PMID- 24836003 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150123 LR - 20211021 IS - 1398-9995 (Electronic) IS - 0105-4538 (Linking) VI - 69 IP - 7 DP - 2014 Jul TI - LAPCs contribute to the pathogenesis of allergen-induced allergic airway inflammation in mice. PG - 924-35 LID - 10.1111/all.12422 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The inflammatory immune response associated with allergic airway inflammation in asthma involves T helper type 2 (Th2) immunity. Given the data that a newly described late activator antigen-presenting cell (LAPC) population promotes Th2 immunity in viral infections, we undertook studies to investigate whether LAPCs have a pathogenic role in allergic airway inflammation. METHODS: We employed acute ovalbumin (OVA) and house dust mite (HDM) sensitization and challenge models to establish allergic airway inflammation in mice, followed by the analysis of lungs and draining lymph node (DLN) cell infiltrates, immunoglobulin E (IgE) production, and airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR). We tested whether adoptive transfer of LAPCs isolated from mice with established allergic airway inflammation augments the development of sensitization in naive mice. RESULTS: We provide evidence that in both OVA and HDM mouse models of allergic inflammation, LAPCs accumulate in the lungs and draining lymph nodes (DLNs), concomitant with the onset of lung pathology, allergen-specific IgE production, eosinophilia, and Th2 cytokine production. Adoptive transfer experiments using OVA-activated LAPCs reveal exacerbation of disease pathology with an increase in lung inflammatory cells, eosinophilia, circulating IgE, Th2 cytokine production, and a worsening of AHR. OVA-activated LAPCs preferentially increased GATA-3 induction in naive CD4(+) T cells. CONCLUSIONS: Together, these data suggest an important role for LAPCs in polarizing the Th2 response in mouse models of allergic airway inflammation. CI - (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Hawkshaw, C AU - Hawkshaw C AD - Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. FAU - Scott, J A AU - Scott JA FAU - Chow, C-W AU - Chow CW FAU - Fish, E N AU - Fish EN LA - eng GR - 100714/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140517 PL - Denmark TA - Allergy JT - Allergy JID - 7804028 RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - 9006-59-1 (Ovalbumin) SB - IM MH - Adoptive Transfer MH - Animals MH - Antigen-Presenting Cells/*immunology MH - Asthma/*immunology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Hypersensitivity/*immunology MH - Immunoglobulin E/immunology MH - Inflammation/*immunology MH - Lymphocyte Activation/*immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Ovalbumin/immunology MH - Pyroglyphidae/immunology MH - Th2 Cells/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Th2 immune response OT - allergic airway inflammation OT - late activator antigen-presenting cell EDAT- 2014/05/20 06:00 MHDA- 2015/01/24 06:00 CRDT- 2014/05/20 06:00 PHST- 2014/04/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/05/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/05/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/01/24 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/all.12422 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Allergy. 2014 Jul;69(7):924-35. doi: 10.1111/all.12422. Epub 2014 May 17.