MyD88 signaling inhibits protective immunity to the gastrointestinal helminth parasite heligmosomoides polygyrus

Reynolds, L. A., Harcus, Y., Smith, Katherine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8150-5702, Webb, L. M., Hewitson, J. P., Ross, E. A., Brown, S., Uematsu, S., Akira, S., Gray, D., Gray, M., MacDonald, A. S., Cunningham, A. F. and Maizels, R. M. 2014. MyD88 signaling inhibits protective immunity to the gastrointestinal helminth parasite heligmosomoides polygyrus. The Journal of Immunology 193 (6) , pp. 2984-2993. 10.4049/jimmunol.1401056

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Abstract

Helminth parasites remain one of the most common causes of infections worldwide, yet little is still known about the immune signaling pathways that control their expulsion. C57BL/6 mice are chronically susceptible to infection with the gastrointestinal helminth parasite Heligmosomoides polygyrus. In this article, we report that C57BL/6 mice lacking the adapter protein MyD88, which mediates signaling by TLRs and IL-1 family members, showed enhanced immunity to H. polygyrus infection. Alongside increased parasite expulsion, MyD88-deficient mice showed heightened IL-4 and IL-17A production from mesenteric lymph node CD4+ cells. In addition, MyD88−/− mice developed substantial numbers of intestinal granulomas around the site of infection, which were not seen in MyD88-sufficient C57BL/6 mice, nor when signaling through the adapter protein TRIF (TIR domain–containing adapter–inducing IFN-β adapter protein) was also ablated. Mice deficient solely in TLR2, TLR4, TLR5, or TLR9 did not show enhanced parasite expulsion, suggesting that these TLRs signal redundantly to maintain H. polygyrus susceptibility in wild-type mice. To further investigate signaling pathways that are MyD88 dependent, we infected IL-1R1−/− mice with H. polygyrus. This genotype displayed heightened granuloma numbers compared with wild-type mice, but without increased parasite expulsion. Thus, the IL-1R–MyD88 pathway is implicated in inhibiting granuloma formation; however, protective immunity in MyD88-deficient mice appears to be granuloma independent. Like IL-1R1−/− and MyD88−/− mice, animals lacking signaling through the type 1 IFN receptor (i.e., IFNAR1−/−) also developed intestinal granulomas. Hence, IL-1R1, MyD88, and type 1 IFN receptor signaling may provide pathways to impede granuloma formation in vivo, but additional MyD88-mediated signals are associated with inhibition of protective immunity in susceptible C57BL/6 mice.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	American Association of Immunologists
ISSN:	0022-1767
Date of Acceptance:	15 July 2014
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2022 09:19
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/87527

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