A liver tolerates a portal antigen by generating CD11c+ cells, which select Fas Ligand+ Th2 cells via apoptosis
Open Access
- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Hepatology
- Vol. 38 (2), 403-412
- https://doi.org/10.1053/jhep.2003.50343
Abstract
Administration of an antigen (Ag) per oral route leads to apoptosis of Ag‐specific CD4+ T cells and to development of Th2 cells expressing Fas ligand (FasL) in the liver. We determined whether presentation of an ingested Ag in the liver alone was enough to select these FasL+Th2 cells and explored how this selection was achieved in the liver. Ovalbumin (OVA) administered orally was colocalized with class II+ cells in the periportal and parenchymal area of the liver. On coculture with naive OVA‐specific CD4+ T cells, hepatic CD11c+ cells from mice fed OVA generated Ag‐specific Th2 cells. This was achieved by apoptosis of CD4+ T cells, decrease of interleukin 12 (IL‐12) secretion, and increase of IL‐18 secretion by the CD11c+ cells. Addition of IL‐12 to this coculture prevented apoptosis of the CD4+ T cells, which was associated with up‐modulation of IL‐2 receptor β chain expression. Administration of IL‐12 to mice fed OVA prevented apoptosis of OVA‐specific CD4+ T cells in the liver. Moreover, adoptive transfer of hepatic CD11c+ cells from mice fed OVA together with OVA‐specific CD4+ T cells led to development of Th2 cells as well as apoptosis of the transferred CD4+ T cells in the lymph nodes of the recipient mice on immunization with OVA. In conclusion, presentation of an ingested Ag by hepatic CD11c+ cells selects Th2 cells resistant to apoptosis in the liver, which is mediated in part by down‐regulation of IL‐12 secretion by the former cells.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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