Dietary antigens suppress the proliferation of type 2 innate lymphoid cells by restraining homeostatic IL-25 production

Minji Lee, Hyun Ja Ko, Sung Wook Hong, Jungeun Park, Seokjin Ham, Mingyu Kim, Dong il Kwon, Myeong seok Lee, Tae Young Roh, Kwang Soon Kim, You Jeong Lee

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Abstract

Dietary antigens affect the adaptive immunity of the host by inducing regulatory T cells and IgE-producing B cells. However, their roles in innate immune compartments such as innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) and intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) are unclear. Here, using antigen-free (AF) mice, which are germ-free (GF) mice fed with amino-acid-based diet, we found dietary proteins suppress the development of GATA-3-expressing ILC2s independent of the adaptive immune cells. These cells produce more type 2 cytokines and upregulated proliferation and activation markers such as Ki-67, CD69, and CD25. With this, AF mice had increased expressions of tuft cell-specific transcripts such as Il25, Il33, Dclk1, Trpm5, and Pou2f3 in IECs. Accordingly, expanded ILC2s upregulated IL-17RB, a receptor of IL-25, and their proliferation was blocked by IL-25 neutralizing or IL-17RB blocking antibodies. These results suggest a new dialogue between dietary antigens, IECs, and ILCs in which dietary antigens suppress ILC2 activation and proliferation by restraining homeostatic IL-25 production, potentially limiting type 2 immunity by food antigens.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7443
JournalScientific Reports
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2022

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