Cutaneous allergic contact dermatitis responses are diminished in mice deficient in neurokinin 1 receptors and augmented by neurokinin 2 receptor blockage
Copyright policy )Cutaneous allergic contact dermatitis responses are diminished in mice deficient in neurokinin 1 receptors and augmented by neurokinin 2 receptor blockage
Sensory neuropeptides such as neurokinin A (NKA) or particularly substance P (SP) by neurokinin receptor (NK-R) activation modulate skin and immune cells functions during neurogenic inflammation. In this study, we examined the relative importance of SP/NK-1Rs or NKA/NK-2Rs in a murine model for allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) and tested if the functional absence of NK-Rs will impair inflammatory response in vivo. Mice lacking NK-1Rs (C57BL/6J-NK-1R-/-) displayed a significantly reduced ACD inflammatory ear swelling response to dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB) with histological less edema and 50% fewer infiltrating leukocytes compared with the ACD response in wild-type (+/+) animals. In NK-1R+/+ mice, transient NK-1R inhibition impaired ACD sensitization. In vitro haptenized bone marrow-derived dendritic cells from NK-1R+/+ mice matured in the presence of an NK-1R antagonist displayed a reduced capability to induce T cell proliferation in vitro and ACD after adoptive transfer into naïve wild-type mice in vivo. By contrast, NK-2R inhibition significantly enhanced the ACD response in NK-1R null or in wild-type mice, whereas epicutaneous application of NK-2R agonists diminished the ACD inflammation. In conclusion, NK-1R and SP are required for antigen sensitization and a full inflammatory response to cutaneous allergens and NKA and the NK-2R mediate a contrasting anti-inflammatory role in ACD. Thus, SP, NKA, NK-1R, and NK-2R have important but differential roles in the regulation of cutaneous inflammatory responses.
- University of California, San Francisco United States
- Northwestern University United States
- University of Münster Germany
- University of Illinois at Chicago United States
Inflammation, Male, Mice, Knockout, T-Lymphocytes, Dendritic Cells, Receptors, Neurokinin-2, Receptors, Neurokinin-1, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists, Dermatitis, Allergic Contact, Animals, Female, Gene Deletion, Skin
Inflammation, Male, Mice, Knockout, T-Lymphocytes, Dendritic Cells, Receptors, Neurokinin-2, Receptors, Neurokinin-1, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists, Dermatitis, Allergic Contact, Animals, Female, Gene Deletion, Skin
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