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Anna M. Dittrich, Hui-Chen Chen, Lan Xu, Patricia Ranney, Sean Connolly, Timur O. Yarovinsky, H Kim Bottomly, A New Mechanism for Inhalational Priming: IL-4 Bypasses Innate Immune Signals, The Journal of Immunology, Volume 181, Issue 10, November 2008, Pages 7307–7315, https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.181.10.7307
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Abstract
Signaling via innate immune mechanisms is considered pivotal for T cell-mediated responses to inhaled Ags. Furthermore, Th2 cells specific for one inhaled Ag can facilitate priming of naive T cells to unrelated new inhaled Ags, a process we call “Th2 collateral priming”. Interestingly, our previous studies showed that collateral priming is independent of signals via the innate immune system but depends on IL-4 secretion by CD4+ T cells. We thus hypothesized that IL-4 can bypass the need for signals via the innate immune system, considered essential for pulmonary priming. Indeed, we were able to show that IL-4 bypasses the requirement for TLR4- and MyD88-mediated signaling for responses to new allergens. Furthermore, we characterized the mechanisms by which IL-4 primes for new inhaled allergens: “IL-4-dependent pulmonary priming” relies on IL-4 receptor expression on hematopoietic cells and structural cells. Transfer experiments indicate that within the hematopoietic compartment both T cells and dendritic cells need to express the IL-4 receptor. Finally, we were able to show that IL-4 induces recruitment and maturation of myeloid dendritic cells in vivo and increases T cell recruitment to the draining lymph nodes. Our findings bring new mechanistic knowledge to the phenomenon of polysensitization and primary sensitization in asthma.
