Journal
IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 181, Issue -, Pages 51-57Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2016.11.006
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Lipid mediators; T follicular helper cells
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- JSPS [26861400, 15K20214, 15K10787, 26670178]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K10787, 26861400, 15K20214, 26670178] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Lipid mediators such as leukotrienes and lipoxines broadly regulate innate and acquired immunity, and their dysfunction causes various immune -mediated disorders. We previously reported a salient feature of arachidonate 5-lipoxyganase (Alox5), which is responsible for the production of such lipid mediators, in the regulation of high affinity antibodies in vivo. The aim of this study was to determine the functional significance of Alox5-related lipid mediators during the processes of acquired humoral responses. The results of in vitro experiments using lymphocytes in tonsils and blood specimens showed that lipoxin A4 (LXA4) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) have the capacity to differentiate naive CD4(+) T cells into T follicular helper (Tfh) cells, which activate naive B cells to form germinal centers. Such a function of LXA4 was further supported by results of in vitro studies using BML-111 and BOC-2, which are an agonist and an antagonist, respectively, of FPR2 of an LXA4-specific cell-surface receptor. The results suggest that such lipid mediators have a potential role in the development of lymphoid follicles through the regulation of Tfh cell differentiation. (C) 2016 European Federation of Immunological Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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