Toll-Like Receptor 7 Agonist-Induced Dermatitis Causes Severe Dextran Sulfate Sodium Colitis by Altering the Gut Microbiome and Immune Cells
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Toll-Like Receptor 7 Agonist-Induced Dermatitis Causes Severe Dextran Sulfate Sodium Colitis by Altering the Gut Microbiome and Immune Cells
Abstract
Background & aims: Psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are both chronic inflammatory diseases occurring in the skin and gut, respectively. It is well established that psoriasis and IBD have high concordance rates, and similar changes in immune cells and microbiome composition have been reported in both conditions. To study this connection, we used a combination murine model of psoriatic dermatitis and colitis in which mice were treated topically with the Toll-like receptor 7 agonist imiquimod (IMQ) and fed dextran sulfate sodium (DSS).
Methods: We applied IMQ topically to B6 mice (IMQ mice) and subsequently fed them 2% DSS in their drinking water. Disease activity and immune cell phenotypes were analyzed, and the microbial composition of fecal samples was investigated using 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing. We transplanted feces from IMQ mice to germ-free IQI/Jic (IQI) mice and fed them DSS to assess the effect of the gut microbiome on disease.
Results: We first confirmed that IMQ mice showed accelerated DSS colitis. IMQ mice had decreased numbers of IgD+ and IgM+ B cells and increased numbers of non-cytokine-producing macrophages in the gut. Moreover, the gut microbiomes of IMQ mice were perturbed, with significant reductions of Lactobacillus johnsonii and Lactobacillus reuteri populations. Germ-free mice transplanted with feces from IMQ mice, but not with feces from untreated mice, also developed exacerbated DSS colitis.
Conclusions: These results suggest that skin inflammation may contribute to pathogenic conditions in the gut via immunologic and microbiological changes. Our finding of a novel potential skin-gut interaction provides new insights into the coincidence of psoriasis and IBD.
Keywords: Abx, antibiotics; BM, bone marrow; BSA, bovine serum albumin; DAI, disease activity index; DSS, dextran sulfate sodium; Dermatitis; FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate; GF, germ-free; Gut Microbiome; HBSS, Hank’s balanced salt solution; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin; ILC, innate lymphoid cell; IMQ, imiquimod; IP, intraperitoneally; IQI, IQI/Jic; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; LP, lamina propria; NLRP3, NACHT, LRR, and PYD domains-containing protein 3; OTU, operational taxonomic unit; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; PE, phycoerythrin; PMA, phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate; SPF, specific pathogen-free; TLR, Toll-like receptor; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; Th, T helper; Treg, regulatory T cells; WT, wild-type; ZO-1, zonula occludens-1; dLN, draining lymph node; gnoto, gnotobiote; pDC, plasmacytoid dendritic cell; rRNA, ribosomal RNA.
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