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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
卷 199, 期 3, 页码 411-416出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20030996
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gut; IgA; lamina propria; CCL25; cell trafficking
Humoral immunity in the gut-associated lymphoid tissue is characterized by the production of immunoglobulin A (IgA) by antibody-secreting plasma cells (PCs) in the lamina propria. The chemokine CCL25 is expressed by intestinal epithelial cells and is capable of inducing chemotaxis of IgA(+) PCs in vitro. Using a newly generated monoclonal antibody against murine CCR9, we show that IgA(+) PCs express high levels of CCK9 in the mesenteric lymph node (MLN) and Peyer's patches (PPs), but down-regulate CCR9 once they are located in the small intestine. In CCR9-deficient mice, IgA(+) PCs are substantially reduced in number in the lamina propria of the small intestine. In adoptive transfer experiments, CCR-9-deficient IgA(+) PCs show reduced migration into the small intestine compared with wild-type controls. Furthermore, CCR9 mutants fail to mount a regular IgA response to an orally administered antigen, although the architecture and cell type composition of PPs and MLN are unaffected and are functional for the generation of IgA PCs. These findings provide profound in vivo evidence that CCL25/CCR9 guides PCs into the small intestine.
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