Differential localization of colitogenic Th1 and Th2 cells monospecific to a microflora-associated antigen in mice.
Differential localization of colitogenic Th1 and Th2 cells monospecific to a microflora-associated antigen in mice.
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小鼠中对微生物群相关抗原具有单特异性的致结肠炎 Th1 和 Th2 细胞的差异定位。
DOI:
10.1053/gast.2002.37049
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发表时间:
2002
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29.4
通讯作者:
Y. Wakatsuki
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作者:
Masaru Yoshida;Y. Shirai;Tomohiro Watanabe;M. Yamori;Y. Iwakura;T. Chiba;T. Kita;Y. Wakatsuki
BACKGROUND & AIMS
Clonal expansion of T cells is associated with inflammatory bowel diseases, which indicates antigenic activation of the T cells. We investigated whether the introduction of CD4 T cells specific to a microflora would initiate colitis and assessed the cytokine requirements for colitogenic CD4 T cells.
METHODS
Severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) mice were reconstituted with CD4 T cells, which were either deficient in interleukin (IL)-4/interferon (IFN)-gamma production or differentiated in vitro to T-helper (Th) 1/Th 2 and bearing a transgenic T-cell receptor (TCR) specific to ovalbumin (OVA), and then inoculated with an Escherichia coli-producing OVA (ECOVA). Clinical and histologic manifestations of colitis were assessed.
RESULTS
Mice with ECOVA colonization and OVA-specific CD4 T cells developed colitis with histologic features of focal infiltration by mononuclear cells, destruction of crypts, and loss of goblet cells. Further, infiltration was initiated in pre-existing lymph follicles. Th1- and IL-4 deficient T cells were diffusely localized in the lamina propria and submucosa, whereas Th2- and IFN-gamma-deficient T cells were localized preferentially in lymph follicles.
CONCLUSIONS
A microbe-associated antigen, non-cross-reactive to colonic tissue, can drive antigen-specific CD4 T cells to cause colitis in SCID mice. Although the presence of IFN-gamma and IL-4 in the effector CD4 T cells was not an absolute requirement for the development of colitis, they seemed to regulate it in part by modulating migration of the effector T cells.
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