PMID- 17439824 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070730 LR - 20080507 IS - 0161-5890 (Print) IS - 0161-5890 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 14 DP - 2007 Jul TI - Staphylococcal enterotoxin B increases TIM4 expression in human dendritic cells that drives naive CD4 T cells to differentiate into Th2 cells. PG - 3580-7 AB - Aberrant T helper (Th)2 polarization plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of allergic disorders; the etiology remains unclear. Dendritic cells (DCs) express T cell immunoglobulin mucin domain (TIM)4 that ligates TIM1 on CD4 T cells to drive them to become Th2 cells, but the pathogenic source of TIM4 is unknown. Here we report that a significant increase in TIM4 expression in human DCs was observed in response to Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) stimulation via Toll-like receptor (TLR)2 and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)1 pathway. Coculture SEB-conditioned DCs with naive CD4 T cells induced Th2 responses that could be abolished using TLR2 or NOD1 or TIM4 or TIM1 with counterpart antibodies or RNA interference. The results demonstrate that Staphylococcus aureus derived SEB promotes the TIM4 production in human DCs. The interaction between TIM4 and TIM1 drives naive CD4 T cells to develop to Th2 cells. FAU - Liu, Tao AU - Liu T AD - Allergy Research Unit, The First Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. FAU - He, Shao-Heng AU - He SH FAU - Zheng, Peng-Yuan AU - Zheng PY FAU - Zhang, Tao-Yuan AU - Zhang TY FAU - Wang, Bin-Quan AU - Wang BQ FAU - Yang, Ping-Chang AU - Yang PC LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20070417 PL - England TA - Mol Immunol JT - Molecular immunology JID - 7905289 RN - 0 (Culture Media, Conditioned) RN - 0 (Enterotoxins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (NOD1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Nod1 Signaling Adaptor Protein) RN - 0 (TIMD4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 2) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) RN - 39424-53-8 (enterotoxin B, staphylococcal) SB - IM MH - Cell Differentiation/*drug effects MH - Cell Polarity/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Culture Media, Conditioned MH - Dendritic Cells/*drug effects/*metabolism MH - Enterotoxins/*pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-12/metabolism MH - Membrane Proteins/*metabolism MH - Nod1 Signaling Adaptor Protein/metabolism MH - Protein Binding/drug effects MH - Th2 Cells/*cytology/*immunology MH - Toll-Like Receptor 2/metabolism EDAT- 2007/04/19 09:00 MHDA- 2007/07/31 09:00 CRDT- 2007/04/19 09:00 PHST- 2007/01/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/02/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2007/03/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2007/04/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/07/31 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/04/19 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0161-5890(07)00118-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.03.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Immunol. 2007 Jul;44(14):3580-7. doi: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.03.004. Epub 2007 Apr 17.