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Resident and pro-inflammatory macrophages in the colon represent alternative context-dependent fates of the same Ly6C(hi) monocyte precursors

Bain, C. C. ; Scott, C. L. ; Uronen-Hansson, Heli LU ; Gudjonsson, Sigurdur LU ; Jansson, O. ; Grip, Olof LU ; Guilliams, M. ; Malissen, B. ; Agace, W. W. and Mowat, A. Mc I. (2013) In Mucosal Immunology 6(3). p.498-510
Abstract
Macrophages (m phi) are essential for intestinal homeostasis and the pathology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but it is unclear whether discrete m phi populations carry out these distinct functions or if resident m phi change during inflammation. We show here that most resident m phi in resting mouse colon express very high levels of CX3CR1, are avidly phagocytic and MHCII hi, but are resistant to Toll-like receptor (TLR) stimulation, produce interleukin 10 constitutively, and express CD163 and CD206. A smaller population of CX3CR1(int) cells is present in resting colon and it expands during experimental colitis. Ly6C(hi) CCR2(+) monocytes can give rise to all m phi subsets in both healthy and inflamed colon and we show that the... (More)
Macrophages (m phi) are essential for intestinal homeostasis and the pathology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but it is unclear whether discrete m phi populations carry out these distinct functions or if resident m phi change during inflammation. We show here that most resident m phi in resting mouse colon express very high levels of CX3CR1, are avidly phagocytic and MHCII hi, but are resistant to Toll-like receptor (TLR) stimulation, produce interleukin 10 constitutively, and express CD163 and CD206. A smaller population of CX3CR1(int) cells is present in resting colon and it expands during experimental colitis. Ly6C(hi) CCR2(+) monocytes can give rise to all m phi subsets in both healthy and inflamed colon and we show that the CX3CR1int pool represents a continuum in which newly arrived, recently divided monocytes develop into resident CX3CR1 hi m phi. This process is arrested during experimental colitis, resulting in the accumulation of TLR-responsive pro-inflammatory m phi. Phenotypic analysis of human intestinal m phi indicates that analogous processes occur in the normal and Crohn's disease ileum. These studies show for the first time that resident and inflammatory m phi in the intestine represent alternative differentiation outcomes of the same precursor and targeting these events could offer routes for therapeutic intervention in IBD. (Less)
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10.1038/mi.2012.89
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  abstract     = {{Macrophages (m phi) are essential for intestinal homeostasis and the pathology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but it is unclear whether discrete m phi populations carry out these distinct functions or if resident m phi change during inflammation. We show here that most resident m phi in resting mouse colon express very high levels of CX3CR1, are avidly phagocytic and MHCII hi, but are resistant to Toll-like receptor (TLR) stimulation, produce interleukin 10 constitutively, and express CD163 and CD206. A smaller population of CX3CR1(int) cells is present in resting colon and it expands during experimental colitis. Ly6C(hi) CCR2(+) monocytes can give rise to all m phi subsets in both healthy and inflamed colon and we show that the CX3CR1int pool represents a continuum in which newly arrived, recently divided monocytes develop into resident CX3CR1 hi m phi. This process is arrested during experimental colitis, resulting in the accumulation of TLR-responsive pro-inflammatory m phi. Phenotypic analysis of human intestinal m phi indicates that analogous processes occur in the normal and Crohn's disease ileum. These studies show for the first time that resident and inflammatory m phi in the intestine represent alternative differentiation outcomes of the same precursor and targeting these events could offer routes for therapeutic intervention in IBD.}},
  author       = {{Bain, C. C. and Scott, C. L. and Uronen-Hansson, Heli and Gudjonsson, Sigurdur and Jansson, O. and Grip, Olof and Guilliams, M. and Malissen, B. and Agace, W. W. and Mowat, A. Mc I.}},
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  series       = {{Mucosal Immunology}},
  title        = {{Resident and pro-inflammatory macrophages in the colon represent alternative context-dependent fates of the same Ly6C(hi) monocyte precursors}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mi.2012.89}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/mi.2012.89}},
  volume       = {{6}},
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