Epithelial Colonization by Gut Dendritic Cells promotes their Functional Diversification
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ABSTRACT: Dendritic cells (DCs) patrol tissues and transport antigens to lymph nodes to initiate adaptive immune responses. Within tissues, DCs constitute a complex cell population composed of distinct subsets that can exhibit different activation states and functions. How tissue-specific cues orchestrate DC diversification remains elusive. Here, we show that the small intestine included two pools of cDC2s originating from common preDC precursors: (1) lamina propria (LP) CD103+CD11b+ cDC2s that were mature-like pro-inflammatory cells and (2) intraepithelial cDC2s that exhibited an immature-like phenotype as well as tolerogenic properties. These phenotypes resulted from the action of food-derived retinoic acid (ATRA), which enhanced actomyosin contractility and promoted LP cDC2 transmigration into the epithelium. There, cDC2s were imprinted by environmental cues including ATRA itself and the mucus component Muc2. Hence, by reaching distinct sub-tissular niches, DCs can exist as immature and mature cells within the same tissue, revealing an additional mechanism of DC functional diversification.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE188379 | GEO | 2021/11/11
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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