Gut Microbiota and Probiotics/Synbiotics for Modulation of Immunity in Critically Ill Patients
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nutrients Review Gut Microbiota and Probiotics/Synbiotics for Modulation of Immunity in Critically Ill Patients Kentaro Shimizu * , Masahiro Ojima and Hiroshi Ogura Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; [email protected] (M.O.); [email protected] (H.O.) * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: Patients suffering from critical illness have host inflammatory responses against injuries, such as infection and trauma, that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. Modulation of host immune response as well as infection and damage control are detrimental factors in the management of systemic inflammation. The gut is the motor of multiple organ failure following injury, and it is recognized that gut dysfunction is one of the causative factors of disease progression. The gut microbiota has a role in maintaining host immunity, and disruption of the gut microbiota might induce an immunosuppressive condition in critically ill patients. Treatment with probiotics and synbiotics has been reported to attenuate systemic inflammation by maintaining gut microbiota and to reduce postoperative infectious complications and ventilator-associated pneumonia. The administration of prophylactic probiotics/synbiotics could be an important treatment option for preventing infectious complications and modulating immunity. Further basic and clinical research is needed to promote intestinal therapies for critically ill patients. Citation: Shimizu, K.; Ojima, M.; Keywords: microbiota; gut; ICU; immune; ventilator; inflammation; probiotics; prebiotics; Ogura, H. Gut Microbiota and synbiotics; critically Probiotics/Synbiotics for Modulation of Immunity in Critically Ill Patients. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2439. https:// doi.org/10.3390/nu13072439 1. Introduction Patients suffering from critical illness can have a life-threatening host response to injuries, Academic Editor: such as infection, trauma, burn, and cardiac arrest, that can lead to tissue damage, organ Katarzyna Sli´ zewska˙ failure, and death. Sepsis management is a major challenge for healthcare systems through- out the world. About 50 million patients with sepsis were reported, with about 20% of all Received: 14 May 2021 global deaths [1]. Trauma is the leading cause of death of children, adolescents, and younger Accepted: 10 July 2021 Published: 16 July 2021 adults [2]. These responses to injury affect cells and mediators of the innate and adaptive immune systems against pathogen-associated pattern molecules or damage-associated pattern Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral molecules and have been referred to as systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) with regard to jurisdictional claims in and compensatory anti-inflammatory response syndrome [3]. In contrast, prolonged SIRS published maps and institutional affil- suppresses Th1-type immune reactivity, and it also increases Th2-type cytokine production iations. and activity of regulatory T cells. These conditions can easily progress to persistent inflam- mation, immunosuppression, and catabolism syndrome (PICS), which results in multiple immunologic and physiologic defects that are difficult to survive [4]. Modulation of host response against injury has been an important topic in this field (Figure1). Gut dysfunction, including the intestinal epithelium, intestinal immune system, and Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. intestinal microbiota, is one of the causative factors of disease progression [5]. A loss This article is an open access article of beneficial microbes, expansion of pathobionts, and loss of diversity are defined as distributed under the terms and “dysbiosis”, which can change host immunity [6]. Especially, the gut microbiota and conditions of the Creative Commons microbial metabolites, such as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and trimethylamine N- Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// oxide, are associated with human diseases, such as allergic and immune disorders, cancer, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ cardiovascular disease, and neurological disorders [7]. This review summarizes how gut 4.0/). microbiota leads to systemic inflammation and intestinal therapy in the critically ill setting. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2439. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13072439 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients Nutrients 2021, 13, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 12 are associated with human diseases, such as allergic and immune disorders, cancer, car- diovascular disease, and neurological disorders [7]. This review summarizes how gut mi- Nutrients 2021, 13, 2439 crobiota leads to systemic inflammation and intestinal therapy in the critically ill setting.2 of 12 Figure 1. Figure 1. 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