Keratinocyte-derived, CD80-mediated costimulation is associated with hapten-specific IgE production during contact hypersensitivity to T H1 haptens
B7-1 transgenic mice exhibit exaggerated and persistent contact hypersensitivity responses compared with normal mice. Because B7-1 and B7-2 deliver different costimulatory signals to T cells during antigen presentation, the purpose of this study was to compare B7-1 and B7-2 on keratinocytes and to c...
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Published in | Journal of allergy and clinical immunology Vol. 115; no. 2; pp. 383 - 390 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Mosby, Inc
2005
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Summary: | B7-1 transgenic mice exhibit exaggerated and persistent contact hypersensitivity responses compared with normal mice.
Because B7-1 and B7-2 deliver different costimulatory signals to T cells during antigen presentation, the purpose of this study was to compare B7-1 and B7-2 on keratinocytes and to compare their effects on contact hypersensitivity.
Contact hypersensitivity was studied in transgenic mice whose keratinocytes constitutively expressed B7-1, B7-2, or no costimulatory molecules (nontransgenic mice).
B7-1 transgenic mice, and to a lesser extent B7-2 transgenic mice, developed exaggerated ear swelling responses after sensitization and challenge with haptens such as trinitrochlorobenzene or dinitrofluorobenzene. Ear swelling responses in B7-1 transgenic mice were characterized by the presence of markedly elevated inflammatory cytokine transcripts (IL-6, TNF-α, and lymphotoxin β) as well as IL-10 compared with either B7-2 or nontransgenic mice. Hapten-specific IgE was detected by ELISA in B7-1 transgenic mice but not B7-2 transgenic or nontransgenic mice. Only B7-1 transgenic mice exhibited significant immediate type ear swelling responses to the hapten trinitrochlorobenzene. In addition, their sera can passively transfer cutaneous anaphylaxis to naive C57BL/6 mice, indicating that the hapten-specific IgE was relevant to the immediate ear swelling responses.
These data suggest that keratinocyte-derived costimulation mediated by B7-1 but not B7-2 results in the emergence of T
H2-lymphocyte immune responses to T
H1 haptens. Because human keratinocytes have been noted to express B7-1–like molecules in certain inflammatory skin diseases, this model may be important in understanding the pathophysiology of T
H2-lymphocyte–mediated skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis. |
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ISSN: | 0091-6749 1097-6825 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.11.019 |