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Barrier tissues are highly innervated by sensory and autonomic nerves that are positioned in close proximity to both stromal and immune cell populations. Together with a growing awareness of the far-reaching consequences of neuroimmune interactions, recent studies have uncovered key mechanisms through which they contribute to organ homeostasis and immunity. It has also become clear that dysregulation of such interactions is implicated in the development of chronic lung diseases. This review describes the characteristics of the lung nervous system and discusses the molecular mechanisms that underlie lung neuroimmune interactions in infection and disease. We have contextualized the current literature and identified opportune areas for further investigation. Indeed, both the lung-brain axis and local neuroimmune interactions hold enormous potential for the exploration and development of novel therapeutic strategies targeting lung diseases. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Immunology, Volume 42 is April 2024. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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The constituents of the gut microbiome are determined by the local habitat, which itself is shaped by immunological pressures, such as mucosal IgA. Using a mouse model of restricted antibody repertoire, we identified a role for antibody-microbe interactions in shaping a community of bacteria with an enhanced capacity to metabolize L-tyrosine. This model led to increased concentrations of p-cresol sulfate (PCS), which protected the host against allergic airway inflammation. PCS selectively reduced CCL20 production by airway epithelial cells due to an uncoupling of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling. Together, these data reveal a gut microbe-derived metabolite pathway that acts distally on the airway epithelium to reduce allergic airway responses, such as those underpinning asthma.
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Anticorpos/metabolismo , Bactérias/metabolismo , Cresóis/metabolismo , Microbioma Gastrointestinal , Intestinos/microbiologia , Pulmão/metabolismo , Pneumonia/prevenção & controle , Hipersensibilidade Respiratória/prevenção & controle , Ésteres do Ácido Sulfúrico/metabolismo , Tirosina/metabolismo , Administração Oral , Alérgenos , Animais , Anticorpos/imunologia , Diversidade de Anticorpos , Bactérias/imunologia , Células Cultivadas , Quimiocina CCL20/metabolismo , Técnicas de Cocultura , Cresóis/administração & dosagem , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Receptores ErbB/metabolismo , Feminino , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Injeções Intravenosas , Pulmão/imunologia , Pulmão/patologia , Masculino , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , Pneumonia/imunologia , Pneumonia/metabolismo , Pneumonia/microbiologia , Hipersensibilidade Respiratória/imunologia , Hipersensibilidade Respiratória/metabolismo , Hipersensibilidade Respiratória/microbiologia , Transdução de Sinais , Ésteres do Ácido Sulfúrico/administração & dosagem , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/metabolismo , Tirosina/administração & dosagemRESUMO
Antibiotic use in early life disrupts microbial colonization and increases the risk of developing allergies and asthma. We report that mice given antibiotics in early life (EL-Abx), but not in adulthood, were more susceptible to house dust mite (HDM)-induced allergic airway inflammation. This susceptibility was maintained even after normalization of the gut microbiome. EL-Abx decreased systemic levels of indole-3-propionic acid (IPA), which induced long-term changes to cellular stress, metabolism, and mitochondrial respiration in the lung epithelium. IPA reduced mitochondrial respiration and superoxide production and altered chemokine and cytokine production. Consequently, early-life IPA supplementation protected EL-Abx mice against exacerbated HDM-induced allergic airway inflammation in adulthood. These results reveal a mechanism through which EL-Abx can predispose the lung to allergic airway inflammation and highlight a possible preventative approach to mitigate the detrimental consequences of EL-Abx.
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Antibacterianos , Asma , Disbiose , Microbioma Gastrointestinal , Indóis , Pyroglyphidae , Animais , Camundongos , Disbiose/imunologia , Indóis/farmacologia , Antibacterianos/efeitos adversos , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/efeitos dos fármacos , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/imunologia , Asma/imunologia , Pyroglyphidae/imunologia , Pulmão/imunologia , Pulmão/patologia , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Feminino , Inflamação/imunologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Citocinas/metabolismo , Hipersensibilidade/imunologia , PropionatosRESUMO
The last decade of microbiome research has highlighted its fundamental role in systemic immune and metabolic homeostasis. The microbiome plays a prominent role during gestation and into early life, when maternal lifestyle factors shape immune development of the newborn. Breast milk further shapes gut colonization, supporting the development of tolerance to commensal bacteria and harmless antigens while preventing outgrowth of pathogens. Environmental microbial and lifestyle factors that disrupt this process can dysregulate immune homeostasis, predisposing infants to atopic disease and childhood asthma. In health, the low-biomass lung microbiome, together with inhaled environmental microbial constituents, establishes the immunological set point that is necessary to maintain pulmonary immune defense. However, in disease perturbations to immunological and physiological processes allow the upper respiratory tract to act as a reservoir of pathogenic bacteria, which can colonize the diseased lung and cause severe inflammation. Studying these host-microbe interactions in respiratory diseases holds great promise to stratify patients for suitable treatment regimens and biomarker discovery to predict disease progression. Preclinical studies show that commensal gut microbes are in a constant flux of cell division and death, releasing microbial constituents, metabolic by-products, and vesicles that shape the immune system and can protect against respiratory diseases. The next major advances may come from testing and utilizing these microbial factors for clinical benefit and exploiting the predictive power of the microbiome by employing multiomics analysis approaches.
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Asma , Microbiota , Recém-Nascido , Humanos , Criança , Pulmão/microbiologia , Inflamação/patologia , Bactérias/metabolismo , HomeostaseRESUMO
Intestinal helminth infection triggers a type 2 immune response that promotes a 'weep-and sweep' response characterised by increased mucus secretion and intestinal hypermotility, which function to dislodge the worm from its intestinal habitat. Recent studies have discovered that several other pathogens cause intestinal dysmotility through major alterations to the immune and enteric nervous systems (ENS), and their interactions, within the gastrointestinal tract. However, the involvement of these systems has not been investigated for helminth infections. Eosinophils represent a key cell type recruited by the type 2 immune response and alter intestinal motility under steady-state conditions. Our study aimed to investigate whether altered intestinal motility driven by the murine hookworm, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, infection involves eosinophils and how the ENS and smooth muscles of the gut are impacted. Eosinophil deficiency did not influence helminth-induced intestinal hypermotility and hypermotility did not involve gross structural or functional changes to the ENS. Hypermotility was instead associated with a dramatic increase in smooth muscle thickness and contractility, an observation that extended to another rodent nematode, Heligmosomoides polygyrus. In summary our data indicate that, in contrast to other pathogens, helminth-induced intestinal hypermotility is driven by largely by myogenic, rather than neurogenic, alterations with such changes occurring independently of eosinophils. (<300 words).
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Sistema Nervoso Entérico , Eosinófilos , Motilidade Gastrointestinal , Músculo Liso , Nippostrongylus , Animais , Camundongos , Eosinófilos/imunologia , Músculo Liso/parasitologia , Sistema Nervoso Entérico/parasitologia , Sistema Nervoso Entérico/imunologia , Motilidade Gastrointestinal/fisiologia , Nematospiroides dubius/fisiologia , Nematospiroides dubius/imunologia , Infecções por Strongylida/imunologia , Infecções por Strongylida/parasitologia , Enteropatias Parasitárias/imunologia , Enteropatias Parasitárias/parasitologia , Helmintíase/imunologia , Helmintíase/parasitologia , Neurônios/parasitologia , Neurônios/metabolismo , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BLRESUMO
The human milk oligosaccharide 3'-sialyllactose (3'SL) has previously been shown to activate murine dendritic cells (DC) in a Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4-mediated manner ex vivo. In this study we aimed to investigate whether 3'SL has similar immunomodulatory properties on human DC. 3'SL was shown to induce NF-κB activation via human TLR4. However, LPS was detected in the commercially obtained 3'SL from different suppliers. After the removal of LPS from 3'SL, we studied its ability to modify DC differentiation in vitro. In contrast to LPS and 3'SL, LPS-free 3'SL did not induce functional and phenotypical changes on immature DC (iDC). iDC that were differentiated in the presence of LPS or 3'SL showed a semi-mature phenotype (i.e., fewer CD83+CD86+ DC), produced IL-10 and abrogated IL-12p70 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels upon stimulation with several TLR ligands. Differentiation into these tolerogenic DC was completely abrogated by LPS removal from 3'SL. In contrast to previous reports in mice, we found that LPS-free 3'SL does not activate NF-κB via human TLR4. In conclusion, removing LPS from (oligo)saccharide preparations is necessary to study their potential immunomodulatory function.
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Células Dendríticas/imunologia , Tolerância Imunológica/imunologia , Lipopolissacarídeos/análise , Lipopolissacarídeos/imunologia , Oligossacarídeos/imunologia , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/metabolismo , Animais , Células Dendríticas/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Tolerância Imunológica/efeitos dos fármacos , Leite Humano/química , NF-kappa B/metabolismo , Oligossacarídeos/farmacologia , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/imunologiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The Fulani are known to have a lower parasitaemia and less clinical episodes of malaria as compared to the Dogon sympatric ethnic group, living in Mali. Higher circulating malaria-specific antibody titers and increased pro-inflammatory cytokine levels have been shown in Fulani individuals. Several studies have tried to link haptoglobin (Hp) phenotypes with susceptibility to malaria, but without consensus. This study investigated the role of Hp phenotypes and cytokine levels in Dogon and Fulani during asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection. METHODS: Two different cohorts were combined in this study: a 2008 cohort with 77 children aged between two and ten years and a 2001 cohort, with 82 children and adults, aged between 11 and 68 years. Hp phenotypes in plasma were measured by Western Blot. Circulating levels of sCD163, IL-6, IL-10, IFN-γ and TNF were measured by ELISA. Multiple regression analysis was performed to associate Hp phenotypes with cytokine profiles. In addition, in vitro stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with Hp:Hb complexes was performed and cytokine release in corresponding supernatants were measured using cytometric bead array. RESULTS: The results revealed a higher Hp2-2 phenotype prevalence in the Fulani. The Hp2-2 phenotype was associated with a higher susceptibility to P. falciparum infection in Dogon, but not in Fulani. In concordance with previous studies, Fulani showed increased inflammatory mediators (IL-6, IFN-γ) and additionally also increased sCD163 levels compared to Dogon, irrespective of infection. Furthermore, infected individuals showed elevated sCD163 levels compared to uninfected individuals, in both Fulani and Dogon. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the Hp1-1 phenotype was associated with higher levels of TNF and IFN-γ, as compared to the Hp2-2 phenotype. In vitro stimulation of PBMCs with Hb:Hp1-1 complexes resulted in a pro-inflammatory cytokine profile, whilst stimulation with Hb:Hp2-2 complexes showed a more balanced profile. CONCLUSIONS: Ethnicity might be an important confounder on the Hp phenotype-dependent susceptibility to malaria and future studies could consider taking this into account when designing new immunological studies. Although, the relatively small sample size used in this study warrens for precautions in the interpretation of the data and these findings should ideally be validated in a bigger cohort.
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Citocinas/sangue , Haptoglobinas/análise , Malária Falciparum/sangue , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Antígenos CD/sangue , Antígenos de Diferenciação Mielomonocítica/sangue , Criança , Estudos de Coortes , Etnicidade/estatística & dados numéricos , Haptoglobinas/química , Humanos , Malária Falciparum/epidemiologia , Malária Falciparum/etnologia , Mali/epidemiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fenótipo , Receptores de Superfície Celular/sangue , Análise de Regressão , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Soil-transmitted helminths cause widespread disease, infecting ~1.5 billion people living within poverty-stricken regions of tropical and subtropical countries. As adult worms inhabit the intestine alongside bacterial communities, we determined whether the bacterial microbiota impacted on host resistance against intestinal helminth infection. We infected germ-free, antibiotic-treated and specific pathogen-free mice, with the intestinal helminth Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri. Mice harboured increased parasite numbers in the absence of a bacterial microbiota, despite mounting a robust helminth-induced type 2 immune response. Alterations to parasite behaviour could already be observed at early time points following infection, including more proximal distribution of infective larvae along the intestinal tract and increased migration in a Baermann assay. Mice lacking a complex bacterial microbiota exhibited reduced levels of intestinal acetylcholine, a major excitatory intestinal neurotransmitter that promotes intestinal transit by activating muscarinic receptors. Both intestinal motility and host resistance against larval infection were restored by treatment with the muscarinic agonist bethanechol. These data provide evidence that a complex bacterial microbiota provides the host with resistance against intestinal helminths via its ability to regulate intestinal motility.
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Helmintíase , Enteropatias Parasitárias , Nematospiroides dubius , Infecções por Strongylida , Camundongos , Animais , Motilidade GastrointestinalRESUMO
Barrier integrity is central to the maintenance of healthy immunological homeostasis. Impaired skin barrier function is linked with enhanced allergen sensitization and the development of diseases such as atopic dermatitis (AD), which can precede the development of other allergic disorders, for example, food allergies and asthma. Epidemiological evidence indicates that children suffering from allergies have lower levels of dietary fibre-derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFA). Using an experimental model of AD-like skin inflammation, we report that a fermentable fibre-rich diet alleviates systemic allergen sensitization and disease severity. The gut-skin axis underpins this phenomenon through SCFA production, particularly butyrate, which strengthens skin barrier function by altering mitochondrial metabolism of epidermal keratinocytes and the production of key structural components. Our results demonstrate that dietary fibre and SCFA improve epidermal barrier integrity, ultimately limiting early allergen sensitization and disease development.The Graphical Abstract was designed using Servier Medical Art images ( https://smart.servier.com ).
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Dermatite Atópica , Hipersensibilidade Alimentar , Alérgenos , Criança , Fibras na Dieta , Ácidos Graxos Voláteis , Humanos , QueratinócitosRESUMO
Allergies and asthma have increased in prevalence over recent decades while the development of therapies to treat or prevent them has stagnated. Genetic predisposition and lifestyle changes influence the constituents of the microbiome and these host-environment-microbe interactions represent a key underlying pressure influencing disease susceptibility. Consequently, there has been a surge of interest in shaping the microbiome to a health-promoting state particularly through nutritional intervention strategies. However, mechanistic insights into the nutrition-microbe-host interplay are still needed in order for such approaches to succeed. In addition, little is known about how trans-kingdom interactions might influence disease susceptibility and progression. Future steps toward revealing the underlying mechanisms of host-microbe interactions will be pivotal for the development of effective dietary intervention strategies for the prevention and treatment of allergic diseases.
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Asma/prevenção & controle , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/fisiologia , Hipersensibilidade/prevenção & controle , Estado Nutricional/imunologia , Asma/imunologia , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/genética , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/imunologia , Humanos , Hipersensibilidade/imunologiaRESUMO
Ageing is associated with a changing immune system, leading to inflammageing (increased levels of inflammation markers in serum) and immunosenescence (reduced immune cells and reduced responses towards pathogens). This results in reduced vaccination responses and increased infections in elderly. Much is known about the adaptive immune system upon ageing, but less is known about the innate immune system. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare innate immune function of Toll like receptor (TLR)-mediated responses between elderly and young adult women. To this end, elderly and young adult women were compared to study the effect of ageing on the relative prevalence and reactivity to TLR-mediated responses of myeloid- and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (mDC, pDC). In addition, TLR expression and inflammatory markers in serum were investigated. Elderly women had reduced numbers of circulating pDCs. In addition, pDCs and mDCs of elderly women responded differently towards TLR stimulation, especially TLR7/8 mediated stimulation was reduced, compared to young adults. In serum, markers involved in inflammation were generally increased in elderly. In conclusion, this study confirms and extends the knowledge about immunosenescence and inflammageing on innate immunity in elderly women.
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Envelhecimento/metabolismo , Células Dendríticas/metabolismo , Células Mieloides/metabolismo , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Citocinas/sangue , Feminino , Humanos , Mediadores da Inflamação/sangue , Molécula 1 de Adesão Intercelular/sangue , Espaço Intracelular/metabolismo , Receptores Toll-Like/metabolismo , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/sangue , Molécula 1 de Adesão de Célula Vascular/sangue , Adulto JovemRESUMO
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Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) and prebiotic oligosaccharides are proposed to confer several health benefits to the infant. They shape the microbiota, have anti-inflammatory properties, and support epithelial barrier functioning. However, in order to select the best oligosaccharides for inclusion in infant formulas, there is a need to increase our understanding of the specific effects of HMO and prebiotics on the host immune system. Therefore, we investigated the effects of the HMO sialyllactose (SL), and galactooligosaccharides (GOS) on epithelial barrier functioning, microbiota composition, and SCFA production. The effect of GOS and SL on epithelial barrier functioning and microbiota composition was investigated using in vitro models. Epithelial barrier function was investigated by transcriptome analysis of fully polarized Caco-2 cells exposed for 6 h to SL or GOS. In addition, epithelial cell growth, alkaline phosphatase production, and re-epithelization was studied. Further, we investigated the effect of SL and GOS on microbiota composition and SCFA production using in vitro fecal batch cultures. Transcriptome analysis showed that SL and GOS both induced pathways that regulate cell cycle control. This gene-expression profile translated to a phenotype of halted proliferation and included the induction of alkaline phosphatase activity, a marker of epithelial cell differentiation. SL and GOS also promoted re-epithelialization in an in vitro epithelial wound repair assay. SL and GOS did show distinct modulation of microbiota composition, promoting the outgrowth of Bacteroides and bifidobacteria, respectively, which resulted in distinct changes in SCFA production profiles. Our results show that SL and GOS can both modulate epithelial barrier function by inducing differentiation and epithelial wound repair, but differentially promote the growth of specific genera in the microbiota, which is associated with differential changes in SCFA profiles.
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Bacteroides/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Bifidobacterium/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/fisiologia , Mucosa Intestinal/patologia , Lactose/análogos & derivados , Leite Humano/metabolismo , Oligossacarídeos/metabolismo , Ácidos Siálicos/metabolismo , Junções Íntimas/patologia , Fosfatase Alcalina/metabolismo , Células CACO-2 , Ciclo Celular/genética , Diferenciação Celular , Proliferação de Células , Ácidos Graxos Voláteis , Humanos , Lactente , Lactose/metabolismo , TranscriptomaRESUMO
During the last decades, the world has witnessed a dramatic increase in allergy prevalence. Epidemiological evidence shows that growing up on a farm is a protective factor, which is partly explained by the consumption of raw cow's milk. Indeed, recent studies show inverse associations between raw cow's milk consumption in early life and asthma, hay fever, and rhinitis. A similar association of raw cow's milk consumption with respiratory tract infections is recently found. In line with these findings, controlled studies in infants with milk components such as lactoferrin, milk fat globule membrane, and colostrum IgG have shown to reduce respiratory infections. However, for ethical reasons, it is not possible to conduct controlled studies with raw cow's milk in infants, so formal proof is lacking to date. Because viral respiratory tract infections and aeroallergen exposure in children may be causally linked to the development of asthma, it is of interest to investigate whether cow's milk components can modulate human immune function in the respiratory tract and via which mechanisms. Inhaled allergens and viruses trigger local immune responses in the upper airways in both nasal and oral lymphoid tissue. The components present in raw cow's milk are able to promote a local microenvironment in which mucosal immune responses are modified and the epithelial barrier is enforced. In addition, such responses may also be triggered in the gut after exposure to allergens and viruses in the nasal cavity that become available in the GI tract after swallowing. However, these immune cells that come into contact with cow's milk components in the gut must recirculate into the blood and home to the (upper and lower) respiratory tract to regulate immune responses locally. Expression of the tissue homing-associated markers α4ß7 and CCR9 or CCR10 on lymphocytes can be influenced by vitamin A and vitamin D3, respectively. Since both vitamins are present in milk, we speculate that raw milk may influence homing of lymphocytes to the upper respiratory tract. This review focuses on potential mechanisms via which cow's milk or its components can influence immune function in the intestine and the upper respiratory tract. Unraveling these complex mechanisms may contribute to the development of novel dietary approaches in allergy and asthma prevention.
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Trato Gastrointestinal/imunologia , Leite/imunologia , Sistema Respiratório/imunologia , Animais , Bovinos , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Leite Humano , Infecções Respiratórias/epidemiologiaRESUMO
Breast milk plays an important role in immune development in early life and protects against diseases later in life. A wide range of the beneficial effects of breast milk are attributed to human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) as well as components such as vitamin D3 (VitD3) or TGFß. One mechanism by which HMOs might contribute to immune homeostasis and protection against disease is the induction of a local tolerogenic milieu. In this study we investigated the effect of the HMOs 6'-sialyllactose (6'SL) and 2'-fucosyllactose (2'FL) as well as prebiotic galactooligosaccharides (GOS) on DC differentiation and maturation. Isolated CD14+ monocytes were cultured for six days in the presence of GM-CSF and IL-4 with or without 6'SL, 2'FL, GOS, VitD3 or TGFß. Additionally, immature VitD3DC, TGFßDC and moDC were used as different DC types to investigate the effect of 6'SL, 2'FL and GOS on DC maturation. Surface marker expression and cytokine production was measured by flow cytometry and cytometric bead array, respectively. Unlike TGFß and vitD3, the oligosaccharides 6'SL, 2'FL and GOS did not influence DC differentiation. Next, we studied the effect of 6'SL, 2'FL and GOS on maturation of moDC, VitD3DC and TGFßDC that showed different profiles of HMO-binding receptors. 6'SL, 2'FL and GOS did not modulate LPS-induced maturation, even though their putative receptors were present on the different DCs types. Thus, whereas VitD3 and TGFß halt DC differentiation, which results in phenotypically distinct tolerogenic DCs, 6'SL, 2'FL and GOS do not alter DC differentiation or maturation of in vitro differentiated DC types.
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Diferenciação Celular/fisiologia , Células Dendríticas/metabolismo , Lactose/análogos & derivados , Oligossacarídeos/metabolismo , Trissacarídeos/metabolismo , Calcitriol/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Líquido Cefalorraquidiano/metabolismo , Humanos , Interleucina-4/administração & dosagem , Interleucina-4/metabolismo , Lactose/administração & dosagem , Lactose/metabolismo , Leite Humano/metabolismo , Oligossacarídeos/administração & dosagem , Prebióticos , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/metabolismo , Trissacarídeos/administração & dosagemRESUMO
Lactoferrin is an abundant glycoprotein in bovine milk that has immunomodulatory effects on human cells. Bovine lactoferrin (LF) binds lipopolysaccharides (LPS) with high affinity and is postulated to act via TLR4-dependent and -independent mechanisms. It has been shown that LF modulates differentiation of human monocytes into tolerogenic dendritic cells. However, in a previous study, we showed that LPS also mediates differentiation into tolerogenic dendritic cells (DC). Since LF binds LPS with high affinity, it remains to be investigated whether LF or LPS is mediating these effects. We, therefore, further investigated the LPS-independent effect of LF on differentiation of human monocytes into dendritic cells (DC). Human monocytes were isolated by magnetic cell sorting from freshly isolated PBMCs and cultured for six days in the presence of IL-4 and GM-CSF with or without LF or proteinase K treated LF to generate DC. These immature DC were stimulated for 48 h with LPS or Poly I:C + R848. Cell surface marker expression and cytokine production were measured by flow cytometry. DC differentiated in the presence of LF produced higher IL-6 and IL-8 levels during differentiation and showed a lower expression of CD1a and HLA-DR. These LFDCs showed to be hyporesponsive towards TLR ligands as shown by their semi-mature phenotype and reduced cytokine production. The effect of LF was abrogated by proteinase K treatment, showing that the functional effects of LF were not mediated by LPS contamination. Thus, LF alters DC differentiation and dampens responsiveness towards TLR ligands. This study indicates that LF can play a role in immune homeostasis in the human GI tract.
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Diferenciação Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Dendríticas/efeitos dos fármacos , Lactoferrina/farmacologia , Monócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Bovinos , Células Dendríticas/metabolismo , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Imidazóis/farmacologia , Interleucina-6/metabolismo , Interleucina-8/metabolismo , Ligantes , Lipopolissacarídeos/farmacologia , Monócitos/metabolismo , Fenótipo , Poli I-C/metabolismo , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/agonistas , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/metabolismoRESUMO
During aging the immune system is dysregulated. Especially plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) and myeloid DCs (mDCs) have reduced Toll like receptor (TLR)-mediated responses resulting in increased susceptibility to infections. Consumption of bovine lactoferrin (bLF) has been shown to reduce infections with viruses. Galacto-oligosacharides (GOS) and vitamin D are associated with reduced pro-inflammatory cytokine levels in serum, and increased TLR7/8 responses, respectively. A double-blind placebo-controlled nutritional intervention study in elderly women was performed, to investigate the potential of bLF, GOS, and vitamin D to restore TLR responsiveness of pDCs and mDCs and to reduce inflammatory markers in serum. The nutritional intervention group (n = 15) received bLF for 3 weeks, followed by 3 weeks of bLF + GOS, and subsequently 3 weeks of bLF + GOS + vitamin D. The placebo group (n = 15) received maltodextrin for 9 weeks. Every 3 weeks, blood was collected and TLR responses of pDCs and mDCs, and inflammation-related markers in serum were measured. After 3 weeks of bLF supplementation, increased TLR7/8 and TLR1/2 responses were observed in pDCs of the nutritional intervention group compared to the placebo group. When the effects of the entire nutritional intervention were investigated, increased TLR1/2 mediated responses in mDCs were observed, and in serum sVCAM tended to decrease. Finally, based on the RAND-36 questionnaire physical function tended to improve in the intervention group. Since especially TLR7-mediated responses in pDCs were enhanced after bLF supplementation compared to placebo, this suggests that bLF may contribute to antiviral responses mediated by pDC in elderly women.Clinical trial registry number: NCT03026244, clinicaltrials.gov.
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Células Dendríticas/imunologia , Lactoferrina/administração & dosagem , Oligossacarídeos/administração & dosagem , Receptor 7 Toll-Like/imunologia , Vitamina D/administração & dosagem , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Animais , Bovinos , Feminino , HumanosRESUMO
SCOPE: Investigations into the immunological response of proteins is often masked by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) contamination. We report an optimized Triton X-114 (TX-114) based LPS extraction method for ß-lactoglobulin (BLG) and soy protein extract suitable for cell-based immunological assays. METHODS AND RESULTS: Optimization of an existing TX-114 based phase LPS extraction method resulted in >99% reduction of LPS levels. However, remaining TX-114 was found to interfere with LPS and protein concentration assays and decreased viability of THP-1 macrophages and HEK-Blue 293 cells. Upon screening a range of TX-114 extraction procedures, TX-114-binding beads were found to most effectively lower TX-114 levels without affecting protein structural properties. LPS-purified proteins showed reduced capacity to activate TLR4 compared to non-treated proteins. LPS-purified BLG did not induce secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines from THP-1 macrophages, as non-treated protein did, showing that LPS contamination masks the immunomodulatory effect of BLG. Both HEK293 cells expressing TLR4 and differentiated THP-1 macrophages were shown as a relevant model to screen the protein preparations for biological effects of LPS contamination. CONCLUSION: The reported TX-114 assisted LPS-removal from protein preparations followed by bead based removal of TX-114 allows evaluation of natively folded protein preparations for their immunological potential in cell-based studies.
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Detergentes/química , Lactoglobulinas/farmacologia , Lipopolissacarídeos/isolamento & purificação , Extração Líquido-Líquido/métodos , Macrófagos/efeitos dos fármacos , Polietilenoglicóis/química , Animais , Bovinos , Linhagem Celular , Detergentes/isolamento & purificação , Análise de Alimentos , Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Interleucina-1beta/genética , Interleucina-1beta/imunologia , Interleucina-6/genética , Interleucina-6/imunologia , Interleucina-8/genética , Interleucina-8/imunologia , Lactoglobulinas/química , Lipopolissacarídeos/farmacologia , Ativação de Macrófagos/efeitos dos fármacos , Macrófagos/citologia , Macrófagos/imunologia , Octoxinol , Polietilenoglicóis/isolamento & purificação , Receptor 2 Toll-Like/genética , Receptor 2 Toll-Like/imunologia , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/genética , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/imunologia , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/genética , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/imunologiaRESUMO
With aging, tryptophan metabolism is affected. Tryptophan has a crucial role in the induction of immune tolerance and the maintenance of gut microbiota. We, therefore, studied the effect of dietary tryptophan restriction in young wild-type (WT) mice (118-wk life span) and in DNA-repair deficient, premature-aged (Ercc1-/Δ7 ) mice (20-wk life span). First, we found that the effect of aging on the distribution of B and T cells in bone marrow (BM) and in the periphery of 16-wk-old Ercc1-/Δ7 mice was comparable to that in 18-mo-old WT mice. Dietary tryptophan restriction caused an arrest of B cell development in the BM, accompanied by diminished B cell frequencies in the periphery. In general, old Ercc1-/Δ7 mice showed similar responses to tryptophan restriction compared with young WT mice, indicative of age-independent effects. Dietary tryptophan restriction increased microbial diversity and made the gut microbiota composition of old Ercc1-/Δ7 mice more similar to that of young WT mice. The decreased abundances of Alistipes and Akkermansia spp. after dietary tryptophan restriction correlated significantly with decreased B cell precursor numbers. In conclusion, we report that dietary tryptophan restriction arrests B cell development and concomitantly changes gut microbiota composition. Our study suggests a beneficial interplay between dietary tryptophan, B cell development, and gut microbial composition on several aspects of age-induced changes.
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Senilidade Prematura/imunologia , Senilidade Prematura/microbiologia , Linfócitos B/citologia , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Endonucleases/metabolismo , Microbiota , Triptofano/metabolismo , Animais , Bactérias/metabolismo , Medula Óssea/metabolismo , Dieta , Feminino , Trato Gastrointestinal/microbiologia , Memória Imunológica , Linfonodos/citologia , Contagem de Linfócitos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Baço/citologia , Linfócitos T Reguladores/metabolismoRESUMO
Our environment poses a constant threat to our health. To survive, all organisms must be able to discriminate between good (food ingredients and microbes that help digest our food) and bad (pathogenic microbes, viruses and toxins). In vertebrates, discrimination between beneficial and harmful antigens mainly occurs at the mucosal surfaces of the respiratory, digestive, urinary and genital tract. Here, an extensive network of cells and organs form the basis of what we have come to know as the mucosal immune system. The mucosal immune system is composed of a single epithelial cell layer protected by a mucus layer. Different immune cells monitor the baso-lateral side of the epithelial cells and dispersed secondary lymphoid organs, such as Peyer's patches and isolated lymphoid follicles are equipped with immune cells able to mount appropriate and specific responses. This review will focus on the current knowledge on host, dietary and bacterial-derived factors that shape the mucosal immune system before and after birth. We will discuss current knowledge on fetal immunity (both responsiveness and lymphoid organ development) as well as the impact of diet and microbial colonization on neonatal immunity and disease susceptibility. Lastly, inflammatory bowel disease will be discussed as an example of how the composition of the microbiota might predispose to disease later in life. A fundamental understanding of the mechanisms involved in mucosal immune development and tolerance will aid nutritional intervention strategies to improve health in neonatal and adult life.