Journal
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 297-306Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000282
Keywords
adherent-invasive E; coli; Crohn's disease; environmental factors; microbiota; colonization
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP-89894, IOP-92890]
- Canada Research Chair in Gastrointestinal Disease
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Background:Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) colonization has been strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease. Environmental triggers such as vitamin D deficiency have emerged as key factors in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of 1,25(OH)(2)D-3 on AIEC infection-induced changes in vivo and in vitro.Methods:Barrier function was assessed in polarized epithelial Caco-2-bbe cells grown in medium with or without vitamin D and challenged with AIEC strain LF82. Weaned C57BL/6 mice were fed either a vitamin D-sufficient or -deficient diet for 5 weeks and then infected with AIEC, in the absence and presence of low-dose dextran sodium sulphate. Disease severity was assessed by histological analysis and in vivo intestinal permeability assay. Presence of invasive bacteria was assessed by transmission electron microscopy.Results:Caco-2-bbe cells incubated with 1,25(OH)(2)D-3 were protected against AIEC-induced disruption of transepithelial electrical resistance and tight-junction protein redistribution. Vitamin D-deficient C57BL/6 mice given a course of 2% dextran sodium sulphate exhibited pronounced epithelial barrier dysfunction, were more susceptible to AIEC colonization, and showed exacerbated colonic injury. Transmission electron microscopy of colonic tissue from infected mice demonstrated invasion of AIEC and fecal microbiome analysis revealed shifts in microbial communities.Conclusions:These data show that vitamin D is able to mitigate the deleterious effects of AIEC on the intestinal mucosa, by maintaining intestinal epithelial barrier homeostasis and preserving tight-junction architecture. This study highlights the association between vitamin D status, dysbiosis, and Crohn's disease.
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