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Modulation of the fungal mycobiome is regulated by the chitin-binding receptor FIBCD1.

ABSTRACT: Host-microbiota interactions are critical in regulating mammalian health and disease. In addition to bacteria, parasites, and viruses, beneficial communities of fungi (the mycobiome) are important modulators of immune- and tissue-homeostasis. Chitin is a major component of the fungal cell wall, and fibrinogen C containing domain 1 (FIBCD1) is a chitin-binding protein; however, the role of this molecule in influencing host-mycobiome interactions in vivo has never been examined. Here, we identify direct binding of FIBCD1 to intestinal-derived fungi and demonstrate that epithelial-specific expression of FIBCD1 results in significantly reduced fungal colonization and amelioration of fungal-driven intestinal inflammation. Collectively, these results identify FIBCD1 as a previously unrecognized microbial pattern recognition receptor through which intestinal epithelial cells can recognize and control fungal colonization, limit fungal dysbiosis, and dampen intestinal inflammation.

SUBMITTER: Moeller JB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6888979 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Modulation of the fungal mycobiome is regulated by the chitin-binding receptor FIBCD1.

Moeller Jesper B JB Leonardi Irina I Schlosser Anders A Flamar Anne-Laure AL Bessman Nicholas J NJ Putzel Gregory Garbès GG Thomsen Theresa T Hammond Mark M Jepsen Christine S CS Skjødt Karsten K Füchtbauer Ernst-Martin EM Farber Donna L DL Sorensen Grith L GL Iliev Iliyan D ID Holmskov Uffe U Artis David D Artis David D

The Journal of experimental medicine 20191010 12

Host-microbiota interactions are critical in regulating mammalian health and disease. In addition to bacteria, parasites, and viruses, beneficial communities of fungi (the mycobiome) are important modulators of immune- and tissue-homeostasis. Chitin is a major component of the fungal cell wall, and fibrinogen C containing domain 1 (FIBCD1) is a chitin-binding protein; however, the role of this molecule in influencing host-mycobiome interactions in vivo has never been examined. Here, we identify ...[more]

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