Gut Microbiota Promote Hematopoiesis to Control Bacterial Infection
Abstract
The commensal microbiota impacts specific immune cell populations and their functions at peripheral sites, such as gut mucosal tissues. However, it remains unknown whether gut microbiota control immunity through regulation of hematopoiesis at primary immune sites. We reveal that germ-free mice display reduced proportions and differentiation potential of specific myeloid cell progenitors of both yolk sac and bone marrow origin. Homeostatic innate immune defects may lead to impaired early responses to pathogens. Indeed, following systemic infection with Listeria monocytogenes, germ-free and oral-antibiotic-treated mice display increased pathogen burden and acute death. Recolonization of germ-free mice with a complex microbiota restores defects in myelopoiesis and resistance to Listeria. These findings reveal that gut bacteria direct innate immune cell development via promoting hematopoiesis, contributing to our appreciation of the deep evolutionary connection between mammals and their microbiota.
Additional Information
© 2014 Elsevier Inc. Received: September 25, 2013. Revised: December 23, 2013. Accepted: February 19, 2014. Published: March 12, 2014. We thank H. Chu, Y.K. Lee, G. Sharon, A. Nanz (Caltech), and N. Hassanzadeh-Kiabi (Cedars-Sinai) for technical assistance; T. Thron for animal care; and S. McBride, D. Majumdar, S. Damle, P. Mehrabian (Caltech), and members of the Mazmanian laboratory for critical reading of the manuscript. We thank U. Sonnenborn (Ardeypharm GmbH) for the generous gift of Escherichia coli Nissle 1917. A.K. was supported by a predoctoral training grant from the National Institute of Health (GM007616). This research was supported by a Burroughs Wellcome Fund in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease award to S.K.M. Author Contributions: A.K., M.M., H.S.G., and S.K.M. designed the research. A.K., A.Y., J.G.P., and A.C. carried out the experiments. A.K., M.M., H.S.G., and S.K.M. wrote the manuscript.Attached Files
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- PMCID
- PMC4144825
- Eprint ID
- 44413
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.chom.2014.02.006
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20140320-132604670
- NIH Predoctoral Training Grant
- GM007616
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
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