IL-23 and IL-17 in the establishment of protective pulmonary CD4+ T cell responses after vaccination and during Mycobacterium tuberculosis challenge

Autor: Susan L. Swain, Shabaana A. Khader, Sheri M. Eaton, Jeffrey J. Fountain, Richard M. Locksley, Laura Haynes, Guy K. Bell, Garth E Cilley, Troy D. Randall, Javier Rangel-Moreno, Fang Shen, Andrea M. Cooper, John E. Pearl, Sarah L. Gaffen
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Nature immunology. 8(4)
ISSN: 1529-2908
Popis: Interferon-gamma is key in limiting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Here we show that vaccination triggered an accelerated interferon-gamma response by CD4(+) T cells in the lung during subsequent M. tuberculosis infection. Interleukin 23 (IL-23) was essential for the accelerated response, for early cessation of bacterial growth and for establishment of an IL-17-producing CD4(+) T cell population in the lung. The recall response of the IL-17-producing CD4(+) T cell population occurred concurrently with expression of the chemokines CXCL9, CXCL10 and CXCL11. Depletion of IL-17 during challenge reduced the chemokine expression and accumulation of CD4(+) T cells producing interferon-gamma in the lung. We propose that vaccination induces IL-17-producing CD4(+) T cells that populate the lung and, after challenge, trigger the production of chemokines that recruit CD4(+) T cells producing interferon-gamma, which ultimately restrict bacterial growth.
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