1. Immunology and Inflammation

Gut Helicobacter presentation by multiple dendritic cell subsets enables context-specific regulatory T cell generation

  1. Emilie V Russler-Germain  Is a corresponding author
  2. Jaeu Yi
  3. Shannon Young
  4. Katherine Nutsch
  5. Harikesh S Wong
  6. Teresa L Ai
  7. Jiani N Chai
  8. Vivek Durai
  9. Daniel H Kaplan
  10. Ronald N Germain
  11. Kenneth M Murphy
  12. Chyi-Song Hsieh  Is a corresponding author
  1. Washington University in St Louis, United States
  2. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, United States
  3. University of Pittsburgh, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54792
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  1. Emilie V Russler-Germain
  2. Jaeu Yi
  3. Shannon Young
  4. Katherine Nutsch
  5. Harikesh S Wong
  6. Teresa L Ai
  7. Jiani N Chai
  8. Vivek Durai
  9. Daniel H Kaplan
  10. Ronald N Germain
  11. Kenneth M Murphy
  12. Chyi-Song Hsieh
(2021)
Gut Helicobacter presentation by multiple dendritic cell subsets enables context-specific regulatory T cell generation
eLife 10:e54792.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54792
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Abstract

Generation of tolerogenic peripheral regulatory T (pTreg) cells is commonly thought to involve CD103+ gut dendritic cells (DCs), yet their role in commensal-reactive pTreg development is unclear. Using two Helicobacter-specific T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mouse lines, we found that both CD103+ and CD103– migratory, but not resident, DCs from the colon-draining mesenteric lymph node presented Helicobacter antigens to T cells ex vivo. Loss of most CD103+ migratory DCs in vivo using murine genetic models did not affect the frequency of Helicobacter-specific pTreg cell generation or induce compensatory tolerogenic changes in the remaining CD103– DCs. By contrast, activation in a Th1-promoting niche in vivo blocked Helicobacter-specific pTreg generation. Thus, these data suggest a model where DC-mediated effector T cell differentiation is 'dominant', necessitating that all DC subsets presenting antigen are permissive for pTreg cell induction to maintain gut tolerance.

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  1. Emilie V Russler-Germain

    Internal Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, United States
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  2. Jaeu Yi

    Internal Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, United States
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  3. Shannon Young

    Internal Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, United States
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  4. Katherine Nutsch

    Internal Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, United States
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  5. Harikesh S Wong

    Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  6. Teresa L Ai

    Internal Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, United States
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  7. Jiani N Chai

    Internal Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, United States
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  8. Vivek Durai

    Pathology, Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, United States
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  9. Daniel H Kaplan

    Dermatology and Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
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  10. Ronald N Germain

    Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  11. Kenneth M Murphy

    Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, United States
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  12. Chyi-Song Hsieh

    Internal Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Saint Louis, United States
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    chsieh@wustl.edu
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (R01 AI079187)

  • Chyi-Song Hsieh

National Institutes of Health (R01 AI136515)

  • Chyi-Song Hsieh

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

  • Chyi-Song Hsieh

National Institutes of Health (F30 DK111071)

  • Emilie V Russler-Germain

National Institutes of Health (T32 GM007200)

  • Emilie V Russler-Germain

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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Animal experimentation: All animal experiments were performed in strict accordance with the guidelines of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at Washington University (Protocol Number: 20170036).

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  1. Emilie V Russler-Germain
  2. Jaeu Yi
  3. Shannon Young
  4. Katherine Nutsch
  5. Harikesh S Wong
  6. Teresa L Ai
  7. Jiani N Chai
  8. Vivek Durai
  9. Daniel H Kaplan
  10. Ronald N Germain
  11. Kenneth M Murphy
  12. Chyi-Song Hsieh
(2021)
Gut Helicobacter presentation by multiple dendritic cell subsets enables context-specific regulatory T cell generation
eLife 10:e54792.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54792

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