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

Emilie V. Russler-Germain, Jaeu Yi, Shannon Young, Katherine Nutsch, Harikesh S. Wong, Teresa L. Ai, Jiani N. Chai, Vivek Durai, Daniel H. Kaplan, Ronald N. Germain, Kenneth M. Murphy, Chyi Song Hsieh

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere54792
Pages (from-to)1-29
Number of pages29
JournaleLife
Volume10
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2021

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