Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

ATP released by intestinal bacteria limits the generation of protective IgA against enteropathogens

  • Michele Proietti,
  • Lisa Perruzza,
  • Daniela Scribano,
  • Giovanni Pellegrini,
  • Rocco D’Antuono,
  • Francesco Strati,
  • Marco Raffaelli,
  • Santiago F. Gonzalez,
  • Marcus Thelen,
  • Wolf-Dietrich Hardt,
  • Emma Slack,
  • Mauro Nicoletti,
  • Fabio Grassi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08156-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The generation of protective secretory IgA is a desired outcome of oral vaccination. Here, the authors show that the depletion of intestinal ATP significantly improves the production and response of high-affinity IgA against both live and inactivated oral vaccines.