Agr2-associated ER stress promotes adherent-invasive E. coli dysbiosis and triggers CD103+ dendritic cell IL-23-dependent ileocolitis.

Publication Type Academic Article
Authors Viladomiu M, Khounlotham M, Dogan B, Lima S, Elsaadi A, Cardakli E, Castellanos J, Ng C, Herzog J, Schoenborn A, Ellermann M, Liu B, Zhang S, Gulati A, Sartor R, Simpson K, Lipkin S, Longman R
Journal Cell Rep
Volume 41
Issue 7
Pagination 111637
Date Published 11/15/2022
ISSN 2211-1247
Keywords Crohn Disease, Dysbiosis, Mucoproteins, Escherichia coli Infections
Abstract Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is associated with Crohn's disease (CD), but its impact on host-microbe interaction in disease pathogenesis is not well defined. Functional deficiency in the protein disulfide isomerase anterior gradient 2 (AGR2) has been linked with CD and leads to epithelial cell ER stress and ileocolitis in mice and humans. Here, we show that ileal expression of AGR2 correlates with mucosal Enterobactericeae abundance in human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and that Agr2 deletion leads to ER-stress-dependent expansion of mucosal-associated adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC), which drives Th17 cell ileocolitis in mice. Mechanistically, our data reveal that AIEC-induced epithelial cell ER stress triggers CD103+ dendritic cell production of interleukin-23 (IL-23) and that IL-23R is required for ileocolitis in Agr2-/- mice. Overall, these data reveal a specific and reciprocal interaction of the expansion of the CD pathobiont AIEC with ER-stress-associated ileocolitis and highlight a distinct cellular mechanism for IL-23-dependent ileocolitis.
DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111637
PubMed ID 36384110
PubMed Central ID PMC9805753
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