Silent recognition of flagellins from human gut commensal bacteria by Toll-like receptor 5

Flagellin, the protein subunit of the bacterial flagellum, stimulates the innate immune receptor Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) after pattern recognition or evades TLR5 through lack of recognition. This binary response fails to explain the weak agonism of flagellins from commensal bacteria, raising the question of how TLR5 response is tuned. Here, we screened abundant flagellins present in metagenomes from human gut for both TLR5 recognition and activation and uncovered a class of flagellin-TLR5 interaction termed silent recognition. Silent flagellins were weak TLR5 agonists despite pattern recognition. Receptor activity was tuned by a TLR5-flagellin interaction distal to the site of pattern recognition that was present in Salmonella flagellin but absent in silent flagellins. This interaction enabled flagellin binding to preformed TLR5 dimers and increased TLR5 signaling by several orders of magnitude. Silent recognition by TLR5 occurred in human organoids and mice, and silent flagellin proteins were present in human stool. These flagellins were produced primarily by the abundant gut bacteria Lachnospiraceae and were enriched in nonindustrialized populations. Our findings provide a mechanism for the innate immune system to tolerate commensal-derived flagellins while remaining vigilant to the presence of flagellins produced by pathogens.

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CommentIn: Sci Immunol. 2023 Jan 6;8(79):eadf0244. - PMID 36608148

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Science immunology - 8(2023), 79 vom: 06. Jan., Seite eabq7001

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Clasen, Sara J [VerfasserIn]
Bell, Michael E W [VerfasserIn]
Borbón, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Du-Hwa [VerfasserIn]
Henseler, Zachariah M [VerfasserIn]
de la Cuesta-Zuluaga, Jacobo [VerfasserIn]
Parys, Katarzyna [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yanling [VerfasserIn]
Altmannova, Veronika [VerfasserIn]
Youngblut, Nicholas D [VerfasserIn]
Weir, John R [VerfasserIn]
Gewirtz, Andrew T [VerfasserIn]
Belkhadir, Youssef [VerfasserIn]
Ley, Ruth E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

12777-81-0
Flagellin
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TLR5 protein, human
Toll-Like Receptor 5

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Date Completed 17.01.2023

Date Revised 22.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Sci Immunol. 2023 Jan 6;8(79):eadf0244. - PMID 36608148

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/sciimmunol.abq7001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351192549