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Hsu CC, Patil K, Seamons A, Brabb TL, Treuting PM, Paik J, Meeker SM, Maggio-Price L. Lack of Effect of Murine Norovirus Infection on the CD4 + CD45RB high T-cell Adoptive Transfer Mouse Model of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Comp Med 2020; 70:16-24. [PMID: 31937392 PMCID: PMC7024779 DOI: 10.30802/aalas-cm-19-000009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Revised: 02/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Murine norovirus (MNV) infection is highly prevalent in laboratory mice. Although MNV infection does not typically induce clinical disease in most laboratory mice, infection may nonetheless affect mouse models of disease by altering immune responses. We previously reported that MNV altered the bacterial-induced mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) using Helicobacter-infected Mdr1a-/- mice. Therefore, we hypothesized that MNV infection would exacerbate another mouse model of IBD, the T-cell adoptive transfer (AT) model. In this model, Helicobacter infection is used to accelerate the progression of IBD induced by AT of naïve CD4+CD45RBhigh T cells into B6.129S7- Rag1tm1Mom/J (Rag1-/-) mice. We evaluated the effects of MNV infection in both Helicobacter-accelerated as well as Helicobacter-free AT models. In our studies, Helicobacter-infected Rag1-/- mice that received CD4+CD45RBhigh T cells through AT rapidly developed weight loss and typhlocolitis; MNV infection had no effect on disease severity or rate of progression. In the absence of Helicobacter infection, progression of IBD caused by AT of CD4+CD45RBhigh T cells was slower and typhlocolitis was less severe; this inflammation likewise was unaltered by MNV infection. These results indicate that MNV infection does not alter IBD progression and severity in the CD4+CD45RBhigh T-cell AT model in Rag1-/- mice.
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- Charlie C Hsu
- Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;,
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- University Laboratory Animal Resources, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Wei S. Yin-yang regulating effects of cancer-associated genes, proteins, and cells: An ancient Chinese concept in vogue in modern cancer research. Biosci Trends 2017; 11:612-618. [PMID: 29238002 DOI: 10.5582/bst.2017.01259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Great achievements have been made in human cancer research, but most of this research is focused on conditions at the microscopic rather than the systemic level. Recent studies have increasingly cited the ancient Chinese theory of yin-yang in an effort to expand beyond the microscopic level. Various cancer-associated genes and proteins such as mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), p38, p53, c-Myc, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, NF-κB, Cyclin D1, and cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) and cells such as T cells, B cells, macrophages, neutrophils, and fibroblasts have been reported to regulate various types of cancers in a yin-yang manner. These studies have brought the theory of yin-yang into vogue in cancer research worldwide.
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- Shuyong Wei
- College of Animal Science, Southwest University
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Suskind DL, Kong D, Stevens A, Wahbeh G, Christie D, Baxter-Lowe LA, Muench MO. Maternal microchimerism in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. CHIMERISM 2017; 2:50-4. [PMID: 21912719 DOI: 10.4161/chim.2.2.16556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Revised: 06/05/2011] [Accepted: 06/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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UNLABELLED Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) shares many immunologic and clinical characteristics with graft versus host disease caused by allogeneic T lymphocytes after hematopoietic cell transplantation. Since maternal cells are known to enter the fetal circulation in a high proportion of pregnancies, we hypothesized that maternal engraftment in the fetus results in immune sequelae that can lead to IBD. METHOD The presence and extent of maternal microchimerism in tissues and blood samples from patients with Crohn's, Ulcerative colitis (UC), and control groups were determined using kinetic Polymerase Chain Reaction (kPCR) to detect maternal- and patient-specific HLA types. In addition, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) was employed to detect maternal cells in biopsies from patients with IBD. RESULTS Using kPCR, maternal microchimerism was observed in 9 of the 16 (56%) patients with IBD and 6 out of 15 of the control group (40%) (P=NS). Five of 10 Crohn's patients had evidence of maternal microchimerism (50%) (P=NS). Four of six UC patients had evidence of maternal microchimerism in gut tissues (67%) (P=NS). There was no correlation between maternal michrochimerism and disease activity, disease location or granulomas in patients with IBD. Using FISH, five male Crohn's and five male UC patient's intestinal biopsies were analyzed for maternal microchimerism. No maternal cells were identified. CONCLUSION There is nothing in the data to suggest that patients with IBD differ from disease controls in their frequency of maternal microchimerism in either blood or gut mucosal tissues. These data suggest that maternal microchimerism in blood and biopsies is a relatively common phenomenon that has neither positive nor negative impact on IBD.
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- David L Suskind
- Department of Pediatrics; Seattle Children's Hospital; University of Washington; Seattle, WA USA
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Round JL, Mazmanian SK. The gut microbiota shapes intestinal immune responses during health and disease. Nat Rev Immunol 2009; 9:313-23. [PMID: 19343057 DOI: 10.1038/nri2515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3207] [Impact Index Per Article: 213.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Immunological dysregulation is the cause of many non-infectious human diseases such as autoimmunity, allergy and cancer. The gastrointestinal tract is the primary site of interaction between the host immune system and microorganisms, both symbiotic and pathogenic. In this Review we discuss findings indicating that developmental aspects of the adaptive immune system are influenced by bacterial colonization of the gut. We also highlight the molecular pathways that mediate host-symbiont interactions that regulate proper immune function. Finally, we present recent evidence to support that disturbances in the bacterial microbiota result in dysregulation of adaptive immune cells, and this may underlie disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease. This raises the possibility that the mammalian immune system, which seems to be designed to control microorganisms, is in fact controlled by microorganisms.
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- June L Round
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Fukata M, Breglio K, Chen A, Vamadevan AS, Goo T, Hsu D, Conduah D, Xu R, Abreu MT. The myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) is required for CD4+ T cell effector function in a murine model of inflammatory bowel disease. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:1886-94. [PMID: 18209086 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.3.1886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Abnormal T cell responses to commensal bacteria are involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. MyD88 is an essential signal transducer for TLRs in response to the microflora. We hypothesized that TLR signaling via MyD88 was important for effector T cell responses in the intestine. TLR expression on murine T cells was examined by flow cytometry. CD4(+)CD45Rb(high) T cells and/or CD4(+)CD45Rb(low)CD25(+) regulatory T cells were isolated and adoptively transferred to RAG1(-/-) mice. Colitis was assessed by changes in body weight and histology score. Cytokine production was assessed by ELISA. In vitro proliferation of T cells was assessed by [(3)H]thymidine assay. In vivo proliferation of T cells was assessed by BrdU and CFSE labeling. CD4(+)CD45Rb(high) T cells expressed TLR2, TLR4, TLR9, and TLR3, and TLR ligands could act as costimulatory molecules. MyD88(-/-) CD4(+) T cells showed decreased proliferation compared with WT CD4(+) T cells both in vivo and in vitro. CD4(+)CD45Rb(high) T cells from MyD88(-/-) mice did not induce wasting disease when transferred into RAG1(-/-) recipients. Lamina propria CD4(+) T cell expression of IL-2 and IL-17 and colonic expression of IL-6 and IL-23 were significantly lower in mice receiving MyD88(-/-) cells than mice receiving WT cells. In vitro, MyD88(-/-) T cells were blunted in their ability to secrete IL-17 but not IFN-gamma. Absence of MyD88 in CD4(+)CD45Rb(high) cells results in defective T cell function, especially Th17 differentiation. These results suggest a role for TLR signaling by T cells in the development of inflammatory bowel disease.
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- Masayuki Fukata
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Song J, Matsuda C, Kai Y, Nishida T, Nakajima K, Mizushima T, Kinoshita M, Yasue T, Sawa Y, Ito T. A novel sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor agonist, 2-amino-2-propanediol hydrochloride (KRP-203), regulates chronic colitis in interleukin-10 gene-deficient mice. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2007; 324:276-83. [PMID: 17898319 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.106.119172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Current treatments for patients with Crohn's disease (CD) are based on recent advances in elucidating the pathophysiology of the disease. A satisfactory therapeutic strategy has not been well established. A new sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor agonist, 2-amino-2-propanediol hydrochloride (KRP-203), has been developed for immunomodulation in autoimmune diseases and organ transplantation. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and potency of KRP-203 on the treatment of chronic colitis in an interleukin (IL)-10 gene-deficient (IL-10(-/-)) mouse model. KRP-203 agonistic activity on S1P receptor was assessed in vitro. KRP-203 was administered for 1 or 4 weeks to IL-10(-/-) mice with clinical signs of colitis. The histological appearance of the colon and the numbers, phenotype, and cytokine production of lymphocytes were compared with a control group. KRP-203 treatment was effective in preventing body weight loss in the IL-10(-/-) colitis model. One-week administration resulted in the sequestration of circulating lymphocytes within the secondary lymphoid tissues. After 4 weeks of treatment, highly significant reductions were observed in number of CD4(+) T cell and B220(+) B cell subpopulations in the lamina propria of the colon and peripheral blood. KRP-203 obviously inhibited the production of interferon-gamma, IL-12, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha by the colonic lymphocytes, but had no influence on IL-4 production. KRP-203 significantly inhibits ongoing IL-10(-/-) colitis in part through decreasing the infiltration of lymphocytes at inflammatory sites and by blocking T-helper 1 cytokine production in the colonic mucosa. Therefore, the possibility arises that KRP-203 plays a potential role in control of chronic colitis.
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- Jinghai Song
- Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Buer J, Westendorf AM, Zeng AP, He F, Hansen W, Probst-Kepper M. Mechanisms of Central and Peripheral T-Cell Tolerance: An Update. Transfus Med Hemother 2005. [DOI: 10.1159/000089128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Boone DL, Dassopoulos T, Chai S, Chien M, Lodolce J, Ma A. Fas is not essential for lamina propria T lymphocyte homeostasis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2003; 285:G382-8. [PMID: 12702495 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00373.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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IL-2 receptor alpha-deficient (IL2Ralpha-/-) mice spontaneously accumulate vast numbers of intestinal lamina propria (LP) T cells and develop bowel inflammation. The accumulation of T cells in IL2Ralpha-/- mice is thought to result, in part, from defective Fas-induced cell death. To understand the role of cell proliferation and death in regulating LP T cells in IL2Ralpha-/- mice, we have directly examined the proliferation and Fas sensitivity of wild-type, lpr/lpr, and IL2Ralpha-/- LP T cells. In wild-type mice, 5'-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling and Fas susceptibility are greatest in CD44Hi LP T cells. Fas-deficient lpr/lpr mice have normal total numbers of LP T cells, despite an increased proportion of BrdU+ T cells. By contrast, IL2Ralpha-/- mice possess increased total numbers of LP T cells, despite normal proportions of BrdU+ LP T cells. Finally, wild-type and IL2Ralpha-/- LP T cells are equivalently Fas sensitive. These results demonstrate that LP T cells proliferate and are Fas-sensitive cells. IL2Ralpha-/- mice accumulate a large number of these Fas-sensitive LP T cells and clearly differ from Fas-deficient lpr/lpr mice in this regard. Thus our studies reveal that Fas is dispensable for LP T cell homeostasis and suggest that the intestinal inflammation observed in IL2Ralpha-/- mice is independent of defective Fas-induced cell death.
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- David L Boone
- Department of Medicine, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Center, Committee on Immunology, The University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Wei B, Huang T, Dalwadi H, Sutton CL, Bruckner D, Braun J. Pseudomonas fluorescens encodes the Crohn's disease-associated I2 sequence and T-cell superantigen. Infect Immun 2002; 70:6567-75. [PMID: 12438326 PMCID: PMC133002 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.12.6567-6575.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Commensal bacteria have emerged as an important disease factor in human Crohn's disease (CD) and murine inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) models. We recently isolated I2, a novel gene segment of microbial origin that is associated with human CD and that encodes a T-cell superantigen. To identify the I2 microorganism, BLAST analysis was used to identify a microbial homologue, PA2885, a novel open reading frame (ORF) in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome. PCR and Southern analysis identified Pseudomonas fluorescens as the originating species of I2, with homologues detectable in 3 of 13 other Pseudomonas species. Genomic cloning disclosed a locus containing the full-length I2 gene (pfiT) and three other orthologous genes, including a homologue of the pbrA/pvdS iron response gene. CD4(+) T-cell responses to recombinant proteins were potent for I2 and pfiT, but modest for PA2885. pfiT has several features of a virulence factor: association with an iron-response locus, restricted species distribution, and T-cell superantigen bioactivity. These findings suggest roles for pfiT and P. fluorescens in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease.
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- Bo Wei
- Department of Pathology, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
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Chung DR, Chitnis T, Panzo RJ, Kasper DL, Sayegh MH, Tzianabos AO. CD4+ T cells regulate surgical and postinfectious adhesion formation. J Exp Med 2002; 195:1471-8. [PMID: 12045245 PMCID: PMC2193541 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20020028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The development of adhesions in the peritoneal and pelvic cavities, which commonly form after surgery or infection, cause significant morbidity and mortality. However, the pathogenesis of adhesion formation is still poorly understood. Because T cells are important in orchestrating fibrinogenic tissue disorders, we hypothesized that they play a critical role in the pathogenesis of peritoneal adhesion formation. Using a cecal abrasion surgical model in rodents, T cell depletion and adoptive transfer experiments demonstrated that this host response is dependent on CD4+ alphabeta T cells. These cells were also critical to adhesion formation associated with experimental intraabdominal sepsis. T cell transfer studies with mice deficient in signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat)4 and Stat6 revealed that adhesion formation was dependent on a T helper 1 response. Activated T cells homed to the peritoneal cavity 6 hours after cecal abrasion surgery and predominated at this site during adhesiogenesis. Increased levels of the T cell-derived proinflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-17 and of neutrophil chemoattractant CXC chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein-2/CXCL8 and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant/CXCL1 were associated with adhesion formation. The production of these chemokines was dependent on T cells. Furthermore, the administration of neutralizing antibodies specific for IL-17 or the receptor that binds these CXC chemokines, CXC chemokine receptor 2, significantly reduced the degree of adhesion formation. These results demonstrate for the first time that the immunopathogenesis of adhesion formation is under the control of T cells and that T cell-derived cytokines and chemokines play important roles in the development of this deleterious host response.
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- Doo Ryeon Chung
- Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Abramson O, Qiu S, Erle DJ. Preferential production of interferon-gamma by CD4+ T cells expressing the homing receptor integrin alpha4/beta7. Immunology 2001; 103:155-63. [PMID: 11412302 PMCID: PMC1783237 DOI: 10.1046/j.0019-2805.2001.01234.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Recent studies indicate that T helper type 1 (Th1) and 2 (Th2) lymphocytes differ in their expression of molecules that control T-cell migration, including adhesion molecules and chemokine receptors. We investigated the relationship between cytokine production and expression of the homing receptor integrin alpha4/beta7 on T cells. We began by analysing cytokine production by human CD4+ CD45RA- memory/effector T cells following brief (4 hr) stimulation with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and ionomycin. alpha4/ beta7high CD4+ T cells were more likely to produce the Th1 cytokine interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) than were alpha4/beta7- CD4+ T cells in all six subjects studied. In contrast, production of the Th2 cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4) was similar on alpha4/ beta7high and alpha4/beta7- CD4+ T cells. In addition, we found that human CD4+ CD45RA- T cells that adhered to the alpha4/beta7 ligand mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1) had a greater capacity to produce IFN-gamma than did non-adherent cells, suggesting that the association between alpha4/beta7 expression and IFN-gamma production has functional significance. These results suggested that primary activation under Th1-promoting conditions might favour expression of alpha4/beta7. We directly examined this possibility, and found that naïve murine CD4+ T cells activated under Th1-promoting conditions expressed higher levels of alpha4/beta7 compared to cells activated under Th2-promoting conditions. The association between alpha4/beta7 expression and IFN-gamma production by CD4+ T cells may help to determine the cytokine balance when MAdCAM-1 is expressed at sites of inflammation in the intestine or elsewhere.
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- O Abramson
- Lung Biology Center, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, and Program in Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Mucosal tissues including the intestine, lung, reproductive tract, and skin form the major interfaces between the outside and internal milieus. Facing the outside is an epithelial cell layer, the epithelium, built on a vascular connective surface. In addition to performing specialized functions, mucosal tissues are sites where immune, epithelial, and neuronal cell types act in concert to maintain tissue integrity and fight invading pathogens. This article presents the latest findings from my laboratory describing a novel protective function for the intestinal intraepithelial gammadelta T cells (gammadelta intraepithelial lymphocytes).
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- R Boismenu
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Robinson P, Okhuysen PC, Chappell CL, Lewis DE, Shahab I, Lahoti S, White AC. Transforming growth factor beta1 is expressed in the jejunum after experimental Cryptosporidium parvum infection in humans. Infect Immun 2000; 68:5405-7. [PMID: 10948171 PMCID: PMC101805 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.9.5405-5407.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Biopsies from volunteers challenged with Cryptosporidium parvum were examined for transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1). None of the prechallenge biopsies exhibited TGF-beta. Seven of 12 volunteers with oocyst shedding expressed TGF-beta versus 2 of 13 volunteers without detected oocysts. The association of TGF-beta expression with oocyst excretion and the timing of symptoms suggests that TGF-beta mediates intestinal healing.
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- P Robinson
- Department of Molecular Virology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Most conventional forms of drug therapy suppress or modify the host immunoinflammatory response and neglect the other contributor to disease pathogenesis-the environmental microflora. Probiotics are live microbial food ingredients that alter the enteric microflora and have a beneficial effect on health. The rationale for using probiotics in IBD is mainly based on evidence from human studies and experimental animal models implicating intestinal bacteria in the pathogenesis of these disorders. The relationship between bacteria and intestinal inflammation is complex and does not appear to reflect a simple cause and effect. Similarly, the field of probiotics is complex and in need of rigorous research. Until the indigenous flora are better characterized and mechanisms of probiotic action defined, the promise of probiotics in IBD is unlikely to be fulfilled. Because of strain-specific variability and clinical and therapeutic heterogeneity within Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, it cannot be assumed that a given probiotic is equally suitable for all individuals. Although preliminary results of probiotic therapy in animal models and humans with ulcerative colitis and pouchitis have been encouraging, their efficacy in treatment or maintenance of remission of Crohn's disease remains to be clarified. However, the circumstantial evidence for some form of biotherapeutic modification of the enteric flora in Crohn's disease seems compelling. In the future, probiotics may offer a simple adjunct to conventional therapy with the emphasis on diet shifting from one of nutritional replenishment alone to a more functional role.
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- F Shanahan
- Department of Medicine, University College Cork, National University of Ireland
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