Transcript RegIIIγ
王泽焕、卢欣、路群山、张佩
2012/06/08
Abstract
• 哺乳动物肠道大约有100万亿个细菌,它们在肠道代谢过程中扮演着很
重要的角色。然而,如此庞大数量的细菌在与肠道维持共生关系中是如
何避免潜在的有害免疫应答反应的呢?
• 本文,我们发现了一种分泌型抗菌凝集素RegIIIγ,它在维持着微生物菌
群与肠道表皮间的空间分布中发挥着重要作用。同时,我们发现与野生
型小鼠相比,RegIIIγ缺陷型小鼠不存在细菌与肠道表皮之间地理隔离,
同时还伴随着表皮细菌的富集增长,以及宿主对细菌的免疫应答反应增
强。
• 以上结果表明,RegIIIγ 通过调节细菌与肠道之间的空间分布,来维持
宿主与细菌之间的共生关系。
Introduction
Complex communities of intestinal bacteria inhabit the mammalian intestine,
making essential contributions to host metabolism.It remains unclear how these
large and diverse bacterial populations are maintained at homeostasis without
negative health consequences such as chronic immune activation andin flammation
Much of our current understanding of intestinal homeostasis is built around the idea
that the microbiota continuously interact with the intestinal immune system and that
microbiota species composition dictates the balance between proinflammatory and
tolerogenic immune responses
However, studies of the spatial relationships between microbiota and host point to
the existence of a more general strategy for maintaining homeostasis.
Nevertheless, little is known about the immune mechanisms that promote host-bacterial
segregation and m aintain homeostatic spatial relationships between host
and microbiota.
To explore the role of innate immunity in maintaining
host-microbiota segregation
Myd88
以上的结果表明依赖MyD88
的先天性免疫效应因子限制
了小肠黏膜微生物的数目,
促进了小肠内部微生物与宿
主之间明显的空间隔离。
Identify the MyD88-dependent mechanisms that promote
host-microbial segregation
Myd 88fl/fl Mice — harboring a floxed Myd88 allele
MyD88Δ IEC Mice = Villin - Cre Mice + Myd 88fl/fl Mice
Identify the MyD88-dependent mechanisms that promote
host-microbial segregation
MyD88IEC mice lost the clear segregation
no statistically significant differences in
luminal bacterial loads
Thus, epithelial cell Myd88 is required to limit bacterial colonization of the mucosal
surface in the small intestine but does not regulate overall numbers of colonizing bacteria
结果表明,在小肠粘膜表面限制细菌的繁殖生长中,
上皮细胞Myd88起着必不可少的作用,但也不能够调节控制所有的菌群的生成
To determine whether epithelial cell Myd88 was also sufficient
to maintain physical separation of host and microbiota
Vil- Myd 88Tg — transgenic mice that expressed Myd88 under the control of
the IEC-specific villin promoter, then background whit Myd88−/−
to produce mice with IEC-restricted Myd88 expression
small intestinal tissues were
probed with an anti - FLAG
antibody
To determine whether epithelial cell Myd88 was also sufficient
to maintain physical separation of host and microbiota
Vil-Myd 88Tg mice exhibited restoration of
fewer mucosa-associated
bacteria
no significant differences
the distinct zone
in overall numbers of luminal bacteria
Overall, our findings show that epithelial cell Myd88 is both necessary
and sufficient to limit bacterial colonization of the mucosal surface
Establishing that the maintenance of homeostatic host-bacterial spatial
relationships is an epithelial cell–intrinsic function
A plausible mechanism by which intestinal epithelial cells could limit bacterialmucosal contact is through the production of secreted antibacterial proteins
MyD88 controls the expression of several key
antimicrobial proteins in Paneth cells
RegIIIγ
We hypothesized that RegIIIγ might be one epithelial cell– derived MyD88dependent
factor that limits bacterial colonization of the mucosal surface
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Whether RegIIIγ expression correlates with the
physical segregation of microbiota and host
Whether RegIIIγ expression correlates with the physical
segregation of microbiota and host
Myd88IEC mice showed reduced expression of RegIIIγ mRNA and protein
relative to Myd88fl/fl littermates
Vil-Myd88Tg mice showed increased RegIIIg expression relative t o Myd88−/−littermates
Epithelial cell–intrinsic MyD88 signaling controls RegIIIγ expression, and
this expression correlates with the physical separation of the microbiota from
the host mucosal surface
What is the role of RegIIIγ in maintaining host-microbial homeostasis ?
To directly assess the role of RegIIIγ in maintaining
host-microbial homeostasis
Q-PCR analysis of RegIII transcripts
in terminal ileum of wild-type and
RegIIIγ−/−mice.
RegIIIγ was detected in distal small intestine using a polyclonal
antibody raised against a peptide unique to RegIIIγ.
在RegIIIγ−/−鼠中,RegIIIγ不能进行转录和蛋白表达。
Defective in production of RegIIIγ perturbed spatial relationships between
the microbiota and the host mucosal surface in RegIIIγ−/− mice.
FISH analysis of wild-type and RegIIIγ−/−mice using a
universal bacterial 16S rRNA gene probe(green).
Quantification of total ileal mucosa–associated
bacteria by Q-PCR determination of 16S rRNA
gene copy number.
免疫荧光分析结果表明, RegIIIγ的缺失会干扰微生物与宿主黏膜表面的
空间关系,表现为与野生型相比粘膜相关细菌的数目显著增加。
In contrast, we did not detect significant differences in
luminal bacterial numbers .
Quantification of total ileal luminal
bacteria by Q-PCR determination of 16S
rRNA gene copy number.
luminal bacteria were quantified by Q-PCR
determination of 16S rRNA gene copy number in
the terminal ileum.
RegIII 的活性仅局限于黏膜表面微环境,
而对肠腔细菌数目的影响很小。
There no defects in microbiota localization in the colons of RegIIIγ−/− mice.
在RegIIIγ−/−鼠结肠中没有发现微生物的空间位置没有变化,进一步研究发现,
在结肠中RegIIIγ的表达量与小肠相比明显减少。
Thus, RegIIIγ is a key MyD88-dependent mechanism that limits bacterial
colonization of the small intestinal mucosal surface and maintains
homeostatic spatial relationships between microbiota and host
According to the previous study,the antibacterial activity of RegIII is
restricted to Gram-positive bacteria in vitro.
So we predicted that RegIII−/− mice would exhibit a preferential increase
in the abundance of mucosa-associated Gram-positive bacteria.
We therefore compared the abundance of specific bacterial groups
in RegIIIγ−/− mice and wild-type littermates.
Q-PCR quantification of specific bacterial groups.
Bacteria were recovered from the ileal mucosal surface.
Comparison of cohoused wild-type and RegIIIγ−/− mice
by FISH using an SFB-specific probe (red).
RegIIIγ 在 体 内 只 对 G+ 菌 有 抑 菌 活 性。
And then ,we compare the luminal bacterial communities by Q-PCR and compare
the phylum by pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes.
Wild-type
Quantification of total ileal luminal bacteria by Q-PCR
determination of 16S rRNA gene copy number.
RegIIIγ−/−
Mean relative abundances of bacterial phyla from the luminal
communities of RegIIIγ-/-and wild-type mice.
与野生型鼠相比,RegIIIγ−/− 鼠肠腔中主要G+和G-菌群的丰度没有
明显的区别,且微生物的种类也基本相似。
These results establish that RegIIIγ limits associations between Gram-positive
members of the microbiota and the small intestinal epithelial surface.
Further, they reveal that RegIIIγ activity is restricted to the mucosal surface
niche and has little impact on luminal bacteria
We next asked whether RegIIIγ−/− mice exhibit enhanced activation of adaptive
immune responses as a consequence of the increased numbers of mucosaassociated bacteria
IgA is a critical adaptive immune effector that
is secreted into the intestinal lumen
Whether RegIIIγ−/− mice exhibit enhanced activation
of adaptive immune responses
RegIIIγ−/−小鼠IgA免疫应答反应的提高随着抗菌素的加入而消失。
Whether RegIIIγ−/− mice exhibit enhanced activation
of adaptive immune responses
结果表明,RegIIIγ−/−小鼠TH1免疫应答反应的提高随着抗菌素的加入而消失。通
过以上结果我们可以得出结论,RegIIIγ并不能直接影响宿主免疫应答反应,而
是通过改变肠道微生物的空间分布而达到的。