Abstracts tagged "microbiome"

Abstract Number: 1581 • ACR Convergence 2023
Microbiome Transplantation Prevents Osteoarthritis in Mice and Is Associated with Immunophenotype Changes
Gabby Dyson¹, Montana Barrett², Meeshal Khan³, Cindy Miranda¹, Nicholas Hanebutt¹, Christopher Dunn³ and Matlock Jeffries¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma State University, Guthrie, OK, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: MRL/MpJ mice are protected from developing post-traumatic osteoarthritis (OA). We have previously shown transplantation prior to OA induction prevents OA development. We now extend…
Abstract Number: 2544 • ACR Convergence 2023
Microbial Metabolism of Methotrexate Contributes to Its Pharmacokinetics in Vivo
Diego Orellana, Mohana Mukherjee, Moriah Sandy, Peter Turnbaugh and Renuka Nayak, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is a first-line treatment drug used in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. However, only 30-40% of patients tolerate the drug and achieve adequate…
Abstract Number: 1597 • ACR Convergence 2023
Staphylococcus Aureus Peptidoglycan Induces Pathogenic Autoantibody Production via Autoreactive B Cell Receptor Clonal Selection, Implications in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Wangbin Ning, Gary Gilkeson and Wei Jiang, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: There is an intricate interplay between the microbiome and the immune response impacting the development of normal immunity and autoimmunity. However, we do not…
Abstract Number: 2563 • ACR Convergence 2023
Causal Associations Between Gut Microbiota and Rheumatic Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Ying Hu¹, Hongyi He², Yuqing Zhang³, Houchen Lyu⁴, Chao Zeng², Jie Wei⁵ and Guanghua Lei², ¹Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China, ²Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, ³Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Chinese PLA General Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Beijing, China, ⁵Health Management Center, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China
Background/Purpose: Gut microbiota has been increasingly recognized as important and novel targets for rheumatic diseases. However, previous studies mostly examined the associations, leaving causality largely…
Abstract Number: 1644 • ACR Convergence 2023
The EISER Study: Identifying Microbial Factors Associated with Subclinical Gut Inflammation in Spondyloarthritis Patients
Alba Boix-Amorós¹, Rebecca Blank², Adam Cantor¹, Jesus Sanz³, Ana Gutiérrez-Casbas⁴, Jordi Gratacos Masmitja⁵, Iago Rodríguez -Lago⁶, Elisa Trujillo⁷, Ignacio Marin-Jimenez⁸, Zulema Plaza⁹, Marta Domínguez¹⁰, Jose Federico Diaz-Gonzalez¹¹, Juan D Canete¹², Jose Scher¹³ and Jose Clemente¹, ¹Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²New York University, New York, NY, ³Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain, ⁴Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain, ⁵University Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ⁶Gastroenterology department Hospital Galdakao, Galdakao, Spain, ⁷Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁸Public Health System, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, ¹²Hospital Clinic an IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Nearly 8% of patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) manifest symptoms that are compatible with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), despite not having any previous diagnosis…
Abstract Number: 2584 • ACR Convergence 2023
Gut Microbiome and Intestinal Inflammation in Preclinical Stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Benoît Thomas P. GILBERT¹, Raul Yhossef TITO TADEO², Céline LAMACCHIA¹, Olivia STUDER¹, Delphine COURVOISIER¹, Jeroen RAES³ and Axel Finckh⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ²Center for Microbiology, VIB, Leuven. Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ³Center for Microbiology, VIB, Leuven. Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven., Leuven, Belgium, ⁴HUG, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: We attempted to replicate and expand previous findings of an increased abundance of Prevotellaceae in early untreated Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) or its preclinical stages,…
Abstract Number: 1723 • ACR Convergence 2023
3,3-dimethyl-1-butanol and Its Metabolite 3,3-dimethylbutyrate Ameliorate Arthritis Severity in CIA Independent of Choline TMA Lyase Activity
Brendan Allen¹, Sabrina Fechtner², Meagan Chriswell³, Widian Jubair¹, M. Aaron Vrolijk¹, V. Michael Holers⁴ and kristine Kuhn¹, ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ³University of Colorado Anschutz SOM, Denver, CO, ⁴University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Background/Purpose: Both human and animal studies associate specific microbiota and microbial metabolic pathways with the development of RA and autoimmune arthritis, thereby providing a novel…
Abstract Number: 1730 • ACR Convergence 2023
Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis Impact Autonomic Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Rachel AUDO¹, Jérome Thireau², Louis Rauzier³, Marie Barozet¹, JACQUES MOREL⁴, Patrice Bideaux³, alain Lacampagne² and Claire Daien⁵, ¹CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ²PhyMedExp INSERM U1046, Montpellier, France, ³PhyMedExp U1046, Montpellier, France, ⁴Protocole thérapeutique immuno-rhumatologie, Montpellier, France, ⁵University Hospital, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with a high risk of cardiovascular (CV) risks, including accelerated atherosclerosis, left ventricular hypertrophy and decreased heart rate variability…
Abstract Number: 2181 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gut Microbe-derived Short-Chain Fatty Acids Regulate Arthritis and Myositis During Chikungunya Virus Infection
Fang R. Zhao¹, Emma Winkler¹, Chun-Jun Guo², Russell B. Williams³, Leran Wang¹, Ana Jung¹, Lindsay Droit¹, Leah Heath¹, Ting-ting Li², Matthias Mack⁴, Megan T. Baldridge¹, Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck⁵, Larissa B. Thackray¹, Scott A. Handley¹, Michael A. Fischbach⁶ and Michael S. Diamond¹, ¹Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ²Cornell University, New York, NY, ³Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, ⁴University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, ⁵Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: The intestinal microbiota regulates musculoskeletal inflammation and antibiotic use increases risk for the development or relapse of inflammatory arthritis. However, the basis for this…
Abstract Number: 2222 • ACR Convergence 2022
Lupus Clinical Flares in Patients with Gut Pathobiont Blooms Share a Novel Peripheral Blood Transcriptomic Immune Activation Profile
Gregg Silverman¹, Macintosh Cornwell¹, Peter Izmirly¹, Mala Masson¹, Jill Buyon¹, Doua Azzouz² and Kelly Ruggles¹, ¹NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU Gross School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: SLE is an inflammatory condition associated with hyperactivation of the immune system, with mounting evidence that imbalances in the gut microbiota communities are common.…
Abstract Number: 0017 • ACR Convergence 2022
Intra-articular Injection of Bacterial DNA Amplified from Human OA Patient Cartilage Worsens OA Outcomes in Mice
Leoni Schlupp¹, Emmaline Prinz¹, Vladislav Izda², Emily Nguyen¹, Christopher Dunn³ and Matlock Jeffries¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, New York, NY, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Edmond, OK
Background/Purpose: We have previous demonstrated a bacterial DNA signature within cartilage of humans and mice and shown shifts in this signature with OA development. However,…
Abstract Number: 0018 • ACR Convergence 2022
Longitudinal Development of Cartilage Microbial DNA Profiles Following Oral Microbiome Inoculation
Emmaline Prinz¹, Leoni Schlupp¹, Vladislav Izda², Emily Nguyen¹, Christopher Dunn³, Cassandra Sturdy¹ and Matlock Jeffries¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, New York, NY, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Edmond, OK
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have associated microbiome changes with human OA and post-traumatic OA mouse models. Our group has previously published a description of cartilage microbial…
Abstract Number: 0019 • ACR Convergence 2022
Bacterial Peptidoglycan in Synovial Tissue at Time of Total Knee Arthroplasty Is Associated with Inflammatory Synovitis and Younger Patient Age
Meaghan Holub¹, Amanda Wahhab², Joseph Rouse², Brandon Jutras³, Klemen Strle⁴, Adam Edelstein⁵ and Robert Lochhead⁶, ¹Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, MI, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, ⁴Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY, ⁵Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Medical College of Wisconsin, Germantown, WI
Background/Purpose: Peptidoglycan (PG) is a bacterial cell wall component that is known to induce innate immune responses. PG has been identified as a driver of…
Abstract Number: 0053 • ACR Convergence 2022
Natural Microbial Exposure Increases Susceptibility of C57BL/6 Mice to Collagen-induced Arthritis
Sahar Lotfi-Emran¹ and David Masopust², ¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Minneapolis, MN
Background/Purpose: Mice exposed to natural microbes (NME) develop an appropriately mature immune system, one that resembles that of a non-neonatal human.1,2 Collagen induced arthritis is…
Abstract Number: 0528 • ACR Convergence 2022
Nasal Epithelial Gene Expression Profiling Preceding Relapse in Patients with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Fang R. Zhao¹, Rebecca Deek², James Garifallou³, Jalal Jalaly², Cailu Lin⁴, Danielle Reed⁴, Shubhasree Banerjee², Naomi Amudala², Antoine Sreih⁵, Sherry Chou², Virginia Livolsi², Ronald Collman², Hongzhe Lee², Peter Merkel², Peter Grayson⁶, Noam Cohen², Jonathan Miner² and Rennie Rhee², ¹Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Monell Center, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Bristol Myers Squibb, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Predicting relapse is a major challenge in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). We previously demonstrated changes in the nasal microbiota, particularly Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum, prior to…

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