title: Interleukin 25 in allergic airway inflammation.
abstract: T helper 2 (Th2) cells induce allergic inflammation through the production of cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5 and IL-13. Recently, it has been demonstrated that a novel IL-17 family cytokine IL-25 (IL-17E) is a product of activated Th2 cells and mast cells. Interestingly, when systemically administered to mice, IL-25 induces IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13 production from undefined non-T/non-B cells and then induces Th2-type immune responses such as blood eosinophilia and increased serum immunoglobulin E levels. In addition, we have recently shown that IL-25 mRNA is expressed in the lung after an inhaled antigen challenge in sensitized mice and that neutralization of the produced IL-25 by soluble IL-25 receptor decreases antigen-induced eosinophil and CD4+ T cell recruitment into the airways. Moreover, we have shown that the enforced expression of IL-25 in the lung significantly enhances antigen-induced Th2 cytokine production and eosinophil recruitment into the airways, and that the IL-25-mediated enhancement of antigen-induced eosinophil recruitment is inhibited by the depletion of CD4+ T cells. Thus, it is suggested that IL-25 plays an important role in enhancing allergic airway inflammation by a CD4+ T-cell-dependent mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamachi
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maezawa
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Itsuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology*; D007378:Interleukins / Q000276:immunology*; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology*; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000276:immunology; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007378:Interleukins