title: IL-10 is critical for Th2 responses in a murine model of allergic dermatitis.
abstract: We found that mechanical injury to mouse skin, which can be caused by tape stripping, results in rapid induction of IL-10 mRNA. IL-10-/- mice were used to examine the role of IL-10 in a mouse model of allergic dermatitis induced by epicutaneous (EC) sensitization with OVA on tape-stripped skin. Skin infiltration by eosinophils and expression of eotaxin, IL-4, and IL-5 mRNA in OVA-sensitized skin sites were severely diminished in IL-10-/- mice. Following in vitro stimulation with OVA, splenocytes from EC-sensitized IL-10-/- mice secreted significantly less IL-4, but significantly more IFN-gamma, than splenocytes from WT controls. A similar skewing in cytokine secretion profile was observed in the splenocytes of IL-10-/- mice immunized intraperitoneally with OVA. IL-10-/- APCs skewed the in vitro response of OVA T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic T cells towards Th1. Examination of the Th response of WT and IL-10-/- mice immunized with OVA-pulsed WT or IL-10-/- DCs revealed that both DCs and T cells participate in IL-10 skewing of the Th2 response in vivo. These results suggest that IL-10 plays an important role in the Th2 response to antigen and in the development of skin eosinophilia in a murine model of allergic dermatitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Dhafer
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laouini
authors.forename: Harri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alenius
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bryce
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oettgen
authors.forename: Erdyni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsitsikov
authors.forename: Raif S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Geha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000502:physiology; D054413:Chemokine CCL11; D019742:Chemokines, CC / Q000235:genetics; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000276:immunology*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000502:physiology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000235:genetics; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000235:genetics; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000502:physiology; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C515457:Ccl11 protein, mouse; D054413:Chemokine CCL11; D019742:Chemokines, CC; D015848:Interleukin-5; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016753:Interleukin-10; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D010047:Ovalbumin