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Commensal Microbes Induce Serum IgA Responses that Protect against Polymicrobial Sepsis.


ABSTRACT: Serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies are readily detected in mice and people, but the mechanisms underlying the induction of serum IgA and its role in host protection remain uncertain. We report that select commensal bacteria induce several facets of systemic IgA-mediated immunity. Exposing conventional mice to a unique but natural microflora that included several members of the Proteobacteria phylum led to T cell-dependent increases in serum IgA levels and the induction of large numbers of IgA-secreting plasma cells in the bone marrow. The resulting serum IgA bound to a restricted collection of bacterial taxa, and antigen-specific serum IgA antibodies were readily induced after intestinal colonization with the commensal bacterium Helicobacter muridarum. Finally, movement to a Proteobacteria-rich microbiota led to serum IgA-mediated resistance to polymicrobial sepsis. We conclude that commensal microbes overtly influence the serum IgA repertoire, resulting in constitutive protection against bacterial sepsis.

SUBMITTER: Wilmore JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6350773 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Commensal Microbes Induce Serum IgA Responses that Protect against Polymicrobial Sepsis.

Wilmore Joel R JR   Gaudette Brian T BT   Gomez Atria Daniela D   Hashemi Tina T   Jones Derek D DD   Gardner Christopher A CA   Cole Stephen D SD   Misic Ana M AM   Beiting Daniel P DP   Allman David D  

Cell host & microbe 20180222 3


Serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies are readily detected in mice and people, but the mechanisms underlying the induction of serum IgA and its role in host protection remain uncertain. We report that select commensal bacteria induce several facets of systemic IgA-mediated immunity. Exposing conventional mice to a unique but natural microflora that included several members of the Proteobacteria phylum led to T cell-dependent increases in serum IgA levels and the induction of large numbers of I  ...[more]

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