[en] Chronic digestive disorders are of increasing incidence worldwide with expensive treatments and no available cure. Available therapeutic schemes mainly rely on symptom relief, with large degrees of variability in patients' response to such treatments, underlining the need for new therapeutic strategies. There are strong indications that the gut microbiota's contribution seems to be a key modulator of disease activity and patients' treatment responses. Hence, efforts have been devoted to understanding host-microbe interactions and the mechanisms underpinning such variability. Animal models, being the gold standard, provide valuable mechanistic insights into host-microbe interactions. However, they are not exempt from limitations prompting the development of alternative methods. Emerging microfluidic technologies and gut-on-chip models were shown to mirror the main features of gut physiology and disease state, reflect microbiota modification, and include functional readouts for studying host responses. In this commentary, we discuss the relevance of animal models in understanding host-microbe interactions and how gut-on-chip technology holds promises for addressing patient variability in responses to chronic digestive disease treatment.
Research center :
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB): Eco-Systems Biology (Wilmes Group)
Disciplines :
Life sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Kriaa, Aicha ; Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
Mariaule, Vincent ; Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
Jablaoui, Amin; Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
Sokol, Harry ; Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France ; INSERM UMRS-938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, CRSA, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
WILMES, Paul ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) > Systems Ecology
Maguin, Emmanuelle ; Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
Rhimi, Moez ; Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Jouy-en-Josas, France
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
From animal models to gut-on-chip: the challenging journey to capture inter-individual variability in chronic digestive disorders.
H2020 - 952583 - MICAfrica - Towards a North-African Consortium of the Human Microbiome (NACHM) through strengthening the Capacities in Microbiome Analysis for Human Diseases at University of Sfax H2020 - 964590 - IHMCSA - International Human Microbiome Coordination and Support Action H2020 - 101038088 - SyMPaBiome - Development of a synbiotic product to modulate the Parkinson’s disease associated microbiome H2020 - 863664 - ExpoBiome - Deciphering the impact of exposures from the gut microbiome-derived molecular complex in human health and disease
FnR Project :
FNR18066982 - RestorPro - Towards A Personalized Approach To Restore Proteolytic Homeostasis In Digestive Inflammation, 2023 (01/01/2024-31/12/2027) - Paul Wilmes
Name of the research project :
U-AGR-7364 - INTER/ANR/23/18166982/RestorPro - WILMES Paul
Funders :
ANR - French National Research Agency European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program European Union’s Horizon 2020 Widening Fellowships European Union
Funding text :
This work was supported by the French National Research Agency (RestorPro, N\u00B0 ANR-23-CE14-0073-01), the twinning European project: 952583-MICAfrica, the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement N\u00B0964590, the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 Widening Fellowships (N\u00B0 101038088), and the European Research Council (Grant ID: 863664).
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