Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 Agonist Regulates Intestinal Inflammation via Cd177+ Neutrophils

Front Immunol. 2021 Mar 9:12:650864. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.650864. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-1 (TREM-1) signaling is expressed on neutrophils and monocytes that is necessary for the successful antimicrobial response and resolution of inflammation in the gut. In this study, we determined the effect of an anti-TREM-1 agonistic antibody (α-TREM-1) on colitis and identify its underlying mechanism of action. Administration of α-TREM-1 alleviated colitis in mice and resolved dysbiosis, which required TLR4/Myd88 signaling. α-TREM-1 increased the production of neutrophil extracellular traps and interleukin-22 by CD177+ neutrophils, which led to pathogen clearance and protection of the intestinal barrier. TREM-1 activation using an α-TREM-1 antibody protects against colitis by rebalancing the microbiota and protecting the epithelium against the immune response as well as modulates the function of neutrophils and macrophages. These results highlight the importance of the TREM-1 pathway in intestinal homeostasis and suggest that α-TREM-1 treatment may be an effective therapeutic strategy for inflammatory bowel disease.

Keywords: CD177; inflammatory bowel disease; macrophage; neutrophil; triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies / immunology
  • Antibodies / pharmacology*
  • Colitis / immunology
  • Colitis / metabolism
  • Colitis / prevention & control
  • Dysbiosis / microbiology
  • Dysbiosis / prevention & control
  • Extracellular Traps / drug effects
  • Extracellular Traps / immunology
  • GPI-Linked Proteins / immunology*
  • GPI-Linked Proteins / metabolism
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome / drug effects
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome / immunology
  • Inflammation / immunology
  • Inflammation / metabolism
  • Inflammation / prevention & control*
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / immunology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / metabolism
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / prevention & control
  • Interleukin-22
  • Interleukins / immunology
  • Interleukins / metabolism
  • Intestines / drug effects*
  • Intestines / immunology
  • Intestines / pathology
  • Isoantigens / immunology*
  • Isoantigens / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Neutrophils / drug effects*
  • Neutrophils / immunology
  • Neutrophils / metabolism
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / immunology*
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / metabolism
  • Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 / agonists*
  • Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Cd177 protein, mouse
  • GPI-Linked Proteins
  • Interleukins
  • Isoantigens
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1