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Genes controlling the activation of natural killer lymphocytes are epigenetically remodeled in intestinal cells from germ-free mice.
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FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology [FASEB J] 2019 Feb; Vol. 33 (2), pp. 2719-2731. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Oct 10. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Remodeling of the gut microbiota is implicated in various metabolic and inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. We hypothesized that the gut microbiota affects the DNA methylation profile of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) which could, in turn, alter intestinal function. In this study, we used mass spectrometry and methylated DNA capture to respectively investigate global and genome-wide DNA methylation of intestinal epithelial cells from germ-free (GF) and conventionally raised mice. In colonic IECs from GF mice, DNA was markedly hypermethylated. This was associated with a dramatic loss of ten-eleven-translocation activity, a lower DNA methyltransferase activity and lower circulating levels of the 1-carbon metabolite, folate. At the gene level, we found an enrichment for differentially methylated regions proximal to genes regulating the cytotoxicity of NK cells (false-discovery rate < 8.9E <superscript>-6</superscript> ), notably genes regulating the cross-talk between NK cells and target cells, such as members of the NK group 2 member D ligand superfamily Raet. This distinct epigenetic signature was associated with a marked decrease in Raet1 expression and a loss of CD56 <superscript>+</superscript> /CD45 <superscript>+</superscript> cells in the intestine of GF mice. Thus, our results indicate that altered activity of methylation-modifying enzymes in GF mice influences the IEC epigenome and modulates the crosstalk between IECs and NK cells. Epigenetic reprogramming of IECs may modulate intestinal function in diseases associated with altered gut microbiota.-Poupeau, A., Garde, C., Sulek, K., Citirikkaya, K., Treebak, J. T., Arumugam, M., Simar, D., Olofsson, L. E., Bäckhed, F., Barrès, R. Genes controlling the activation of natural killer lymphocytes are epigenetically remodeled in intestinal cells from germ-free mice.
- Subjects :
- Animals
DNA Methylation
Epithelial Cells metabolism
Epithelial Cells microbiology
Female
Intestines cytology
Intestines microbiology
Intestines physiology
Killer Cells, Natural metabolism
Killer Cells, Natural microbiology
Male
Mice
Biomarkers analysis
Epigenesis, Genetic
Epithelial Cells immunology
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Gene Expression Regulation
Germ-Free Life
Killer Cells, Natural immunology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1530-6860
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30303739
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201800787R