新生儿衣原体感染导致驱动变应性气道疾病的混合T细胞反应
2008/04/30
肺部的衣原体感染一直被认为与儿童和成人的哮喘有相关性。但是,衣原体感染是怎样影响免疫应答反应的发展,从而促进哮喘发生的机制目前还不清楚。为了确定在不同年龄感染衣原体对变应性气道疾病发展的影响,作者采用新出生的和成年的BALB/c小鼠分别建立衣原体感染和卵蛋白激发的变应性气道疾病的小鼠模型。新出生的和成年的小鼠给予衣原体感染,6周后致敏,接着给予卵蛋白激发。变应性气道疾病和炎症的特征分别与未感染或未致敏的对照组相比照。
结果显示,在感染后的10~15天,我们观察到,衣原体诱导的中等程度的肺部病变,通过增加细菌的数量、肺的组织病理学改变和体重的降低等而得到证实。6周后,感染情况和组织病理的改变得到缓解,体重增加的比率得到恢复。感染的新生小鼠其T辅助细胞释放的白介素-5水平呈显著的增加,而感染的成年小鼠其白介素-5水平没有增加;由于卵蛋白的刺激使肺内的嗜酸粒细胞数量增加。值得注意的是,感染早期的效应与1型和2型的卵蛋白特异性T辅助细胞的细胞因子和抗体反应有相关性。
(苏楠 卫生部中日友好医院呼吸内科 100029 摘译)
(Am J Respir Crit Care Med.2007,15;176(6):556-564. Epub 2007 Jun 28.)
Neonatal chlamydial infection induces mixed T-cell responses that drive allergic airway disease.
Horvat JC, Beagley KW, Wade MA, Preston JA, Hansbro NG, Hickey DK, Kaiko GE, Gibson PG, Foster PS, Hansbro PM.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Sep 15;176(6):556-64. Epub 2007 Jun 28.
Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.
RATIONALE: Chlamydial lung infection has been associated with asthma in children and adults. However, how chlamydial infection influences the development of immune responses that promote asthma remains unknown. OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of chlamydial infection at various ages on the development of allergic airway disease (AAD). METHODS: Mouse models of chlamydial lung infection and ovalbumin-induced AAD were established in neonatal and adult BALB/c mice. Neonatal or adult mice were given a chlamydial infection and 6 weeks later were sensitized and subsequently challenged with ovalbumin. Features of AAD and inflammation were compared between uninfected or unsensitized controls. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Mild Chlamydia-induced lung disease was observed 10-15 days after infection, as evidenced by increased bacterial numbers and histopathology in the lung and a reduction in weight gain. After 6 weeks, infection and histopathology had resolved and the rate of weight gain had recovered. Neonatal but not adult infection resulted in significant decreases in interleukin-5 production from helper T cells and by the numbers of eosinophils recruited to the lung in response to ovalbumin exposure. Remarkably, the effects of early-life infection were associated with the generation of both type 1 and 2 ovalbumin-specific helper T-cell cytokine and antibody responses. Furthermore, although neonatal infection significantly attenuated eosinophilia, the generation of the mixed T-cell response exacerbated other hallmark features of asthma: mucus hypersecretion and airway hyperresponsiveness. Moreover, infection prolonged the expression of AAD and these effects were restricted to early-life infection. CONCLUSIONS: Early-life chlamydial infection induces a mixed type 1 and 2 T-cell response to antigen, which differentially affects the development of key features of AAD in the adult.
PMID: 17600276 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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