[HTML][HTML] Microbiota-modulated metabolites shape the intestinal microenvironment by regulating NLRP6 inflammasome signaling

M Levy, CA Thaiss, D Zeevi, L Dohnalová… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
M Levy, CA Thaiss, D Zeevi, L Dohnalová, G Zilberman-Schapira, JA Mahdi, E David
Cell, 2015cell.com
Host-microbiome co-evolution drives homeostasis and disease susceptibility, yet regulatory
principles governing the integrated intestinal host-commensal microenvironment remain
obscure. While inflammasome signaling participates in these interactions, its activators and
microbiome-modulating mechanisms are unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the
microbiota-associated metabolites taurine, histamine, and spermine shape the host-
microbiome interface by co-modulating NLRP6 inflammasome signaling, epithelial IL-18 …
Summary
Host-microbiome co-evolution drives homeostasis and disease susceptibility, yet regulatory principles governing the integrated intestinal host-commensal microenvironment remain obscure. While inflammasome signaling participates in these interactions, its activators and microbiome-modulating mechanisms are unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the microbiota-associated metabolites taurine, histamine, and spermine shape the host-microbiome interface by co-modulating NLRP6 inflammasome signaling, epithelial IL-18 secretion, and downstream anti-microbial peptide (AMP) profiles. Distortion of this balanced AMP landscape by inflammasome deficiency drives dysbiosis development. Upon fecal transfer, colitis-inducing microbiota hijacks this microenvironment-orchestrating machinery through metabolite-mediated inflammasome suppression, leading to distorted AMP balance favoring its preferential colonization. Restoration of the metabolite-inflammasome-AMP axis reinstates a normal microbiota and ameliorates colitis. Together, we identify microbial modulators of the NLRP6 inflammasome and highlight mechanisms by which microbiome-host interactions cooperatively drive microbial community stability through metabolite-mediated innate immune modulation. Therefore, targeted "postbiotic" metabolomic intervention may restore a normal microenvironment as treatment or prevention of dysbiosis-driven diseases.
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