학술논문

Gut Helicobacter presentation by multiple dendritic cell subsets enables context-specific regulatory T cell generation.
Document Type
Article
Source
eLife. 2/11/2021, p1-29. 29p.
Subject
*REGULATORY T cells
*DENDRITIC cells
*T cell differentiation
*HELICOBACTER
*T cell receptors
Language
ISSN
2050-084X
Abstract
Generation of tolerogenic peripheral regulatory T (pTreg) cells is commonly thought to involve CD103+ gut dendritic cells (DCs), yet their role in commensal-reactive pTreg development is unclear. Using two Helicobacter-specific T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mouse lines, we found that both CD103+ and CD103-migratory, but not resident, DCs from the colon-draining mesenteric lymph node presented Helicobacter antigens to T cells ex vivo. Loss of most CD103+ migratory DCs in vivo using murine genetic models did not affect the frequency of Helicobacter-specific pTreg cell generation or induce compensatory tolerogenic changes in the remaining CD103-DCs. By contrast, activation in a Th1-promoting niche in vivo blocked Helicobacter-specific pTreg generation. Thus, these data suggest a model where DC-mediated effector T cell differentiation is 'dominant', necessitating that all DC subsets presenting antigen are permissive for pTreg cell induction to maintain gut tolerance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]