Lymphotoxin plays a crucial role in the development and function of nasal-associated lymphoid tissue through regulation of chemokines and peripheral node addressin.
Lymphotoxin plays a crucial role in the development and function of nasal-associated lymphoid tissue through regulation of chemokines and peripheral node addressin.
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淋巴毒素通过趋化因子和外周淋巴结寻址蛋白的调节,在鼻相关淋巴组织的发育和功能中发挥着至关重要的作用。
DOI:
10.1016/s0002-9440(10)62239-0
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2005
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Ruddle,NancyH
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Ying,Xiaoyan;Chan,Kee;Shenoy,Priti;Hill,Myriam;Ruddle,NancyH
The mechanism of nasal-associated lymphoid tissue (NALT) development is incompletely understood with regard to the roles of cytokines, chemokines, and vascular addressins. Development of the wild-type NALT continued in the immediate postnatal period with gradual increases in cellularity, compartmentalization into T- and B-cell zones, and expression of lymphotoxin (LT)-α, LT-β, and lymphoid chemokines (CCL21, CCL19, CXCL13). High endothelial venules (HEVs) developed that expressed GlyCAM-1, HEC-6ST [an enzyme crucial for expression of luminal peripheral node addressin (PNAd)], and PNAd itself. LT-β−/−and LT-α−/−NALTs had fewer cells than those of wild-type mice, reduced (LT-β−/−) or absent (LT-α−/−) lymphoid chemokines, and no T- and B-cell compartmentalization. LT-β−/−HEVs expressed only abluminal PNAd and no HEC-6ST or GlyCAM-1. LT-α−/−HEVs had no PNAd, HEC-6ST, or GlyCAM-1. Because intranasal immunization gives rise to vaginal IgA, immunization of LT-β−/−mice, which retain cervical lymph nodes, might generate such a response. Intranasal immunization with ovalbumin and cholera toxin revealed lower cytokine levels in the LT-α−/−and LT-β−/−NALTs, and undetectable vaginal IgA. In contrast, splenic cytokines and serum IgG titers, although reduced, were detectable. These data indicate that LT-α3and LT-α1β2cooperatively contribute to NALT development and function through regulation of lymphoid chemokines and adhesion molecules; they are the first to implicate LT-α1β2in GlyCAM-1 regulation in NALT HEV development.