ニシオ ジュンコ   Nishio Junko
  西尾 純子
   所属   東邦大学  医学部 医学科
   職種   准教授
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Requirement of full TCR repertoire for regulatory T cells to maintain intestinal homeostasis.
掲載誌名 正式名:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 112(41),pp.12770-5
著者・共著者 Junko Nishio,Minato Baba,Koji Atarashi,Takeshi Tanoue,Hideo Negishi,Hideyuki Yanai,Sonoko Habu,Shohei Hori,Kenya Honda,Tadatsugu Taniguchi
担当区分 筆頭著者,責任著者
発行年月 2015/10/13
概要 The regulation of intestinal homeostasis by the immune system involves the dynamic interplay between gut commensal microbiota and resident immune cells. It is well known that a large and diverse lymphocyte antigen receptor repertoire enables the immune system to recognize and respond to a wide range of invading pathogens. There is also an emerging appreciation for a critical role the T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire serves in the maintenance of peripheral tolerance by regulatory T cells (Tregs). Nevertheless, how the diversity of the TCR repertoire in Tregs affects intestinal homeostasis remains unknown. To address this question, we studied mice whose T cells express a restricted TCR repertoire. We observed the development of spontaneous colitis, accompanied by the induction of T-helper type 17 cells in the colon that is driven by gut commensal microbiota. We provide further evidence that a restricted TCR repertoire causes a loss of tolerogenicity to microbiota, accompanied by a paucity of peripherally derived, Helios(-) Tregs and hyperactivation of migratory dendritic cells. These results thus reveal a new facet of the TCR repertoire in which Tregs require a diverse TCR repitoire for intestinal homeostasis, suggesting an additional driving force in the evolutional significance of the TCR repertoire.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1516617112
PMID 26420876