Journal
IMMUNITY
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 1245-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2018.04.013
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- NIH/NCI Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) [P30CA008748]
- NIH [R37AI034206]
- Ludwig Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Hilton-Ludwig Cancer Prevention Initiative
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease [R15-AI112985-01A1]
- National Science Foundation [1458347]
- Div Of Biological Infrastructure
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1458347] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The mammalian gut microbiota provides essential metabolites to the host and promotes the differentiation and accumulation of extrathymically generated regulatory T (pTreg) cells. To explore the impact of these cells on intestinal microbial communities, we assessed the composition of the microbiota in pTreg cell-deficient and -sufficient mice. pTreg cell deficiency led to heightened type 2 immune responses triggered by microbial exposure, which disrupted the niche of border-dwelling bacteria early during colonization. Moreover, impaired pTreg cell generation led to pervasive changes in metabolite profiles, altered features of the intestinal epithelium, and reduced body weight in the presence of commensal microbes. Absence of a single species of bacteria depleted in pTreg cell-deficient animals, Mucispirillum schaedleri, partially accounted for the sequelae of pTreg cell deficiency. These observations suggest that pTreg cells modulate the metabolic function of the intestinal microbiota by restraining immune defense mechanisms that may disrupt a particular bacterial niche.
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