Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3) are major regulators of inflammation, infection, microbiota composition and metabolism 1 . ILC3 and neuronal cells were shown to interact at discrete mucosal locations to steer mucosal defence 2,3 . Nevertheless, whether neuroimmune circuits operate at an organismal level, integrating extrinsic environmental signals to orchestrate ILC3 responses remains elusive. Here we show that light-entrained and brain-tuned circadian circuits regulate enteric ILC3, intestinal homeostasis, gut defence and the host lipid metabolism. We found that enteric ILC3 display circadian expression of clock genes and ILC3-related transcription factors. ILC3-autonomous ablation of the circadian regulator Arntl led to disrupted gut ILC3 homeostasis, impaired epithelial reactivity, deregulated microbiome, increased susceptibility to bowel infection Users may view, print, copy, and download text and data-mine the content in such documents, for the purposes of academic research, subject always to the full Conditions of use:http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html#terms
Interactions between the mammalian host and commensal microbiota are enforced through a range of immune responses that confer metabolic benefits and promote tissue health and homeostasis. Immunoglobulin A (IgA) responses directly determine the composition of commensal species that colonize the intestinal tract but require substantial metabolic resources to fuel antibody production by tissue-resident plasma cells. Here, we demonstrate that IgA responses are subject to diurnal regulation over the course of a circadian day. Specifically, the magnitude of IgA secretion, as well as the transcriptome of intestinal IgA + plasma cells, was found to exhibit rhythmicity. Oscillatory IgA responses were found to be entrained by time of feeding and were also found to be in part coordinated by the plasma cell–intrinsic circadian clock via deletion of the master clock gene Arntl . Moreover, reciprocal interactions between the host and microbiota dictated oscillatory dynamics among the commensal microbial community and its associated transcriptional and metabolic activity in an IgA-dependent manner. Together, our findings suggest that circadian networks comprising intestinal IgA, diet, and the microbiota converge to align circadian biology in the intestinal tract and to ensure host-microbial mutualism.
Mutualistic interactions with the commensal microbiota are enforced through a range of immune responses that confer metabolic benefits for the host and ensure tissue health and homeostasis. Immunoglobulin (Ig)A responses directly determine the composition of commensal species that colonize the intestinal tract but require significant metabolic resources to fuel antibody production by tissue-resident plasma cells. Here we demonstrate IgA responses are subject to diurnal regulation by dietary-derived metabolic cues and a cell-intrinsic circadian clock. Rhythmicity in IgA secretion conferred oscillatory patterns on the commensal microbial community and its associated metabolic activity, resulting in changes to metabolite availability over the course of the circadian day. Our findings suggest circadian networks comprising intestinal IgA, the diet and the microbiota align to ensure metabolic health.
These authors contributed equally to this work Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3) are major regulators of inflammation, infection, microbiota composition and metabolism 1 . ILC3 and neuronal cells were shown to interact at discrete mucosal locations to steer mucosal defence 2,3 . Nevertheless, whether neuroimmune circuitsoperate at an organismal level, integrating extrinsic environmental signals to orchestrate ILC3 responses remains elusive. Here we show that light-entrained and brain-tuned circadian circuits regulate enteric ILC3, intestinal homeostasis, gut defence and the host lipid metabolism. We found that enteric ILC3 display circadian expression of clock genes and ILC3-related transcription factors. ILC3-autonomous ablation of the circadian regulator Arntl led to disrupted gut ILC3 homeostasis, impaired epithelial reactivity, deregulated microbiome, increased susceptibility to bowel infection and disrupted lipid metabolism. Loss of ILC3-intrinsic Arntl shaped the gut postcode receptors of ILC3. Strikingly, light-dark cycles, feeding rhythms and microbial cues differentially regulated ILC3 clocks, with light signals as major entraining cues of ILC3. Accordingly, surgical-and genetically-induced deregulation of brain rhythmicity led to disrupted circadian ILC3 oscillations, deregulated microbiome and altered lipid metabolism. Our work reveals a circadian circuitry that translates environmental light cues into enteric ILC3, shaping intestinal health, metabolism and organismal homeostasis.Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3) were shown to be part of discrete mucosal neuroimmune cell units 2-5 , raising the hypothesis that ILC3 may also integrate systemic neuroimmune circuits to regulate tissue integrity and organismic homeostasis.Circadian rhythms rely on local and systemic cues to coordinate mammalian physiology and are genetically encoded by molecular clocks that allow organisms to anticipate and adapt to extrinsic environmental changes 6,7 . The circadian clock machinery consists of an autoregulatory network of feedback loops primarily driven by
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