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Gut region-specific mechanisms that limit dissemination of microbial signals from the intestine

Award Number: U01AI163064
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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ABSTRACT A major concern of the intestinal mucosa is to execute its role in absorption of nutrients while minimizing inflammatory or adverse immune interactions with the microbiome. Managing absorption entails not only sorting of nutrients by intestinal epithelial cells but also delivery of those nutrients to specialized blood and lymphatic vessels present in each villus of the small intestine. In turn, the blood and lymphatic vessels that collectively manage outflow from the gut may need to rely on specialized mechanisms that operate to limit dissemination of microbial signals to distal sites like the lung or the liver to avoid downstream organ injury. It is now appreciated, for instance, that alcoholic and nonalcoholic liver damage is driven substantially by microbial transit from the gut to the liver via the portal vein. Likewise, pulmonary damage can ensue in response to injurious cargo in lymph that gains access to blood via the thoracic duct and quickly next flows to the lungs. Yet mechanisms protecting against dissemination of microbial signals from the intestinal mucosa remain incompletely understood, possibly making planned manipulations of the mucosal barrier, as in vaccination or disease therapy, riskier than needed or resulting in surprises. For instance, our preliminary data suggest that the documented and seemingly counterintuitive liver damage that can result from anti-TNF neutralizing antibody therapy to treat inflammatory disease of the bowel may be due, at least in part, to disruption of leukocyte-mediated surveillance of the draining venous vasculature that removes microbes that escape the intestinal mucosal before they arrive to the liver. To fill in these basic knowledge gaps, we propose herein to delineate how different regions of the intestine program leukocyte-dependent and leukocyte-independent strategies to protect downstream cells and tissues against dissemination of microbial signals. In aim 1, we focus on mechanisms operative in phagocytic removal from gut-draining venous blood of whole microbes that escape the intestinal mucosal barrier and otherwise deliver the microbes to deeper tissues or distal locations. In aim 2, we will compare how the small bowel and colon may differentially transport and neutralize soluble microbial signals, like LPS, that can inadvertently escape the epithelial barrier to promote inflammation. This effort will include comprehensive proteomic and lipidomic evaluation of lymph and blood draining different regions of the gut mucosa, working with expert collaborators and taking advantage of our laboratory’s expertise in lymphatic biology and recent studies in the transport of intestinal cargo into gut-draining venous blood.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $441,000 )
2024	2024	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE	ONE BROOKINGS DR	SAINT LOUIS	MO	63110	SAINT LOUIS CITY	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	4	5/23/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$441,000
														Subtotal = $441,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $441,001 )
2023	2023	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE	ONE BROOKINGS DR	SAINT LOUIS	MO	63130	SAINT LOUIS	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	3	6/15/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$441,001
														Subtotal = $441,001

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $441,001 )
2022	2022	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE	ONE BROOKINGS DR	SAINT LOUIS	MO	63130	SAINT LOUIS	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	2	7/13/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$441,001
2022	2021	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE	ONE BROOKINGS DR	SAINT LOUIS	MO	63130	SAINT LOUIS	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	001	1	7/26/2022	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $441,001

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $441,000 )
2021	2021	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE	ONE BROOKINGS DR	SAINT LOUIS	MO	63130	SAINT LOUIS	USA	Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research	000	1	9/8/2021	NEW	$441,000
														Subtotal = $441,000

Grand Total All Awards = $1,764,002

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Gut region-specific mechanisms that limit dissemination of microbial signals from the intestine

Award Number: U01AI163064

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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