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© 2017 The Authors Interactions between the host and its microbiota are of mutual benefit and promote health. Complex molecular pathways underlie this dialog, but the identity of microbe-derived molecules that mediate the mutualistic state remains elusive. Helicobacter hepaticus is a member of the mouse intestinal microbiota that is tolerated by the host. In the absence of an intact IL-10 signaling, H. hepaticus induces an IL-23-driven inflammatory response in the intestine. Here we investigate the interactions between H. hepaticus and host immune cells that may promote mutualism, and the microbe-derived molecule(s) involved. Our results show that H. hepaticus triggers early IL-10 induction in intestinal macrophages and produces a large soluble polysaccharide that activates a specific MSK/CREB-dependent anti-inflammatory and repair gene signature via the receptor TLR2. These data identify a host-bacterial interaction that promotes mutualistic mechanisms at the intestinal interface. Further understanding of this pathway may provide novel prevention and treatment strategies for inflammatory bowel disease. Host-microbiota interactions are of mutual benefit, and chronic intestinal inflammation develops when this dialog is altered. Danne et al. identified a polysaccharide produced by Helicobacter hepaticus that induces a specific anti-inflammatory and repair program in macrophages by activating the TLR2/MSK/CREB pathway. Further understanding may provide prevention and treatment strategies for IBD.
Author(s): Danne C, Ryzhakov G, Martinez-Lopez M, Ilott NE, Franchini F, Cuskin F, Lowe EC, Bullers SJ, Arthur JSC, Powrie F
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Cell Host and Microbe
Year: 2017
Volume: 22
Issue: 6
Pages: 733-745.e5
Print publication date: 13/12/2017
Online publication date: 13/12/2017
Acceptance date: 06/10/2017
Date deposited: 07/02/2018
ISSN (print): 1931-3128
ISSN (electronic): 1934-6069
Publisher: Cell Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2017.11.002
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.11.002
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