PMID- 17145958 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070312 LR - 20181113 IS - 0022-1007 (Print) IS - 1540-9538 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1007 (Linking) VI - 203 IP - 13 DP - 2006 Dec 25 TI - Dynamic imaging of dendritic cell extension into the small bowel lumen in response to epithelial cell TLR engagement. PG - 2841-52 AB - Cells lining the gastrointestinal tract serve as both a barrier to and a pathway for infectious agent entry. Dendritic cells (DCs) present in the lamina propria under the columnar villus epithelium of the small bowel extend processes across this epithelium and capture bacteria, but previous studies provided limited information on the nature of the stimuli, receptors, and signaling events involved in promoting this phenomenon. Here, we use immunohistochemical as well as dynamic explant and intravital two-photon imaging to investigate this issue. Analysis of CD11c-enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) or major histocompatibility complex CII-EGFP mice revealed that the number of trans-epithelial DC extensions, many with an unusual "balloon" shape, varies along the length of the small bowel. High numbers of such extensions were found in the proximal jejunum, but only a few were present in the terminal ileum. The extensions in the terminal ileum markedly increased upon the introduction of invasive or noninvasive Salmonella organisms, and chimeric mouse studies revealed the key role of MyD88-dependent Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling by nonhematopoietic (epithelial) elements in the DC extension response. Collectively, these findings support a model in which epithelial cell TLR signaling upon exposure to microbial stimuli induces active DC sampling of the gut lumen at sites distant from organized lymphoid tissues. FAU - Chieppa, Marcello AU - Chieppa M AD - Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. FAU - Rescigno, Maria AU - Rescigno M FAU - Huang, Alex Y C AU - Huang AY FAU - Germain, Ronald N AU - Germain RN LA - eng GR - Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20061204 PL - United States TA - J Exp Med JT - The Journal of experimental medicine JID - 2985109R RN - 0 (CCL20 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (CD11c Antigen) RN - 0 (CX3C Chemokine Receptor 1) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL20) RN - 0 (Chemokines, CC) RN - 0 (Cx3cr1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) RN - 0 (Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins) RN - 0 (Myd88 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88) RN - 0 (Oligodeoxyribonucleotides) RN - 0 (Polysaccharides, Bacterial) RN - 0 (Receptors, Chemokine) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptors) RN - 0 (enhanced green fluorescent protein) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD11c Antigen/genetics/metabolism MH - CX3C Chemokine Receptor 1 MH - Cell Surface Extensions/drug effects/*physiology MH - Chemokine CCL20 MH - Chemokines, CC/genetics/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology/immunology/microbiology MH - Epithelial Cells/drug effects/*immunology MH - Gene Expression MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/genetics/metabolism MH - Intestine, Small/cytology/*immunology/microbiology MH - *Laser Scanning Cytometry MH - Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Mucous Membrane/cytology/immunology/microbiology MH - Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88/genetics MH - Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/pharmacology MH - Polysaccharides, Bacterial/pharmacology MH - Receptors, Chemokine/genetics/metabolism MH - Salmonella Infections/immunology/microbiology MH - Salmonella typhimurium/immunology MH - Signal Transduction/immunology MH - Toll-Like Receptors/agonists/*physiology PMC - PMC2118178 EDAT- 2006/12/06 09:00 MHDA- 2007/03/14 09:00 PMCR- 2007/06/25 CRDT- 2006/12/06 09:00 PHST- 2006/12/06 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/03/14 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/12/06 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2007/06/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jem.20061884 [pii] AID - 20061884 [pii] AID - 10.1084/jem.20061884 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Exp Med. 2006 Dec 25;203(13):2841-52. doi: 10.1084/jem.20061884. Epub 2006 Dec 4.