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ArticleJournal of extracellular vesicles2024

Bacterial extracellular vesicles as intranasal postbiotics: Detailed characterization and interaction with airway cells.

Agnieszka Razim, Agnieszka Zabłocka, Anna Schmid, Michael Thaler, Viktor Černý, Tamara Weinmayer, Bradley Whitehead, Anke Martens, Magdalena Skalska, Mattia Morandi and 16 more

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Article in Journal of extracellular vesicles, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Agnieszka RazimInstitute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-5471-7013
Agnieszka ZabłockaHirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
Anna SchmidInstitute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michael ThalerInstitute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Viktor ČernýInstitute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Tamara WeinmayerInstitute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Bradley WhiteheadDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0009-0000-8231-1707
Anke MartensDivision of Neonatology, Paediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatric, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Comprehensive Centre for Paediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Magdalena SkalskaDepartment of Medical Physics, M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Mattia MorandiInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-8467-4552
Katy SchmidtResearch Support Facilities, Imaging Unit CIUS, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Magdalena E WysmołekInstitute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Akos VégváriProteomics Biomedicum, Division of Chemistry I, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Dagmar SrutkovaLaboratory of Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Novy Hradek, Czech Republic.
Martin SchwarzerLaboratory of Gnotobiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Novy Hradek, Czech Republic.
Lukas NeuningerInstitute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Peter NejsumDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jiri HrdýInstitute of Immunology and Microbiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
Johan PalmfeldtResearch Unit for Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Marco BrucaleInstitute of Nanostructured Materials, CNR-ISMN, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7244-4389
Francesco ValleInstitute of Nanostructured Materials, CNR-ISMN, Bologna, Italy.
Sabina GórskaHirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
Lukas WisgrillDivision of Neonatology, Paediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatric, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Comprehensive Centre for Paediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Aleksandra Inic-KanadaInstitute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Ursula WiedermannInstitute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Irma SchabussovaInstitute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2109-2640

Funding

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung Danube-Allergy Cluster (P17)Austrian Science Fund P 34867Grantová Agentura České Republiky 23-04050LHORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions 101066450Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004597Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej PPN/BAT/2021/1/00004/U/00001OeAD-GmbH CZ 04/2024OeAD-GmbH CZ 07/2023OeAD-GmbH CZ 15/2023OeAD-GmbH RS 08/2022OP JAK project MSCA fellowships CZ-UK2 CZ.02.01.01/00/22_010/0008115SciMat and qLife Priority Research Area under Strategic Programme Excellence Initiative "Laboratories for the Young" LM/29/SMVienna Science and Technology Fund 10.47379/LS20025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Escherichia coli A0 34/86 (EcO83) is a probiotic strain used in newborns to prevent nosocomial infections and diarrhoea. This bacterium stimulates both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production and its intranasal administration reduces allergic airway inflammation in mice. Despite its benefits, there are concerns about the use of live probiotic bacteria due to potential systemic infections and gene transfer. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from EcO83 (EcO83-EVs) might offer a safer alternative to live bacteria. This study characterizes EcO83-EVs and investigates their interaction with host cells, highlighting their potential as postbiotic therapeutics. EcO83-EVs were isolated, purified, and characterised following the Minimal Information of Studies of Extracellular Vesicles (MISEV) guidelines. Ex vivo studies conducted in human nasal epithelial cells showed that EcO83-EVs increased the expression of proteins linked to oxidative stress and inflammation, indicating an effective interaction between EVs and the host cells. Further in vivo studies in mice demonstrated that EcO83-EVs interact with nasal-associated lymphoid tissue, are internalised by airway macrophages, and stimulate neutrophil recruitment in the lung. Mechanistically, EcO83-EVs activate the NF-κΒ signalling pathway, resulting in the nitric oxide production. EcO83-EVs demonstrate significant potential as a postbiotic alternative to live bacteria, offering a safer option for therapeutic applications. Further research is required to explore their clinical use, particularly in mucosal vaccination and targeted immunotherapy strategies.

Indexed as

Administration, IntranasalEscherichia coliExtracellular VesiclesProbioticsAnimalsEpithelial CellsHumansLungLymphoid TissueMacrophagesMiceNF-kappa BOxidative StressNF-kappa Bbacterial extracellular vesiclesEc083EVsmacrophageNF‐κΒ signallingnitric oxidepostbioticsprobiotic

Identifiers

PMID39429019
PMCPMC11491762

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