Journal
GUT MICROBES
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2257291
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Colorectal cancer; helicobacter pylori; temperate bacteriophage; auxiliary metabolic genes; bacteria-phage interaction
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This study reveals the relationship between chronic Helicobacter pylori infection and colorectal cancer (CRC), and highlights the role of viral communities in the development of CRC. Using mouse models, the researchers found an expansion of temperate phages in early-stage carcinogenesis. Some of these phages were predicted to infect bacteria associated with CRC. Additionally, strong associations between viral and bacterial communities were observed in infected mice before the onset of carcinogenesis.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide. While a close correlation between chronic Helicobacter pylori infection and CRC has been reported, the role of the virome has been overlooked. Here, we infected Apc-mutant mouse models and C57BL/6 mice with H. pylori and conducted a comprehensive metagenomics analysis of H. pylori-induced changes in lower gastrointestinal tract bacterial and viral communities. We observed an expansion of temperate phages in H. pylori infected Apc(+/1638N) mice at the early stage of carcinogenesis. Some of the temperate phages were predicted to infect bacteria associated with CRC, including Enterococcus faecalis. We also observed a high prevalence of virulent genes, such as flgJ, cwlJ, and sleB, encoded by temperate phages. In addition, we identified phages associated with pre-onset and onset of H. pylori-promoted carcinogenesis. Through co-occurrence network analysis, we found strong associations between the viral and bacterial communities in infected mice before the onset of carcinogenesis. These findings suggest that the expansion of temperate phages, possibly caused by prophage induction triggered by H. pylori infection, may have contributed to the development of CRC in mice by interacting with the bacterial community.
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