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Background  The intestinal mucus layer plays a key role in the maintenance of host-microbiota homeostasis. To document the crosstalk between the host and microbiota, we used gnotobiotic models to study the influence of two major commensal bacteria,  Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron  and  Faecalibacterium prausnitzii,  on this intestinal mucus layer.  B. thetaiotaomicron  is known to use polysaccharides from mucus, but its effect on goblet cells has not been addressed so far.  F. prausnitzii  is of particular physiological importance because it can be considered as a sensor and a marker of human health. We determined whether  B. thetaiotaomicron  affected goblet cell differentiation, mucin synthesis and glycosylation in the colonic epithelium. We then investigated how  F. prausnitzii  influenced the colonic epithelial responses to  B. thetaiotaomicron .    Results   B. thetaiotaomicron , an acetate producer, increased goblet cell differentiation, expression of mucus-related genes and the ratio of sialylated to sulfated mucins in mono-associated rats.  B. thetaiotaomicron,  therefore, stimulates the secretory lineage, favoring mucus production. When  B. thetaiotaomicron  was associated with  F. prausnitzii , an acetate consumer and a butyrate producer, the effects on goblet cells and mucin glycosylation were diminished.  F. prausnitzii , by attenuating the effects of  B. thetaiotaomicron  on mucus, may help the epithelium to maintain appropriate proportions of different cell types of the secretory lineage. Using a mucus-producing cell line, we showed that acetate up-regulated KLF4, a transcription factor involved in goblet cell differentiation.    Conclusions   B. thetaiotaomicron  and  F. prausnitzii , which are metabolically complementary, modulate,  in vivo , the intestinal mucus barrier by modifying goblet cells and mucin glycosylation. Our study reveals the importance of the balance between two main commensal bacteria in maintaining colonic epithelial homeostasis via their respective effects on mucus.

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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Faecalibacterium prausnitziiinfluence the production of mucus glycans and the development of goblet cells in the colonic epithelium of a gnotobiotic model rodent