Antigens in tea-beverage prime human Vγ2Vδ2 T cellsin vitroandin vivofor memory and nonmemory antibacterial cytokine responses
- 28 April 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 100 (10), 6009-6014
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1035603100
Abstract
Human gammadelta T cells mediate innate immunity to microbes via T cell receptor-dependent recognition of unprocessed antigens with conserved molecular patterns. These nonpeptide alkylamine antigens are shared by tumor cells, bacteria, parasites, and fungi but also by edible plant products such as tea, apples, mushrooms, and wine. Here we show that priming of gammadelta T cells with alkylamine antigens in vitro results in a memory response to these antigens. Such priming results also in a nonmemory response to whole bacteria and to lipopolysaccharide, characterized by IL-12-dependent secretion of IFN-gamma by gammadelta T cells and by gammadelta T cell proliferation. Drinking tea, which contains l-theanine, a precursor of the nonpeptide antigen ethylamine, primed peripheral blood gammadelta T cells to mediate a memory response on reexposure to ethylamine and to secrete IFN-gamma in response to bacteria. This unique combination of innate immune response and immunologic memory shows that gammadelta T cells can function as a bridge between innate and acquired immunity. In addition, these data provide an explanation for the health benefits of tea.This publication has 48 references indexed in Scilit:
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