Ito Yoshihiro, Amagai Masayuki
Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.
RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan.
Inflamm Regen. 2022 Sep 1;42(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s41232-022-00212-y.
The skin serves as the interface between the human body and the environment and interacts with the microbial community. The skin microbiota consists of microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi, mites, and viruses, and they fluctuate depending on the microenvironment defined by anatomical location and physiological function. The balance of interactions between the host and microbiota plays a pivotal role in the orchestration of skin homeostasis; however, the disturbance of the balance due to an alteration in the microbial communities, namely, dysbiosis, leads to various skin disorders. Recent developments in sequencing technology have provided new insights into the structure and function of skin microbial communities. Based on high-throughput sequencing analysis, a growing body of evidence indicates that a new treatment using live bacteria, termed bacteriotherapy, is a feasible therapeutic option for cutaneous diseases caused by dysbiosis. In particular, the administration of specific bacterial strains has been investigated as an exclusionary treatment strategy against pathogens associated with chronic skin disorders, whereas the safety, efficacy, and sustainability of this therapeutic approach using isolated live bacteria need to be further explored. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of the skin microbiota, as well as therapeutic strategies using characterized strains of live bacteria for skin inflammatory diseases. The ecosystem formed by interactions between the host and skin microbial consortium is still largely unexplored; however, advances in our understanding of the function of the skin microbiota at the strain level will lead to the development of new therapeutic methods.
皮肤是人体与环境之间的界面,并与微生物群落相互作用。皮肤微生物群由细菌、真菌、螨虫和病毒等微生物组成,它们会根据由解剖位置和生理功能所定义的微环境而波动。宿主与微生物群之间相互作用的平衡在皮肤内稳态的调节中起着关键作用;然而,由于微生物群落的改变导致的平衡失调,即生态失调,会引发各种皮肤疾病。测序技术的最新发展为皮肤微生物群落的结构和功能提供了新的见解。基于高通量测序分析,越来越多的证据表明,一种使用活细菌的新疗法——细菌疗法,是治疗由生态失调引起的皮肤疾病的可行治疗选择。特别是,已研究施用特定菌株作为针对与慢性皮肤疾病相关病原体的排他性治疗策略,而这种使用分离活细菌的治疗方法的安全性、有效性和可持续性仍需进一步探索。在这篇综述中,我们总结了我们目前对皮肤微生物群的理解,以及使用特定菌株的活细菌治疗皮肤炎症性疾病的策略。由宿主与皮肤微生物群落之间相互作用形成的生态系统在很大程度上仍未被探索;然而,我们对菌株水平上皮肤微生物群功能理解的进展将导致新治疗方法的开发。