title: CCR5 usage by CCL5 induces a selective leukocyte recruitment in human skin xenografts in vivo.
abstract: CCR5 is one of the major inflammatory chemokine receptors with potential therapeutical applications in humans. However, the redundancy of chemokines and their receptors, and the species specificity of chemokine receptor antagonists pose challenges to understanding of the role they play in pharmacological situations. To address this question, we used a humanized severe combined immunodeficient mouse model grafted with human skin and autologous leukocytes, and evaluated the effect of a blocking antibody against human CCR5, on CCL5-induced cutaneous leukocyte recruitment in vivo. At baseline, CCL5 induced a significant recruitment of T cells mainly of the memory phenotype, of monocytes/macrophages, eosinophils, and IFN-gamma(+) but not IL-4(+) and IL-5(+) cells. In vivo, anti-CCR5 antibody was able to almost completely inhibit the recruitment of monocytes/macrophages and T-helper (Th)1-type cells to inhibit partially the attraction of memory T cells, but had no effect on eosinophil infiltration, although all these cell types express other CCL5 binding chemokine receptors than CCR5. These results indicate that the in vivo environment regulates target cell specificity of CCL5 leading to differential cell recruitment, suggesting that antagonizing CCR5 receptor may be of therapeutic value in diseases such as acquired immuno deficiency syndrome, where CCL5/CCR5, monocytes, and Th1-type cells play a predominant role.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U-774, Institut Pasteur de Lille, France.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Nadaï
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chenivesse
authors.forename: Jules
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gilet
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Porte
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vorng
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Andrew F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Walls
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wallaert
authors.forename: André-Bernard
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Tonnel
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsicopoulos
authors.forename: Hans-Günter
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Zerwes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000276:immunology*; D018946:Chemokine CCL5; D019742:Chemokines, CC / Q000276:immunology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D016513:Mice, SCID; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D009154:Mutation; D019713:Receptors, CCR5 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; C483024:CCL5 protein, human; D018946:Chemokine CCL5; D019742:Chemokines, CC; D019713:Receptors, CCR5; D007371:Interferon-gamma