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CD4+T-cell localization to the large intestinal mucosa during Trichuris muris infection is mediated by G alpha(i)-coupled receptors but is CCR6-and CXCR3-independent

Svensson Frej, Marcus LU ; Russell, Karen ; Mack, Matthias and Else, Kathryn J. (2010) In Immunology 129(2). p.257-267
Abstract
P>Infection of mice with the gastrointestinal nematode Trichuris muris represents a valuable tool to investigate and dissect intestinal immune responses. Resistant mouse strains respond to T. muris infection by mounting a T helper type 2 response. Previous results have shown that CD4+ T cells play a critical role in protective immunity, and that CD4+ T cells localize to the infected large intestinal mucosa to confer protection. Further, transfer of CD4+ T cells from immune mice to immunodeficient SCID mice can prevent the development of a chronic infection. In the current study, we characterize the protective CD4+ T cells, describe their chemokine receptor expression and explore the functional significance of these receptors in... (More)
P>Infection of mice with the gastrointestinal nematode Trichuris muris represents a valuable tool to investigate and dissect intestinal immune responses. Resistant mouse strains respond to T. muris infection by mounting a T helper type 2 response. Previous results have shown that CD4+ T cells play a critical role in protective immunity, and that CD4+ T cells localize to the infected large intestinal mucosa to confer protection. Further, transfer of CD4+ T cells from immune mice to immunodeficient SCID mice can prevent the development of a chronic infection. In the current study, we characterize the protective CD4+ T cells, describe their chemokine receptor expression and explore the functional significance of these receptors in recruitment to the large intestinal mucosa post-T. muris infection. We show that the ability to mediate expulsion resides within a subpopulation of CD4+ T cells marked by down-regulation of CD62L. These cells can be isolated from intestine-draining mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) from day 14 post-infection, but are rare or absent in MLN before this and in spleen at all times post-infection. Among CD4+ CD62Llow MLN cells, the two most abundantly expressed chemokine receptors were CCR6 and CXCR3. We demonstrate for the first time that CD4+ CD62Llow T-cell migration to the large intestinal mucosa is dependent on the family of G alpha(i)-coupled receptors, to which chemokine receptors belong. CCR6 and CXCR3 were however dispensable for this process because neutralization of CCR6 and CXCR3 did not prevent CD4+ CD62Llow cell migration to the large intestinal mucosa during T. muris infection. (Less)
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helminths, mucosal immunity, trafficking, receptors, chemokine, Th17), Th3, Th2, Th1, Th0, CD4, helper T cells (Th cells
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Immunology
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129
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2
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257 - 267
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Wiley-Blackwell
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0019-2805
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10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03178.x
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English
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  author       = {{Svensson Frej, Marcus and Russell, Karen and Mack, Matthias and Else, Kathryn J.}},
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  keywords     = {{helminths; mucosal immunity; trafficking; receptors; chemokine; Th17); Th3; Th2; Th1; Th0; CD4; helper T cells (Th cells}},
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  number       = {{2}},
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  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Immunology}},
  title        = {{CD4+T-cell localization to the large intestinal mucosa during Trichuris muris infection is mediated by G alpha(i)-coupled receptors but is CCR6-and CXCR3-independent}},
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