Immune subset-committed proliferating cells populate the human foetal intestine throughout the second trimester of gestation.

Autor: Guo N; Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands., Li N; Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.; State Key Laboratory of Zoonotic Diseases, Institute of Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, China., Jia L; Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands., Jiang Q; Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands., Schreurs M; Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands., van Unen V; Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.; Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA., de Sousa Lopes SMC; Department of Anatomy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands., Vloemans AA; Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands., Eggermont J; Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands., Lelieveldt B; Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands., Staal FJT; Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands., de Miranda NFCC; Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands., Pascutti MF; Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands. M.F.Pascutti@lumc.nl., Koning F; Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands. F.Koning@lumc.nl.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2023 Mar 10; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 1318. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 10.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37052-4
Abstrakt: The intestine represents the largest immune compartment in the human body, yet its development and organisation during human foetal development is largely unknown. Here we show the immune subset composition of this organ during development, by longitudinal spectral flow cytometry analysis of human foetal intestinal samples between 14 and 22 weeks of gestation. At 14 weeks, the foetal intestine is mainly populated by myeloid cells and three distinct CD3 - CD7 + ILC, followed by rapid appearance of adaptive CD4 + , CD8 + T and B cell subsets. Imaging mass cytometry identifies lymphoid follicles from week 16 onwards in a villus-like structure covered by epithelium and confirms the presence of Ki-67 + cells in situ within all CD3 - CD7 + ILC, T, B and myeloid cell subsets. Foetal intestinal lymphoid subsets are capable of spontaneous proliferation in vitro. IL-7 mRNA is detected within both the lamina propria and the epithelium and IL-7 enhances proliferation of several subsets in vitro. Overall, these observations demonstrate the presence of immune subset-committed cells capable of local proliferation in the developing human foetal intestine, likely contributing to the development and growth of organized immune structures throughout most of the 2 nd trimester, which might influence microbial colonization upon birth.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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