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Li C, Lanasa D, Park JH. Pathways and mechanisms of CD4 +CD8αα + intraepithelial T cell development. Trends Immunol 2024; 45:288-302. [PMID: 38514370 PMCID: PMC11015970 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2024.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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The mammalian small intestine epithelium harbors a peculiar population of CD4+CD8αα+ T cells that are derived from mature CD4+ T cells through reprogramming of lineage-specific transcription factors. CD4+CD8αα+ T cells occupy a unique niche in T cell biology because they exhibit mixed phenotypes and functional characteristics of both CD4+ helper and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells. The molecular pathways driving their generation are not fully mapped. However, recent studies demonstrate the unique role of the commensal gut microbiota as well as distinct cytokine and chemokine requirements in the differentiation and survival of these cells. We review the established and newly identified factors involved in the generation of CD4+CD8αα+ intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) and place them in the context of the molecular machinery that drives their phenotypic and functional differentiation.
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- Can Li
- Experimental Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Experimental Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Experimental Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Darkwah S, Nago N, Appiah MG, Myint PK, Kawamoto E, Shimaoka M, Park EJ. Differential Roles of Dendritic Cells in Expanding CD4 T Cells in Sepsis. Biomedicines 2019; 7:biomedicines7030052. [PMID: 31323786 PMCID: PMC6783955 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines7030052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Sepsis is a systemically dysregulated inflammatory syndrome, in which dendritic cells (DCs) play a critical role in coordinating aberrant immunity. The aim of this study is to shed light on the differential roles played by systemic versus mucosal DCs in regulating immune responses in sepsis. We identified a differential impact of the systemic and mucosal DCs on proliferating allogenic CD4 T cells in a mouse model of sepsis. Despite the fact that the frequency of CD4 T cells was reduced in septic mice, septic mesenteric lymph node (MLN) DCs proved superior to septic spleen (SP) DCs in expanding allogeneic CD4 T cells. Moreover, septic MLN DCs markedly augmented the surface expression of MHC class II and CD40, as well as the messaging of interleukin-1β (IL-1β). Interestingly, IL-1β-treated CD4 T cells expanded in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting that this cytokine acts as a key mediator of MLN DCs in promoting septic inflammation. Thus, mucosal and systemic DCs were found to be functionally different in the way CD4 T cells respond during sepsis. Our study provides a molecular basis for DC activity, which can be differential in nature depending on location, whereby it induces septic inflammation or immune-paralysis.
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- Samuel Darkwah
- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Suzuka, Mie 510-0293, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan.
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Lin Z, Wang C, Xia H, Liu W, Xiao W, Qian L, Jia X, Ding Y, Ji M, Gong W. CD4(+) NKG2D(+) T cells induce NKG2D down-regulation in natural killer cells in CD86-RAE-1ε transgenic mice. Immunology 2014; 141:401-15. [PMID: 24708417 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2013] [Revised: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The binding of NKG2D to its ligands strengthens the cross-talk between natural killer (NK) cells and dendritic cells, particularly at early stages, before the initiation of the adaptive immune response. We found that retinoic acid early transcript-1ε (RAE-1ε), one of the ligands of NKG2D, was persistently expressed on antigen-presenting cells in a transgenic mouse model (pCD86-RAE-1ε). By contrast, NKG2D expression on NK cells, NKG2D-dependent cytotoxicity and tumour rejection, and dextran sodium sulphate-induced colitis were all down-regulated in this mouse model. The down-regulation of NKG2D on NK cells was reversed by stimulation with poly (I:C). The ectopic expression of RAE-1ε on dendritic cells maintained NKG2D expression levels and stimulated the activity of NK cells ex vivo, but the higher frequency of CD4(+) NKG2D(+) T cells in transgenic mice led to the down-regulation of NKG2D on NK cells in vivo. Hence, high levels of RAE-1ε expression on antigen-presenting cells would be expected to induce the down-regulation of NK cell activation by a regulatory T-cell subset.
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- Zhijie Lin
- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Deuring JJ, de Haar C, Kuipers EJ, Peppelenbosch MP, van der Woude CJ. The cell biology of the intestinal epithelium and its relation to inflammatory bowel disease. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2013; 45:798-806. [PMID: 23291352 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2012.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Revised: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 12/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The epithelial layer of our intestines must meet two opposing requirements. On one hand it must allow for efficient uptake of nutrients and fluids, on the other hand it is a vital defence barrier between the milieu interior and the milieu exterior. In contrast to the lung that by virtue of cilia movement is kept virtually sterile, the gut epithelium is confronted by a stupendous microbiological load and a substantial xenobiotic challenge. The efficiency by which our intestinal epithelium manages to deal with the challenge of efficient nutrient absorption while simultaneously fulfilling its barrier function is testimony to what the forces of evolution can accomplish. Importantly, our understanding as to how our gut epithelial compartment manages this balancing act is now rapidly emerging, answering one of the oldest questions in cell biology. Importantly, when aberrations in this balance occur, for instance as a consequence genetic polymorphisms, increased propensity to develop chronic inflammation and inflammatory bowel disease is the result. Thus the knowledge on intestinal cell biology and biochemistry is not only of academic interest but may also aid design of novel avenues for the rational treatment of mucosal disease.
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- J Jasper Deuring
- Erasmus MC - University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Department Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Netherlands
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Dearling JLJ, Packard AB. PET-radioimmunodetection of integrins: imaging acute colitis using a ⁶⁴Cu-labeled anti-β₇ integrin antibody. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 757:487-496. [PMID: 21909929 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-166-6_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Integrins are involved in a wide range of cell interactions. Imaging their distribution using high-resolution noninvasive techniques that are directly translatable to the clinic can provide new insights into disease processes and presents the opportunity to directly monitor new therapies. In this chapter, we describe a protocol to image, the in vivo distribution of the integrin β(7), expressed by lymphocytes recruited to and retained by the inflamed gut, using a radiolabeled whole antibody. The antibody is purified, conjugated with a bifunctional chelator for labeling with a radiometal, labeled with the positron-emitting radionuclide (64)Cu, and injected into mice for microPET studies. Mice with DSS-induced colitis were found to have higher uptake of the (64)Cu-labeled antibody in the gut than control groups.
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- Jason L J Dearling
- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, USA.
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Otani T, Toraya T, Sugimoto A, Okochi A, Suzuki M, Takeuchi M, Yamasaki F, Nakamura S, Kibata M. Marked induction of CD4+CD8+ T cells with multifunctional properties by coculturing CD2+ cells with xenogeneic stromal cells. J Immunol Methods 2011; 372:78-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2011.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Revised: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 06/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Takahashi I, Fujihashi K, Kiyono H. Mucosal regulatory cells in the gastrointestinal tract and periodontium. Periodontol 2000 2010; 54:247-56. [PMID: 20712644 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.2009.00335.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ostanin DV, Brown CM, Gray L, Bharwani S, Grisham MB. Evaluation of the immunoregulatory activity of intraepithelial lymphocytes in a mouse model of chronic intestinal inflammation. Int Immunol 2010; 22:927-39. [PMID: 21071622 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxq447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) represent the first line of lymphocyte defense against the intestinal bacteria. Although previous studies have demonstrated a protective role of IELs in the development of colitis, the data supporting a regulatory role for IELs are limited. The objective of this study was to examine the suppressive activity of IELs in vitro and in vivo using a mouse model of chronic small and large bowel inflammation. Adoptive transfer of CD8α(+) IELs isolated from small intestines of wild-type (WT) mice into TCR βxδ-deficient (TCR βxδ(-/-)) recipients did not prevent or delay the onset of the disease induced by WT CD4(+)CD45RB(high) T cells. On the contrary, we observed a more rapid onset of wasting and clinical signs of intestinal inflammation when compared with animals injected with CD4(+)CD45RB(high) T cells alone. Histopathological scores of small and large bowel did not differ significantly between the two groups. Transfer of IELs alone did not produce any pathological changes. Real-time PCR analysis of intestinal tissues showed up-regulation of message for T(h)1- and macrophage-derived cytokines in colon and small bowel. Using Foxp3-GFP reporter mice, we were unable to detect any Foxp3(+) cells within the CD8α(+) IELs but did find a small population of Foxp3(+)CD4(+) IELs in the small and large bowel. Using in vitro suppression assay, we found that neither TCRαβ(+)CD8αα(+), TCRαβ(+)CD8αβ(+) nor TCRγδ(+)CD8αα(+) IELs were capable of suppressing CD4(+) T-cell proliferation. Taken together, our data do not support an immunoregulatory role for CD8α(+) IELs in a mouse model of small and large bowel inflammation.
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- D V Ostanin
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, PO Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA.
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Dearling JLJ, Park EJ, Dunning P, Baker A, Fahey F, Treves ST, Soriano SG, Shimaoka M, Packard AB, Peer D. Detection of intestinal inflammation by MicroPET imaging using a (64)Cu-labeled anti-beta(7) integrin antibody. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2010; 16:1458-66. [PMID: 20186943 PMCID: PMC2930103 DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The primary function of integrin beta(7) is the recruitment and retention of lymphocytes to the inflamed gut. The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of imaging colitis radioimmunodetection by targeting the beta(7) integrin with a radiolabeled antibody. METHODS FIB504.64, a monoclonal antibody that binds to beta(7) integrin, was conjugated with a bifunctional chelator and labeled with (64)Cu. The antibody (50 microg, 7 MBq) was injected into C57BL/6 mice with experimentally induced colitis (n = 6). MicroPET images were collected at 1, 24, and 48 hours postinjection and the biodistribution was measured at 48 hours by tissue assay. Data were also obtained for a (64)Cu-labeled nonspecific isotype-matched antibody in mice with colitis and (64)Cu-labeled FIB504.64 in healthy mice (n = 5-6). RESULTS The microPET images showed higher uptake of (64)Cu-labeled FIB504.64 in the gut of mice with colitis than for either of the controls. This observation was confirmed by the 48-hour ex vivo biodistribution data: the percentage of injected dose per gram of tissue (%ID/g +/- SD) (large intestine) colitis mice with (64)Cu-labeled FIB504.64, 6.49 +/- 2.25; control mice with (64)Cu-labeled FIB504.64, 3.64 +/- 1.12; colitis mice, (64)Cu-labeled nonspecific antibody 3.97 +/- 0.48%ID/g (P < 0.05 between groups). CONCLUSIONS The selective uptake of (64)Cu-labeled FIB504.64 antibody in the gut of animals with colitis suggests that integrin beta(7) may be a promising target for radioimmunodetection of this disease, which would aid diagnosis, assessment, and therapy guidance of this disease.
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- Jason LJ Dearling
- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, Corresponding authors: JLJD, , Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115., Tel: 001-617-919-2106, Fax: 001-617-730-0619; DP, , Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Department of Cell Research & Immunology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel, Tel: (972)-3-6407925, Fax: (972)-3-6405926
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- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, Immune Disease Institute, 3 Blackfan Circle, The Center for Life Science Boston, Boston, MA 02115
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115
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- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, Immune Disease Institute, 3 Blackfan Circle, The Center for Life Science Boston, Boston, MA 02115, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston
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- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, Immune Disease Institute, 3 Blackfan Circle, The Center for Life Science Boston, Boston, MA 02115
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115
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- Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Department of Cell Research & Immunology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel, Corresponding authors: JLJD, , Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115., Tel: 001-617-919-2106, Fax: 001-617-730-0619; DP, , Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Department of Cell Research & Immunology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel, Tel: (972)-3-6407925, Fax: (972)-3-6405926
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Natural killer group 2, member D (NKG2D) is an activating receptor present on the surface of natural killer (NK) cells, some NKT cells, CD8(+) cytotoxic T cells, gammadelta T cells, and under certain conditions CD4(+) T cells. Present in both humans and mice, this highly conserved receptor binds to a surprisingly diverse family of ligands that are distant relatives of major histocompatibility complex class I molecules. There is increasing evidence that ligand expression can result in both immune activation (tumor clearance, viral immunity, autoimmunity, and transplantation) and immune silencing (tumor evasion). In this review, we describe this family of NKG2D ligands and the various mechanisms that control their expression in stressed and normal cells. We also discuss the host response to both membrane-bound and secreted NKG2D ligands and summarize the models proposed to explain the consequences of this differential expression.
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- Marine Champsaur
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and The Cancer Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Hayashi O, Katayanagi Y, Ishii K, Kato T. Flow cytometric analysis of age-related changes in intestine intraepithelial lymphocyte subsets and their functional preservation after feeding mice on spirulina. J Med Food 2010; 12:982-9. [PMID: 19857060 DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.1260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We investigated age-related changes in intestinal intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) subsets in mice by flow cytometric analysis and their functional preservation as affected by feeding Spirulina, a cyanobacterium that is known to possess various therapeutic effects, including immune modulation activity. The number of cells possessing the leukocyte-common antigen CD45(+) cells in mice (43 weeks old) of the aged group, used as a representative marker for IELs, was significantly lower than that of adult mice (5 weeks old). Either the proportion or the number of CD45(+)CD8(+) cells of the aged mice was significantly lower than that of adult mice, corresponding to previous reports. Proportions and numbers of CD4(+)CD8(+) cells in aged mice, on the other hand, were higher than those in adult mice. Increased or decreased levels of the cell surface antigens observed in the aged mice tended to be restored in aged mice fed Spirulina (aged-SP group), which ingested a hot water extract of Spirulina (SpHW). In fact, the proportions of CD45(+)CD8(+) cells and CD45(+)TCRgammadelta(+) cells in the aged-SP group significantly increased in comparison to the control aged group, which ingested ordinary chow and water ad libitum. These results suggest that ingestion of SpHW in the aged-SP group may contribute to the functional preservation of the intestinal epithelium as a first line of mucosal barrier against infectious agents through retaining the number of certain IELs. Changes in the number of other IEL subsets and blood cells are also discussed.
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- Osamu Hayashi
- Department of Health and Nutrition, Kagawa Nutrition University, Chiyoda, Sakado, Japan.
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Lü M, Xia B, Ge L, Li Y, Zhao J, Chen F, Zhou F, Zhang X, Tan J. Role of major histocompatibility complex class I-related molecules A*A5.1 allele in ulcerative colitis in Chinese patients. Immunology 2008; 128:e230-6. [PMID: 19016911 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.02953.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-related molecules A (MICA) is a stress-inducible cell surface antigen that is recognized by intestinal epithelial Vdelta1 gammadelta T cells, natural killer (NK) cells and CD8(+) T cells with NKG2D receptor participating in the immunological reaction in the intestinal mucosa. The present study aimed to investigate the functions of the MICA*A5.1 allele in the development of ulcerative colitis (UC) in the Chinese population. The microsatellite polymorphisms of MICA were genotyped in 124 unrelated Chinese patients with UC and 172 ethnically matched healthy controls using a semiautomatic fluorescently labelled polymerase chain reaction. MICA*A5.1-expressing Raji cells were generated by gene transfection. Cytotoxicity of NK cells to Raji cells expressing different MICA molecules was detected using the lactate dehydrogenase method. Soluble MICA in the culture supernatant was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The frequency of MICA*A5.1 was significantly higher in UC patients compared with the healthy controls (29.0% versus 17.4%, P = 0.001, corrected P = 0.005, OR = 1.936, 95% CI 1.310-2.863) and the frequency of a MICA*A5.1/A5.1 homozygous genotype was increased in UC patients (18.5% versus 7% in healthy controls, P = 0.0032, corrected P = 0.048, OR = 3.036, 95% CI 1.447-6.372). Raji cells with MICA*A5.1 expression produced more soluble MICA (t = 5.75, P < 0.01) than Raji cells with full-length MICA expression in culture supernatant. Raji cells with MICA*A5.1 expression were more resistant to killing by NK cells than Raji cells with full-length MICA expression. The MICA*A5.1 allele and MICA*A5.1/A5.1 genotype are significantly associated with Chinese UC patients in central China. MICA*A5.1 may play a role in the development of UC by producing more soluble MICA and resistance to NK cells.
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- Min Lü
- Internal Medicine Department, Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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Genetic perturbation of the putative cytoplasmic membrane-proximal salt bridge aberrantly activates alpha(4) integrins. Blood 2008; 112:5007-15. [PMID: 18809756 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-03-144543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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alpha(4) integrins play a pivotal role in leukocyte migration and tissue-specific homing. The ability of integrins to bind ligand is dynamically regulated by activation-dependent conformational changes triggered in the cytoplasmic domain. An NMR solution structure defined a putative membrane-proximal salt bridge between the alpha(IIb)beta(3) integrin cytoplasmic tails, which restrains integrins in their low-affinity state. However, the physiological importance of this salt bridge in alpha(4) integrin regulation remains to be elucidated. To address this question, we disrupted the salt bridge in murine germ line by mutating the conserved cytoplasmic arginine R(GFFKR) in alpha(4) integrins. In lymphocytes from knock-in mice (alpha(4)-R/A(GFFKR)), alpha(4)beta(1) and alpha(4)beta(7) integrins exhibited constitutively up-regulated ligand binding. However, transmigration of these cells across VCAM-1 and MAdCAM-1 substrates, or across endothelial monolayers, was reduced. Perturbed detachment of the tail appeared to cause the reduced cell migration of alpha(4)-R/A(GFFKR) lymphocytes. In vivo, alpha(4)-R/A(GFFKR) cells exhibited increased firm adhesion to Peyer patch venules but reduced homing to the gut. Our results demonstrate that the membrane-proximal salt bridge plays a critical role in supporting proper alpha(4) integrin adhesive dynamics. Loss of this interaction destabilizes the nonadhesive conformation, and thereby perturbs the properly balanced cycles of adhesion and deadhesion required for efficient cell migration.
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López-Larrea C, Suárez-Alvarez B, López-Soto A, López-Vázquez A, Gonzalez S. The NKG2D receptor: sensing stressed cells. Trends Mol Med 2008; 14:179-89. [PMID: 18353724 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2008.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2007] [Revised: 02/13/2008] [Accepted: 02/13/2008] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The activating killer cell lectin-like receptor NKG2D plays a key role in the natural killer (NK) cell-mediated lysis of tumours and infected cells. Unlike other receptors, the ligands recognised by NKG2D are 'induced-self' ligands on stressed cells. This system requires precise regulation because inappropriate expression of NKG2D ligands might compromise NK cell activation. For therapeutic purposes it is essential to understand the mechanisms that regulate the expression and function of the NKG2D system. This review focuses on the importance of the signalling pathways involved in the regulation of the NKG2D receptor and its ligand expression in arming the immune response against infected or tumour cells and for the identification of new molecular targets and therapeutic strategies.
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- Carlos López-Larrea
- Department of Immunology, Histocompatibility Unit, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Julian Claveria Street, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.
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Park EJ, Mora JR, Carman CV, Chen J, Sasaki Y, Cheng G, von Andrian UH, Shimaoka M. Aberrant activation of integrin alpha4beta7 suppresses lymphocyte migration to the gut. J Clin Invest 2007; 117:2526-38. [PMID: 17786243 PMCID: PMC1952632 DOI: 10.1172/jci31570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2007] [Accepted: 06/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Integrin adhesion molecules mediate lymphocyte migration and homing to normal and inflamed tissues. While the ligand-binding activity of integrins is known to be modulated by conformational changes, little is known about how the appropriate balance of integrin adhesiveness is maintained in order to optimize the migratory capacity of lymphocytes in vivo. In this study we examined the regulation of the gut homing receptor alpha4beta7 integrin by manipulating at the germline level an integrin regulatory domain known as adjacent to metal ion-dependent adhesion site (ADMIDAS). ADMIDAS normally serves to raise the activation threshold of alpha4beta7, thereby stabilizing it in the default nonadhesive state. Lymphocytes from knockin beta7 (D146A) mice, which harbor a disrupted ADMIDAS, not only expressed an alpha4beta7 integrin that persistently adhered to mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1), but also exhibited perturbed cell migration along MAdCAM-1 substrates resulting from improper de-adhesion of the lymphocyte trailing edge. In vivo, aberrantly activated alpha4beta7 enhanced adhesion to Peyer's patch venules, but suppressed lymphocyte homing to the gut, diminishing the capacity of T cells to induce colitis. Our results underscore the importance of a proper balance in the adhesion and de-adhesion of the alpha4beta7 integrin, both for lymphocyte trafficking to the gut and for colitis progression.
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- Eun Jeong Park
- CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Anesthesia,
Department of Pathology,
Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Anesthesia,
Department of Pathology,
Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Anesthesia,
Department of Pathology,
Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Anesthesia,
Department of Pathology,
Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Anesthesia,
Department of Pathology,
Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Anesthesia,
Department of Pathology,
Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Anesthesia,
Department of Pathology,
Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Anesthesia,
Department of Pathology,
Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Kunisawa J, Takahashi I, Kiyono H. Intraepithelial lymphocytes: their shared and divergent immunological behaviors in the small and large intestine. Immunol Rev 2007; 215:136-53. [PMID: 17291285 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2006.00475.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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At the front line of the body's immunological defense system, the gastrointestinal tract faces a large number of food-derived antigens, allergens, and nutrients, as well as commensal and pathogenic microorganisms. To maintain intestinal homeostasis, the gut immune system regulates two opposite immunological reactions: immune activation and quiescence. With their versatile immunological features, intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) play an important role in this regulation. IELs are mainly composed of T cells, but these T cells are immunologically distinct from peripheral T cells. Not only do IELs differ immunologically from peripheral T cells but they are also comprised of heterogeneous populations showing different phenotypes and immunological functions, as well as trafficking and developmental pathways. Though IELs in the small and large intestine share common features, they have also developed differences as they adjust to the two different environments. This review seeks to shed light on the immunological diversity of small and large intestinal IELs.
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- Jun Kunisawa
- Division of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Pérez-Cano FJ, Castellote C, González-Castro AM, Pelegrí C, Castell M, Franch A. Developmental changes in intraepithelial T lymphocytes and NK cells in the small intestine of neonatal rats. Pediatr Res 2005; 58:885-91. [PMID: 16257927 DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000182187.88505.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
The main objective of this study was to characterize developmental changes in small intestinal intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) subpopulations during the suckling period, thus contributing to the understanding of the development of diffuse gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) and to the identification of early mechanisms that protect the neonate from the first contact with diet and gut microbial antigens. The study was performed by double labeling and flow cytometry in IEL isolated from the proximal and distal small intestine of 1- to 21-d-old Lewis rats. During the suckling period, intraepithelial natural killer (NK) cells changed from a typical systemic phenotype, CD8+, to a specific intestinal phenotype, CD8-. Analysis of CD8+ IEL revealed a progressive increase in the relative number of CD8+ IEL co-expressing TCRalphabeta, cells associated with acquired immunity, whereas the percentage of CD8+ cells expressing the NK receptor, i.e. cells committed to innate immunity, decreased. At weaning, IEL maturity was still not achieved, as revealed by a phenotypic pattern that differed from that of adult rats. Thus, late after weaning, the regulatory CD8+CD4+ T IEL population appeared and the NK population declined. In summary, the intestinal intraepithelial compartment undergoes changes in its lymphocyte composition associated with the first ingestion of food. These changes are focused on a relatively high proportion of NK cells during the suckling period, and after weaning, an expansion of the regulatory CD8+CD4+ T cells.
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- Francisco J Pérez-Cano
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Wiemann K, Mittrücker HW, Feger U, Welte SA, Yokoyama WM, Spies T, Rammensee HG, Steinle A. Systemic NKG2D down-regulation impairs NK and CD8 T cell responses in vivo. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:720-9. [PMID: 16002667 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.2.720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The immunoreceptor NKG2D stimulates activation of cytotoxic lymphocytes upon engagement with MHC class I-related NKG2D ligands of which at least some are expressed inducibly upon exposure to carcinogens, cell stress, or viruses. In this study, we investigated consequences of a persistent NKG2D ligand expression in vivo by using transgenic mice expressing MHC class I chain-related protein A (MICA) under control of the H2-K(b) promoter. Although MICA functions as a potent activating ligand of mouse NKG2D, H2-K(b)-MICA mice appear healthy without aberrations in lymphocyte subsets. However, NKG2D-mediated cytotoxicity of H2-K(b)-MICA NK cells is severely impaired in vitro and in vivo. This deficiency concurs with a pronounced down-regulation of surface NKG2D that is also seen on activated CD8 T cells. As a consequence, H2-K(b)-MICA mice fail to reject MICA-expressing tumors and to mount normal CD8 T cell responses upon Listeria infection emphasizing the importance of NKG2D in immunity against tumors and intracellular infectious agents.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/microbiology
- CHO Cells
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Coculture Techniques
- Cricetinae
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Graft Rejection/genetics
- Graft Rejection/immunology
- H-2 Antigens/physiology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/biosynthesis
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/physiology
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/microbiology
- Listeriosis/genetics
- Listeriosis/immunology
- Listeriosis/pathology
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily K
- Receptors, Immunologic/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Immunologic/physiology
- Receptors, Natural Killer Cell
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- Katrin Wiemann
- Department of Immunology, Institute for Cell Biology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 15, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Shao L, Kamalu O, Mayer L. Non-classical MHC class I molecules on intestinal epithelial cells: mediators of mucosal crosstalk. Immunol Rev 2005; 206:160-76. [PMID: 16048548 DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2005.00295.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The mucosal immune environment consists of a complex combination of lymphoid cells, non-lymphoid cells, and lumenal bacteria. Signals from lumenal bacteria are constantly transmitted to the underlying tissues across the intestinal epithelial barrier. Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) can sense these signals, integrate them, and interpret them for lamina propria lymphoid populations. One mechanism by which these signals are communicated is by the expression of non-classical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules by IECs. Epithelial cells can express a surprising variety of non-classical MHC class I molecules. In some cases, IECs can act as non-professional antigen-presenting cells utilizing the expression of such non-classical MHC class I molecules to directly present bacterial antigens. In other cases, the expression of non-classical MHC class I molecules may act as a co-stimulatory molecule or adhesion molecule that can modify the mucosal immune response. Finally, the expression of these molecules on IECs can lead to a broad array of responses ranging from tolerance to inflammation. Overall, the IEC, via the expression of non-classical MHC class I molecules, is a central mediator of the constant crosstalk between the intestinal lumen and the mucosal immune system.
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- Ling Shao
- The Center for Immunobiology, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Wei B, Velazquez P, Turovskaya O, Spricher K, Aranda R, Kronenberg M, Birnbaumer L, Braun J. Mesenteric B cells centrally inhibit CD4+ T cell colitis through interaction with regulatory T cell subsets. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:2010-5. [PMID: 15684084 PMCID: PMC548553 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0409449102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Inflammatory bowel disease reflects an aberrant mucosal CD4+ T cell response to commensal enteric bacteria. In addition to regulatory T cell subsets, recent studies have revealed a protective role of B cells in murine CD4+ T cell colitis, but the relationship of their action to T cell immunoregulation is unknown. Here we report that mesenteric lymph node (MLN) B cells protect mice from colitis induced by Galphai2-/- CD4+ T cells. Protection required the transfer of both B cells and CD8alpha+ T cells; neither cell type alone was sufficient to inhibit CD4+ T cell-mediated colitis. Similar results were also observed in colitis induced by CD4+CD45RBhi T cells. Immunoregulation was associated with localization of B cells and expansion of CD4-CD8- CD3+NK1.1+ T cells in the secondary lymphoid compartment, as well as expansion of CD4+CD8alpha+ T cells in the intestinal intraepithelial compartment. MLN B cells from Galphai2-/- mice were deficient in a phenotypic subset and failed to provide cotransfer colitis protection. These findings indicate that protective action of B cells is a selective trait of MLN B cells acquired through a Galphai2-dependent developmental process and link B cells with the formation of regulatory T cells associated with mucosal immune homeostasis.
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- Bo Wei
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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