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Colorectal cancer-associated microbiota contributes to oncogenic epigenetic signatures

2019; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 116; Issue: 48 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1073/pnas.1912129116

1091-6490

Iradj Sobhani, Emma Bergsten, Séverine Couffin, Aurélien Amiot, Biba Nebbad, Caroline Barau, Nicola de’Angelis, Sylvie Rabot, Florence Canouï‐Poitrine, Denis Mestivier, Thierry Pédron, Khashayarsha Khazaie, Philippe Sansonetti,

Dietary Effects on Health

Sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) is a result of complex interactions between the host and its environment. Environmental stressors act by causing host cell DNA alterations implicated in the onset of cancer. Here we investigate the stressor ability of CRC-associated gut dysbiosis as causal agent of host DNA alterations. The epigenetic nature of these alterations was investigated in humans and in mice. Germ-free mice receiving fecal samples from subjects with normal colonoscopy or from CRC patients were monitored for 7 or 14 wk. Aberrant crypt foci, luminal microbiota, and DNA alterations (colonic exome sequencing and methylation patterns) were monitored following human feces transfer. CRC-associated microbiota induced higher numbers of hypermethylated genes in murine colonic mucosa (vs. healthy controls' microbiota recipients). Several gene promoters including SFRP1,2,3, PENK, NPY, ALX4, SEPT9, and WIF1 promoters were found hypermethylated in CRC but not in normal tissues or effluents from fecal donors. In a pilot study (