| Literature DB >> 11160248 |
R Ishimitsu1, H Nishimura, T Yajima, T Watase, H Kawauchi, Y Yoshikai.
Abstract
IL-15, a pleiotropic cytokine, is involved in the inflammatory responses in various infectious and autoimmune diseases. We have recently constructed IL-15-transgenic (Tg) mice, which have an increased number of memory-type CD8+ T cells in the peripheral lymphoid tissues. In the present study, we found that eosinophilia and Th2-type cytokine production in the airway were severely attenuated in OVA-sensitized IL-15-Tg mice following OVA inhalation. IL-15-Tg mice preferentially developed Tc1 responses mediated by CD8+ T cells after OVA sensitization, and in vivo depletion of CD8+ T cells by anti-CD8 mAb aggravated the allergic airway inflammation in IL-15-Tg mice following OVA inhalation. Adoptive transfer of CD8+ T cells from OVA-sensitized IL-15-Tg mice into normal mice before OVA sensitization suppressed Th2 response to OVA in the normal mice. These results suggest that overexpression of IL-15 in vivo suppresses Th2-mediated-allergic airway response via induction of CD8+ T cell-mediated Tc1 response.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID： 11160248 DOI： 10.4049/jimmunol.166.3.1991
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Immunol ISSN： 0022-1767 Impact factor: 5.422