Maternal aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation protects newborns against necrotizing enterocolitis.
Maternal aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation protects newborns against necrotizing enterocolitis.
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DOI:
10.1038/s41467-021-21356-4
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发表时间:
2021-02-15
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Hackam DJ
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作者:
Lu P;Yamaguchi Y;Fulton WB;Wang S;Zhou Q;Jia H;Kovler ML;Salazar AG;Sampah M;Prindle T Jr;Wipf P;Sodhi CP;Hackam DJ
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a disease of premature infants characterized by acute intestinal necrosis. Current dogma suggests that NEC develops in response to post-natal dietary and bacterial factors, and so a potential role for in utero factors in NEC remains unexplored. We now show that during pregnancy, administration of a diet rich in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) ligand indole-3-carbinole (I3C), or of breast milk, activates AHR and prevents NEC in newborn mice by reducing Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling in the newborn gut. Protection from NEC requires activation of AHR in the intestinal epithelium which is reduced in mouse and human NEC, and is independent of leukocyte activation. Finally, we identify an AHR ligand (“A18”) that limits TLR4 signaling in mouse and human intestine, and prevents NEC in mice when administered during pregnancy. In summary, AHR signaling is critical in NEC development, and maternally-delivered, AHR-based therapies may alleviate NEC. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a disease of prematurity requiring Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) activation on the gut epithelium. Here the authors show that the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) mediates NEC pathogenesis via effects on TLR4, and that supplementing the diet with AHR ligands during pregnancy or postnatally prevents NEC.
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