Identification and characterization of intestinal antigen-presenting cells involved in uptake and processing of a nontoxic recombinant chimeric mucosal immunogen based on cholera toxin using imaging flow cytometry.
Identification and characterization of intestinal antigen-presenting cells involved in uptake and processing of a nontoxic recombinant chimeric mucosal immunogen based on cholera toxin using imaging flow cytometry.
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使用成像流式细胞术对参与摄取和加工基于霍乱毒素的无毒重组嵌合粘膜免疫原的肠道抗原呈递细胞进行鉴定和表征。
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10.1128/cvi.00452-13
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2014
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Russell,MichaelW
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Zhao,Weiwei;Minderman,Hans;Russell,MichaelW
Intragastric immunization with recombinant chimeric immunogen, SBR-CTA2/B, constructed from the saliva-binding region (SBR) of Streptococcus mutans antigen AgI/II and the A2/B subunits of cholera toxin (CT) induces salivary and circulating antibodies against S. mutans that protect against dental caries. We previously found that SBR-CTA2/B activated dendritic cells (DC) in the Peyer's patches (PP) and mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN). To identify the cells involved in the intestinal uptake of SBR-CTA2/B and the initiation of immune responses, mice were immunized intragastrically with fluorescein-labeled SBR-CTA2/B or SBR, and intestinal cells were examined by imaging flow cytometry after fluorescent staining for cell surface markers. SBR-CTA2/B was preferentially taken up by CD103+DC in the PP and by both CD103+and CD11c+DC in intestinal lamina propria (LP), whereas SBR was taken up to a lesser extent by PP CD11c+DC, within 2 to 16 h. By 16 h, CD103+and CD11c+DC containing fluorescein-labeled SBR-CTA2/B were found in MLN and showed upregulation of the chemokine receptor CCR7. Large numbers of SBR-CTA2/B-containing DC were found interacting with CD4+(T helper) cells, which costained for nuclear transcription factors T-bet or RORγt, identifying them as Th1 or Th17 cells. In contrast, SBR-containing CD11c+DC interacted preferentially with GATA3+(Th2) cells. No SBR- or SBR-CTA2/B-containing DC were found interacting with Foxp3+(T regulatory) cells. We conclude that the coupling of SBR to CTA2/B enhances its immunogenicity by promoting uptake by DC in both PP and LP and that these antigen-containing DC migrated to MLN and interacted preferentially with Th1 and Th17 cells to induce active immune responses.