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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
IL-2 and IL-7 share a common gamma-chain receptor and are critical for T-cell homeostasis. We aimed to clarify the reciprocal roles of IL-2 and IL-7 in the development and persistence of chronic colitis. We performed a series of adoptive transfers of IL-2(-/-) CD4(+)CD45RB(high) T cells into RAG-2(-/-) mice and assessed the role of IL-2 in the induction of IL-7R alpha on colitogenic CD4(+) T cells and the development of chronic colitis. RAG-2(-/-) mice transferred with WT but not with IL-2(-/-) CD4(+)CD45RB(high) T cells developed Th1/Th17-mediated colitis. Consistently, re-expression of IL-7R alpha was severely impaired on IL-2(-/-) but not on WT CD4(+) T cells from the transferred mice. To exclude a contribution of the preclinical autoimmunity of IL-2(-/-)mice, WT Ly5.1(+) or IL-2(-/-) Ly5.2(+) CD4(+)CD45RB(high) T cells from GFP mice previously transplanted with the same number of WT and IL-2(-/-) BM cells were transferred into RAG-2(-/-) mice. RAG-2(-/-) mice transferred with IL-2(-/-)-derived CD4(+)CD45RB(high) T cells did not develop colitis, but their splenic CD4(+) T cells changed from effector-memory to central-memory type. These results show that IL-2 is critically involved in the establishment and maintenance of IL-7-dependent colitogenic memory CD4(+)IL-7R alpha(high) T cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1521-4141
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2423-36
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Adoptive Transfer, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Colitis, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Immunologic Memory, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Interleukin-17, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Interleukin-7, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Receptors, Interleukin-7, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Th1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20623548-Transplantation Chimera
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
IL-2 is positively involved in the development of colitogenic CD4+ IL-7R alpha high memory T cells in chronic colitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't