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Metabolites produced by commensal bacteria promote peripheral regulatory T-cell generation
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Intestinal microbes provide multicellular hosts with nutrients and confer resistance to infection. The delicate balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory mechanisms, essential for gut immune homeostasis, is affected by the composition of the commensal microbial community. Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) expressing transcription factor Foxp3 have a key role in limiting inflammatory responses in the intestine. Although specific members of the commensal microbial community have been found to potentiate the generation of anti-inflammatory Treg or pro-inflammatory T helper 17 (TH17) cells, the molecular cues driving this process remain elusive. Considering the vital metabolic function afforded by commensal microorganisms, we reasoned that their metabolic by-products are sensed by cells of the immune system and affect the balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory cells. We tested this hypothesis by exploring the effect of microbial metabolites on the generation of anti-inflammatory Treg cells. We found that in mice a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA), butyrate, produced by commensal microorganisms during starch fermentation, facilitated extrathymic generation of Treg cells. A boost in Treg-cell numbers after provision of butyrate was due to potentiation of extrathymic differentiation of Treg cells, as the observed phenomenon was dependent on intronic enhancer CNS1 (conserved non-coding sequence 1), essential for extrathymic but dispensable for thymic Treg-cell differentiation. In addition to butyrate, de novo Treg-cell generation in the periphery was potentiated by propionate, another SCFA of microbial origin capable of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition, but not acetate, which lacks this HDAC-inhibitory activity. Our results suggest that bacterial metabolites mediate communication between the commensal microbiota and the immune system, affecting the balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory mechanisms.
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“For instance, butyrate has been shown to restrict inflammation by promoting the differentiation of Treg cells and supporting the functions of regulatory B cells.706–708”
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“acetate and propionate, but not butyrate, stimulate the expansion of pre-existing colonic Tregs (cTregs)”
From Understanding the Holobiont: How Microbial Metabolites Affect Human Health and Shape the Immune System (2017) · cites this paper as Arpaia et al., 2013
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“butyrate is capable of inducing Treg differentiation and controlling inflammation (17, 23, 24, 87).”
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“SCFAs promote the development of naive CD4+ T cells into regulatory T cells (31, 32), induce “tolerogenic” dendritic cells in the intestinal mucosa (33), and limit autoimmity (34, 35).”
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“These were shown to promote the expansion of Tregs, but they also seem to improve the function of effector T cells10–15.”
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“SCFAs have context-dependent functions: they can promote the expansion of Treg cells and also improve effector T cell functions133–136.”
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“Pending further confirmation, these results suggest that SCFAs display context-dependent immune effects that range from the differentiation of Treg cells to the enhancement of effector T cell functions.”
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“In addition, both propionate and butyrate could act as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor [74–76], through which SCFA increased histone acetylation in the promoter and conserved non-coding sequence (CNS) regions of the Foxp3 locus, the master transcription factor and specific marker of suppressive Tregs [75].”
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“emphasizing the importance of administration route and SCFA concentration for in vivo experiments (Arpaia et al., 2013).”
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“Each of these functions operates independently, as numbers of cTregs in germ-free mice, which are starkly reduced in the absence of treatment, can be rescued by separate provision of acetate, propionate or butyrate (Arpaia et al., 2013; Smith et al., 2013).”
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“Direct application of 50 mM butyrate by enema, however, did elicit an increase in cTregs”
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“Conversely, the de novo differentiation of cTregs relies on HDAC inhibition in both DCs and T cells, which acetate does not promote (Arpaia et al., 2013; Furusawa et al., 2013).”
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“Arpaia et al. detected no significant changes at a concentration of 36 mM”
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“likely because this lower quantity of butyrate was largely absorbed by the upper gastrointestinal tract before reaching the colon (Arpaia et al., 2013; Smith et al., 2013).”
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“whereas propionate and butyrate, but not acetate, increase the de novo differentiation of naive T cells into Tregs (Arpaia et al., 2013; Furusawa et al., 2013; Singh et al., 2014; Smith et al., 2013).”
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“A subset of colonic regulatory CD4+ T cells lack differentiation in GF mice resulting from the absence of bacterial consortia capable of fermenting dietary fiber into short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs).105–107”
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“In mice, intake of dietary carbohydrates,105 certain probiotics,140 artificial sweeteners141 and emulsifiers142 can modulate host immunity and inflammation, in part mediated by compositional changes of the gut microbiome.”
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“oral administration of SCFAs protected mice from T cell-induced colitis by inducing immunosuppressive Tregs [38-40].”
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“SCFAs were present at reduced concentrations in the fecal pellets of GF or antibiotic-treated mice”
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“three different laboratories have identified microbiota-derived SCFAs (particularly propionate and butyrate), to be responsible for Treg differentiation/accumulation [38-40].”
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“and on DCs, conferring a higher capacity to drive naïve T cell differentiation into Tregs [38-40].”
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“SCFAs were found to act directly on T cells via the receptor GPCR43, thus enhancing FoxP3 expression through DNA acetylation”
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“In addition to butyrate, new-onset Treg generation in the periphery was enhanced by propionate (115).”
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“Additionally, the mucosal immune system profoundly impacts gut barrier functions both in health and disease conditions, reviewed previously.48,179, 180, 181, 182, 183”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Arpaia, N., Campbell, C., Fan, X., Dikiy, S., van der Veeken, J., deRoos, P., Liu, H., Cross, J. R., Pfeffer, K., Coffer, P. J., & Rudensky, A. Y.
- Affiliations
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Rudensky, Alexander Y.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2013-11-13
- Volume
- 504
- Issue
- 7480
- Pages
- 451-455
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC3869884
- OpenAlex
- W2003342633
- Cited by
- 4,838
- References
- 25
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- FWCI
- 89.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- U.S. Public Health Service (T32A1007621)
- National Cancer Institute (T32CA009149, P30CA008748)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM007739)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R37AI034206, T32AI007621)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
- Keywords
- short-chain fatty acids, regulatory T cells, Foxp3, commensal bacteria, gut microbiota, colitis, histone H3 acetylation, colonic mucosa, intestinal immune homeostasis, Clostridia, Th17 cells, microbial metabolites
- MeSH terms
- Acetylation, Animals, Butyrates, Cell Differentiation, Dendritic Cells, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Fermentation, Histone Deacetylases, Intestinal Mucosa, Intestines, Introns, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Starch, Symbiosis, Cytokines, Lymphocyte Count, Inflammation Mediators, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory, Mice, Forkhead Transcription Factors
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