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Strid J, Tigelaar RE, Hayday AC. Skin immune surveillance by T cells--a new order? Semin Immunol 2009; 21:110-20. [PMID: 19369094 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2009.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2009] [Accepted: 03/17/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Although studies of the skin have provided fundamental models for innate and adaptive immune surveillance of body surfaces, there remains relatively little understanding of the role that epithelial cells play in sensing infection and/or organ dysfunction, and the pathways available to them to communicate with local and systemic immune cells. In particular, evidence is emerging for a novel stress response initiated by local lymphocytes, rather than dendritic cells, and based on their recognition of epithelial stress-induced antigens. Its consequences are to sustain tissue integrity by providing immunoprotection and novel modes of immunoregulation, whereas its dysregulation may promote body surface immunopathologies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jessica Strid
- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, King's College London School of Medicine at Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
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Two main lineages of T cells develop in the thymus: those that express the alphabeta T-cell receptor (TCR) and those that express the gammadelta TCR. Whereas the development, selection, and peripheral localization of newly differentiated alphabeta T cells are understood in some detail, these processes are less well characterized in gammadelta T cells. This review describes research carried out in this laboratory and others, which addresses several key aspects of gammadelta T-cell development, including the decision of precursor cells to differentiate into the gammadelta versus alphabeta lineage, the ordered differentiation over the course of ontogeny of functional gammadelta T-cell subsets expressing distinct TCR structures, programming of ordered Vgamma gene rearrangement in the thymus, including a molecular switch that ensures appropriate Vgamma rearrangements at the appropriate stage of development, positive selection in the thymus of gammadelta T cells destined for the epidermis, and the acquisition by developing gammadelta T cells of cues that determine their correct localization in the periphery. This research suggests a coordination of molecularly programmed events and cellular selection, which enables specialization of the thymus for production of distinct T-cell subsets at different stages of development.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Lineage/immunology
- Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Models, Immunological
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Na Xiong
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Newton DJ, Andrew EM, Dalton JE, Mears R, Carding SR. Identification of novel gammadelta T-cell subsets following bacterial infection in the absence of Vgamma1+ T cells: homeostatic control of gammadelta T-cell responses to pathogen infection by Vgamma1+ T cells. Infect Immun 2006; 74:1097-105. [PMID: 16428757 PMCID: PMC1360339 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.2.1097-1105.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Although gammadelta T cells are a common feature of many pathogen-induced immune responses, the factors that influence, promote, or regulate the response of individual gammadelta T-cell subsets to infection is unknown. Here we show that in the absence of Vgamma1+ T cells, novel subsets of gammadelta T cells, expressing T-cell receptor (TCR)-Vgamma chains that normally define TCRgammadelta+ dendritic epidermal T cells (DETCs) (Vgamma5+), intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (iIELs) (Vgamma7+), and lymphocytes associated with the vaginal epithelia (Vgamma6+), are recruited to the spleen in response to bacterial infection in TCR-Vgamma1-/- mice. By comparison of phenotype and structure of TCR-Vgamma chains and/or -Vdelta chains expressed by these novel subsets with those of their epithelium-associated counterparts, the Vgamma6+ T cells elicited in infected Vgamma1-/- mice were shown to be identical to those found in the reproductive tract, from where they are presumably recruited in the absence of Vgamma1+ T cells. By contrast, Vgamma5+ and Vgamma7+ T cells found in infected Vgamma1-/- mice were distinct from Vgamma5+ DETCs and Vgamma7+ iIELs. Functional analyses of the novel gammadelta T-cell subsets identified for infected Vgamma1-/- mice showed that whereas the Vgamma5+ and Vgamma7+ subsets may compensate for the absence of Vgamma1+ T cells by producing similar cytokines, they do not possess cytocidal activity and they cannot replace the macrophage homeostasis function of Vgamma1+ T cells. Collectively, these findings identify novel subsets of gammadelta T cells, the recruitment and activity of which is under the control of Vgamma1+ T cells.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor gamma
- Homeostasis
- Humans
- Listeria monocytogenes/immunology
- Listeria monocytogenes/pathogenicity
- Listeriosis/immunology
- Listeriosis/microbiology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/deficiency
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Darren J Newton
- Research Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Meindl S, Rot A, Hoetzenecker W, Kato S, Cross HS, Elbe-Bürger A. Vitamin D receptor ablation alters skin architecture and homeostasis of dendritic epidermal T cells. Br J Dermatol 2005; 152:231-41. [PMID: 15727633 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06392.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3)[1,25(OH)(2)D(3)], the active metabolite of vitamin D, exerts its activities by binding to the vitamin D receptor (VDR) with subsequent function as a transcription factor. Targeted ablation of the VDR in mice results in rickets and alopecia. OBJECTIVES To study the consequences of VDR deficiency for skin physiology, and to investigate the mechanisms of the immunosuppressive effect of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) on LC. METHODS We studied the structural, phenotypic and functional properties of skin and individual skin leucocyte populations in VDR(-/-) mice. RESULTS The lack of VDR induced a wide spectrum of pathologies including dermal deposition of collagen, enlargement of sebaceous glands, dilation of the hair follicles, development of epidermal cysts, increased numbers of dendritic epidermal T cells (DETC) and hyperkeratosis. Ageing aggravated these changes. Intriguingly, Langerhans cells (LC) were indistinguishable in distribution, morphology and number compared with controls. In vitro, LC underwent a maturation/migration process similar to LC from control mice. Pretreatment of epidermal cells or LC-enriched epidermal cell suspensions with 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) impaired LC maturation and T-cell stimulatory capacity from VDR(+/+) but not VDR(-/-) mice, demonstrating that LC are targets of vitamin D(3) and that interaction between vitamin D(3) and LC results in a suppression of LC activity. CONCLUSIONS Our data imply that VDR expression controls dermal collagen production, hair development and growth, proliferation of sebaceous glands and the homeostasis of DETC. Surprisingly, VDR deficiency does not influence LC phenotype and function.
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- S Meindl
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Vienna, Austria
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Kumamoto T, Shalhevet D, Matsue H, Mummert ME, Ward BR, Jester JV, Takashima A. Hair follicles serve as local reservoirs of skin mast cell precursors. Blood 2003; 102:1654-60. [PMID: 12738661 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-02-0449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several leukocyte populations normally reside in mouse skin, including Langerhans cells and gammadelta T cells in the epidermis and macrophage and mast cells in the dermis. Interestingly, these skin resident leukocytes are frequently identified within or around hair follicles (HFs), which are known to contain stem cell populations that can generate the epidermal architecture or give rise to the melanocyte lineage. Thus, we reasoned that HFs might serve as a local reservoir of the resident leukocyte populations in the skin. When vibrissal follicles of adult mice were cultured in the presence of stem cell factor (SCF), interleukin 3 (IL-3), IL-7, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and Flt3 ligand, CD45+/lineage-/c-kit+/FcepsilonRI+ cells became detectable on the outgrowing fibroblasts in 10 days and expanded progressively thereafter. These HF-derived leukocytes showed characteristic features of connective tissue-type mast cells, including proliferative responsiveness to SCF, metachromatic granules, mRNA expression for mast cell proteases-1, -4, -5, and -6, and histamine release on ligation of surface IgE or stimulation with substance P or compound 48/80. These results, together with our findings that HFs contain c-kit+ cells and produce SCF mRNA and protein, suggest that HFs provide a unique microenvironment for local development of mast cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tadashi Kumamoto
- Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Trcka J, Moroi Y, Clynes RA, Goldberg SM, Bergtold A, Perales MA, Ma M, Ferrone CR, Carroll MC, Ravetch JV, Houghton AN. Redundant and alternative roles for activating Fc receptors and complement in an antibody-dependent model of autoimmune vitiligo. Immunity 2002; 16:861-8. [PMID: 12121667 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(02)00327-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Complement and Fc receptor (FcR)-positive cells mediate effector functions of antibodies. Antibody-dependent immunity against the melanosome membrane glycoprotein gp75/tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TYRP-1) of melanocytes leads to autoimmune hypopigmentation (vitiligo) in mice. Hypopigmentation occurred in mice deficient in activating FcR containing the common gamma subunit (Fc gamma R gamma(-/-)) and in mice deficient in the C3 complement component. Mice doubly deficient in both Fc gamma R gamma and C3 did not develop hypopigmentation, suggesting that complement and Fc gamma R formed redundant mechanisms. Following passive immunization with antibody, no further adaptive immune responses were required. Chimeric Fc gamma R gamma(-/-),C3(-/-) mice reconstituted with bone marrow from either Fc gamma R gamma(-/-) or C3(-/-) mice or adoptively transferred with Fc gamma R gamma(+/-) macrophages did develop antibody-mediated hypopigmentation. Thus, either complement or macrophages expressing activating Fc gamma R can independently and alternatively mediate disease in a model of autoimmune vitiligo.
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- Jiri Trcka
- The Swim Across America Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Graduate School of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Girardi M, Lewis J, Glusac E, Filler RB, Geng L, Hayday AC, Tigelaar RE. Resident skin-specific gammadelta T cells provide local, nonredundant regulation of cutaneous inflammation. J Exp Med 2002; 195:855-67. [PMID: 11927630 PMCID: PMC2193718 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20012000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2001] [Revised: 02/05/2002] [Accepted: 02/20/2002] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The function of the intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) network of T cell receptor (TCR) gammadelta(+) (Vgamma5(+)) dendritic epidermal T cells (DETC) was evaluated by examining several mouse strains genetically deficient in gammadelta T cells (delta(-/-) mice), and in delta(-/-) mice reconstituted with DETC or with different gammadelta cell subpopulations. NOD.delta(-/-) and FVB.delta(-/-) mice spontaneously developed localized, chronic dermatitis, whereas interestingly, the commonly used C57BL/6.delta(-/-) strain did not. Genetic analyses indicated a single autosomal recessive gene controlled the dermatitis susceptibility of NOD.delta(-/-) mice. Furthermore, allergic and irritant contact dermatitis reactions were exaggerated in FVB.delta(-/-), but not in C57BL/6.delta(-/-) mice. Neither spontaneous nor augmented irritant dermatitis was observed in FVB.beta(-/-) delta(-/-) mice lacking all T cells, indicating that alphabeta T cell-mediated inflammation is the target for gammadelta-mediated down-regulation. Reconstitution studies demonstrated that both spontaneous and augmented irritant dermatitis in FVB.delta(-/-) mice were down-regulated by Vgamma5(+) DETC, but not by epidermal T cells expressing other gammadelta TCRs. This study demonstrates that functional impairment at an epithelial interface can be specifically attributed to absence of the local TCR-gammadelta(+) IEL subset and suggests that systemic inflammatory reactions may more generally be subject to substantial regulation by local IELs.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dermatitis/genetics
- Dermatitis/immunology
- Dermatitis/pathology
- Genes, Recessive
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor delta
- Inflammation/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred ICR
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/deficiency
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- Skin/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/pathology
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
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- Michael Girardi
- Department of Dermatology and the Yale Skin Diseases Research Core Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Chan OT, Paliwal V, McNiff JM, Park SH, Bendelac A, Shlomchik MJ. Deficiency in beta(2)-microglobulin, but not CD1, accelerates spontaneous lupus skin disease while inhibiting nephritis in MRL-Fas(lpr) nice: an example of disease regulation at the organ level. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:2985-90. [PMID: 11509649 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.5.2985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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When mutations that inactivate molecules that function in the immune system have been crossed to murine lupus strains, the result has generally been a uniform up-regulation or down-regulation of autoimmune disease in the end organs. In the current work we report an interesting dissociation of target organ disease in beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)m)-deficient MRL-Fas(lpr) (MRL/lpr) mice: lupus skin lesions are accelerated, whereas nephritis is ameliorated. beta(2)m deficiency affects the expression of classical and nonclassical MHC molecules and thus prevents the normal development of CD8- as well as CD1-dependent NK1(+) T cells. To further define the mechanism by which beta(2)m deficiency accelerates skin disease, we studied CD1-deficient MRL/lpr mice. These mice do not have accelerated skin disease, excluding a CD1 or NK1(+) T cell-dependent mechanism of beta(2)m deficiency. The data indicate that the regulation of systemic disease is not solely governed by regulation of initial activation of autoreactive lymphocytes in secondary lymphoid tissue, as this is equally relevant to renal and skin diseases. Rather, regulation of autoimmunity can also occur at the target organ level, explaining the divergence of disease in skin and kidney in beta(2)m-deficient mice.
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- O T Chan
- Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Hara H, Kishihara K, Matsuzaki G, Takimoto H, Tsukiyama T, Tigelaar RE, Nomoto K. Development of dendritic epidermal T cells with a skewed diversity of gamma delta TCRs in V delta 1-deficient mice. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:3695-705. [PMID: 11034374 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.7.3695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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One of the most intriguing features of gammadelta T cells that reside in murine epithelia is the association of a specific Vgamma/Vdelta usage with each epithelial tissue. Dendritic epidermal T cells (DETCs) in the murine epidermis, are predominantly derived from the "first wave" Vgamma5+ fetal thymocytes and overwhelmingly express the canonical Vgamma5/Vdelta1-TCRs lacking junctional diversity. Targeted disruption of the Vdelta1 gene resulted in a markedly impaired development of Vgamma5+ fetal thymocytes as precursors of DETCs; however, gammadeltaTCR+ DETCs with a typical dendritic morphology were observed in Vdelta1-/- mice and their cell densities in the epidermis were slightly lower than those in Vdelta1+/- epidermis. Moreover, the Vdelta1-deficient DETCs were functionally competent in their ability to up-regulate cytokines and keratinocyte growth factor-expression in response to keratinocytes. Vgamma5+ DETCs were predominant in the Vdelta1-/- epidermis, though Vgamma5- gammadeltaTCR+ DETCs were also detected. The Vgamma5+ DETCs showed a typical dendritic shape, gammadeltaTCR(high), and age-associated expansion in epidermis as observed in conventional DETCs of normal mice, whereas the Vgamma5- gammadeltaTCR+ DETCs showed a less dendritic shape, gammadeltaTCR(low), and no expansion in the epidermis, consistent with their immaturity. These results suggest that optimal DETC development does not require a particular Vgamma/Vdelta-chain usage but requires expression of a limited diversity of gammadeltaTCRs, which allow DETC precursors to mature and expand within the epidermal microenvironment.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Clone Cells
- Cytokines/biosynthesis
- Dendritic Cells/cytology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Embryonic and Fetal Development/genetics
- Embryonic and Fetal Development/immunology
- Epidermal Cells
- Epidermis/immunology
- Epidermis/metabolism
- Female
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 10
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 7
- Fibroblast Growth Factors
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor/immunology
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor delta
- Genetic Markers/immunology
- Growth Substances/biosynthesis
- Immunophenotyping
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Protein Conformation
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/deficiency
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- Stem Cells
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/metabolism
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- H Hara
- Department of Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Moodycliffe AM, Shreedhar V, Ullrich SE, Walterscheid J, Bucana C, Kripke ML, Flores-Romo L. CD40-CD40 ligand interactions in vivo regulate migration of antigen-bearing dendritic cells from the skin to draining lymph nodes. J Exp Med 2000; 191:2011-20. [PMID: 10839815 PMCID: PMC2213517 DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.11.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Whereas CD40-CD40 ligand interactions are important for various dendritic cell (DC) functions in vitro, their in vivo relevance is unknown. We analyzed the DC status of CD40 ligand -/- mice using a contact hypersensitivity (CHS) model system that enables multiple functions of DCs to be assessed in vivo. Immunohistochemistry of skin sections revealed no differences in terms of numbers and morphology of dendritic epidermal Langerhans cells (LCs) in unsensitized CD40 ligand -/- mice as compared with wild-type C57BL/6 mice. However, after contact sensitization of CD40 ligand -/- mice, LCs failed to migrate out of the skin and substantially fewer DCs accumulated in draining lymph nodes (DLNs). Furthermore, very few antigen-bearing DCs could be detected in the paracortical region of lymph nodes draining sensitized skin. This defect in DC migration after hapten sensitization was associated with defective CHS responses and decreased cutaneous tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production and was corrected by injecting recombinant TNF-alpha or an agonistic anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody. Thus, CD40-CD40 ligand interactions in vivo regulate the migration of antigen-bearing DCs from the skin to DLNs via TNF-alpha production and play a vital role in the initiation of acquired T cell-mediated immunity.
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- GI Research Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Immunology-178, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Cancer Biology-173, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Immunology-178, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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Witherden DA, Rieder SE, Boismenu R, Havran WL. A role for epithelial gamma delta T cells in tissue repair. SPRINGER SEMINARS IN IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 2000; 22:265-81. [PMID: 11116957 DOI: 10.1007/s002810000045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- D A Witherden
- Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Boismenu R, Havran WL. Gammadelta T cells in host defense and epithelial cell biology. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1998; 86:121-33. [PMID: 9473374 DOI: 10.1006/clin.1997.4468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Recent studies have demonstrated increased numbers of gammadelta T cells in a variety of human infectious as well as noninfectious diseases. In some cases gammadelta T cells could be shown to destroy infected or transformed cells. Advances in the identification of ligands recognized by gammadelta T cells and the development of animal model systems to study these cells in vivo should overcome some of the major obstacles currently preventing a better understanding of gammadelta T cell function in immune responses. As we gain this knowledge it may become possible to design therapeutic strategies exploiting unique properties of gammadelta T cells to promote more effective immunity.
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- R Boismenu
- The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Majewski S, Jabłońska S, Orth G. Epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Immunological and nonimmunological surveillance mechanisms: role in tumor progression. Clin Dermatol 1997; 15:321-34. [PMID: 9255439 DOI: 10.1016/s0738-081x(96)00169-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- S Majewski
- Department of Dermatology, Warsaw School of Medicine, Poland
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Findings made during the past few years demonstrate that gamma delta T cells apparently share with macrophages a propensity to recognize nonpeptidic molecules of the kind most commonly associated with microorganisms and stressed cells. In general, recognition of these antigens by gamma delta T cells involves the antigen receptor but does not require antigen presenting cells to express MHC gene products or to have a functional antigen processing machinery. Other recent advances continue to support the notion that gamma delta T cells can perform specialized functions related to the repair of tissue damage.
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- R Boismenu
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, IMM-8, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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The coordinated function of multiple epidermal and dermal cell populations allows the skin immune system to respond rapidly and effectively to a wide variety of insults occurring at the interface of the organism and its environment. Keratinocytes are the first line of defense in the skin immune system, and keratinocyte-derived cytokines are pivotal in mobilizing leukocytes from blood and signaling other cutaneous cells. Cytokine-mediated cellular communication also enables dermal fibroblasts and endothelial cells lining the cutaneous vasculature to participate in immune and inflammatory responses. Skin is an important site for antigen presentation, and both epidermal Langerhans cells and dermal dendritic cells play pivotal roles in T cell-mediated immune responses to antigens encountered in skin. Proinflammatory signaling pathways are necessarily balanced by a variety of regulatory pathways that help maintain the homeostatic functioning of the skin immune system.
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- I R Williams
- Harvard Skin Disease Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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