title: Allergen uptake, activation, and IL-23 production by pulmonary myeloid DCs drives airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma-susceptible mice.
abstract: Maladaptive, Th2-polarized inflammatory responses are integral to the pathogenesis of allergic asthma. As regulators of T cell activation, dendritic cells (DCs) are important mediators of allergic asthma, yet the precise signals which render endogenous DCs "pro-asthmatic", and the extent to which these signals are regulated by the pulmonary environment and host genetics, remains unclear. Comparative phenotypic and functional analysis of pulmonary DC populations in mice susceptible (A/J), or resistant (C3H) to experimental asthma, revealed that susceptibility to airway hyperresponsiveness is associated with preferential myeloid DC (mDC) allergen uptake, and production of Th17-skewing cytokines (IL-6, IL-23), whereas resistance is associated with increased allergen uptake by plasmacytoid DCs. Surprisingly, adoptive transfer of syngeneic HDM-pulsed bone marrow derived mDCs (BMDCs) to the lungs of C3H mice markedly enhanced lung IL-17A production, and rendered them susceptible to allergen-driven airway hyperresponsiveness. Characterization of these BMDCs revealed levels of antigen uptake, and Th17 promoting cytokine production similar to that observed in pulmonary mDCs from susceptible A/J mice. Collectively these data demonstrate that the lung environment present in asthma-resistant mice promotes robust pDC allergen uptake, activation, and limits Th17-skewing cytokine production responsible for driving pathologic T cell responses central to the development of allergen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.
authors.forename: Ian P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Lewkowich
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lajoie
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Nancy S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: Alyssa A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sproles
authors.forename: Marsha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wills-Karp
mesh_terms: D019264:Adoptive Transfer; D000485:Allergens / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D016535:Bronchial Hyperreactivity / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D020381:Interleukin-17 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D053759:Interleukin-23 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D022423:Myeloid Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D039981:Pyroglyphidae / Q000276:immunology; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D020381:Interleukin-17; D053759:Interleukin-23