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Lamas B, Michel ML, Waldschmitt N, Pham HP, Zacharioudaki V, Dupraz L, Delacre M, Natividad JM, Costa GD, Planchais J, Sovran B, Bridonneau C, Six A, Langella P, Richard ML, Chamaillard M, Sokol H. Card9 mediates susceptibility to intestinal pathogens through microbiota modulation and control of bacterial virulence. Gut 2018; 67:1836-1844. [PMID: 28790160 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE In association with innate and adaptive immunity, the microbiota controls the colonisation resistance against intestinal pathogens. Caspase recruitment domain 9 (CARD9), a key innate immunity gene, is required to shape a normal gut microbiota. Card9-/- mice are more susceptible to the enteric mouse pathogen Citrobacter rodentium that mimics human infections with enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Here, we examined how CARD9 controls C. rodentium infection susceptibility through microbiota-dependent and microbiota-independent mechanisms. DESIGN C. rodentium infection was assessed in conventional and germ-free (GF) wild-type (WT) and Card9-/- mice. To explore the impact of Card9-/-microbiota in infection susceptibility, GF WT mice were colonised with WT (WT→GF) or Card9-/- (Card9-/- →GF) microbiota before C. rodentium infection. Microbiota composition was determined by 16S rDNA gene sequencing. Inflammation severity was determined by histology score and lipocalin level. Microbiota-host immune system interactions were assessed by quantitative PCR analysis. RESULTS CARD9 controls pathogen virulence in a microbiota-independent manner by supporting a specific humoral response. Higher susceptibility to C. rodentium-induced colitis was observed in Card9-/- →GF mice. The microbiota of Card9-/- mice failed to outcompete the monosaccharide-consuming C. rodentium, worsening the infection severity. A polysaccharide-enriched diet counteracted the ecological advantage of C. rodentium and the defective pathogen-specific antibody response in Card9-/- mice. CONCLUSIONS CARD9 modulates the susceptibility to intestinal infection by controlling the pathogen virulence in a microbiota-dependent and microbiota-independent manner. Genetic susceptibility to intestinal pathogens can be overridden by diet intervention that restores humoural immunity and a competing microbiota.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bruno Lamas
- Sorbonne University - Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France.,Avenir Team Gut Microbiota and Immunity, Equipe de Recherche Labélisée (ERL) 1157, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Paris, France.,Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 7203, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France.,Laboratoire de BioMolécules (LBM), Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire (CHU) Saint-Antoine 27 rue de Chaligny, Paris, France.,Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
| | - Marie-Laure Michel
- Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
| | - Nadine Waldschmitt
- Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.,INSERM U1019, Team 11, Equipe FRM, INSERM, Lille, France
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- Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.,INSERM U1019, Team 11, Equipe FRM, INSERM, Lille, France
| | - Louise Dupraz
- Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
| | - Myriam Delacre
- Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.,INSERM U1019, Team 11, Equipe FRM, INSERM, Lille, France
| | - Jane M Natividad
- Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
| | - Gregory Da Costa
- Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
| | - Julien Planchais
- Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
| | - Bruno Sovran
- Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
| | - Chantal Bridonneau
- Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
| | - Adrien Six
- Department of Immunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMRS959, Paris, France
| | - Philippe Langella
- Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
| | - Mathias L Richard
- Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France
| | - Mathias Chamaillard
- Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.,INSERM U1019, Team 11, Equipe FRM, INSERM, Lille, France
| | - Harry Sokol
- Sorbonne University - Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France.,Avenir Team Gut Microbiota and Immunity, Equipe de Recherche Labélisée (ERL) 1157, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Paris, France.,Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 7203, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France.,Laboratoire de BioMolécules (LBM), Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire (CHU) Saint-Antoine 27 rue de Chaligny, Paris, France.,Micalis Institute, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy en Josas, France.,Department of Gastroenterology, Saint Antoine Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, UPMC, Paris, France
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