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Identifying species of symbiont bacteria from the human gut that, alone, can induce intestinal Th17 cells in mice

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Tan, Tze Guan, Sefik, Esen, Geva-Zatorsky, Naama, Kua, Lindsay, Naskar, Debdut, Teng, Fei, Pasman, Lesley, Ortiz-Lopez, Adriana +5 more·2016·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Th17 cells accrue in the intestine in response to particular microbes. In rodents, segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) induce intestinal Th17 cells, but analogously functioning microbes in humans remain undefined. Here, we identified human symbiont bacterial species, in particular Bifidobacterium adolescentis, that could, alone, induce Th17 cells in the murine intestine. Similar to SFB, B. adolescentis was closely associated with the gut epithelium and engendered cognate Th17 cells without attendant inflammation. However, B. adolescentis elicited a transcriptional program clearly distinct from that of SFB, suggesting an alternative mechanism of promoting Th17 cell accumulation. Inoculation of mice with B. adolescentis exacerbated autoimmune arthritis in the K/BxN mouse model. Several off-the-shelf probiotic preparations that include Bifidobacterium strains also drove intestinal Th17 cell accumulation.

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  • The ability of other TH17-inducing gut bacteria to produce ATP has not been determined, but a common property appears to be their ability to adhere to the intestinal epithelium.

    “The capability of other TH17-inducing gut bacteria to produce ATP has not been determined yet, but a common property appears to be their ability to adhere to the intestinal epithelium (Atarashi et al., 2015; Tan et al., 2016).”
  • Th17 cells are absent in GF mice and are inducible upon microbial colonization, most notably with segmented filamentous bacteria, but also other commensal bacteria.

    “Th17 cells are absent in GF mice and are inducible upon microbial colonization, most notably with segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB),33,34 but also other commensal bacteria.35”

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Tan, T. G., Sefik, E., Geva-Zatorsky, N., Kua, L., Naskar, D., Teng, F., Pasman, L., Ortiz-Lopez, A., Jupp, R., Wu, H.-J. J., Kasper, D. L., Benoist, C., & Mathis, D.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115;
  • University of Arizona (US)
  • UCB Pharma (United Kingdom) (GB)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2016-11-23
Volume
113
Issue
50
Pages
E8141-E8150
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2552260644
Cited by
427
References
69
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 49 · 2021: 60 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 52 · 2018: 33 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 1
FWCI
21.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI107117)
  • Human Frontier Science Program (LT00079/2012)
  • European Molecular Biology Organization (ALTF 251-2011)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Keywords
Th17 cells, Bifidobacterium adolescentis, segmented filamentous bacteria, gut microbiota, probiotics, autoimmune arthritis, K/BxN mice, intestinal epithelium
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Bifidobacterium adolescentis, Animals, Arthritis, Experimental, Female, Germ-Free Life, Humans, Intestinal Mucosa, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Symbiosis, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Immunity, Mucosal, Probiotics, Gene Expression Profiling, Mice, Th17 Cells

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