Antigen-specific Vγ2Vδ2 T effector cells confer homeostatic protection against pneumonic plaque lesions
Antigen-specific Vγ2Vδ2 T effector cells confer homeostatic protection against pneumonic plaque lesions
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0811250106
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发表时间:
2009-05-05
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Chen, Zheng W.
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作者:
Huang, Dan;Chen, Crystal Y.;Chen, Zheng W.
The possibility that V gamma 2V delta 2 T effector cells can confer protection against pulmonary infectious diseases has not been tested. We have recently demonstrated that single-dose (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-but-2-enyl pyrophosphate (HMBPP) plus IL-2 treatment can induce prolonged accumulation of V gamma 2V delta 2 T effector cells in lungs. Here, we show that a delayed HMBPP/IL-2 administration after inhalational Yersinia pestis infection induced marked expansion of V gamma 2V delta 2 T cells but failed to control extracellular plague bacterial replication/infection. Surprisingly, despite the absence of infection control, expansion of V gamma 2V delta 2 T cells after HMBPP/IL-2 treatment led to the attenuation of inhalation plague lesions in lungs. Consistently, HMBPP-activated V gamma 2V delta 2 T cells accumulated and localized in pulmonary interstitials surrounding small blood vessels and airway mucosa in the lung tissues with no or mild plague lesions. These infiltrating V gamma 2V delta 2 T cells produced FGF-7, a homeostatic mediator against tissue damages. In contrast, control macaques treated with glucose plus IL-2 or glucose alone exhibited severe hemorrhages and necrosis in most lung lobes, with no or very few V gamma 2V delta 2 T cells detectable in lung tissues. The findings are consist with the paradigm that circulating V gamma 2V delta 2 T cells can traffic to lungs for homeostatic protection against tissue damages in infection.