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Innate lymphoid cells promote anatomical containment of lymphoid-resident commensal bacteria.

ABSTRACT: The mammalian intestinal tract is colonized by trillions of beneficial commensal bacteria that are anatomically restricted to specific niches. However, the mechanisms that regulate anatomical containment remain unclear. Here, we show that interleukin-22 (IL-22)-producing innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are present in intestinal tissues of healthy mammals. Depletion of ILCs resulted in peripheral dissemination of commensal bacteria and systemic inflammation, which was prevented by administration of IL-22. Disseminating bacteria were identified as Alcaligenes species originating from host lymphoid tissues. Alcaligenes was sufficient to promote systemic inflammation after ILC depletion in mice, and Alcaligenes-specific systemic immune responses were associated with Crohn's disease and progressive hepatitis C virus infection in patients. Collectively, these data indicate that ILCs regulate selective containment of lymphoid-resident bacteria to prevent systemic inflammation associated with chronic diseases.

SUBMITTER: Sonnenberg GF

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3659421 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Innate lymphoid cells promote anatomical containment of lymphoid-resident commensal bacteria.

Sonnenberg Gregory F GF Monticelli Laurel A LA Alenghat Theresa T Fung Thomas C TC Hutnick Natalie A NA Kunisawa Jun J Shibata Naoko N Grunberg Stephanie S Sinha Rohini R Zahm Adam M AM Tardif Mélanie R MR Sathaliyawala Taheri T Kubota Masaru M Farber Donna L DL Collman Ronald G RG Shaked Abraham A Fouser Lynette A LA Weiner David B DB Tessier Philippe A PA Friedman Joshua R JR Kiyono Hiroshi H Bushman Frederic D FD Chang Kyong-Mi KM Artis David D

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20120606 6086

The mammalian intestinal tract is colonized by trillions of beneficial commensal bacteria that are anatomically restricted to specific niches. However, the mechanisms that regulate anatomical containment remain unclear. Here, we show that interleukin-22 (IL-22)-producing innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are present in intestinal tissues of healthy mammals. Depletion of ILCs resulted in peripheral dissemination of commensal bacteria and systemic inflammation, which was prevented by administration of ...[more]

PMID: 22674331

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Project description:Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a recently characterized family of immune cells that have critical roles in cytokine-mediated regulation of intestinal epithelial cell barrier integrity. Alterations in ILC responses are associated with multiple chronic human diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, implicating a role for ILCs in disease pathogenesis. Owing to an inability to target ILCs selectively, experimental studies assessing ILC function have predominantly used mice lacking adaptive immune cells. However, in lymphocyte-sufficient hosts ILCs are vastly outnumbered by CD4(+) T cells, which express similar profiles of effector cytokines. Therefore, the function of ILCs in the presence of adaptive immunity and their potential to influence adaptive immune cell responses remain unknown. To test this, we used genetic or antibody-mediated depletion strategies to target murine ILCs in the presence of an adaptive immune system. We show that loss of retinoic-acid-receptor-related orphan receptor-?t-positive (ROR?t(+)) ILCs was associated with dysregulated adaptive immune cell responses against commensal bacteria and low-grade systemic inflammation. Remarkably, ILC-mediated regulation of adaptive immune cells occurred independently of interleukin (IL)-17A, IL-22 or IL-23. Genome-wide transcriptional profiling and functional analyses revealed that ROR?t(+) ILCs express major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII) and can process and present antigen. However, rather than inducing T-cell proliferation, ILCs acted to limit commensal bacteria-specific CD4(+) T-cell responses. Consistent with this, selective deletion of MHCII in murine ROR?t(+) ILCs resulted in dysregulated commensal bacteria-dependent CD4(+) T-cell responses that promoted spontaneous intestinal inflammation. These data identify that ILCs maintain intestinal homeostasis through MHCII-dependent interactions with CD4(+) T cells that limit pathological adaptive immune cell responses to commensal bacteria.

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Innate lymphoid cells promote anatomical containment of lymphoid-resident commensal bacteria.

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Innate lymphoid cells promote anatomical containment of lymphoid-resident commensal bacteria.

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