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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 181, 期 7, 页码 4709-4715出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.7.4709
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- National Institutes of Health [AI61570, AI74878]
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund's
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America's William
- Shelby Modell Family Foundation
- University of Pennsylvania Center for Infectious Diseases
- Cancer Research Institute
The secreted goblet cell-derived protein resistin-like molecule beta (RELM beta) has been implicated in divergent functions, including a direct effector function against parasitic helminths and a pathogenic function in promoting inflammation in models of colitis and ileitis. However, whether RELM beta influences CD4(+) Th1 cell responses in the intestine is unknown. Using a natural model of intestinal inflammation induced by chronic infection with gastrointestinal helminth Trichuris muris, we identify dual functions for RELM beta in augmenting CD4(+) Th1 cell responses and promoting infection-induced intestinal inflammation. Following exposure to low-dose Trichuris, wild-type C57BL/6 mice exhibit persistent infection associated with robust IFN-gamma production and intestinal inflammation. In contrast, infected RELM beta(-/-) mice exhibited a significantly reduced expression of parasite-specific CD4(+) T cell-derived IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha and failed to develop Trichuris-induced intestinal inflammation. In in vitro T cell differentiation assays, recombinant RELM beta activated macrophages to express MHC class II and secrete IL-12/23p40 and enhanced their ability to mediate Ag-specific IFN-gamma expression in CD4(+) T cells. Taken together, these data suggest that goblet cell-macrophage cross-talk, mediated in part by RELM beta, can promote adaptive CD4(+) T cell responses and chronic inflammation following intestinal helminth infection.
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