Cooperation Between Genotoxic Bacteria Accelerates Tumorigenesis in a Mouse Model of Colon Carcinogenesis
Plitt, T.; Piessevaux, A.; Rajpal, U.; Fisher, J.; Spindler, M. P.; Li, Z.; Mogno, I.; Yang, Y.; Desch, A. N.; Chu, G.; Jiang, Z.; Wang, J.; Gevers, D.; Pocalyko, D.; Geis, A. L.; Jobin, C.; Bachman, K. E.; Sears, C. L.; Britton, G. J.; San Mateo, L. R.; Faith, J.
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To identify causal links between gut microbes and tumorigenesis, we colonized groups of germ-free colon tumor-susceptible mice (ApcMin/+;Il10-/-) with 15 cultured human fecal microbiotas from healthy individuals, as well as patients with inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer. The number of colonic tumors in ApcMin/+;Il10-/- mice varied by donor microbiota but not by the health status of the donor. In vitro screens of host cell proliferation, genotoxicity, and inflammation in bacteria-mammalian cell cocultures revealed that genotoxicity best predicted tumorigenic microbes in vivo with genotoxic microbes present in all tested individuals. The genotoxic subset of strains from each donor induced more tumors than the complete community - even when the complete community was not tumorigenic. Combining genotoxic microbes from multiple sources increased tumor number and decreased the time to tumor onset. Together these results suggest that most individuals harbor genotoxic bacterial strains and the balance of genotoxic to protective strains determines the timing and severity of tumorigenesis in vivo.
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