Chemokine (C-C Motif) Receptor 2 Mediates Dendritic Cell Recruitment to the Human Colon but Is Not Responsible for Differences Observed in Dendritic Cell Subsets, Phenotype, and Function Between the Proximal and Distal Colon

David Bernardo, Lydia Durant, Elizabeth R. Mann, Elizabeth Bassity, Enrique Montalvillo, Ripple Man, Rakesh Vora, Durga Reddi, Fahri Bayiroglu, Luis Fernández-Salazar, Nick R. English, Simon T.C. Peake, Jon Landy, Gui H. Lee, George Malietzis, Yi Harn Siaw, Aravinth U. Murugananthan, Phil Hendy, Eva Sánchez-Recio, Robin K. S. PhillipsJose A. Garrote, Paul Scott, Julian Parkhill, Malte Paulsen, Ailsa L. Hart, Hafid O. Al-Hassi, Eduardo Arranz, Alan W. Walker, Simon R. Carding, Stella C. Knight

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Abstract

Background & Aims: Most knowledge about gastrointestinal (GI)-tract dendritic cells (DC) relies on murine studies where CD103+ DC specialize in generating immune tolerance with the functionality of CD11b+/− subsets being unclear. Information about human GI-DC is scarce, especially regarding regional specifications. Here, we characterized human DC properties throughout the human colon.
Methods: Paired proximal (right/ascending) and distal (left/descending) human colonic biopsies from 95 healthy subjects were taken; DC were assessed by flow cytometry and microbiota composition assessed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. 
Results: Colonic DC identified were myeloid (mDC, CD11c+CD123−) and further divided based on CD103 and SIRPα (human analog of murine CD11b) expression. CD103-SIRPα+ DC were the major population and with CD103+SIRPα+ DC were CD1c+ILT3+CCR2+ (although CCR2 was not expressed on all CD103+SIRPα+ DC). CD103+SIRPα- DC constituted a minor subset that were CD141+ILT3−CCR2−. Proximal colon samples had higher total DC counts and fewer CD103+SIRPα+ cells. Proximal colon DC were more mature than distal DC with higher stimulatory capacity for CD4+CD45RA+ T-cells. However, DC and DC-invoked T-cell expression of mucosal homing markers (β7, CCR9) was lower for proximal DC. CCR2 was expressed on circulating CD1c+, but not CD141+ mDC, and mediated DC recruitment by colonic culture supernatants in transwell assays. Proximal colon DC produced higher levels of cytokines. Mucosal microbiota profiling showed a lower microbiota load in the proximal colon, but with no differences in microbiota composition between compartments. 
Conclusions: Proximal colonic DC subsets differ from those in distal colon and are more mature. Targeted immunotherapy using DC in T-cell mediated GI tract inflammation may therefore need to reflect this immune compartmentalization.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)22-39.e5
Number of pages23
JournalCMGH Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume2
Issue number1
Early online date3 Sept 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2016

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgments
The authors thank the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute’s core sequencing
teams for generating sequence data.

Funding
This study was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research
Council, BBSRC Institute Strategic Programme for Gut Health and Food
Safety, grant BB/J004529/1; 16S rRNA gene sequencing was provided by
the Wellcome Trust (grant number WT 098051) (to P.S., J.P., A.W.W.); core
funding support from the Scottish Government Rural and Environmental
Science and Analysis Service (to A.W.W. and the Rowett Institute of Nutrition
and Health, University of Aberdeen); the Association for International Cancer
Research (AICR), Scotland, grant number 120234 (to H.O.A.); and the Junta
de Castilla y León, Spain (SAN196/VA16/07 and SAN196/VA17/07).

Keywords

  • CCR2
  • Dendritic Cells
  • Distal Colon
  • Human Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Proximal Colon
  • Microbiota

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