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The microbial metabolite desaminotyrosine protects against graft-versus-host disease via mTORC1 and STING-dependent intestinal regeneration
Göttert, Sascha, Thiele Orberg, Erik
, Fan, Kaiji, Heinrich, Paul
, Matthe, Diana M., Khalid, Omer, Klostermeier, Lena, Suriano, Chiara, Strieder, Nicholas
, Gebhard, Claudia
, Vonbrunn, Eva, Mamilos, Andreas
, Hirsch, Daniela, Meedt, Elisabeth, Kleigrewe, Karin, Hiergeist, Andreas
, Schwarz, Alix, Gläsner, Joachim, Ghimire, Sakhila, Joachim, Laura, Voll, Florian, Neuhaus, Klaus, Janssen, Klaus-Peter, Perl, Markus, Pielmeier, Franziska, Ruland, Jürgen, Kreutz, Marina
, Weber, Daniela, Schmidl, Christian
, Köhler, Natalie, Tschurtschenthaler, Markus, Hoffmann, Petra, Edinger, Matthias
, Wolff, Daniel
, Bassermann, Florian, Rehli, Michael
, Haller, Dirk, Evert, Matthias, Hildner, Kai, Büttner-Herold, Maike, Herr, Wolfgang, Gessner, André
, Heidegger, Simon, Holler, Ernst
and Poeck, Hendrik
(2025)
The microbial metabolite desaminotyrosine protects against graft-versus-host disease via mTORC1 and STING-dependent intestinal regeneration.
Nature Communications 16 (1).
Date of publication of this fulltext: 18 Nov 2025 07:50
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.78072
Abstract
Changes in the intestinal microbiome and microbiota-derived metabolites predict clinical outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Here, we report that desaminotyrosine (DAT), a product of bacterial flavonoid metabolism, correlates with improved overall survival and reduced relapse rates in patients receiving allo-HSCT. In preclinical mouse models, treatment ...
Changes in the intestinal microbiome and microbiota-derived metabolites predict clinical outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Here, we report that desaminotyrosine (DAT), a product of bacterial flavonoid metabolism, correlates with improved overall survival and reduced relapse rates in patients receiving allo-HSCT. In preclinical mouse models, treatment with synthetic DAT prevents graft-versus-host disease by protecting the intestinal barrier and promoting intestinal regeneration and contributes to graft-vs.-leukemia responses. DAT´s beneficial effects on intestinal regeneration remain effective despite broad-spectrum antibiotics-induced dysbiosis, also when administered by fecal microbiota transfer with flavonoid-degrading F. plautii. Mechanistically, DAT promotes mTORC1-dependent activation and proliferation of intestinal stem cells, with concomitant engagement of the innate immune receptor STING required to mitigate metabolic stress and maintain an undifferentiated stem cell state independently of type-I interferon responses. Additionally, DAT can skew T cells towards an effector phenotype to modulate graft-versus-leukemia responses. Our data uncover DAT’s dual, tissue- and immune-modulating properties and underscore its potential in precision microbiome-based therapies to improve tissue regeneration and minimize immune-mediated side effects.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Nature Communications | ||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||
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| Volume: | 16 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 1 | ||||
| Date | 20 October 2025 | ||||
| Institutions | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin III (Hämatologie und Internistische Onkologie) Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Pathologie Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (LIT) | ||||
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
(360372040)
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
(395357507)
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
(324392634)
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Partially | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-780728 | ||||
| Item ID | 78072 |
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