TY - JOUR
T1 - Reciprocal interactions between commensal bacteria and γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes during mucosal injury
AU - Ismail, Anisa S.
AU - Behrendt, Cassie L.
AU - Hooper, Lora V.
PY - 2009/3/1
Y1 - 2009/3/1
N2 - The intestinal mucosal surface is in direct contact with a vast beneficial microbiota. The symbiotic nature of this relationship is threatened when the surface epithelium is injured, yet little is known about how mucosal surfaces maintain homeostasis with commensal microbes following damage. γδ Intraepithelial lymphocytes (γδ IEL) reside at the gut epithelial surface, where they stimulate mucosal healing following acute injury. A genome-wide analysis of the γδ IEL response to dextran sulfate sodium-induced colonic damage revealed induction of a complex transcriptional program, including coordinate regulation of cytoprotective, immunomodulatory, and antibacterial factors. Studies in germfree mice demonstrated that commensal microbiota regulate key components of this transcriptional program, thus revealing a dialogue between commensal bacteria and γδ IEL in injured epithelia. Analysis of TCRδ-deficient mice indicated that γδ T cells are essential for controlling mucosal penetration of commensal bacteria immediately following dextran sulfate sodium-induced damage, suggesting that a key function of γδ IEL is to maintain host-microbial homeostasis following acute mucosal injury. Taken together, these findings disclose a reciprocal relationship between γδ T cells and intestinal microbiota that promotes beneficial host-microbial relationships in the intestine.
AB - The intestinal mucosal surface is in direct contact with a vast beneficial microbiota. The symbiotic nature of this relationship is threatened when the surface epithelium is injured, yet little is known about how mucosal surfaces maintain homeostasis with commensal microbes following damage. γδ Intraepithelial lymphocytes (γδ IEL) reside at the gut epithelial surface, where they stimulate mucosal healing following acute injury. A genome-wide analysis of the γδ IEL response to dextran sulfate sodium-induced colonic damage revealed induction of a complex transcriptional program, including coordinate regulation of cytoprotective, immunomodulatory, and antibacterial factors. Studies in germfree mice demonstrated that commensal microbiota regulate key components of this transcriptional program, thus revealing a dialogue between commensal bacteria and γδ IEL in injured epithelia. Analysis of TCRδ-deficient mice indicated that γδ T cells are essential for controlling mucosal penetration of commensal bacteria immediately following dextran sulfate sodium-induced damage, suggesting that a key function of γδ IEL is to maintain host-microbial homeostasis following acute mucosal injury. Taken together, these findings disclose a reciprocal relationship between γδ T cells and intestinal microbiota that promotes beneficial host-microbial relationships in the intestine.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.0802705
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.0802705
M3 - Article
C2 - 19234201
AN - SCOPUS:64849089226
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 182
SP - 3047
EP - 3054
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 5
ER -