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Berzofsky JA, Terabe M. NKT cells in tumor immunity: opposing subsets define a new immunoregulatory axis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:3627-35. [PMID: 18322166 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.6.3627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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NKT cells are true Ag-specific T cells that also have innate properties and form a bridge between the innate and adaptive immune systems. Distinct NKT cell subsets play positive and negative regulatory roles and define a new immunoregulatory axis with broad implications for tumor immunity and other immunological and disease settings.
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- Jay A Berzofsky
- Vaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1578, USA.
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Type I NKT cells protect (and type II NKT cells suppress) the host's innate antitumor immune response to a B-cell lymphoma. Blood 2008; 111:5637-45. [PMID: 18417738 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-05-092866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a T-cell subpopulation known to possess immunoregulatory functions and recognize CD1d molecules. The majority of NKT cells express an invariant T-cell receptor (TCR) alpha chain rearrangement (Valpha14 Jalpha18 in mice; Valpha24 Jalpha18 in humans) and are called type I NKT cells; all other NKT cells are type II. In the current study, we have analyzed the roles for these NKT-cell subsets in the host's innate antitumor response against a murine B-cell lymphoma model in vivo. In tumor-bearing mice, we found that type I NKT cells conferred protection in a CD1d-dependent manner, whereas type II NKT cells exhibited inhibitory activity. Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines secreted by splenocytes from tumor-bearing mice correlated with tumor progression. Myeloid cells (CD11b(+)Gr1(+)) were present in large numbers at the tumor site and in the spleen of tumor-bearing type I NKT-deficient mice, suggesting that antitumor immunosurveillance was inhibited by CD11b(+)Gr1(+) cells. Overall, these data suggest that there are distinct roles for NKT-cell subsets in response to a B-cell lymphoma in vivo, pointing to potential novel targets to be exploited in immunotherapeutic approaches against blood cancers.
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NKT cells are a relatively newly recognized member of the immune community, with profound effects on the rest of the immune system despite their small numbers. They are true T cells with a T cell receptor (TCR), but unlike conventional T cells that detect peptide antigens presented by conventional major histocompatibility (MHC) molecules, NKT cells recognize lipid antigens presented by CD1d, a nonclassical MHC molecule. As members of both the innate and adaptive immune systems, they bridge the gap between these, and respond rapidly to set the tone for subsequent immune responses. They fill a unique niche in providing the immune system a cellular arm to recognize lipid antigens. They play both effector and regulatory roles in infectious and autoimmune diseases. Furthermore, subsets of NKT cells can play distinct and sometimes opposing roles. In cancer, type I NKT cells, defined by their invariant TCR using Valpha14Jalpha18 in mice and Valpha24Jalpha18 in humans, are mostly protective, by producing interferon-gamma to activate NK and CD8(+) T cells and by activating dendritic cells to make IL-12. In contrast, type II NKT cells, characterized by more diverse TCRs recognizing lipids presented by CD1d, primarily inhibit tumor immunity. Moreover, type I and type II NKT cells counter-regulate each other, forming a new immunoregulatory axis. Because NKT cells respond rapidly, the balance along this axis can greatly influence other immune responses that follow. Therefore, learning to manipulate the balance along the NKT regulatory axis may be critical to devising successful immunotherapies for cancer.
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- Masaki Terabe
- Vaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Ambrosino E, Terabe M, Halder RC, Peng J, Takaku S, Miyake S, Yamamura T, Kumar V, Berzofsky JA. Cross-regulation between type I and type II NKT cells in regulating tumor immunity: a new immunoregulatory axis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:5126-36. [PMID: 17911598 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.8.5126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Negative immunoregulation is a major barrier to successful cancer immunotherapy. The NKT cell is known to be one such regulator. In this study we explored the roles of and interaction between the classical type I NKT cell and the poorly understood type II NKT cell in the regulation of tumor immunity. Selective stimulation of type II NKT cells suppressed immunosurveillance, whereas stimulation of type I NKT cells protected against tumor growth even when responses were relatively skewed toward Th2 cytokines. When both were stimulated simultaneously, type II NKT cells appeared to suppress the activation in vitro and protective effect in vivo of type I NKT cells. In the absence of type I, suppression by type II NKT cells increased, suggesting that type I cells reduce the suppressive effect of type II NKT cells. Thus, in tumor immunity type I and type II NKT cells have opposite and counteractive roles and define a new immunoregulatory axis. Alteration of the balance between the protective type I and the suppressive type II NKT cell may be exploited for therapeutic intervention in cancer.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD1/immunology
- Antigens, CD1d
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Colonic Neoplasms/immunology
- Colonic Neoplasms/prevention & control
- Disease Susceptibility/immunology
- Female
- Fibrosarcoma/immunology
- Fibrosarcoma/prevention & control
- Immunosuppression Therapy
- Killer Cells, Natural/classification
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Lung Neoplasms/immunology
- Lung Neoplasms/secondary
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Knockout
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/classification
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/classification
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism
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Terabe M, Berzofsky JA. NKT cells in immunoregulation of tumor immunity: a new immunoregulatory axis. Trends Immunol 2007; 28:491-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2007.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2007] [Revised: 05/15/2007] [Accepted: 05/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Halder RC, Aguilera C, Maricic I, Kumar V. Type II NKT cell-mediated anergy induction in type I NKT cells prevents inflammatory liver disease. J Clin Invest 2007; 117:2302-12. [PMID: 17641782 PMCID: PMC1913490 DOI: 10.1172/jci31602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2007] [Accepted: 05/08/2007] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Because of the paucity of known self lipid-reactive ligands for NKT cells, interactions among distinct NKT cell subsets as well as immune consequences following recognition of self glycolipids have not previously been investigated. Here we examined cellular interactions and subsequent immune regulatory mechanism following recognition of sulfatide, a self-glycolipid ligand for a subset of CD1d-restricted type II NKT cells. Using glycolipid/CD1d tetramers and cytokine responses, we showed that activation of sulfatide-reactive type II NKT cells and plasmacytoid DCs caused IL-12- and MIP-2-dependent recruitment of type I, or invariant, NKT (iNKT) cells into mouse livers. These recruited iNKT cells were anergic and prevented concanavalin A-induced (ConA-induced) hepatitis by specifically blocking effector pathways, including the cytokine burst and neutrophil recruitment that follow ConA injection. Hepatic DCs from IL-12(+/+) mice, but not IL-12(-/-) mice, adoptively transferred anergy in recipients; thus, IL-12 secretion by DCs enables them to induce anergy in iNKT cells. Our data reveal what we believe to be a novel mechanism in which interactions among type II NKT cells and hepatic DCs result in regulation of iNKT cell activity that can be exploited for intervention in inflammatory diseases, including autoimmunity and asthma.
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- Ramesh C Halder
- Laboratory of Autoimmunity, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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Behar SM, Porcelli SA. CD1-restricted T cells in host defense to infectious diseases. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2007; 314:215-50. [PMID: 17593663 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69511-0_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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CD1 has been clearly shown to function as a microbial recognition system for activation of T cell responses, but its importance for mammalian protective responses against infections is still uncertain. The function of the group 1 CD1 isoforms, including human CD1a, CDlb, and CDLc, seems closely linked to adaptive immunity. These CD1 molecules control the responses of T cells that are highly specific for particular lipid antigens, the best known of which are abundantly expressed by pathogenic mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae. Studies done mainly on human circulating T cells ex vivo support a significant role for group I CD1-restricted T cells in protective immunity to mycobacteria and potentially other pathogens, although supportive data from animal models is currently limited. In contrast, group 2 CD1 molecules, which include human CD1d and its orthologs, have been predominantly associated with the activation of CD1d-restricted NKT cells, which appear to be more appropriately viewed as a facet of the innate immune system. Whereas the recognition of certain self-lipid ligands by CD d-restricted NKT cells is well accepted, the importance of these T cells in mediating adaptive immune recognition of specific microbial lipid antigens remains controversial. Despite continuing uncertainty about the role of CD 1d-restricted NKT cells in natural infections, studies in mouse models demonstrate the potential of these T cells to exert various effects on a wide spectrum of infectious diseases, most likely by serving as a bridge between innate and adaptive immune responses.
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- S M Behar
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Smith Building Room 518, One Jimmy Fund Way, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Umetsu DT, Meyer EH, DeKruyff RH. Natural killer T cells regulate the development of asthma. Int Rev Immunol 2007; 26:121-40. [PMID: 17454267 DOI: 10.1080/08830180601070237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Dale T Umetsu
- Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Tupin E, Kinjo Y, Kronenberg M. The unique role of natural killer T cells in the response to microorganisms. Nat Rev Microbiol 2007; 5:405-17. [PMID: 17487145 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 351] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells combine features of the innate and adaptive immune systems. Recently, it has become evident that these T cells have crucial roles in the response to infectious agents. The antigen receptor expressed by NKT cells directly recognizes unusual glycolipids that are part of the membrane of certain Gram-negative bacteria and spirochetes. Moreover, even in the absence of microbial glycolipid antigens, these T cells respond to innate cytokines produced by dendritic cells that have been activated by microbes. This indirect sensing of infection, by responding to cytokines from activated dendritic cells, allows NKT cells to react to a broad range of infectious agents.
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- Emmanuel Tupin
- Division of Developmental Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Mallevaey T, Fontaine J, Breuilh L, Paget C, Castro-Keller A, Vendeville C, Capron M, Leite-de-Moraes M, Trottein F, Faveeuw C. Invariant and noninvariant natural killer T cells exert opposite regulatory functions on the immune response during murine schistosomiasis. Infect Immun 2007; 75:2171-80. [PMID: 17353286 PMCID: PMC1865739 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01178-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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CD1d-restricted natural killer T (NKT) cells represent a heterogeneous population of innate memory immune cells expressing both NK and T-cell markers distributed into two major subsets, i.e., invariant NKT (iNKT) cells, which express exclusively an invariant T-cell receptor (TCR) alpha chain (Valpha14Jalpha18 in mice), and non-iNKT cells, which express more diverse TCRs. NKT cells quickly produce Th1- and/or Th2-type cytokines following stimulation with glycolipid antigen (Ag) and, through this property, play potent immunoregulatory roles in autoimmune diseases, cancer, and infection. No study has addressed the role of NKT cells in metazoan parasite infections so far. We show that during murine schistosomiasis, the apparent frequency of both iNKT cells and non-iNKT cells decreased in the spleen as early as 3 weeks postinfection (p.i.) and that both populations expressed a greater amount of the activation marker CD69 at 6 weeks p.i., suggesting an activated phenotype. Two different NKT-cell-deficient mouse models, namely, TCR Jalpha18-/- (exclusively deficient in iNKT cells) and CD1d-/- (deficient in both iNKT and non-iNKT cells) mice, were used to explore the implication of these subsets in infection. We show that whereas both iNKT and non-iNKT cells do not have a major impact on the immune response during the early phase (1 and 4 weeks) of infection, they exert important, although opposite, effects on the immune response during the acute phase of the disease (7 and 12 weeks), after schistosome egg production. Indeed, iNKT cells contribute to Th1 cell differentiation whereas non-iNKT cells might be mostly implicated in Th2 cell differentiation in response to parasite Ag. Our findings suggest, for the first time, that helminths activate both iNKT and non-iNKT cells in vivo, enabling them to differentially influence the Th1/Th2 balance of the immune response.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, CD1/genetics
- Antigens, CD1/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lectins, C-Type
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Schistosoma mansoni/pathogenicity
- Schistosomiasis mansoni/immunology
- Schistosomiasis mansoni/parasitology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Th1 Cells
- Th2 Cells
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- Thierry Mallevaey
- Institut National de la Recherche Médicale, U547, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 142, Université de Lille 2, Lille F-59019, France
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Wingender G, Kronenberg M. Invariant natural killer T cells in the response to bacteria: the advent of specific antigens. Future Microbiol 2006; 1:325-40. [PMID: 17661645 DOI: 10.2217/17460913.1.3.325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a unique subset of T lymphocytes that have been implicated in diverse immune reactions, ranging from self-tolerance and development of autoimmunity to responses to pathogens and tumors. Although some degree of autoreactivity of iNKT cells has been shown, it remained controversial whether the T-cell antigen receptor expressed by these cells could recognize microbial antigens, hampering the investigation of their physiological role during tolerance and immunity. Several recent publications have now defined natural antigens for the majority of iNKT cells in some Proteobacteria and in Borrelia burgdorferi, demonstrating specificity of these cells for microbes in addition to self-reactivity. The characterization of natural antigens from bacteria, and the iNKT cell response to bacteria containing them, are decisive steps toward the clarification of the natural role of iNKT cells in host defense against pathogens, and will likely spur numerous findings in the near future.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD1/immunology
- Antigens, CD1/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Bacteria/immunology
- Humans
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/microbiology
- Models, Immunological
- Signal Transduction/immunology
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- Gerhard Wingender
- La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI), Division of Developmental Immunology, San Diego, CA 92037, USA.
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Kinjo T, Nakamatsu M, Nakasone C, Yamamoto N, Kinjo Y, Miyagi K, Uezu K, Nakamura K, Higa F, Tateyama M, Takeda K, Nakayama T, Taniguchi M, Kaku M, Fujita J, Kawakami K. NKT cells play a limited role in the neutrophilic inflammatory responses and host defense to pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:2679-85. [PMID: 16979364 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2006] [Revised: 07/22/2006] [Accepted: 07/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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CD1d-restricted NKT cells are reported to play a critical role in the host defense to pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, the contribution of a major subset expressing a Valpha14-Jalpha18 gene segment remains unclear. In the present study, we re-evaluated the role of NKT cells in the neutrophilic inflammatory responses and host defense to this infection using mice genetically lacking Jalpha18 or CD1d (Jalpha18KO or CD1dKO mice). These mice cleared the bacteria in lungs at a comparable level to wild-type (WT) mice. There was no significant difference in the local neutrophilic responses, as shown by neutrophil counts and synthesis of MIP-2 and TNF-alpha, in either KO mice from those in WT mice. Administration of alpha-galactosylceramide, a specific activator of Valpha14+ NKT cells, failed to promote the bacterial clearance and neutrophilic responses, although the same treatment increased the synthesis of IFN-gamma, suggesting the involvement of this cytokine downstream of NKT cells. In agreement against this notion, these responses were not further enhanced by administration of recombinant IFN-gamma in the infected Jalpha18KO mice. Our data indicate that NKT cells play a limited role in the development of neutrophilic inflammatory responses and host defense to pulmonary infection with P. aeruginosa.
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- Takeshi Kinjo
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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Kinjo Y, Tupin E, Wu D, Fujio M, Garcia-Navarro R, Benhnia MREI, Zajonc DM, Ben-Menachem G, Ainge GD, Painter GF, Khurana A, Hoebe K, Behar SM, Beutler B, Wilson IA, Tsuji M, Sellati TJ, Wong CH, Kronenberg M. Natural killer T cells recognize diacylglycerol antigens from pathogenic bacteria. Nat Immunol 2006; 7:978-86. [PMID: 16921381 DOI: 10.1038/ni1380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 491] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2006] [Accepted: 07/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells recognize glycosphingolipids presented by CD1d molecules and have been linked to defense against microbial infections. Previously defined foreign glycosphingolipids recognized by NKT cells are uniquely found in nonpathogenic sphingomonas bacteria. Here we show that mouse and human NKT cells also recognized glycolipids, specifically a diacylglycerol, from Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease. The B. burgdorferi-derived, glycolipid-induced NKT cell proliferation and cytokine production and the antigenic potency of this glycolipid was dependent on acyl chain length and saturation. These data indicate that NKT cells recognize categories of glycolipids beyond those in sphingomonas and suggest that NKT cell responses driven by T cell receptor-mediated glycolipid recognition may provide protection against diverse pathogens.
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- Yuki Kinjo
- Division of Developmental Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Duthie MS, Kahn SJ. During acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection highly susceptible mice deficient in natural killer cells are protected by a single alpha-galactosylceramide treatment. Immunology 2006; 119:355-61. [PMID: 16879622 PMCID: PMC1819570 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2006.02439.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The protective immune response against Trypanosoma cruzi is improved by treatment with the natural killer (NK) T-cell glycolipid antigen alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer). A single alpha-GalCer treatment of mice before T. cruzi infection decreases parasitaemia and prolongs survival. This protection is dependent on CD1d-restricted NKT cells and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) suggesting that alpha-GalCer-activated NKT cells produce IFN-gamma, which stimulates the cells of the innate and adaptive immune responses to provide protection. To learn which cells provide protection we investigate here alpha-GalCer treatment of mice deficient in different immune cells. Surprisingly, although NK cells provide protection against T. cruzi, and are a major source of IFN-gamma following alpha-GalCer treatment, NK cells are not required for the alpha-GalCer-induced protection. The alpha-GalCer treatment of NK-cell-depleted mice controlled parasitaemia and prevented death. In contrast, phagocytes, helper T cells and cytotoxic T cells are required. Furthermore, alpha-GalCer treatment of MHC II(-/-) or CD8alpha(-/-) mice exacerbated the infection, demonstrating that alpha-GalCer treatment induces some responses that favour the parasite. In summary alpha-GalCer protection against T. cruzi required multiple cellular responses, but not the response of NK cells. These results provide useful information because alpha-GalCer is being developed as therapy for infections, autoimmune diseases, allergy and cancers.
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Sardinha LR, Elias RM, Mosca T, Bastos KRB, Marinho CRF, D'Império Lima MR, Alvarez JM. Contribution of NK, NK T, gamma delta T, and alpha beta T cells to the gamma interferon response required for liver protection against Trypanosoma cruzi. Infect Immun 2006; 74:2031-42. [PMID: 16552032 PMCID: PMC1418886 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.4.2031-2042.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In the present work, we show that intracellular Trypanosoma cruzi is rarely found in the livers of acutely infected mice, but inflammation is commonly observed. The presence of numerous intrahepatic amastigotes in infected gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-deficient mice corroborates the notion that the liver is protected by an efficient local immunity. The contribution of different cell populations was suggested by data showing that CD4- and CD8-deficient mice were able to restrain liver parasite growth. Therefore, we have characterized the liver-infiltrating lymphocytes and determined the sources of IFN-gamma during acute T. cruzi infection. We observed that natural killer (NK) cells increased by day 7, while T and B cells increased by day 14. Among CD3+ cells, CD4+, CD8+, and CD4- CD8- cell populations were greatly expanded. A large fraction of CD3+ cells were positive for PanNK, a beta1 integrin expressed by NK and NK T cells. However, these lymphocytes were not classic NK T cells because they did not express NK1.1 and showed no preferential usage of Vbeta8. Otherwise, liver NK T (CD3+ NK1.1+) cells were not increased in acutely infected mice. The majority of PanNK+ CD4+ and PanNK+ CD8+ cells expressed T-cell receptor alphabeta (TCRalphabeta), whereas PanNK+ CD4- CD8- cells were positive for TCRgammadelta. In fact, gammadelta T cells showed the most remarkable increase (40- to 100-fold) among liver lymphocytes. Most importantly, intracellular analysis revealed high levels of IFN-gamma production at day 7 by NK cells and at day 14 by CD4+, CD8+, and CD4- CD8- TCRgammadelta+ cells. We concluded that NK cells are a precocious source of IFN-gamma in the livers of acutely infected mice, and, as the disease progresses, conventional CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and gammadelta T cells, but not classic NK-T cells, may provide the IFN-gamma required for liver protection against T. cruzi.
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MESH Headings
- Acute Disease
- Animals
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Chagas Disease/immunology
- Chagas Disease/pathology
- Chagas Disease/prevention & control
- Female
- Immunophenotyping
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Interferon-gamma/deficiency
- Interferon-gamma/genetics
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Liver/immunology
- Liver/parasitology
- Liver/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred A
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/biosynthesis
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Trypanosoma cruzi/immunology
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- Luiz Roberto Sardinha
- Departamento de Imunologia, ICB, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1730, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP CEP-05508-000, Brazil.
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Miyake S. [iNKT cells, a friend or a foe for autoimmune disease and allergy?]. NIHON RINSHO MEN'EKI GAKKAI KAISHI = JAPANESE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 29:27-36. [PMID: 16505600 DOI: 10.2177/jsci.29.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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iNKT cells are a unique subset of CD1-restricted T lymphocytes that express T cell receptor (TCR) and some NK receptors. iNKT cells express an invariant TCRalpha chain composed of Valpha14-Jalpha18 segments in mice and Valpha24-Jalpha18 segments in humans associated with TCRbeta chains using a restricted set of Vbeta. iNKT cells recognize glycolipid antigens such as alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GC) presented by CD1d, non-pormorphic MHC class I-like molecule, and rapidly secrete large amounts of cytokines including IL-4 and IFN-gamma upon activation. Due to its potent ability to produce a variety of cytokines, iNKT cells are involved in a various kinds of immunoregulation. iNKT cells play a regulatory role in some disease models such as type I diabetes in NOD mice. In contrast, iNKT cells exaggerate the pathogenesis such as arthritis, allergic airway inflammation and atherosclerosis. In addition, iNKT cells are an attractive target for immunotherapy because several different synthetic glycolipid antigens to modify the function of iNKT cells are available. In this review, we examine the potential roles of NKT cells in the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases including autoimmunity , allergy, infection and cancer. Additionally, we discuss on the recent advances in glycolipid therapy for these disease models.
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- Sachiko Miyake
- Department of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP
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Renukaradhya GJ, Sriram V, Du W, Gervay-Hague J, Van Kaer L, Brutkiewicz RR. Inhibition of antitumor immunity by invariant natural killer T cells in a T-cell lymphoma modelin vivo. Int J Cancer 2006; 118:3045-53. [PMID: 16395717 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We have investigated the role of the host's CD1d-dependent innate antitumor immune response in a murine T-cell lymphoma model in vivo. We found that C57BL/6 wildtype (WT) mice inoculated with RMA/S cells transfected with murine CD1d1 died at the same rate as mice inoculated with vector-transfected cells. In contrast, natural killer T (NKT) cell-deficient CD1d or Jalpha18 knockout mice inoculated with CD1d-transfected RMA/S cells survived significantly longer than mice inoculated with vector-transfected RMA/S cells, implicating the involvement of invariant NKT (iNKT) cells in inhibiting antitumor activity in vivo. In contrast to the mutant mice, which produced more of the proinflammatory cytokines IFN-gamma and GM-CSF, WT mice produced significantly elevated amounts of IL-13. Antitumor activity in the knockout mice was not due to the development of CD1d-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes or circulating antibodies. However, iNKT cell numbers were elevated in tumor-bearing mice. Thus, iNKT cells may be playing a negative role in the host's antitumor immune response against T-cell lymphomas in a CD1d-dependent manner.
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- Gourapura J Renukaradhya
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, I46202, USA
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de Lima Pereira SA, Rodrigues DBR, da Fonseca Ferraz ML, da Cunha Castro EC, dos Reis MA, de Paula Antunes Teixeira V. Inflammation and glandular duct dilatation of the tongue from patients with chronic Chagas disease. Parasitol Res 2005; 98:153-6. [PMID: 16308730 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0023-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2005] [Accepted: 09/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate morphologically the tongue of individuals with chronic Chagas disease (CD) in comparison to the non-chagasic ones. Twenty-four protocol cases of autopsies were selected. They were subdivided into CD patients (10 cases) and non-chagasic ones (14 cases). The morphometric analysis was accomplished for the tongue muscle and salivary glands duct lumen area. In three CD patients, perineuritis was found, and two of them showed megaesophagus and megacolon. The intensity of the inflammation in the von Ebner's glands, the tongue muscles, and the salivary glands duct lumen area was significantly higher in the CD patients. We concluded that the CD patients show salivary glands duct dilatation, which probably would have a relation with alterations in the autonomic nervous system. The inflammation found in CD patients is in accordance with that described in comparative studies on the digestive tract and heart. These morphological findings suggest that the histopathological analysis of the tongue associated with other organs, or even in an isolated manner, can add in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of the CD chronic phase.
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Vitelli-Avelar DM, Sathler-Avelar R, Dias JCP, Pascoal VPM, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Lage PS, Elói-Santos SM, Corrêa-Oliveira R, Martins-Filho OA. Chagasic patients with indeterminate clinical form of the disease have high frequencies of circulating CD3+CD16-CD56+ natural killer T cells and CD4+CD25High regulatory T lymphocytes. Scand J Immunol 2005; 62:297-308. [PMID: 16179017 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2005.01668.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Several studies have demonstrated that different clinical manifestations of human Chagas' disease are associated with distinct and complex host-parasite relationships directly involving the immune system. In this context, it has been proposed that tissue damage might be more severe in the absence of regulatory mechanisms that involve both innate and adaptive immune responses. Herein, we describe a descriptive phenotypic profile focusing on the frequency of major regulatory T cells [CD4+CD25high and natural killer T (NKT) lymphocytes] in different clinical forms of Chagas' disease. Ex vivo immunophenotyping of whole blood demonstrated that the indeterminate clinical form displays a higher frequency of both CD4+CD25high and NKT regulatory cells (CD3+CD16-CD56+), associated with increased levels of circulating cytotoxic NK cells (CD3-CD16+CD56+ and CD3-CD16+CD56dim NK cells). By contrast, the increased percentage of activated CD8+HLA-DR+ T-cell subset was exclusively associated with severe clinical forms of Chagas' disease. We hypothesize that regulatory T cells may be able to control the deleterious cytotoxic activity in the indeterminate clinical form by inhibiting the activation of CD8+HLA-DR+ T cells. The lack of regulated populations in cardiac and digestive clinical forms could account for impaired immune response that culminates in strong cytotoxic activity and tissue damage.
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- D M Vitelli-Avelar
- Laboratório de Doença de Chagas, Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou, Barro Preto, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Duthie MS, Kahn M, White M, Kapur RP, Kahn SJ. Both CD1d antigen presentation and interleukin-12 are required to activate natural killer T cells during Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Infect Immun 2005; 73:1890-4. [PMID: 15731095 PMCID: PMC1064964 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.3.1890-1894.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mechanisms of natural killer T (NKT)-cell activation remain unclear. Here, we report that during Trypanosoma cruzi infection, interleukin-12 (IL-12) deficiency or anti-CD1d antibody treatment prevents normal activation. The required IL-12 arises independently of MyD88. The data support a model of normal NKT-cell activation that requires IL-12 and TCR stimulation.
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- Malcolm S Duthie
- Infectious Disease Research Institute, 1124 Columbia St., Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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Duthie MS, Kahn SJ. NK cell activation and protection occur independently of natural killer T cells during Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Int Immunol 2005; 17:607-13. [PMID: 15802307 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells regulate aspects of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses and contribute to the control of infections and chronic inflammatory diseases. During Trypanosoma cruzi infection both NKT cells and NK cells are critical to the protective response. How NKT cells interact and possibly regulate NK cells during infections remains uncertain. In vivo studies have demonstrated that specific activation of NKT cells with alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer) leads to NK cell activation. These results suggest that during some infections activated NKT cells might regulate NK cell activation and functions. Therefore, using gene-deficient mice that lack NKT cells and antibody-treated mice that lack NK cells, we investigated the interactions of NKT cells and NK cells during experimental T. cruzi infection. We report here that during acute T. cruzi infection spleen and liver NK cell activation and cytolytic activity occur independently of NKT cells. Moreover, NK cell protection occurs independently of NKT cells. In contrast to these results that fail to demonstrate an interdependence, at day 4 of infection the number of liver NK cells is controlled by NKT cells. Thus, during T. cruzi infection, regulation of the number of liver NK cells requires NKT cells, but the activation of NK cells and protection by NK cells does not. The data presented here argue that during infections NK cell activation and protection occur independently of NKT cells.
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- Malcolm S Duthie
- Infectious Disease Research Institute, 1124 Columbia Street, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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