IL-36α is involved in hapten-specific T-cell induction, but not local inflammation, during contact hypersensitivity

Autor: Susumu Nakae, Yoichiro Iwakura, Takafumi Numata, Kazutoshi Harada, Takamichi Yoshizaki, Katsuko Sudo, Ryoji Tsuboi, Sachiko Yamaguchi, Eri Shimura
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 506:429-436
ISSN: 0006-291X
Popis: Levels of IL36α are known to be increased in specimens from patients with atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. In addition, it has been reported that IL-36α is crucial for development of imiquimod-induced psoriatic dermatitis in mice. On the other hand, the role of IL-36α in induction of allergic contact dermatitis/contact hypersensitivity (ACD/CHS) is poorly understood. We found that IL-36α was produced in keratinocytes of mice during imiquimod-induced psoriatic dermatitis, but it was hardly detectable in the skin of mice during either fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)- or 1-fluoro-2, 4-dinitrobenzene (DNFB)-induced CHS. Although IL-36α can enhance activation of dendritic cells (DCs) and T cells, in CHS, IL-36α was not essential for DC migration from the skin to draining LNs, but it was required for induction or activation of hapten-specific T cells such as Th/Tc1 or Th17 cells. However, local inflammation, assessed by measurement of ear skin thickness, was comparable between wild-type and IL-36α-deficient mice during both FITC- and DNFB-induced CHS. These observations indicate that IL-36α is involved in induction and/or activation of hapten-specific T-cell subsets in the sensitization phase of CHS, but not essential for induction of local inflammation in the elicitation phase.
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