. Bacterial candidates implicated in anastomotic healing were identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and were isolated from faecal samples to be tested both in vitro and in vivo. ResultsMice receiving FMT from patients that developed AL displayed poor anastomotic healing. Profiling of gut microbiota of patients and mice after FMT revealed correlations between healing parameters and the relative abundance of Alistipes onderdonkii and Parabacteroides goldsteinii. Oral supplementation with A. onderdonkii resulted in a higher rate of leaks in mice, while gavage with P. goldsteinii improved healing by exerting an anti-inflammatory effect. Patients with AL and mice receiving FMT from AL patients presented upregulation of mucosal MIP-1 alpha, MIP-2, MCP-1 and IL-17A/F before surgery. Retrospective analysis revealed that patients with AL present higher circulating neutrophil and monocyte counts before surgery. ConclusionGut microbiota plays an important role in surgical colonic healing in patients with CRC. The impact of these findings may extend to a vast array of invasive gastrointestinal procedures.
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