PMID- 31748246 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200605 LR - 20201209 IS - 2379-5042 (Electronic) IS - 2379-5042 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 6 DP - 2019 Nov 20 TI - The Proton Pump Inhibitor Omeprazole Does Not Promote Clostridioides difficile Colonization in a Murine Model. LID - 10.1128/mSphere.00693-19 [doi] LID - e00693-19 AB - Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use has been associated with microbiota alterations and susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) in humans. We assessed how PPI treatment alters the fecal microbiota and whether treatment promotes CDIs in a mouse model. Mice receiving a PPI treatment were gavaged with 40 mg of omeprazole per kg of body weight during a 7-day pretreatment phase, the day of C. difficile challenge, and the following 9 days. We found that mice treated with omeprazole were not colonized by C. difficile When omeprazole treatment was combined with a single clindamycin treatment, one cage of mice remained resistant to C. difficile colonization, while the other cage was colonized. Treating mice with only clindamycin followed by challenge resulted in C. difficile colonization. 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis revealed that omeprazole had minimal impact on the structure of the murine microbiota throughout the 16 days of omeprazole exposure. These results suggest that omeprazole treatment alone is not sufficient to disrupt microbiota resistance to C. difficile infection in mice that are normally resistant in the absence of antibiotic treatment.IMPORTANCE Antibiotics are the primary risk factor for Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs), but other factors may also increase a person's risk. In epidemiological studies, proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use has been associated with CDI incidence and recurrence. PPIs have also been associated with alterations in the human intestinal microbiota in observational and interventional studies. We evaluated the effects of the PPI omeprazole on the structure of the murine intestinal microbiota and its ability to disrupt colonization resistance to C. difficile We found omeprazole treatment had minimal impact on the murine fecal microbiota and did not promote C. difficile colonization. Further studies are needed to determine whether other factors contribute to the association between PPIs and CDIs seen in humans or whether aspects of murine physiology may limit its utility to test these types of hypotheses. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Tomkovich et al. FAU - Tomkovich, Sarah AU - Tomkovich S AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. FAU - Lesniak, Nicholas A AU - Lesniak NA AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. FAU - Li, Yuan AU - Li Y AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. FAU - Bishop, Lucas AU - Bishop L AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. FAU - Fitzgerald, Madison J AU - Fitzgerald MJ AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. FAU - Schloss, Patrick D AU - Schloss PD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6935-4275 AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA pschloss@umich.edu. LA - eng GR - U01 AI124255/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20191120 PL - United States TA - mSphere JT - mSphere JID - 101674533 RN - 0 (DNA, Bacterial) RN - 0 (DNA, Ribosomal) RN - 0 (Proton Pump Inhibitors) RN - 0 (RNA, Ribosomal, 16S) RN - KG60484QX9 (Omeprazole) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Carrier State/*immunology MH - Clostridioides difficile/*growth & development MH - Clostridium Infections/*immunology MH - Cluster Analysis MH - DNA, Bacterial/chemistry/genetics MH - DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry/genetics MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - *Disease Susceptibility MH - Feces/microbiology MH - Mice MH - Microbiota/drug effects MH - Omeprazole/administration & dosage/*adverse effects MH - Phylogeny MH - Proton Pump Inhibitors/administration & dosage/*adverse effects MH - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA PMC - PMC6887860 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 16S rRNA gene OT - Clostridioides difficile OT - Clostridium difficile OT - colonization resistance OT - infection OT - microbial ecology OT - microbiome OT - mouse model OT - pathogenesis EDAT- 2019/11/22 06:00 MHDA- 2020/06/06 06:00 PMCR- 2019/11/20 CRDT- 2019/11/22 06:00 PHST- 2019/11/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/11/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/06/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 4/6/e00693-19 [pii] AID - mSphere00693-19 [pii] AID - 10.1128/mSphere.00693-19 [doi] PST - epublish SO - mSphere. 2019 Nov 20;4(6):e00693-19. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00693-19.