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Maternal γδ T cells shape offspring pulmonary type 2 immunity in a microbiota-dependent manner.

ABSTRACT: Immune development is profoundly influenced by vertically transferred cues. However, little is known about how maternal innate-like lymphocytes regulate offspring immunity. Here, we show that mice born from γδ T cell-deficient (TCRδ^-/-) dams display an increase in first-breath-induced inflammation, with a pulmonary milieu selectively enriched in type 2 cytokines and type 2-polarized immune cells, when compared with the progeny of γδ T cell-sufficient dams. Upon helminth infection, mice born from TCRδ^-/- dams sustain an increased type 2 inflammatory response. This is independent of the genotype of the pups. Instead, the offspring of TCRδ^-/- dams harbors a distinct intestinal microbiota, acquired during birth and fostering, and decreased levels of intestinal short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), such as pentanoate and hexanoate. Importantly, exogenous SCFA supplementation inhibits type 2 innate lymphoid cell function and suppresses first-breath- and infection-induced inflammation. Taken together, our findings unravel a maternal γδ T cell-microbiota-SCFA axis regulating neonatal lung immunity.

SUBMITTER: Papotto PH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7615642 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Maternal γδ T cells shape offspring pulmonary type 2 immunity in a microbiota-dependent manner.

Papotto Pedro H PH Yilmaz Bahtiyar B Pimenta Gonçalo G Mensurado Sofia S Cunha Carolina C Fiala Gina J GJ Gomes da Costa Daniel D Gonçalves-Sousa Natacha N Chan Brian H K BHK Blankenhaus Birte B Domingues Rita G RG Carvalho Tânia T Hepworth Matthew R MR Macpherson Andrew J AJ Allen Judith E JE Silva-Santos Bruno B

Cell reports 20230213 2

Immune development is profoundly influenced by vertically transferred cues. However, little is known about how maternal innate-like lymphocytes regulate offspring immunity. Here, we show that mice born from γδ T cell-deficient (TCRδ<sup>-/-</sup>) dams display an increase in first-breath-induced inflammation, with a pulmonary milieu selectively enriched in type 2 cytokines and type 2-polarized immune cells, when compared with the progeny of γδ T cell-sufficient dams. Upon helminth infection, mic ...[more]

PMID: 36787741

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Maternal γδ T cells shape offspring pulmonary type 2 immunity in a microbiota-dependent manner.

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Maternal γδ T cells shape offspring pulmonary type 2 immunity in a microbiota-dependent manner.

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