Breastmilk IgG engages the neonatal immune system to instruct host-microbiota mutualism
Shenoy, M. K.; Rico, D.; Gordon, S.; Milburn, L.; Schwensen, J.; Caban, M.; Koch, M. A.
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Maternal antibodies fundamentally regulate infant immunity to the developing gut microbiota, yet the mechanisms underlying this process remain elusive. Here, we show that maternal IgG, ingested in the first week of life, functions to restrain microbiota-dependent adaptive immune responses and reduce offspring susceptibility to intestinal inflammation weeks later, following weaning. To exert these functions, efficient binding of IgG to gut bacterial antigens and engagement of Fc and complement dependent effector functions in offspring was required. These discoveries reveal a novel mechanism wherein maternal IgG engages the offspring immune system to calibrate responses to gut microbes. This mode of maternal immune instruction may provide adaptability to developmental shifts in microbiota necessary for establishing host-microbiota mutualism and limiting susceptibility to inflammatory disease. One sentence abstractIngestion of maternal IgG during a discrete postnatal window calibrates neonatal immunity to the gut microbiota.
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