title: MIP-1alpha regulates CD4+ T cell chemotaxis and indirectly enhances PMN persistence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa corneal infection.
abstract: The role of macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) in cell infiltration into Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected cornea and subsequent disease was examined. Greater amounts of the chemokine (protein and mRNA) were found in the infected cornea of susceptible B6 ("cornea perforates") versus resistant BALB/c ("cornea heals") mice from 1 to 5 days postinfection. Treatment of BALB/c mice with recombinant (r) MIP-1alpha exacerbated disease and was associated with an increased number of neutrophils (PMNs) in the cornea. Treatment of BALB/c mice with rMIP-1alpha also induced recruitment of activated CD4+ T cells into the affected cornea, converting resistant to susceptible mice. Depleting CD4+ T cells in r-treated BALB/c mice significantly decreased PMNs in cornea tissue, suggesting that T cells regulate persistence of PMNs at this site. In B6 mice, administration of neutralizing MIP-1alpha polyclonal antibody also significantly reduced PMN numbers and pathology. Collectively, evidence is provided that MIP-1alpha directly contributed to CD4+ T cell recruitment and indirectly to PMN persistence in the infected cornea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy/Cell Biology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kernacki
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McClellan
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Hazlett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins