Migration and function of Th17 cells in the gut

Th17 细胞在肠道中的迁移和功能

• 批准号: 8115882
• 负责人: CHANG H KIM
• 金额: $ 33.45万
• 依托单位: PURDUE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8115882
• 关键词: Affect; Anatomic Sites; Anatomy; Area; Attention; Autoimmune Diseases; Binding; Biological; Biology; CCL20 gene; CCR6 gene; CCR9 gene; Cell Lineage; Cells; Data; Disease; Generations; Goals; Gut associated lymphoid tissue; Heterogeneity; Human; Immigration; Immune; Immune Tolerance; Immune response; Immunity; Immunotherapy; In Vitro; Individual; Infection; Inflammation; Inflammatory; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Interleukin-17; Intestines; Investigation; Knowledge; Maintenance; Mus; Organ; Outcome; Pathogenesis; Pathology; Patients; Phenotype; Play; Public Health; Publications; Regulation; Reporting; Research; Role; Site; T-Lymphocyte; Testing; Tissues; Tretinoin; antimicrobial; cancer cell; cell motility; chemokine; cytokine; experience; flexibility; in vivo; innovation; insight; migration; novel; novel strategies; pathogen; prevent; public health relevance; receptor; tissue tropism; trafficking

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Th17 cells play important roles in immunity, tissue inflammation and autoimmune diseases. The intestine is the most Th17 cell-enriched organ in the body. Therefore, investigation into the migration and function of Th17 cells in the gut would yield important information on the functions of Th17 cells in regulation of immune responses and immune tolerance in the intestine. It is unknown how Th17 cells are induced, maintained and localized in the gut. This is a significant problem in our understanding and control of this important T cell lineage. The central hypothesis of this application is that trafficking receptors play important roles in regulation of migration, induction, and/or maintenance of Th17 cells in the intestine. Our rationale is that it will become possible to more effectively control inflammatory diseases and infection in the gut by regulating the migration, induction and maintenance of gut Th17 cells after the proposed research is completed. Among the trafficking receptors, we will focus our research on CCR6, CCR9 and 1427. CCR6 is the receptor that is characteristically expressed by most Th17 cells and binds the chemokine CCL20 specifically expressed in the inductive sites of the intestine. CCR9 is a retinoic acid-induced trafficking receptor and plays potentially important roles in Th17 cell migration to certain effector sites of the intestine. 1427 is another retinoic-induced receptor potentially important for migration of Th17 cells to both inductive and effector sites. It is likely that the three receptors cooperatively regulate subset-specific distribution of Th17 cells in various anatomic compartments of the intestine. There are three aims: Specific aim #1. Determine the mechanism for coordinated regulation of the expression and/or activity of CCR6, CCR9 and 1427 in Th17 cells. Specific aim #2. Determine the individual and coordinated roles of CCR6, CCR9 and 1427 in Th17 cell migration to various microanatomic sites within the intestine. Specific aim #3. Determine the roles of CCR6, CCR9 and 1427 in induction, maintenance and effector function of Th17 cells in the gut. It is expected to yield novel knowledge regarding the trafficking receptor requirement for migration, induction and maintenance of gut Th17 cells. The project will also provide novel strategies to control the migration of Th17 cells and their differentiation and activities in specific anatomic sites of the gut. This problem has primary importance to the inflammatory pathology and infection associated with the gut (e.g. inflammatory bowel diseases and infection) but is important also for inflammatory diseases in other tissue sites as well. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Th17 cells have recently been recognized as a major lineage of immune cells that regulate inflammation in the body. The research aims to provide novel strategies to control the migration, differentiation and function of Th17 cells in the intestine, which are particularly relevant to inflammatory bowel diseases. The outcomes can also be applied to control of Th17-cell-regulated inflammation and immunity in other tissues.

描述(申请人提供)：Th17细胞在免疫、组织炎症和自身免疫性疾病中发挥重要作用。肠道是体内Th17细胞最丰富的器官。因此，研究Th17细胞在肠道中的迁移和功能将为了解Th17细胞在肠道中调节免疫反应和免疫耐受的功能提供重要信息。目前尚不清楚Th17细胞是如何在肠道中被诱导、维持和定位的。这对我们理解和控制这一重要的T细胞谱系是一个重要的问题。这一应用的中心假设是，贩运受体在调节Th17细胞在肠道中的迁移、诱导和/或维持中发挥重要作用。我们的理论基础是，在拟议的研究完成后，通过调节肠道Th17细胞的迁移、诱导和维持，将有可能更有效地控制肠道炎症疾病和感染。在贩运受体中，我们将重点研究CCR6、CCR9和1427。CCR6是大多数Th17细胞特有表达的受体，并与肠道诱导部位特异表达的趋化因子CCL20结合。CCR9是维甲酸诱导的转运受体，在Th17细胞向肠道某些效应部位的迁移中发挥重要作用。1427是另一种维甲酸诱导的受体，对Th17细胞向诱导和效应部位的迁移具有潜在的重要作用。这三种受体很可能协同调节Th17细胞在肠道不同解剖区段的亚群特异性分布。有三个目标：特定目标1.确定协调调节Th17细胞中CCR6、CCR9和1427表达和/或活性的机制。具体目标#2.确定CCR6、CCR9和1427在Th17细胞迁移到肠道内不同显微解剖位置中的单独和协调作用。具体目标#3.确定CCR6、CCR9和1427在肠道Th17细胞的诱导、维持和效应功能中的作用。预计它将产生关于贩运受体对肠道Th17细胞的迁移、诱导和维持所需的新知识。该项目还将提供新的策略来控制Th17细胞的迁移及其在肠道特定解剖位置的分化和活动。这个问题对与肠道相关的炎性病理和感染(例如炎症性肠病和感染)至关重要，但对其他组织部位的炎症性疾病也很重要。 与公共卫生相关：Th17细胞最近被认为是调节体内炎症的免疫细胞的主要谱系。这项研究旨在提供新的策略来控制肠道中Th17细胞的迁移、分化和功能，这些细胞与炎症性肠病特别相关。这一成果也可用于控制Th17细胞调节的炎症和其他组织的免疫。