Dietary fibre promotes chronic whipworm infection through direct and time-dependent modulation of innate immunity
Myhill, L. J.; Jensen, P.; Arora, P.; Jensen, A. M.; Zhu, L.; Vedsted-Jakobsen, A.; Thormar, E. A.; von Munchow, A.; Poojary, M. M.; Lund, M. N.; Thamsborg, S. M.; Limborg, M. T.; Jensen, B. A. H.; Williams, A. R.
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Dietary fibre regulates the microbiome and gut health but increases murine whipworm (Trichuris muris) infection through unclear mechanisms. We show that mice fed inulin-supplemented diets exhibit dysregulated innate antimicrobial defences and altered tryptophan metabolism during T. muris infection. Inhibiting tryptophan catabolism or neutralizing IL-27 and IL-18 in inulin-fed mice restored infection resistance. Notably, inulin led to chronic infection even in microbiota-depleted mice. Removing inulin within a critical immune development window rapidly restored anti-helminth immunity, indicating direct, time-dependent modulation of mucosal immune responses. Our findings reveal a previously unrecognized, direct influence of dietary fibre on mucosal immunity to parasitic infection, independent of the microbiome, highlighting the complex interplay between diet timing and host defence.
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