Fas Ligand Expression on T Cells Is Sufficient to Prevent Prolonged Airway Inflammation in a Murine Model of Asthma
- 1 September 2010
- journal article
- Published by American Thoracic Society in American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
- Vol. 43 (3), 342-348
- https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2008-0454oc
Abstract
Our previous studies revealed that, in a murine model of asthma, mice that received Fas-deficient T cells developed a prolonged phase of airway inflammation, mucus production, and airway hyperreactivity that failed to resolve even 6 weeks after the last challenge. To investigate how Fas-Fas ligand (FasL) interaction occurs between T cells and other cells in vivo, Gld mice with abnormalities of the FasL signaling pathway were used. The reconstituted mice were made by transferring T cells from B6 or Gld mice to Rag(-/-) or FasL-deficient Rag(-/-) mice. We found that Rag(-/-) mice that received B6 T cells resolved the airway inflammation, whereas FasL-deficient Rag(-/-) mice that received Gld T cells developed a prolonged airway inflammation at Day 28, with decreased IFN-gamma production. Both FasL-deficient Rag(-/-) mice that received B6 T cells and Rag(-/-) mice that received Gld T cells also had completely resolved their airway inflammation by Day 28 after challenge. Interestingly, FasL-deficient Rag(-/-) mice that received Gld T cells eventually resolved airway inflammation at Day 42, with a similar level of IFN-gamma production to that of control group. These results demonstrate that FasL expression on either T cells only or non-T cells only was sufficient for the eventual resolution of airway inflammation, and the prolonged airway inflammation in FasL-deficient Rag(-/-) mice that received Gld T cells was correlated with decreased IFN-gamma production by Gld T cells.Keywords
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