Depletion of CD8alpha+ lymphocytes attenuates CCL28 expression in villus epithelia in rats.
To examine the involvement of CD8alpha+ intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) in chemokine expression by villus epithelial cells, villus and crypt fractions were collected by mechanical isolation using a chelating buffer and specific antibodies in CD8alpha+ cell-depleted rats. A larger population of CD8alpha+ cells was observed by histochemical evaluation in villus epithelia than in crypt epithelia in rat small intestine, and CCL9 and CCL28 expression was higher in the crypt fraction than in the villus fraction. The mRNA expression of CCL28 in villus fractions isolated from rat small intestinal mucosa was significantly reduced compared to that of CCL9, and was accompanied by CD8alpha depletion. Using a combined histochemical and flow cytometric approach, CD8alphaalpha+ cells were detected in the intraepithelial region of the villus epithelium. Thus, CCL28 expression in villus epithelial cells is partially supported by CD8alphaalpha+ cells, and CD8alpha+ IELs are involved in CCL28 expression.
Lee
Jae-Sung
JS
Laboratory of Nutritional Biochemistry, Division of Applied Bioscience, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-9 Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan.
Kamada
Saki
S
Takami
Yuri
Y
Oka
Kohsuke
K
Ochiai
Yuichi
Y
Iwaya
Hitoshi
H
Hara
Hiroshi
H
Ishizuka
Satoshi
S
D000818:Animals; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002465:Cell Movement; D002469:Cell Separation; D019742:Chemokines, CC / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D018928:Immunity, Mucosal; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008212:Lymphocyte Depletion; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats
C545986:CCL28 protein, rat; D019742:Chemokines, CC