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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 166, 期 1, 页码 162-169出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.1.162
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R01AI043197, R01AI018958] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [Z01AG000758, Z01AG000761, Z01AG000764] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIAID NIH HHS [AI 43197, AI 18958] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM 08248] Funding Source: Medline
RANTES is produced by lymphoid and epithelial cells of the mucosa in response to various external stimuli and is chemotactic for lymphocytes, The role of RANTES in adaptive mucosal immunity has not been studied. To better elucidate the role of this chemokine, we have characterized the effects of RANTES on mucosal and systemic immune responses to nasally coadministered OVA, RANTES enhanced Ag-specific serum Ab responses, inducing predominately anti-OVA IgG2a and IgG3 followed by IgG1 and IgG2b subclass Ab responses. RANTES also increased Ag-specific Ab titers in mucosal secretions and these Ab responses were associated with increased numbers of Ab-forming cells, derived from mucosal and systemic compartments. Splenic and mucosally derived CD4(+) T cells of RANTES-treated mice displayed higher Ag-specific proliferative responses and IFN-gamma, IL-2, IL-5, and IL-6 production than control groups receiving OVA alone. In vitro, RANTES up-regulated the expression of CD28, CD40 ligand, and IL-12R by Ag-activated primary T cells from DO11.10 (OVA-specific TCR-transgenic) mice and by resting T cells in a dose-dependent fashion. These studies suggest that RANTES can enhance mucosal and systemic humoral Ab responses through help provided by Th1- and select Th2-type cytokines as well as through the induction of costimulatory molecule and cytokine receptor expression on T lymphocytes, These effects could serve as a link between the initial innate signals of the host and the adaptive immune system.
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