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Greer RL, Dong X, Moraes ACF, Zielke RA, Fernandes GR, Peremyslova E, Vasquez-Perez S, Schoenborn AA, Gomes EP, Pereira AC, Ferreira SRG, Yao M, Fuss IJ, Strober W, Sikora AE, Taylor GA, Gulati AS, Morgun A, Shulzhenko N. Akkermansia muciniphila mediates negative effects of IFNγ on glucose metabolism. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13329. [PMID: 27841267 PMCID: PMC5114536 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Cross-talk between the gut microbiota and the host immune system regulates host metabolism, and its dysregulation can cause metabolic disease. Here, we show that the gut microbe Akkermansia muciniphila can mediate negative effects of IFNγ on glucose tolerance. In IFNγ-deficient mice, A. muciniphila is significantly increased and restoration of IFNγ levels reduces A. muciniphila abundance. We further show that IFNγ-knockout mice whose microbiota does not contain A. muciniphila do not show improvement in glucose tolerance and adding back A. muciniphila promoted enhanced glucose tolerance. We go on to identify Irgm1 as an IFNγ-regulated gene in the mouse ileum that controls gut A. muciniphila levels. A. muciniphila is also linked to IFNγ-regulated gene expression in the intestine and glucose parameters in humans, suggesting that this trialogue between IFNγ, A. muciniphila and glucose tolerance might be an evolutionally conserved mechanism regulating metabolic health in mice and humans. Mice deficient in the pro-inflammatory cytokine IFNγ have improved glucose tolerance. Here, the authors show that this effect depends on the gut microbe Akkermansia muciniphila, whose abundance increases in the absence IFNγ, and which is known to have beneficial effects on host metabolism.
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Affiliation(s)
- Renee L Greer
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, 105 Dryden Hall, 450 SW 30th Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, 1601 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
| | - Ana Carolina F Moraes
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr Arnaldo, 715, São Paulo, SP 01246-904, Brazil
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- College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, 1601 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
| | - Gabriel R Fernandes
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, René Rachou Research Center, Av. Augusto de Lima, 1715, Belo Horizonte, MG 30190-002, Brazil
| | - Ekaterina Peremyslova
- College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, 1601 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, 105 Dryden Hall, 450 SW 30th Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
| | - Alexi A Schoenborn
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 260 MacNider Building, CB# 7220, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, Av. Dr Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, São Paulo, SP 05403-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, Av. Dr Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44, São Paulo, SP 05403-000, Brazil
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr Arnaldo, 715, São Paulo, SP 01246-904, Brazil
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- Mucosal Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immune Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Mucosal Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immune Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
| | - Warren Strober
- Mucosal Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immune Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, 1601 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Geriatrics and Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke Box 3003, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
| | - Ajay S Gulati
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 260 MacNider Building, CB# 7220, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
| | - Andrey Morgun
- College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, 1601 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
| | - Natalia Shulzhenko
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, 105 Dryden Hall, 450 SW 30th Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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