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JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 121, 期 5, 页码 1255-1261出版社
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.01.016
关键词
aging; redox equilibrium; cellular immunity; dendritic cells; Nrf2; glutathione; N-acetyl cysteine; sulforaphane
资金
- NIAID NIH HHS [U19 AI070453] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [5P30 AG028748, R01 AG014992, P30 AG028748, R01 AG14992] Funding Source: Medline
Background: The decrease in cellular immunity with aging is of considerable public health importance. Recent studies suggest that the redox equilibrium of dendritic cells (DCs) is a key factor in maintaining protective cellular immunity and that a disturbance of this homeostatic mechanism could contribute to immune senescence. Objectives: We sought (1) to elucidate the role of DC redox equilibrium in the decrease of contact hypersensitivity (CHS) and T(H)1 immunity during aging and (2) to determine how restoration of glutathione (GSH) levels by the Nrf2-mediated antioxidant defense pathway affects this decrease. Methods: We assessed the effect of Nrf2 deficiency and boosting of GSH levels by the Nrf2 agonist sulforaphane or the thiol precursor N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) on the CHS response to contact antigens in old mice. We studied the effect of SFN and NAC on restoring T(H)1 immunity by treating DCs ex vivo before adoptive transfer and in vivo challenge. Results: Aging was associated with a decreased CHS response that was accentuated by Nrf2 deficiency. Systemic SFN treatment reversed this decrease through Nrf2-mediated antioxidant enzyme expression and GSH synthesis. Adoptive transfer of DCs from old animals induced a weakened CHS response in recipient animals. Treatment of DCs from old animals with SFN or NAC ex vivo restored the in vivo challenge response. Conclusion: SFN and NAC upregulate T(H)1 immunity in aging through a restoration of redox equilibrium.
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