Rhythmicity of intestinal IgA responses confers oscillatory commensal microbiota mutualism

HA Penny, RG Domingues, MZ Krauss… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
HA Penny, RG Domingues, MZ Krauss, F Melo-Gonzalez, MAE Lawson, S Dickson…
Science immunology, 2022science.org
Interactions between the mammalian host and commensal microbiota are enforced through
a range of immune responses that confer metabolic benefits and promote tissue health and
homeostasis. Immunoglobulin A (IgA) responses directly determine the composition of
commensal species that colonize the intestinal tract but require substantial metabolic
resources to fuel antibody production by tissue-resident plasma cells. Here, we demonstrate
that IgA responses are subject to diurnal regulation over the course of a circadian day …
Interactions between the mammalian host and commensal microbiota are enforced through a range of immune responses that confer metabolic benefits and promote tissue health and homeostasis. Immunoglobulin A (IgA) responses directly determine the composition of commensal species that colonize the intestinal tract but require substantial metabolic resources to fuel antibody production by tissue-resident plasma cells. Here, we demonstrate that IgA responses are subject to diurnal regulation over the course of a circadian day. Specifically, the magnitude of IgA secretion, as well as the transcriptome of intestinal IgA+ plasma cells, was found to exhibit rhythmicity. Oscillatory IgA responses were found to be entrained by time of feeding and were also found to be in part coordinated by the plasma cell–intrinsic circadian clock via deletion of the master clock gene Arntl. Moreover, reciprocal interactions between the host and microbiota dictated oscillatory dynamics among the commensal microbial community and its associated transcriptional and metabolic activity in an IgA-dependent manner. Together, our findings suggest that circadian networks comprising intestinal IgA, diet, and the microbiota converge to align circadian biology in the intestinal tract and to ensure host-microbial mutualism.
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