Miho Shibamura-Fujiogi1,2, Sophia Koutsogiannaki1,2, Lifei Hou1,2, Koichi Yuki1,2. 1. Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Cardiac Anesthesia Division, Boston Children's Hospital, USA. 2. Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) surgery is a widely used preclinical model to induce and study sepsis because it is considered to recapitulate the course of human sepsis the most. This model is highly dependent on the polymicrobial gut flora and represents polymicrobial abdominal sepsis. While the majority of studies using CLP model have focused on the delineation of host immune responses, a limited number of reports have described the composition of microbial strains in this model, although microbial composition can significantly affect the outcome of sepsis in general. METHODS: CLP surgery was performed in mice on C57BL6/J from the Jackson laboratory. We examined the composition of microbes at the peritoneal cavity using 16S rRNA sequencing after CLP surgery at 12 and 24 hours. Baseline cecal microbial flora was also analyzed. RESULTS: The bacteria strains from the initial cecum flora consisted of mixed aerobic and anaerobic flora. There was a significant change of bacteria flora from the peritoneal cavity between 12 and 24 hours following CLP surgery. Particularly a significantly increased proportion of anaerobic microbes were noted at 24 hours after CLP surgery. We also tested bacterial composition of cecal flora of mice on the same background from the same vendor 6 months later. Baseline cecal microbial flora was different from earlier mice, showing that baseline cecal flora could be different depending on the batch of mice. CONCLUSION: There was a dynamical chance of peritoneal microbes during CLP sepsis. Potential difference in baseline cecal flora should be kept in mind upon CLP surgery even when using mice from the same vendor.
BACKGROUND: Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) surgery is a widely used preclinical model to induce and study sepsis because it is considered to recapitulate the course of human sepsis the most. This model is highly dependent on the polymicrobial gut flora and represents polymicrobial abdominal sepsis. While the majority of studies using CLP model have focused on the delineation of host immune responses, a limited number of reports have described the composition of microbial strains in this model, although microbial composition can significantly affect the outcome of sepsis in general. METHODS: CLP surgery was performed in mice on C57BL6/J from the Jackson laboratory. We examined the composition of microbes at the peritoneal cavity using 16S rRNA sequencing after CLP surgery at 12 and 24 hours. Baseline cecal microbial flora was also analyzed. RESULTS: The bacteria strains from the initial cecum flora consisted of mixed aerobic and anaerobic flora. There was a significant change of bacteria flora from the peritoneal cavity between 12 and 24 hours following CLP surgery. Particularly a significantly increased proportion of anaerobic microbes were noted at 24 hours after CLP surgery. We also tested bacterial composition of cecal flora of mice on the same background from the same vendor 6 months later. Baseline cecal microbial flora was different from earlier mice, showing that baseline cecal flora could be different depending on the batch of mice. CONCLUSION: There was a dynamical chance of peritoneal microbes during CLP sepsis. Potential difference in baseline cecal flora should be kept in mind upon CLP surgery even when using mice from the same vendor.
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16S rRNA sequencing; Cecal ligation and puncture; Sepsis
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