The requirement of natural killer T-cells in tolerogenic APCs-mediated suppression of collagen-induced arthritis

  • Sundo Jung
  • , Yoon Kyung Park
  • , Jung Hoon Shin
  • , Hyunji Lee
  • , Soo Young Kim
  • , Gap Ryol Lee
  • , Se Ho Park*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    TGF-β-induced tolerogenic-antigen presenting cells (Tol-APCs) could induce suppression of autoimmune diseases such as collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) and allergic asthma. In contrast, many studies have shown that NKT cells are involved in the pathogenesis of Th1-mediated autoimmune joint inflammation and Th2-mediated allergic pulmonary inflammation. In this study, we investigated the effect of CD1d-restricted NKT cells in the Tol-APCs-mediated suppression of autoimmune disease using a murine CIA model. When CIA-induced mice were treated with Tol-APCs obtained from CD1d+/- or CD1d-/- mice, unlike CD1d+/- APCs, CD1d-/- Tol-APCs failed to suppress CIA. More specifically, CD1d-/- Tol-APCs failed to suppress the production of inflammatory cytokines and the induction of Th2 responses by antigen-specific CD4 T cells both in vitro and in vivo. Our results demonstrate that the presence of CD1d-restricted NKT cells is critical for the induction of Tol-APCs-mediated suppression of CIA.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)547-554
    Number of pages8
    JournalExperimental and Molecular Medicine
    Volume42
    Issue number8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

    Keywords

    • Antigen-presenting cells
    • Antigens
    • Arthritis
    • CD1d
    • Experimental
    • Immune tolerance
    • Natural killer T-cells

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Medicine
    • Molecular Biology
    • Clinical Biochemistry

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