Imperial College London

DrThomasClarke

Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Infectious Disease

Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2074thomas.clarke

 
 
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5.40DFlowers buildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Hergott:2016:10.1182/blood-2015-10-675173,
author = {Hergott, CB and Roche, AM and Tamashiro, E and Clarke, TB and Bailey, AG and Laughlin, A and Bushman, FD and Weiser, JN},
doi = {10.1182/blood-2015-10-675173},
journal = {Blood},
pages = {2460--2471},
title = {Detection of peptidoglycan from the gut microbiota governs the lifespan of circulating phagocytes at homeostasis},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2015-10-675173},
volume = {127},
year = {2016}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - Maintenance of myeloid cell homeostasis requires continuous turnover of phagocytes from the bloodstream, yet whether environmental signals influence phagocyte longevity in the absence of inflammation remains unknown. Here, we show that the gut microbiota regulates the steady-state cellular lifespan of neutrophils and inflammatory monocytes, the two most abundant circulating myeloid cells and key contributors to inflammatory responses. Treatment of mice with broad-spectrum antibiotics, or with the gut-restricted aminoglycoside neomycin alone, accelerated phagocyte turnover and increased the rates of their spontaneous apoptosis. Metagenomic analyses revealed that neomycin altered the abundance of intestinal bacteria bearing γ-D-glutamyl-meso-diaminopimelic acid (iE-DAP), a ligand for the intracellular peptidoglycan sensor Nod1. Accordingly, signaling through Nod1 was both necessary and sufficient to mediate the stimulatory influence of the flora on myeloid cell longevity. Stimulation of Nod1 signaling increased the frequency of lymphocytes in the murine intestine producing the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 17A (IL-17A), and liberation of IL-17A was required for transmission of Nod1-dependent signals to circulating phagocytes. Together, these results define a mechanism through which intestinal microbes govern a central component of myeloid homeostasis and suggest perturbations of commensal communities can influence steady-state regulation of cell fate.
AU - Hergott,CB
AU - Roche,AM
AU - Tamashiro,E
AU - Clarke,TB
AU - Bailey,AG
AU - Laughlin,A
AU - Bushman,FD
AU - Weiser,JN
DO - 10.1182/blood-2015-10-675173
EP - 2471
PY - 2016///
SN - 1528-0020
SP - 2460
TI - Detection of peptidoglycan from the gut microbiota governs the lifespan of circulating phagocytes at homeostasis
T2 - Blood
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2015-10-675173
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/53958
VL - 127
ER -