Abstract | BACKGROUND & AIMS: Few data exist regarding mechanisms of mucosal CD8+ T-cell reactivity to epithelial-specific antigen. To dissect the immunologic mechanisms underlying CD8+ T-cell dysregulation, reactivity to a self-antigen expressed in intestinal epithelium of mice bearing a major histocompatibility complex class I-restricted T-cell receptor specific for this antigen was studied. In addition, antigen-specific regulatory CD4+ T cells induced in vivo were tested to control these autoreactive CD8+ T cells. METHODS: Transgenic VILLIN-HA mice were mated with CL4-TCR transgenic mice. Alternatively, adoptive transfer of CL4-TCR transgenic CD8+ T cells into VILLIN-HA transgenic mice was performed to mimic spontaneous encounter of neoantigen. Mucosal CD8+ T cells were characterized under different conditions of tolerance, immunopathology, and active immunosuppression. RESULTS: Transgenic CD8+ T cells from VILLIN-HA x CL4-TCR transgenic mice preferentially migrated and expanded in mucosal lymphoid tissues. Although transgenic CD8+ T cells showed signs of T-cell activation, they failed to cause tissue damage. This was accompanied by the induction/expansion of CD4+ and CD8+, Foxp3-expressing T cells. In contrast, adoptive transfer of naive transgenic CD8+ T cells from CL4-TCR transgenic mice into VILLIN-HA transgenic mice induced severe intestinal inflammation with poor clinical course of disease. Transgenic CD8+ T cells secreted vigorous amounts of proinflammatory cytokines like interferon gamma/ tumor necrosis factor alpha. Strikingly, this acute wasting disease was significantly ameliorated by cotransfer of antigen-specific regulatory CD4+ T cells. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Astrid Maria Westendorf, Diana Fleissner, Stefanie Deppenmeier, Achim Dieter Gruber, Dunja Bruder, Wiebke Hansen, Roland Liblau, Jan Buer |
Journal | Gastroenterology
(Gastroenterology)
Vol. 131
Issue 2
Pg. 510-24
(Aug 2006)
ISSN: 0016-5085 [Print] United States |
PMID | 16890605
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Animals
- Autoimmunity
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
(immunology, pathology)
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
(immunology, pathology)
- Cell Movement
- Disease Progression
- Enteritis
(immunology, pathology)
- Flow Cytometry
- Intestinal Mucosa
(immunology, pathology)
- Lymphocyte Activation
(immunology)
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Phenotype
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