L-selectin, alpha 4 beta 1, and alpha 4 beta 7 integrins participate in CD4+ T cell recruitment to chronically inflamed small intestine.
Copyright policy )L-selectin, alpha 4 beta 1, and alpha 4 beta 7 integrins participate in CD4+ T cell recruitment to chronically inflamed small intestine.
CD4+ T cells are essential for development and perpetuation of Crohn's disease, a chronic immune-mediated condition that affects primarily the small intestine. Using novel models of Crohn's disease-like ileitis (i.e., SAMP1/YitFc and CD4+ T cell transfer models), we have begun to understand the adhesive pathways that mediate lymphocyte trafficking to the chronically inflamed small bowel. Expansion of the CD4/beta7+ population and increased mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1) expression were observed within the intestinal lamina propria with disease progression. However, Ab blockade of the beta7 integrin, the alpha4beta7 heterodimer, MAdCAM-1, or L-selectin did not attenuate inflammation. Blockade of two pathways (L-selectin and MAdCAM-1 or alpha4 integrins) was required to improve ileitis. Further analyses showed that 55 +/- 7% of the mesenteric lymph node alpha4beta7+CD4 expressed L-selectin. These L-selectin+ T cells were the main producers of TNF-alpha and the predominant ileitis-inducing subpopulation. Mechanistically, combined blockade of L-selectin and MAdCAM-1 depleted the intestinal lamina propria of CD4+ T cells that aberrantly coexpressed alpha4beta7 and alpha4beta1 integrins, markedly decreasing local production of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma. Thus, pathogenic CD4+ T cells not only use the physiologic alpha4beta7/MAdCAM-1 pathway, but alternatively engage alpha4beta1 and L-selectin to recirculate to the chronically inflamed small intestine.
- University of Virginia United States
- Troy Gastroenterology United States
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Male, Integrins, Immunoglobulins, Mice, SCID, Ileitis, Integrin alpha4beta1, Mice, Mutant Strains, Mice, Mice, Inbred AKR, Mucoproteins, Cell Movement, Chronic Disease, Disease Progression, Animals, Female, L-Selectin, Antibodies, Blocking, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Signal Transduction
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Male, Integrins, Immunoglobulins, Mice, SCID, Ileitis, Integrin alpha4beta1, Mice, Mutant Strains, Mice, Mice, Inbred AKR, Mucoproteins, Cell Movement, Chronic Disease, Disease Progression, Animals, Female, L-Selectin, Antibodies, Blocking, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Signal Transduction
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