Temporal delay of peak T-cell immunity determines Chlamydia pneumoniae pulmonary disease in mice.
Temporal delay of peak T-cell immunity determines Chlamydia pneumoniae pulmonary disease in mice.
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T 细胞免疫峰值的时间延迟决定了小鼠肺炎衣原体肺部疾病。
DOI:
10.1128/iai.00569-08
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Kaltenboeck,Bernhard
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作者:
Wang,Chengming;vanGinkel,FrederikW;Kim,Teayoun;Li,Dan;Li,Yihang;Dennis,JohnC;Kaltenboeck,Bernhard
Severe chlamydial disease typically occurs after previous infections and results from a hypersensitivity response that is also required for chlamydial elimination. Here, we quantitatively dissected the immune and disease responses to repeatedChlamydia pneumoniaelung infection by multivariate modeling with four dichotomous effects: mouse strain (A/J or C57BL/6), dietary protein content (14% protein and 0.3%l-cysteine-0.9%l-arginine, or 24% protein and 0.5%l-cysteine-2.0%l-arginine), dietary antioxidant content (90 IU α-tocopherol/kg body weight versus 450 IU α-tocopherol/kg and 0.1% gl-ascorbate), and time course (3 or 10 days postinfection). Following intranasalC. pneumoniaechallenge, C57BL/6 mice on a low-protein/low-antioxidant diet, but not C57BL/6 mice on other diets or A/J mice, exhibited profoundly suppressed early lung inflammatory and pan-T-cell (CD3δ+) and helper T-cell (CD45) responses on day 3 but later strongly exacerbated disease on day 10. Contrast analyses characterized severeC. pneumoniaedisease as being a delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response with increased lung macrophage and Th1 cell marker transcripts, increased Th1:Th2 ratios, and Th1 cytokine-driven inflammation. Results from functional analyses by DTH, enzyme-linked immunospot, and immunohistofluorescence assays were consistent with the results obtained by transcript analysis. Thus, chlamydial disease after secondary infection is a temporal dysregulation of the T-cell response characterized by a profoundly delayed T-helper cell response that results in a failure to eliminate the pathogen and provokes later pathological Th1 inflammation. This delayed T-cell response is under host genetic control and nutritional influence. The mechanism that temporally and quantitatively regulates the host T-cell population is the critical determinant in chlamydial pathogenesis.