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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma activation is required for maintenance of innate antimicrobial immunity in the colon.


ABSTRACT: Crohn's disease (CD), a major form of human inflammatory bowel disease, is characterized by primary immunodeficiencies. The nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is essential for intestinal homeostasis in response to both dietary- and microbiota-derived signals. Its role in host defense remains unknown, however. We show that PPARgamma functions as an antimicrobial factor by maintaining constitutive epithelial expression of a subset of beta-defensin in the colon, which includes mDefB10 in mice and DEFB1 in humans. Colonic mucosa of Ppargamma mutant animals shows defective killing of several major components of the intestinal microbiota, including Candida albicans, Bacteroides fragilis, Enterococcus faecalis, and Escherichia coli. Neutralization of the colicidal activity using an anti-mDefB10 blocking antibody was effective in a PPARgamma-dependent manner. A functional promoter variant that is required for DEFB1 expression confers strong protection against Crohn's colitis and ileocolitis (odds ratio, 0.559; P = 0.018). Consistently, colonic involvement in CD is specifically linked to reduced expression of DEFB1 independent of inflammation. These findings support the development of PPARgamma-targeting therapeutic and/or nutritional approaches to prevent colonic inflammation by restoring antimicrobial immunity in CD.

SUBMITTER: Peyrin-Biroulet L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2889363 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma activation is required for maintenance of innate antimicrobial immunity in the colon.

Peyrin-Biroulet Laurent L   Beisner Julia J   Wang Guoxing G   Nuding Sabine S   Oommen Sajit Thottathil ST   Kelly Denise D   Parmentier-Decrucq Erika E   Dessein Rodrigue R   Merour Emilie E   Chavatte Philipe P   Grandjean Teddy T   Bressenot Aude A   Desreumaux Pierre P   Colombel Jean-Frédéric JF   Desvergne Béatrice B   Stange Eduard F EF   Wehkamp Jan J   Chamaillard Mathias M  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100426 19


Crohn's disease (CD), a major form of human inflammatory bowel disease, is characterized by primary immunodeficiencies. The nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is essential for intestinal homeostasis in response to both dietary- and microbiota-derived signals. Its role in host defense remains unknown, however. We show that PPARgamma functions as an antimicrobial factor by maintaining constitutive epithelial expression of a subset of beta-defensin in the  ...[more]

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