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Misoprostol protects mice against severe Clostridium difficile infection and promotes recovery of the gut microbiota after antibiotic perturbation.


ABSTRACT: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common nosocomial infections worldwide and an urgent public health threat. Epidemiological and experimental studies have demonstrated an association between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) exposure and enhanced susceptibility to, and severity of, CDI. NSAIDs target cyclooxygenase enzymes and inhibit the production of prostaglandins (PGs), but the therapeutic potential of exogenous introduction of PGs for the treatment of CDI has not been explored. In this study, we report that treatment with the FDA-approved stable PGE1 analogue, misoprostol, protects mice against C. difficile-associated mortality, intestinal pathology, and CDI-mediated intestinal permeability. Furthermore, we report that the effect of misoprostol on the gastrointestinal tract contributes to increased recovery of the gut microbiota following antibiotic perturbation. Together, these data implicate PGs as an important host-factor associated with recovery to C. difficile-associated disease and demonstrate the potential for misoprostol in the treatment of CDI. Further studies to explore the safety and efficacy of misoprostol treatment of CDI in humans is needed.

SUBMITTER: Zackular JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697607 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Misoprostol protects mice against severe Clostridium difficile infection and promotes recovery of the gut microbiota after antibiotic perturbation.

Zackular Joseph P JP   Kirk Leslie L   Trindade Bruno C BC   Skaar Eric P EP   Aronoff David M DM  

Anaerobe 20190617


Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common nosocomial infections worldwide and an urgent public health threat. Epidemiological and experimental studies have demonstrated an association between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) exposure and enhanced susceptibility to, and severity of, CDI. NSAIDs target cyclooxygenase enzymes and inhibit the production of prostaglandins (PGs), but the therapeutic potential of exogenous introduction of PGs for the treatment of CDI ha  ...[more]

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