From dysbiosis to healthy skin: major contributions of Cutibacterium acnes to skin homeostasis

Rozas, Miquel; Hart de Ruijter, Astrid; Fábrega, María José; Zorgani, Amine; Güell Cargol, Marc, 1982-; Paetzold, Bernhard, 1981-; Brillet, François

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9030628

From dysbiosis to healthy skin: major contributions of Cutibacterium acnes to skin homeostasis

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Rozas M, Hart de Ruijter A, Fabrega MJ, Zorgani A, Guell M, Paetzold B, Brillet F. From dysbiosis to healthy skin: major contributions of Cutibacterium acnes to skin homeostasis. Microorganisms. 2021; 9(3):628. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9030628

Abstract

Cutibacterium acnes is the most abundant bacterium living in human, healthy and sebum-rich skin sites, such as the face and the back. This bacterium is adapted to this specific environment and therefore could have a major role in local skin homeostasis. To assess the role of this bacterium in healthy skin, this review focused on (i) the abundance of C. acnes in the skin microbiome of healthy skin and skin disorders, (ii) its major contributions to human skin health, and (iii) skin commensals used as probiotics to alleviate skin disorders. The loss of C. acnes relative abundance and/or clonal diversity is frequently associated with skin disorders such as acne, atopic dermatitis, rosacea, and psoriasis. C. acnes, and the diversity of its clonal population, contributes actively to the normal biophysiological skin functions through, for example, lipid modulation, niche competition and oxidative stress mitigation. Compared to gut probiotics, limited dermatological studies have investigated skin probiotics with skin commensal strains, highlighting their unexplored potential.