TREM-1+ Macrophages Define a Pathogenic Cell Subset in the Intestine of Crohn's Disease Patients

© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation..

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Uncontrolled activation of intestinal mononuclear phagocytes [MNPs] drives chronic inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 [TREM-1] has been implicated in the pathogenesis of IBD. However, the role of TREM-1+ cell subsets in driving IBD pathology and the link with clinical parameters are not understood. We investigated TREM-1 expression in human intestinal MNP subsets and examined blocking TREM-1 as a potential IBD therapy.

METHODS: TREM-1 gene expression was analysed in intestinal mucosa, enriched epithelial and lamina propria [LP] layers, and purified cells from controls and IBD patients. TREM-1 protein on immune cells was assessed by flow cytometry and immunofluorescence microscopy. Blood monocyte activation was examined by large-scale gene expression using a TREM-1 agonist or LP conditioned media [LP-CM] from patients in the presence or absence of TREM-1 and tumour necrosis factor [TNF] antagonist antibodies.

RESULTS: TREM-1 gene expression increases in intestinal mucosa from IBD patients and correlates with disease score. TREM-1+ cells, which are mainly immature macrophages and CD11b+ granulocytes, increase among LP cells from Crohn's disease patients and their frequency correlates with inflammatory molecules in LP-CM. LP-CM from Crohn's disease patients induces an inflammatory transcriptome in blood monocytes, including increased IL-6 expression, which is reduced by simultaneous blocking of TREM-1 and TNF.

CONCLUSIONS: High intestinal TREM-1 expression, reflecting a high frequency of TREM-1+ immature macrophages and TREM-1+CD11b+ granulocytes, is linked to the deleterious inflammatory microenvironment in IBD patients. Therefore, blocking the TREM-1 pathway, especially simultaneously with anti-TNF therapy, has potential as a new IBD therapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Journal of Crohn's & colitis - 15(2021), 8 vom: 02. Aug., Seite 1346-1361

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Caër, Charles [VerfasserIn]
Gorreja, Frida [VerfasserIn]
Forsskåhl, Sophia K [VerfasserIn]
Brynjolfsson, Siggeir F [VerfasserIn]
Szeponik, Louis [VerfasserIn]
Magnusson, Maria K [VerfasserIn]
Börjesson, Lars G [VerfasserIn]
Block, Mattias [VerfasserIn]
Bexe-Lindskog, Elinor [VerfasserIn]
Wick, Mary Jo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CD11b Antigen
Crohn’s disease
IL-6
ITGAM protein, human
Interleukin-6
Intestinal inflammation
Journal Article
Macrophages
TNF
TREM-1
Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1

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Date Completed 15.12.2021

Date Revised 15.12.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab022

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320984877