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- Title
Extracellular vesicles produced by the human gut commensal bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron elicit anti-inflammatory responses from innate immune cells.
- Authors
Fonseca, Sonia; Carvalho, Ana L.; Miquel-Clopés, Ariadna; Jones, Emily J.; Juodeikis, Rokas; Stentz, Régis; Carding, Simon R.
- Abstract
Bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEVs) produced by gut commensal bacteria have been proposed to play an important role in maintaining host homeostasis via interactions with the immune system. Details of the mediators and pathways of BEV-immune cell interactions are however incomplete. In this study, we provide evidence for the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties of extracellular vesicles produced by the prominent human gut commensal bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Bt BEVs) and identify the molecular mechanisms underlying their interaction with innate immune cells. In mice treated with colitis-inducing dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) there was some indication that Bt BEVs improved survival, weight loss, disease activity and increased IL-10 production. Pre-treatment (conditioning) of murine bone marrow derived monocytes (BMDM) with Bt BEVs resulted in higher ratio of IL-10/TNFα production after an LPS challenge when compared to LPS preconditioned or non-conditioned BMDM. Using the THP-1 monocytic cell line the interactions between Bt BEVs and monocytes/macrophages were shown to be mediated primarily by TLR2. Histone (H3K4me1) methylation analysis showed that Bt BEVs induced epigenetic reprogramming which persisted after infectious challenge, as revealed by increased levels of H3K4me1 in Bt BEVconditioned LPS-challenged BMDM. Collectively, our findings highlight the important role of Bt BEVs in maintaining host immune homeostasis and raise the promising possibility of considering their use in immune therapies.
- Subjects
EXTRACELLULAR vesicles; BACTEROIDES; BONE marrow; WEIGHT loss; DEXTRAN sulfate; SODIUM sulfate
- Publication
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024, p1
- ISSN
1664-302X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fmicb.2022.1050271