Antibiotics in neonatal life increase murine susceptibility to experimental psoriasis

Peter Zanvit, Joanne E. Konkel, Xue Jiao, Shimpei Kasagi, Dunfang Zhang, Ruiqing Wu, Cheryl Chia, Nadim J. Ajami, Daniel P. Smith, Joseph F. Petrosino, Brittany Abbatiello, Hiroko Nakatsukasa, Qianming Chen, Yasmine Belkaid, Zi Jiang Chen, Wanjun Chen

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Abstract

Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease affecting a 1/42% of the worlda € s population, but the aetiology remains incompletely understood. Recently, microbiota have been shown to differentially regulate the development of autoimmune diseases, but their influence on psoriasis is incompletely understood. We show here that adult mice treated with antibiotics that target Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria develop ameliorated psoriasiform dermatitis induced by imiquimod, with decreased pro-inflammatory IL-17- and IL-22-producing T cells. Surprisingly, mice treated neonatally with these antibiotics develop exacerbated psoriasis induced by imiquimod or recombinant IL-23 injection when challenged as adults, with increased IL-22-producing I 3I + T cells. 16S rRNA gene compositional analysis reveals that neonatal antibiotic-treatment dysregulates gut and skin microbiota in adults, which is associated with increased susceptibility to experimental psoriasis. This link between neonatal antibiotic-mediated imbalance in microbiota and development of experimental psoriasis provides precedence for further investigation of its specific aetiology as it relates to human psoriasis.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8424
JournalNature communications
Volume6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Sept 29
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)
  • Chemistry(all)
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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