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Supplemental figure legends from Dietary Emulsifier–Induced Low-Grade Inflammation Promotes Colon Carcinogenesis

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posted on 2023-03-31, 00:24 authored by Emilie Viennois, Didier Merlin, Andrew T. Gewirtz, Benoit Chassaing

Legends for the supplemental figures 1-11, that provide supplemental experimental data on how dietary emulsifiers can promote colon carcinogenesis.

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Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America

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Department of Veterans Affairs

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The increased risks conferred by inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to the development of colorectal cancer gave rise to the term “colitis-associated cancer” and the concept that inflammation promotes colon tumorigenesis. A condition more common than IBD is low-grade inflammation, which correlates with altered gut microbiota composition and metabolic syndrome, both present in many cases of colorectal cancer. Recent findings suggest that low-grade inflammation in the intestine is promoted by consumption of dietary emulsifiers, a ubiquitous component of processed foods, which alter the composition of gut microbiota. Here, we demonstrate in a preclinical model of colitis-induced colorectal cancer that regular consumption of dietary emulsifiers, carboxymethylcellulose or polysorbate-80, exacerbated tumor development. Enhanced tumor development was associated with an altered microbiota metagenome characterized by elevated levels of lipopolysaccharide and flagellin. We found that emulsifier-induced alterations in the microbiome were necessary and sufficient to drive alterations in major proliferation and apoptosis signaling pathways thought to govern tumor development. Overall, our findings support the concept that perturbations in host–microbiota interactions that cause low-grade gut inflammation can promote colon carcinogenesis. Cancer Res; 77(1); 27–40. ©2016 AACR.

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