CD4+ T regulatory cells from the colonic lamina propria of normal mice inhibit proliferation of enterobacteria-reactive, disease-inducing Th1-cells from scid mice with colitis.
Clin Exp Immunol
; 131(1): 34-40, 2003 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Adoptive transfer of CD4+ T cells into scid mice leads to a chronic colitis in the recipients. The transferred CD4+ T cells accumulate in the intestinal lamina propria (LP), express an activated Th1 phenotype and proliferate vigorously when exposed ex vivo to enteric bacterial antigens. As LP CD4+ T cells from normal BALB/c mice do not respond to enteric bacterial antigens, we have investigated whether colonic LP-derived CD4+ T cells from normal mice suppress the antibacterial response of CD4+ T cells from scid mice with colitis. LP-derived CD4+ T cells cocultured with bone marrow-derived dendritic cells effectively suppress the antibacterial proliferative response of CD4+ T cells from scid mice with colitis. The majority of these LP T-reg cells display a nonactivated phenotype and suppression is independent of antigen exposure, is partly mediated by soluble factor(s) different from IL-10 and TGF-beta, and is not prevented by the addition of high doses of IL-2 to the assay culture. Functionally and phenotypically the T-reg cells of the present study differ from previously described subsets of T-reg cells. The presence of T cells with a regulatory potential in the normal colonic mucosa suggests a role for these cells in the maintenance of local immune homeostasis of the gut.
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Assunto principal:
Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais
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Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos
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Células Th1
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Transferência Adotiva
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Mucosa Intestinal
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Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Exp Immunol
Ano de publicação:
2003
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Article
País de afiliação:
Dinamarca
País de publicação:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM