Nilmara de Oliveira Alves, Guillaume Dalmasso, Darja Nikitina, Amaury Vaysse, Richard Ruez, Lea Ledoux, Thierry Pedron, Emma Bergsten, Olivier Boulard, Lora Autier, Sofian Allam, Laurence Motreff, Pierre Sauvanet, Diane Letourneur, Pragya Kashyap, Johan Gagnière, Denis Pezet, Catherine Godfraind, Michel Salzet, Emmanuel Lemichez, Mathilde Bonnet, Imène Najjar, Christophe Malabat, Marc Monot, Denis Mestivier, Nicolas Barnich, Pankaj Yadav, Isabelle Fournier, Sean Kennedy, Amel Mettouchi, Richard Bonnet, Iradj Sobhani, Mathias Chamaillard
Intratumoral bacteria flexibly contribute to cellular and molecular tumor heterogeneity for supporting cancer recurrence through poorly understood mechanisms. Using spatial metabolomic profiling technologies and 16SrRNA sequencing, we herein report that right-sided colorectal tumors are predominantly populated with Colibactin-producing Escherichia coli (CoPEC) that are locally establishing a high-glycerophospholipid microenvironment with lowered immunogenicity. It coincided with a reduced infiltration of CD8+ T lymphocytes that produce the cytotoxic cytokines IFN-γ where invading bacteria have been geolocated...
2024: Gut Microbes