Impact of medical drugs on the evolution of human microbiome function and antimi...
Impact of medical drugs on the evolution of human microbiome function and antimicrobial resistance development
The human gastrointestinal tract harbors trillions of microbes, known as the gut microbiota. This microbial community helps modulating developmental, immunological, and metabolic functions of the human host and it plays an importa...
ver más
¿Tienes un proyecto y buscas un partner? Gracias a nuestro motor inteligente podemos recomendarte los mejores socios y ponerte en contacto con ellos. Te lo explicamos en este video
Proyectos interesantes
EvoGutHealth
Evolution of gut associated microbial communities and its fu...
2M€
Cerrado
SAF2012-31187
INTERACCION DEL MICROBIOMA Y EL VIROMA DEL INTESTINO HUMANO...
380K€
Cerrado
BiPMeM
Mechanistic study of gut microbial biotransformation reactio...
174K€
Cerrado
gutMAP
Gut microbiome-mediated activities of psychotropic drugs
1M€
Cerrado
GutTransForm
Gut microbiota drug biotransformation as a tool to unravel t...
2M€
Cerrado
SAF2014-60234-R
ESTUDIO DEL EFECTO PROTECTOR DEL MICROBIOMA FRENTE A INFECCI...
194K€
Cerrado
Información proyecto DIMEvAR
Duración del proyecto: 36 meses
Fecha Inicio: 2021-03-13
Fecha Fin: 2024-03-31
Fecha límite de participación
Sin fecha límite de participación.
Descripción del proyecto
The human gastrointestinal tract harbors trillions of microbes, known as the gut microbiota. This microbial community helps modulating developmental, immunological, and metabolic functions of the human host and it plays an important role in medicinal drug response. Several works showed the bidirectional relationship between the gut microbiota and drugs. Medication modifies microbiome composition both in vitro and in the human gut. Further, commonly used drugs influence the microbiome metabolic functions and increase the abundance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in human cohort studies, suggesting that non-antibiotic drugs could contribute to the emergence of AMR. At the same time, microbiome-encoded enzymes can metabolize a wide range of medical drugs, participating in both beneficial and adverse effects. Considering that many drugs are used over extended periods of time to treat chronic diseases, long-term exposure to drugs may likely drive microbiome evolution. This could influence and evolve metabolic properties of gut microbes and lead to the emergence of novel AMR.
This project aims at better understanding the impact of long-term exposure to medical drugs on human gut microbiome evolution at the phenotypic and metabolic level, the underlying molecular mechanism, and their consequences in vivo. Based on previous data and in analogy to well-understood antibiotics, I hypothesize that non-antibiotic drugs might induce stress-triggered microbial evolution. The project follows three specific objectives: (i) Quantify the impact of drug-induced evolution on microbiome metabolism and antibiotic sensitivity; (ii) Determine the role of bacterial stress responses in microbiome evolution; (iii) Assess drug-induced microbiome evolution using gnotobiotic mouse models. If successful, this work will reveal the molecular mechanisms underlying microbiome-drug interactions and pave the way for their rational modulation to improve current and future drug therapies.