Cutaneous immunosurveillance by self-renewing dermal γδ T cells
Open Access
- 21 February 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 208 (3), 505-518
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20101824
Abstract
The presence of γδ T cell receptor (TCR)–expressing cells in the epidermis of mice, termed dendritic epidermal T cells (DETCs), is well established. Because of their strict epidermal localization, it is likely that DETCs primarily respond to epithelial stress, such as infections or the presence of transformed cells, whereas they may not participate directly in dermal immune responses. In this study, we describe a prominent population of resident dermal γδ T cells, which differ from DETCs in TCR usage, phenotype, and migratory behavior. Dermal γδ T cells are radioresistant, cycle in situ, and are partially depend on interleukin (IL)-7, but not IL-15, for their development and survival. During mycobacterial infection, dermal γδ T cells are the predominant dermal cells that produce IL-17. Absence of dermal γδ T cells is associated with decreased expansion in skin draining lymph nodes of CD4+ T cells specific for an immunodominant Mycobacterium tuberculosis epitope. Decreased CD4+ T cell expansion is related to a reduction in neutrophil recruitment to the skin and decreased BCG shuttling to draining lymph nodes. Thus, dermal γδ T cells are an important part of the resident cutaneous immunosurveillance program. Our data demonstrate functional specialization of T cells in distinct microcompartments of the skin.This publication has 60 references indexed in Scilit:
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