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IL-33 is a crucial amplifier of innate rather than acquired immunity.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20937871     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
IL-33, a member of the IL-1-related cytokines, is considered to be a proallergic cytokine that is especially involved in Th2-type immune responses. Moreover, like IL-1α, IL-33 has been suggested to act as an "alarmin" that amplifies immune responses during tissue injury. In contrast to IL-1, however, the precise roles of IL-33 in those settings are poorly understood. Using IL-1- and IL-33-deficient mice, we found that IL-1, but not IL-33, played a substantial role in induction of T cell-mediated type IV hypersensitivity such as contact and delayed-type hypersensitivity and autoimmune diseases such as experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Most notably, however, IL-33 was important for innate-type mucosal immunity in the lungs and gut. That is, IL-33 was essential for manifestation of T cell-independent protease allergen-induced airway inflammation as well as OVA-induced allergic topical airway inflammation, without affecting acquisition of antigen-specific memory T cells. IL-33 was significantly involved in the development of dextran-induced colitis accompanied by T cell-independent epithelial cell damage, but not in streptozocin-induced diabetes or Con A-induced hepatitis characterized by T cell-mediated apoptotic tissue destruction. In addition, IL-33-deficient mice showed a substantially diminished LPS-induced systemic inflammatory response. These observations indicate that IL-33 is a crucial amplifier of mucosal and systemic innate, rather than acquired, immune responses.
Authors:
Keisuke Oboki; Tatsukuni Ohno; Naoki Kajiwara; Ken Arae; Hideaki Morita; Akina Ishii; Aya Nambu; Takaya Abe; Hiroshi Kiyonari; Kenji Matsumoto; Katsuko Sudo; Ko Okumura; Hirohisa Saito; Susumu Nakae
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-10-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America     Volume:  107     ISSN:  1091-6490     ISO Abbreviation:  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-27     Completed Date:  2010-11-22     Revised Date:  2011-07-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7505876     Medline TA:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  18581-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Allergy and Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptive Immunity
Animals
Autoimmunity
Colitis / etiology,  immunology
Immunity, Innate*
Immunity, Mucosal
Interleukin-1 / deficiency,  genetics,  immunology
Interleukins / deficiency,  genetics,  immunology*
Lipopolysaccharides / toxicity
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Knockout
Ovalbumin / immunology
Respiratory Hypersensitivity / etiology,  immunology,  pathology
Shock, Septic / etiology,  immunology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Interleukin-1; 0/Interleukins; 0/Lipopolysaccharides; 0/interleukin-33, mouse; 9006-59-1/Ovalbumin
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