Depletion of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells with anti-CD25 antibody may exacerbate the 1,3-β-glucan-induced lung inflammatory response in mice

Arch Toxicol. 2011 Nov;85(11):1383-94. doi: 10.1007/s00204-011-0673-6. Epub 2011 Feb 24.

Abstract

1,3-β-Glucan was a major cell wall component of fungus. The existing studies showed that 1,3-β-glucan exposure could induce lung inflammation that involved both Th1 and Th2 cytokines. Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) played a critical role in regulating immune homeostasis by adjusting the Th1/Th2 balance. The role of Treg cells and regulatory mechanism in 1,3-β-glucan-induced lung inflammation is still unclear. In our study, mice were exposed to 1,3-β-glucan by intratracheal instillation. To investigate the role of Treg cells in response to 1,3-β-glucan, we generated Treg-depleted mice by intraperitoneal administration of anti-CD25 mAb. The Treg-depleted mice showed more inflammatory cells and severer pathological inflammatory change in lung tissue. Depletion of Treg cells led to increased Th1 cytokines and decreased Th2 cytokines. Treg-depleted mice showed a decreased expression of anti-inflammation cytokine and lower-level expression of CTLA-4. In all, our study indicated that Treg cells participated in regulating the 1,3-β-glucan-induced lung inflammation. Depletion of Treg cells aggravated the 1,3-β-glucan-induced lung inflammation, regulated the Th1/Th2 balance by enhancing Th1 response. Treg cells exerted their modulation function depending on both direct and indirect mechanism during the 1,3-β-glucan-induced lung inflammation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / metabolism
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage
  • Cytokines
  • Female
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors / immunology*
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Inflammation / pathology
  • Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit / immunology
  • Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit / metabolism
  • Lung / pathology*
  • Lung Injury / chemically induced
  • Lung Injury / pathology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / metabolism
  • Th1-Th2 Balance
  • beta-Glucans / toxicity*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Cytokines
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors
  • Foxp3 protein, mouse
  • Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit
  • beta-Glucans
  • beta-1,3-glucan