Lord Graham M, Rao Ravi M, Choe Hyeryun, Sullivan Brandon M, Lichtman Andrew H, Luscinskas F William, Glimcher Laurie H
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Blood. 2005 Nov 15;106(10):3432-9. doi: 10.1182/blood-2005-04-1393. Epub 2005 Jul 12.
Inflammatory responses are controlled by T helper 1 (Th1) lymphocytes. An important function of this polarity is the ability of T cells to traffick appropriately in vivo. This differential trafficking is dependent upon the binding of P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 to P- and E-selectin on inflamed endothelium as well as the expression of specific chemokine receptors. Here we show that in the absence of T-box expressed in T cells (T-bet), selective migration of T cells in vivo is completely abrogated and that T-bet regulates the binding of CD4(+) T cells to P-selectin. T-bet is also required for the expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR3. Thus, T-bet controls Th1-cell migration to inflammatory sites, which has fundamental consequences for the control of immunologic disease.
炎症反应由辅助性T细胞1(Th1)淋巴细胞控制。这种极化的一个重要功能是T细胞在体内进行适当迁移的能力。这种差异性迁移依赖于P-选择素糖蛋白配体-1与炎症内皮上的P-选择素和E-选择素的结合以及特定趋化因子受体的表达。我们在此表明,在缺乏T细胞中表达的T-框蛋白(T-bet)时,T细胞在体内的选择性迁移完全被消除,并且T-bet调节CD4(+) T细胞与P-选择素的结合。趋化因子受体CXCR3的表达也需要T-bet。因此,T-bet控制Th1细胞向炎症部位的迁移,这对免疫疾病的控制具有重要意义。