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Clec12a tempers inflammation while restricting expansion of a colitogenic commensal

Round, J.; Chiaro, T.; Bauer, K.; Ost, K.; Stephen-Victor, E.; Nelson, M.; Hill, J. H.; Bell, R.; Harwood, M.; Voth, W.; Jackson, T.; Klag, K.; O'Connell, R.; Stephens, W. Z.

2023-03-17 immunology
10.1101/2023.03.16.532997 bioRxiv
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SUMMARYRegulation of the microbiota is critical to intestinal health yet the mechanisms employed by innate immunity remain unclear. Here we show that mice deficient in the C-Type-lectin receptor, Clec12a developed severe colitis, which was dependent on the microbiota. Fecal-microbiota-transplantation (FMT) studies into germfree mice revealed a colitogenic microbiota formed within Clec12a-/- mice that was marked by expansion of the gram-positive organism, Faecalibaculum rodentium. Treatment with F. rodentium was sufficient to worsen colitis in wild-type mice. Macrophages within the gut express the highest levels of Clec12a. Cytokine and sequencing analysis in Clec12a-/- macrophages revealed heighten inflammation but marked reduction in genes associated with phagocytosis. Indeed, Clec12a-/- macrophages are impaired in their ability to uptake F. rodentium. Purified Clec12a had higher binding to gram-positive organisms such as F. rodentium. Thus, our data identifies Clec12a as an innate immune surveillance mechanism to control expansion of potentially harmful commensals without overt inflammation.

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