Next Generation Sequencing Analysis of colon transcriptomes in BF638R bsh- and bF638R bsh+ colonized Cdx2Apcf/w mice.

Bacteroides, that expresses bile salt hydrolase (BSH), is considered as a potential drug target for metabolic diseases. In the present study, BSH-expressing Bacteroides was found to be enriched in two different CRC mouse models and colonization of nonenterotoxigenic Bacteroides species, such as B. fragilis 9343 or B. vulgatus , enhanced CRC growth. Expression of the 9343 bsh gene in B. fragilis 638R, a bsh - lacking strain, enabled more bile acids to escape into the colon and accelerated CRC progression . The presence of BSH activated WNT signaling and upregulated CCL28 expression dependent on b-catenin in colon tumors. The activated b-catenin/CCL28 axis elevated intra-tumororal immunosuppressive CD25+ FOXP3+ T reg cells. Anti-CCL28 antibody reversed microbial BSH amplificationinduced immunosuppression. Inhibition of BSH reduced CRC progression, coincident with suppression of WNT signaling and CCL28 expression. These findings provide a novel insight into the pro-carcinogenetic role of NTBF in CRC and characterize BSH as a potential target for CRC treatment. Bulk RNA-seq of RNA isolated from the colon of HFD-fed Cdx2Apcf/w mice that were colonized with BF638R bsh- (WT B. fragilis 638R) and BF638R bsh+ (BSH-overexpressed B. fragilis 638R) .