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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-7
pubmed:abstractText
Expression of a distant homologue MHC class I molecule, MHC class I-related chain A (MICA), has been found to be stress inducible and limited to the intestinal epithelium. This nonclassical MHC molecule is associated with various carcinomas in humans. To understand the biological consequences of MICA expression in the gut, we generated transgenic (Tg) mice (T3(b)-MICA Tg) under the control of the T3(b) promoter. The T3(b)-MICA Tg mice expressed MICA selectively in the intestine and had an increased number of TCRalphabeta CD4CD8alphaalpha, double-positive (DP) intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) in the small bowel. These MICA-expanded DP IELs exhibited a bias to Vbeta8.2 and overlapped motifs of the complementarity-determining region 3 region among various Tg mice. Hence, the overexpression of MICA resulted in a clonal expansion of DP IELs. Studies in model of inflammatory bowel disease showed that transgenic MICA was able to attenuate the acute colitis induced by dextran sodium sulfate administration. Therefore, this unique in vivo model will enable investigation of possible influences of stress-inducible MICA on the gut immune surveillance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
171
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4131-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Antigens, CD8, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Dextran Sulfate, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Intestinal Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Intestine, Small, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Irritable Bowel Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:14530335-Transgenes
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Clonal expansion of double-positive intraepithelial lymphocytes by MHC class I-related chain A expressed in mouse small intestinal epithelium.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Mucosal Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't