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The Microbial Metabolite Butyrate Stimulates Bone Formation via T Regulatory Cell-Mediated Regulation of WNT10B Expression.

Immunity | 2018

Nutritional supplementation with probiotics can prevent pathologic bone loss. Here we examined the impact of supplementation with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) on bone homeostasis in eugonadic young mice. Micro-computed tomography revealed that LGG increased trabecular bone volume in mice, which was due to increased bone formation. Butyrate produced in the gut following LGG ingestion, or butyrate fed directly to germ-free mice, induced the expansion of intestinal and bone marrow (BM) regulatory T (Treg) cells. Interaction of BM CD8+ T cells with Treg cells resulted in increased secretion of Wnt10b, a bone anabolic Wnt ligand. Mechanistically, Treg cells promoted the assembly of a NFAT1-SMAD3 transcription complex in CD8+ cells, which drove expression of Wnt10b. Reducing Treg cell numbers, or reconstitution of TCRβ-/- mice with CD8+ T cells from Wnt10b-/- mice, prevented butyrate-induced bone formation and bone mass acquisition. Thus, butyrate concentrations regulate bone anabolism via Treg cell-mediated regulation of CD8+ T cell Wnt10b production.

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  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK112946
  • Agency: NCRR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: S10 RR028009
  • Agency: NIA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U54 AG062334
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK119229
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK108842
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 DK108735
  • Agency: NIAMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AR068157
  • Agency: BLRD VA, United States
    Id: I01 BX000105
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK098391

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