Acetylcholine ameliorates colitis by promoting IL-10 secretion of monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells through the nAChR/ERK pathway

Autor: Feifei Luo, Zhongguang Luo, Lin Chen, Huan Song, Haoshu Cui, Bangting Wang, Yao Liu, Yufei Zhang, Hao Wu, Wanwei Zheng, Jun Zhang, Wenshuai Li, Yiwei Chu, Jie Liu, Yuedi Wang
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN: 1091-6490
0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017762118
Popis: The alteration of the enteric nervous system (ENS) and its role in neuroimmune modulation remain obscure in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Here, by using the xCell tool and the latest immunolabeling-enabled three-dimensional (3D) imaging of solvent-cleared organs technique, we found severe pathological damage of the entire ENS and decreased expression of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) in IBD patients. As a result, acetylcholine (ACh), a major neurotransmitter of the nervous system synthesized by ChAT, was greatly reduced in colon tissues of both IBD patients and colitis mice. Importantly, administration of ACh via enema remarkably ameliorated colitis, which was proved to be directly dependent on monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (M-MDSCs). Furthermore, ACh was demonstrated to promote interleukin-10 secretion of M-MDSCs and suppress the inflammation through activating the nAChR/ERK pathway. The present data reveal that the cholinergic signaling pathway in the ENS is impaired during colitis and uncover an ACh-MDSCs neuroimmune regulatory pathway, which may offer promising therapeutic strategies for IBDs.
Databáze: OpenAIRE