Circulating and Tissue-Resident CD4+ T Cells With Reactivity to Intestinal Microbiota Are Abundant in Healthy Individuals and Function Is Altered During Inflammation
<h3>Background & Aims</h3> <p>Interactions between commensal microbes and the immune system are tightly regulated and maintain intestinal homeostasis, but little is known about these interactions in humans. We investigated responses of human CD4<sup>+</sup> T ce...
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| author | Hegazy, AN West, NR Stubbington, MJT Wendt, E Suijker, KIM Datsi, A This, S Danne, C Campion, S Duncan, SH Owens, BMJ Uhlig, HH McMichael, A Bergthaler, A Teichmann, SA Keshav, S Powrie, F |
| author_facet | Hegazy, AN West, NR Stubbington, MJT Wendt, E Suijker, KIM Datsi, A This, S Danne, C Campion, S Duncan, SH Owens, BMJ Uhlig, HH McMichael, A Bergthaler, A Teichmann, SA Keshav, S Powrie, F |
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| description | <h3>Background & Aims</h3> <p>Interactions between commensal microbes and the immune system are tightly regulated and maintain intestinal homeostasis, but little is known about these interactions in humans. We investigated responses of human CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells to the intestinal microbiota. We measured the abundance of T cells in circulation and intestinal tissues that respond to intestinal microbes and determined their clonal diversity. We also assessed their functional phenotypes and effects on intestinal resident cell populations, and studied alterations in microbe-reactive T cells in patients with chronic intestinal inflammation.</p> <h3>Methods</h3> <p>We collected samples of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and intestinal tissues from healthy individuals (controls, n = 13−30) and patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (n = 119; 59 with ulcerative colitis and 60 with Crohn’s disease). We used 2 independent assays (CD154 detection and carboxy-fluorescein succinimidyl ester dilution assays) and 9 intestinal bacterial species (<em>Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium animalis</em> subsp lactis, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Bacteroides vulgatus, Roseburia intestinalis, Ruminococcus obeum, <em>Salmonella typhimurium</em>, and <em>Clostridium</em> difficile) to quantify, expand, and characterize microbe-reactive CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells. We sequenced T-cell receptor Vβ genes in expanded microbe-reactive T-cell lines to determine their clonal diversity. We examined the effects of microbe-reactive CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells on intestinal stromal and epithelial cell lines. Cytokines, chemokines, and gene expression patterns were measured by flow cytometry and quantitative polymerase chain reaction.</p> <h3>Results</h3> <p>Circulating and gut-resident CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells from controls responded to bacteria at frequencies of 40−4000 per million for each bacterial species tested. Microbiota-reactive CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells were mainly of a memory phenotype, present in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and intestinal tissue, and had a diverse T-cell receptor Vβ repertoire. These cells were functionally heterogeneous, produced barrier-protective cytokines, and stimulated intestinal stromal and epithelial cells via interleukin 17A, interferon gamma, and tumor necrosis factor. In patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, microbiota-reactive CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells were reduced in the blood compared with intestine; T-cell responses that we detected had an increased frequency of interleukin 17A production compared with responses of T cells from blood or intestinal tissues of controls.</p> <h3>Conclusions</h3> <p>In an analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and intestinal tissues from patients with inflammatory bowel diseases vs controls, we found that reactivity to intestinal bacteria is a normal property of the human CD4<sup>+</sup> T-cell repertoire, and does not necessarily indicate disrupted interactions between immune cells and the commensal microbiota. T-cell responses to commensals might support intestinal homeostasis, by producing barrier-protective cytokines and providing a large pool of T cells that react to pathogens.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:55739b9b-fbc4-49dc-be6a-7f34d7043fd22022-03-26T16:44:09ZCirculating and Tissue-Resident CD4+ T Cells With Reactivity to Intestinal Microbiota Are Abundant in Healthy Individuals and Function Is Altered During InflammationJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:55739b9b-fbc4-49dc-be6a-7f34d7043fd2EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2017Hegazy, ANWest, NRStubbington, MJTWendt, ESuijker, KIMDatsi, AThis, SDanne, CCampion, SDuncan, SHOwens, BMJUhlig, HHMcMichael, ABergthaler, ATeichmann, SAKeshav, SPowrie, F<h3>Background & Aims</h3> <p>Interactions between commensal microbes and the immune system are tightly regulated and maintain intestinal homeostasis, but little is known about these interactions in humans. We investigated responses of human CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells to the intestinal microbiota. We measured the abundance of T cells in circulation and intestinal tissues that respond to intestinal microbes and determined their clonal diversity. We also assessed their functional phenotypes and effects on intestinal resident cell populations, and studied alterations in microbe-reactive T cells in patients with chronic intestinal inflammation.</p> <h3>Methods</h3> <p>We collected samples of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and intestinal tissues from healthy individuals (controls, n = 13−30) and patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (n = 119; 59 with ulcerative colitis and 60 with Crohn’s disease). We used 2 independent assays (CD154 detection and carboxy-fluorescein succinimidyl ester dilution assays) and 9 intestinal bacterial species (<em>Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium animalis</em> subsp lactis, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Bacteroides vulgatus, Roseburia intestinalis, Ruminococcus obeum, <em>Salmonella typhimurium</em>, and <em>Clostridium</em> difficile) to quantify, expand, and characterize microbe-reactive CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells. We sequenced T-cell receptor Vβ genes in expanded microbe-reactive T-cell lines to determine their clonal diversity. We examined the effects of microbe-reactive CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells on intestinal stromal and epithelial cell lines. Cytokines, chemokines, and gene expression patterns were measured by flow cytometry and quantitative polymerase chain reaction.</p> <h3>Results</h3> <p>Circulating and gut-resident CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells from controls responded to bacteria at frequencies of 40−4000 per million for each bacterial species tested. Microbiota-reactive CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells were mainly of a memory phenotype, present in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and intestinal tissue, and had a diverse T-cell receptor Vβ repertoire. These cells were functionally heterogeneous, produced barrier-protective cytokines, and stimulated intestinal stromal and epithelial cells via interleukin 17A, interferon gamma, and tumor necrosis factor. In patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, microbiota-reactive CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells were reduced in the blood compared with intestine; T-cell responses that we detected had an increased frequency of interleukin 17A production compared with responses of T cells from blood or intestinal tissues of controls.</p> <h3>Conclusions</h3> <p>In an analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and intestinal tissues from patients with inflammatory bowel diseases vs controls, we found that reactivity to intestinal bacteria is a normal property of the human CD4<sup>+</sup> T-cell repertoire, and does not necessarily indicate disrupted interactions between immune cells and the commensal microbiota. T-cell responses to commensals might support intestinal homeostasis, by producing barrier-protective cytokines and providing a large pool of T cells that react to pathogens.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Hegazy, AN West, NR Stubbington, MJT Wendt, E Suijker, KIM Datsi, A This, S Danne, C Campion, S Duncan, SH Owens, BMJ Uhlig, HH McMichael, A Bergthaler, A Teichmann, SA Keshav, S Powrie, F Circulating and Tissue-Resident CD4+ T Cells With Reactivity to Intestinal Microbiota Are Abundant in Healthy Individuals and Function Is Altered During Inflammation |
| title | Circulating and Tissue-Resident CD4+ T Cells With Reactivity to Intestinal Microbiota Are Abundant in Healthy Individuals and Function Is Altered During Inflammation |
| title_full | Circulating and Tissue-Resident CD4+ T Cells With Reactivity to Intestinal Microbiota Are Abundant in Healthy Individuals and Function Is Altered During Inflammation |
| title_fullStr | Circulating and Tissue-Resident CD4+ T Cells With Reactivity to Intestinal Microbiota Are Abundant in Healthy Individuals and Function Is Altered During Inflammation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Circulating and Tissue-Resident CD4+ T Cells With Reactivity to Intestinal Microbiota Are Abundant in Healthy Individuals and Function Is Altered During Inflammation |
| title_short | Circulating and Tissue-Resident CD4+ T Cells With Reactivity to Intestinal Microbiota Are Abundant in Healthy Individuals and Function Is Altered During Inflammation |
| title_sort | circulating and tissue resident cd4 t cells with reactivity to intestinal microbiota are abundant in healthy individuals and function is altered during inflammation |
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