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ArticleBrain, behavior, and immunity2024

Lactobacillus from the Altered Schaedler Flora maintain IFNγ homeostasis to promote behavioral stress resilience.

Andrea R Merchak, Samuel Wachamo, Lucille C Brown, Alisha Thakur, Brett Moreau, Ryan M Brown, Courtney R Rivet-Noor, Tula Raghavan, Alban Gaultier

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Article in Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea R MerchakDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. Electronic address: amerchak@ufl.edu.
Samuel WachamoDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Lucille C BrownDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Alisha ThakurDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Brett MoreauDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Ryan M BrownDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Courtney R Rivet-NoorDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Tula RaghavanDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Alban GaultierDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address: ag7h@virginia.edu.
University of Virginia · USUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007267 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI GARCIA-BLANCO, MARIANO A. · 1985 to 2024
$13.4M
TRAINING IN CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM008136 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI STUKENBERG, P. TODD · 1985 to 2020
$8.5M
Training in the Pharmacological SciencesT32GM148379 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI Michelle L Bland, Thurl E. Harris · 2023 to 2026
$1.3M
Brain, Immunology and Glia Training ProgramT32NS115657 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI Alban P Gaultier, TAJIE H. HARRIS · 2021 to 2026
$1.2M
Remyelination in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis resulting from microbial metabolite sensor disruptionF31AI174782 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI MERCHAK, ANDREA RAE · 2023 to 2023
$20k
NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI174782NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007267NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008136NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM148379NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS115657
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiome consists of trillions of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that inhabit the digestive tract. These communities are sensitive to disruption from environmental exposures ranging from diet changes to illness. Disruption of the community of lactic acid producing bacteria, Lactobaccillacea, has been well documented in mood disorders and stress exposure. In fact, oral supplement with many Lactobacillus species can ameliorate these effects, preventing depression- and anxiety-like behavior. Here, we utilize a gnotobiotic mouse colonized with the Altered Schaedler Flora to remove the two native species of Lactobaccillacea: L. intestinalis and L. murinus. Using this microbial community, we found that the Lactobacillus species themselves, and not the disrupted microbial communities are protective from environmental stressors. Further, we determine that Lactobaccillacea are maintaining homeostatic IFNγ levels which are mediating these behavioral and circuit level responses. By utilizing the Altered Schaedler Flora, we have gained new insight into how probiotics influence behavior and provide novel methods to study potential therapies to treat mood disorders.

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeLactobacillusProbioticsResilience, PsychologicalAnimalsGastrointestinal TractHomeostasisMice

Identifiers

PMID37924959
PMCPMC10842688
OpenAlexW4388294857

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