title: T and IgA B lymphocytes of the pharyngeal and palatine tonsils: differential expression of adhesion molecules and chemokines.
abstract: The pharyngeal (Ph) and palatine (Pa) tonsils, although located in different regions of the upper aero-digestive tract (UADT), are thought to protect the respiratory tract similarly against infections by inducing and disseminating T and surface IgA(+) (sIgA(+)) B cells. We investigated the factors controlling the migratory properties of T and sIgA(+) B lymphocytes in the UADT of pigs by comparing the expression of vascular addressins, homing receptors and chemokine transcripts in Ph/Pa tonsils, Peyer's patches (PP) and their draining lymph nodes (LN). The vascular addressin PNAd was detected on high endothelial venules in both tonsils, whereas mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1, otherwise present in PP and mesenteric LN, was not detected. More importantly, the vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) addressin was present in Ph tonsil and LN but neither in Pa tonsil nor in PP vascular cells, whereas both T and sIgA(+) B lymphocytes displayed similar levels of alpha4beta1(high) integrin, the ligand of VCAM-1. Analysis of transcript levels for several lymphoid (CCL19, CXCL12 and CCL21) and epithelial chemokines also demonstrated opposite chemokine mRNA ratios for Ph tonsil (CCL28 > CCL25) and PP, with Pa tonsil expressing very low levels of CCL28. Collectively, these data indicate that the differential compartmentalization of sIgA(+) lymphocytes between Pa and Ph tonsils may partly result from the differential expression of VCAM-1 and CCL28. They also suggest that tonsillar addressins and epithelial chemokines, rather than the cells intravasating it, control the regionalization of sIgA(+) lymphocytes in the UADT.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Recherches de Tours, Nouzilly, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bourges
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chevaleyre
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Salmon
mesh_terms: D000234:Adenoids / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D016175:B-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism; D018925:Chemokines / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010581:Peyer's Patches / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016201:Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017252:CD3 Complex; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D018925:Chemokines; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016201:Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1