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- Title
Immune Response of an Oral Enterococcus faecalis Phage Cocktail in a Mouse Model of Ethanol-Induced Liver Disease.
- Authors
Mendes, Beatriz Garcia; Duan, Yi; Schnabl, Bernd
- Abstract
Cytolysin-positive Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) cause more severe alcohol-associated hepatitis, and phages might be used to specifically target these bacteria in a clinical trial. Using a humanized mouse model of ethanol-induced liver disease, the effect of cytolytic E. faecalis phage treatment on the intestinal and liver immune response was evaluated. The observed immune response was predominantly anti-inflammatory and tissue-restoring. Besides, live phages could be readily recovered from the serum, spleen, and liver following oral gavage in ethanol-fed mice. We also isolated 20 new phages from the sewage water; six of them exhibited a relatively broad host range. Taken together, the oral administration of cytolytic E. faecalis phages leads to the translocation of phages to the systemic circulation and appears to be safe, following chronic-binge ethanol administration. A cocktail of three phages covers the majority of tested cytolysin-positive E. faecalis strains and could be tested in a clinical trial.
- Subjects
ENTEROCOCCUS faecalis; LABORATORY mice; LIVER diseases; IMMUNE response; BACTERIOPHAGES; ENTEROCOCCUS
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2022, Vol 14, Issue 3, p490
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/v14030490