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Targeted deletion of RANKL in M cell inducer cells by the Col6a1-Cre driver.

Abstract：

:The gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GALTs), including Peyer's patches (PPs), cryptopatches (CPs) and isolated lymphoid follicles (ILFs), establish a host-microbe symbiosis by the promotion of immune reactions against gut microbes. Microfold cell inducer (MCi) cells in GALTs are the recently identified mesenchymal cells that express the cytokine RANKL and initiate bacteria-specific immunoglobulin A (IgA) production via induction of microfold (M) cell differentiation. In the previous study, the Twist2-Cre driver was utilized for gene deletion in mesenchymal cells including MCi cells. In order to investigate MCi cells more extensively, it will be necessary to develop experimental tools in addition to the Twist2-Cre driver mice and characterize such drivers in specificity and efficiency. Here we show that M cell differentiation and IgA production are impaired in the targeted deletion of RANKL by the Col6a1-Cre driver. We compared Col6a1-Cre with Twist2-Cre in terms of the specificity for mesenchymal cells in GALTs. Col6a1-Cre CAG-CAT-EGFP mice exhibited EGFP expression in podoplanin+CD31- cells including MCi cells, while Twist2-Cre mice were shown to target endothelial cells and podoplanin+CD31- cells. Tnfsf11fl/ΔCol6a1-Cre mice exhibited the absence of M cells and severe IgA reduction together with an alteration in gut microbial composition. Moreover, we analyzed germ free mice to test whether changes in the microbiota are the cause of M cell deficiency. M cell differentiation was normal in the CPs/ILFs of germ free mice, indicating that MCi cells induce M cells independently of microbial colonization. This study demonstrates that Col6a1-Cre driver mice are as useful as Twist2-Cre driver mice for functional analyses of GALT-resident mesenchymal cells, including MCi cells.

journal_name

Biochem Biophys Res Commun

journal_title

Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors

Nagashima K,Sawa S,Nitta T,Prados A,Koliaraki V,Kollias G,Nakashima T,Takayanagi H

doi

10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.09.004

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-11-04 00:00:00

pages

437-443

issue

eissn

0006-291X

issn

1090-2104

pii

S0006-291X(17)31762-X

journal_volume

493

pub_type

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Targeted deletion of RANKL in M cell inducer cells by the Col6a1-Cre driver.