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Epithelial Gasdermin D shapes the host-microbial interface by driving mucus layer formation.

Science immunology (2022-02-05)
Jian Zhang, Qianzhou Yu, Danlu Jiang, Kang Yu, Weiwei Yu, Zhexu Chi, Sheng Chen, Mobai Li, Dehang Yang, Zhen Wang, Ting Xu, Xingchen Guo, Kailian Zhang, Hui Fang, Qizhen Ye, Yong He, Xue Zhang, Di Wang
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Goblet cells and their main secretory product, mucus, play crucial roles in orchestrating the colonic host-microbe interactions that help maintain gut homeostasis. However, the precise intracellular machinery underlying this goblet cell-induced mucus secretion remains poorly understood. Gasdermin D (GSDMD) is a recently identified pore-forming effector protein that causes pyroptosis, a lytic proinflammatory type of cell death occurring during various pathophysiological conditions. Here, we reveal an unexpected function of GSDMD in goblet cell mucin secretion and mucus layer formation. Specific deletion of Gsdmd in intestinal epithelial cells (ΔIEC) led to abrogated mucus secretion with a concomitant loss of the mucus layer. This impaired colonic mucus layer in GsdmdΔIEC mice featured a disturbed host-microbial interface and inefficient clearance of enteric pathogens from the mucosal surface. Mechanistically, stimulation of goblet cells activates caspases to process GSDMD via reactive oxygen species production; in turn, this activated GSDMD drives mucin secretion through calcium ion-dependent scinderin-mediated cortical F-actin disassembly, which is a key step in granule exocytosis. This study links epithelial GSDMD to the secretory granule exocytotic pathway and highlights its physiological nonpyroptotic role in shaping mucosal homeostasis in the gut.

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