期刊
BIOCHIMIE
卷 92, 期 6, 页码 682-691出版社
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2009.12.002
关键词
Lipid mediator; Knockout mouse; Inflammation; Hypersensitivity; Arachidonic cascade
资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan
- Takeda Science Foundation
- Mitsubishi Foundation
- Naito Foundation
- Uehara Memorial Foundation
- Astellas Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Dendritic cells (DCs) are important antigen-presenting cells that control Th1- and Th2-type immunological reactions by releasing cytokines and interacting directly with T cells. Leukotriene B4 (LTB4), a classical proinflammatory lipid mediator for phagocytes, was recently identified as an important attractant for effector CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. However, little information is available on the roles of LTB4 and its receptor BLT1 in DCs. Here we show that functional BLT1 expressed in mouse bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) plays important role in initiating Th1-type immune response. Detailed analyses using BMDCs revealed that BLT1-deficient DCs produced less IL-12p70 than WT DCs, leading to attenuated IFN-gamma production in an allogeneic mixed lymphocyte reaction. Adoptive transfer of antigen-loaded BLT1-deficient DCs into naive WT mice induced a weakened Th1- and enhanced Th2-response in vivo compared to WT DCs. BLT1-deficient mice consistently showed much attenuated delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH), in which Th1-type cellular responses play a key role, and popliteal lymph node cells of BLT1-deficient mice showed reduced production of Th1 cytokines after DTH induction compared to cells from WT mice. Thus, in addition to its role in inflammation, the LTB4 BLT1 axis is important in initiating Th1-type immunological reactions mediated by DCs. (C) 2009 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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