title: Low-Dose Intestinal Trichuris muris Infection Alters the Lung Immune Microenvironment and Can Suppress Allergic Airway Inflammation.
abstract: Immunological cross talk between mucosal tissues such as the intestine and the lung is poorly defined during homeostasis and disease. Here, we show that a low-dose infection with the intestinally restricted helminth parasite Trichuris muris results in the production of Th1 cell-dependent gamma interferon (IFN-γ) and myeloid cell-derived interleukin-10 (IL-10) in the lung without causing overt airway pathology. This cross-mucosal immune response in the lung inhibits the development of papain-induced allergic airway inflammation, an innate cell-mediated type 2 airway inflammatory disease. Thus, we identify convergent and nonredundant roles of adaptive and innate immunity in mediating cross-mucosal suppression of type 2 airway inflammation during low-dose helminth-induced intestinal inflammation. These results provide further insight in identifying novel intersecting immune pathways elicited by gut-to-lung mucosal cross talk.
authors.affiliation: The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Alistair L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Chenery
authors.affiliation: The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Frann
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Antignano
authors.affiliation: The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burrows
authors.affiliation: The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scheer
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perona-Wright
authors.affiliation: The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia colby.zaph@monash.edu.
authors.forename: Colby
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9889-9848
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zaph
mesh_terms: D056704:Adaptive Immunity; D000818:Animals; D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides / Q000276:immunology; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002450:Cell Communication; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D018928:Immunity, Mucosal; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology; D007422:Intestines / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010206:Papain; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology*; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology; D014258:Trichuris / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides; D016753:Interleukin-10; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D010206:Papain