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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 11, Pages 2986-2995Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425403
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T helper differentiation; flagellin; Salmonella; plasma cells
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Features of the Th1 or Th2 phenotype start to develop during CD4 Tcell priming. This study of the response to the bacterial flagellar protein FliC shows that either Th1 orTh2 responses can be induced in mice depending upon how FliC is presented. This is shown by assessing the cytokine mRNA and class of FliC-specific plasma cells induced in situ. Soluble recombinant (r)FliC and polymerized FliC are strongly Th2 polarizing, inducing IL-4, NIP45 and c-Maf mRNA as well as epsilon and gamma switch transcripts and switching to IgG1. CD28-requirement for this switching shows its T cell dependence. rFIiC was unable to induce markers of Th1 activity including IL-12, T-bet and IFN-gamma Conversely, when FliC is presented in its native context surface-bound on live, flagellated Salmonella, switching is predominantly to IgG2a (IgG2c in C57BL/6 mice), reflecting Th1 activity. The development of divergent FliC-specific polarization to either Th1 or Th2 indicates that the context in which this antigen is encountered rather than its intrinsic immunostimulatory properties determines the direction of Th1 polarization.
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