The T cells in peripheral taste tissue of healthy human adults: predominant memory T cells and Th-1 cells.
A healthy taste system is important to the maintenance of nutrition and overall quality of life, and taste disorders are associated with many inflammatory states. We previously determined the immune cells in normal human gustatory tissue; they are predominantly dendritic cells and CD4 T cells with a few macrophages and B lymphocytes present. There are, however, few reports of the subtypes of resident lymphocytes in or near taste tissues. The present study further characterized the distribution and population of the major subtypes of T cells in situ within biopsies of healthy human fungiform papillae (FP). Immunohistochemical analyses indicated that T-helper (Th)1 cells (CCR5+) were more predominant in FP than Th2 T cells (CCR4+). CD45RO+ memory T cells were the principal T cells in gustatory tissue, whereas CD45RA+ naive T cells were uncommon. Regarding subcompartments of the tissue, most intraepithelial lymphocytes of FPs were gamma/delta T cells, whereas the major subtype of lymphocytes in the lamina propria were alpha/beta T cells. Regulatory T cells that express CTLA-4 (CD152) and interleukin-2 receptors (IL-2R, CD25) were found at low levels in FP. The T cells stand ready to respond to inflammatory and infectious insults and may play a role in the taste alterations observed during acute and chronic inflammatory states.
Feng
Pu
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Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. pfeng@monell.org
Wang
Hong
H
Feldman
Roy S
RS
Pribitkin
Edmund A
EA
Breslin
Paul A S
PA
D000328:Adult; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D053645:Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit / Q000378:metabolism; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D054398:Receptors, CCR4 / Q000378:metabolism; D019713:Receptors, CCR5 / Q000378:metabolism; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000276:immunology*; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D014059:Tongue / Q000166:cytology
D015703:Antigens, CD; D060908:CTLA-4 Antigen; C556706:CTLA4 protein, human; D053645:Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit; D054398:Receptors, CCR4; D019713:Receptors, CCR5; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens
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