2022
Commensal microbiota from patients with inflammatory bowel disease produce genotoxic metabolites
Cao Y, Oh J, Xue M, Huh WJ, Wang J, Gonzalez-Hernandez JA, Rice TA, Martin AL, Song D, Crawford JM, Herzon SB, Palm NW. Commensal microbiota from patients with inflammatory bowel disease produce genotoxic metabolites. Science 2022, 378: eabm3233. PMID: 36302024, PMCID: PMC9993714, DOI: 10.1126/science.abm3233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColorectal cancerInflammatory bowel disease patientsBowel disease patientsInflammatory bowel diseaseIndigenous gut microbesBowel diseaseDisease patientsCommensal microbiotaDNA damageColon tumorigenesisElicit DNA damageGut microbesGenotoxic metabolitesGut commensalsMorganella morganiiPatientsGenotoxic chemicalsDiseaseMicrobiotaMetabolitesGenotoxicityCancerMiceFull spectrumDamageLACC1 bridges NOS2 and polyamine metabolism in inflammatory macrophages
Wei Z, Oh J, Flavell RA, Crawford JM. LACC1 bridges NOS2 and polyamine metabolism in inflammatory macrophages. Nature 2022, 609: 348-353. PMID: 35978195, PMCID: PMC9813773, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05111-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseWild-type activityCentral regulatory roleMammalian immune systemBone marrow-derived macrophagesInflammatory macrophagesBiochemical functionsBowel diseaseSignaling outcomesMarrow-derived macrophagesPattern recognition receptorsInflammatory diseasesBiochemical roleRegulatory roleMechanistic connectionUnidentified pathwaySalmonella enterica TyphimuriumNitric oxide synthaseRecognition receptorsHost damageHuman inflammatory diseasesMultiple inflammatory diseasesEnterica TyphimuriumOrnithine decarboxylaseLACC1
2020
Sulfamethoxazole drug stress upregulates antioxidant immunomodulatory metabolites in Escherichia coli
Park HB, Wei Z, Oh J, Xu H, Kim CS, Wang R, Wyche TP, Piizzi G, Flavell RA, Crawford JM. Sulfamethoxazole drug stress upregulates antioxidant immunomodulatory metabolites in Escherichia coli. Nature Microbiology 2020, 5: 1319-1329. PMID: 32719505, PMCID: PMC7581551, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-0763-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-inflammatory interleukin-10Colitis mouse modelInflammatory bowel diseaseColitis symptomsBowel diseaseInterleukin-10Immunological markersPathogenic roleImmunomodulatory metabolitesImmunomodulatory phenotypeGastrointestinal tractMouse modelImmunological activityPrimary human tissuesDrug stressSubinhibitory levelsHuman tissuesEnvironmental isolatesCertain strainsMetabolic pathwaysMetabolitesPatientsEscherichia coliSymptomsIBDBacterial Autoimmune Drug Metabolism Transforms an Immunomodulator into Structurally and Functionally Divergent Antibiotics
Park HB, Goddard TN, Oh J, Patel J, Wei Z, Perez CE, Mercado BQ, Wang R, Wyche TP, Piizzi G, Flavell RA, Crawford J. Bacterial Autoimmune Drug Metabolism Transforms an Immunomodulator into Structurally and Functionally Divergent Antibiotics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59: 7871-7880. PMID: 32097515, PMCID: PMC7200298, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusVancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalisColitis mouse modelInflammatory bowel diseaseInflammatory bacteriaBowel diseaseAtopic dermatitisDietary stilbenesMouse modelDrug metabolismTapinarofStaphylococcus aureusEnterococcus faecalisMetabolism productsDisease symptomsPsoriasisDermatitisImmunomodulatorsSymptomsNrf2DiseaseBacterial Autoimmune Drug Metabolism Transforms an Immunomodulator into Structurally and Functionally Divergent Antibiotics
Park H, Goddard T, Oh J, Patel J, Wei Z, Perez C, Mercado B, Wang R, Wyche T, Piizzi G, Flavell R, Crawford J. Bacterial Autoimmune Drug Metabolism Transforms an Immunomodulator into Structurally and Functionally Divergent Antibiotics. Angewandte Chemie 2020, 132: 7945-7954. DOI: 10.1002/ange.201916204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusVancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalisColitis mouse modelInflammatory bowel diseaseInflammatory bacteriaBowel diseaseAtopic dermatitisDietary stilbenesMouse modelDrug metabolismTapinarofStaphylococcus aureusEnterococcus faecalisMetabolism productsDisease symptomsPsoriasisDermatitisImmunomodulatorsSymptomsNrf2Disease