PMID- 34051223 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220303 LR - 20240226 IS - 1097-6825 (Electronic) IS - 0091-6749 (Print) IS - 0091-6749 (Linking) VI - 149 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Jan TI - Oral anaphylaxis to peanut in a mouse model is associated with gut permeability but not with Tlr4 or Dock8 mutations. PG - 262-274 LID - S0091-6749(21)00820-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.05.015 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The etiology of food allergy is poorly understood; mouse models are powerful systems to discover immunologic pathways driving allergic disease. C3H/HeJ mice are a widely used model for the study of peanut allergy because, unlike C57BL/6 or BALB/c mice, they are highly susceptible to oral anaphylaxis. However, the immunologic mechanism of this strain's susceptibility is not known. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the mechanism underlying the unique susceptibility to anaphylaxis in C3H/HeJ mice. We tested the role of deleterious Toll-like receptor 4 (Tlr4) or dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (Dock8) mutations in this strain because both genes have been associated with food allergy. METHODS: We generated C3H/HeJ mice with corrected Dock8 or Tlr4 alleles and sensitized and challenged them with peanut. We then characterized the antibody response to sensitization, anaphylaxis response to both oral and systemic peanut challenge, gut microbiome, and biomarkers of gut permeability. RESULTS: In contrast to C3H/HeJ mice, C57BL/6 mice were resistant to anaphylaxis after oral peanut challenge; however, both strains undergo anaphylaxis with intraperitoneal challenge. Restoring Tlr4 or Dock8 function in C3H/HeJ mice did not protect from anaphylaxis. Instead, we discovered enhanced gut permeability resulting in ingested allergens in the bloodstream in C3H/HeJ mice compared to C57BL/6 mice, which correlated with an increased number of goblet cells in the small intestine. CONCLUSIONS: Our work highlights the potential importance of gut permeability in driving anaphylaxis to ingested food allergens; it also indicates that genetic loci outside of Tlr4 and Dock8 are responsible for the oral anaphylactic susceptibility of C3H/HeJ mice. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Gertie, Jake A AU - Gertie JA AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. FAU - Zhang, Biyan AU - Zhang B AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Singapore. FAU - Liu, Elise G AU - Liu EG AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. FAU - Hoyt, Laura R AU - Hoyt LR AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. FAU - Yin, Xiangyun AU - Yin X AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. FAU - Xu, Lan AU - Xu L AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. FAU - Long, Lauren L AU - Long LL AD - The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Conn. FAU - Soldatenko, Arielle AU - Soldatenko A AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. FAU - Gowthaman, Uthaman AU - Gowthaman U AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass. FAU - Williams, Adam AU - Williams A AD - The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Conn; Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Conn. Electronic address: adam.williams@jax.org. FAU - Eisenbarth, Stephanie C AU - Eisenbarth SC AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Electronic address: stephanie.eisenbarth@yale.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 AI136942/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AR007107/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T35 HL007649/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 TR001863/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210527 PL - United States TA - J Allergy Clin Immunol JT - The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology JID - 1275002 RN - 0 (Dock8 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors) RN - 0 (Tlr4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) SB - IM CIN - J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Jan;149(1):58-59. PMID: 34599978 CIN - J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Aug;150(2):489. PMID: 35568593 MH - Administration, Oral MH - Animals MH - Arachis/immunology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Gastrointestinal Microbiome MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/genetics MH - Intestinal Mucosa/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred C3H MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mutation MH - *Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis/genetics MH - Peanut Hypersensitivity/genetics/*metabolism/microbiology MH - Permeability MH - Species Specificity MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/genetics MH - Mice PMC - PMC8626534 MID - NIHMS1716934 OTO - NOTNLM OT - C3H/HeJ OT - DOCK8 OT - TLR4 OT - anaphylaxis OT - food allergy OT - gut permeability OT - peanut EDAT- 2021/05/30 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/04 06:00 PMCR- 2023/01/01 CRDT- 2021/05/29 20:09 PHST- 2020/07/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/05/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/05/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/29 20:09 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0091-6749(21)00820-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.05.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 Jan;149(1):262-274. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.05.015. Epub 2021 May 27.