Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Eur J Immunol. 2011 May;41(5):1420-34. doi: 10.1002/eji.201040930. Epub 2011 Apr 14.
Tolerance to self-antigens expressed in peripheral organs is maintained by CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) Treg cells, which are generated as a result of thymic selection or peripheral induction. Here, we demonstrate that steady-state migratory DCs from the skin mediated Treg conversion in draining lymph nodes of mice. These DCs displayed a partially mature MHC II(int) CD86(int) CD40(hi) CCR7(+) phenotype, used endogenous TGF-β for conversion and showed nuclear RelB translocation. Deficiency of the alternative NF-κB signaling pathway (RelB/p52) reduced steady-state migration of DCs. These DCs transported and directly presented soluble OVA provided by s.c. implanted osmotic minipumps, as well as cell-associated epidermal OVA in transgenic K5-mOVA mice to CD4(+) OVA-specific TCR-transgenic OT-II T cells. The langerin(+) dermal DC subset, but not epidermal Langerhans cells, mediated conversion of naive OT-II×RAG-1(-/-) T cells into proliferating CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) Tregs. Thus, our data suggest that steady-state migratory RelB(+) TGF-β(+) langerin(+) dermal DCs mediate peripheral Treg conversion in response to epidermal antigen in skin-draining lymph nodes.
外周器官中表达的自身抗原的耐受性由 CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) Treg 细胞维持,这些细胞是由于胸腺选择或外周诱导而产生的。在这里,我们证明了来自皮肤的稳态迁移 DC 可在小鼠引流淋巴结中介导 Treg 转化。这些 DC 表现出部分成熟的 MHC II(int) CD86(int) CD40(hi) CCR7(+)表型,利用内源性 TGF-β 进行转化,并显示核 RelB 易位。替代 NF-κB 信号通路(RelB/p52)的缺陷减少了 DC 的稳态迁移。这些 DC 运输并直接呈递由皮下植入的渗透微型泵提供的可溶性 OVA,以及转基因 K5-mOVA 小鼠中的细胞相关表皮 OVA,以向 CD4(+) OVA 特异性 TCR 转基因 OT-II T 细胞呈递。朗格汉斯细胞(+)真皮 DC 亚群,而不是表皮朗格汉斯细胞,介导幼稚 OT-II×RAG-1(-/-) T 细胞向增殖的 CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) Treg 的转化。因此,我们的数据表明,稳态迁移的 RelB(+) TGF-β(+) langerin(+)真皮 DC 可介导外周 Treg 转化,以响应皮肤引流淋巴结中的表皮抗原。
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