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MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 15, 期 6, 页码 1350-1362出版社
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DOI: 10.1038/s41385-022-00555-2
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- National Research Foundation of Korea [2021R1A2C3004532, 2018M3D1A1058826]
- Creative-Pioneering Researchers Program through Seoul National University
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2018M3D1A1058826, 2021R1A2C3004532] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
Ocular microbiota plays a pathogenic role in non-infectious inflammatory disorders leading to sight-threatening corneal neovascularization, and targeting commensal microbes may have therapeutic potential in treating ocular inflammation.
Microbiota promotes or inhibits the pathogenesis of a range of immune-mediated disorders. Although recent studies have elucidated the role of gut microbiota in ocular disease, the effect of ocular microbiota remains unclear. Herein, we explored the role of ocular commensal bacteria in non-infectious corneal inflammation and angiogenesis in a mouse model of suture-induced corneal neovascularization. Results revealed that the ocular surface harbored a microbial community consisting mainly of Actinobacteria, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. Elimination of the ocular commensal bacteria by oral broad-spectrum antibiotics or topical fluoroquinolone significantly suppressed corneal inflammation and neovascularization. Disease amelioration was associated with reduced numbers of CD11b(+)Ly6C(+) and CD11b(+)Ly6G(+) myeloid cells, not Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells, in the spleen, blood, and draining lymph nodes. Therapeutic concentrations of fluoroquinolone, however, did not directly affect immune cells or vascular endothelial cells. In addition, data from a clinical study showed that antibiotic treatment in combination with corticosteroids, as compared with corticosteroid monotherapy, induced faster remission of corneal inflammation and new vessels in pediatric patients with non-infectious marginal keratitis. Altogether, our findings demonstrate a pathogenic role of ocular microbiota in non-infectious inflammatory disorders leading to sight-threatening corneal neovascularization, and suggest a therapeutic potential of targeting commensal microbes in treating ocular inflammation.
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