BACKGROUND & AIMS: Interleukin (IL)-10 is a cytokine with anti-inflammatory properties. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of a site-specific delivery of IL-10 on intestinal immune responses. METHODS: Transgenic mice were created in which IL-10 is expressed by the intestinal epithelial cells. RESULTS: Transgenic mice showed a marked increase in the number of intraepithelial lymphocytes in the small intestine. Mucosal lymphocytes of transgenic animals produced fewer T helper type 1 cytokines than wild-type lymphocytes. By contrast, the production of transforming growth factor beta was increased. Moreover, the epithelial layer in transgenic mice was significantly enriched for CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells. Furthermore, transgenic mice had increased numbers of immunoglobulin A-producing B cells in the small intestine. These effects were local because splenic lymphocytes were not affected. Studies in models of inflammatory bowel disease showed that transgenic IL-10 was able to attenuate the acute colitis induced by dextran sodium sulfate administration or by adoptive transfer of CD4(+)CD45RB(high) splenocytes, with a modest effect on the chronic intestinal inflammation arising spontaneously in IL-10(-/-) mice. CONCLUSIONS: These observations provide evidence for an in vivo lymphoepithelial cross talk, by which cytokines locally produced by epithelial cells can regulate immune responses in the intestine without systemic modifications.
BACKGROUND & AIMS:Interleukin (IL)-10 is a cytokine with anti-inflammatory properties. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of a site-specific delivery of IL-10 on intestinal immune responses. METHODS:Transgenic mice were created in which IL-10 is expressed by the intestinal epithelial cells. RESULTS:Transgenic mice showed a marked increase in the number of intraepithelial lymphocytes in the small intestine. Mucosal lymphocytes of transgenic animals produced fewer T helper type 1 cytokines than wild-type lymphocytes. By contrast, the production of transforming growth factor beta was increased. Moreover, the epithelial layer in transgenic mice was significantly enriched for CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells. Furthermore, transgenic mice had increased numbers of immunoglobulin A-producing B cells in the small intestine. These effects were local because splenic lymphocytes were not affected. Studies in models of inflammatory bowel disease showed that transgenic IL-10 was able to attenuate the acute colitis induced by dextran sodium sulfate administration or by adoptive transfer of CD4(+)CD45RB(high) splenocytes, with a modest effect on the chronic intestinal inflammation arising spontaneously in IL-10(-/-) mice. CONCLUSIONS: These observations provide evidence for an in vivo lymphoepithelial cross talk, by which cytokines locally produced by epithelial cells can regulate immune responses in the intestine without systemic modifications.
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