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Skin CD4 + Memory T Cells Play an Essential Role in Acquired Anti-Tick Immunity through Interleukin-3-Mediated Basophil Recruitment to Tick-Feeding Sites
Ist Teil von
Frontiers in immunology, 2017-10, Vol.8, p.1348-1348
Ort / Verlag
Switzerland: Frontiers Media S.A
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
Quelle
Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Ticks, blood-sucking arthropods, serve as vectors for transmission of infectious diseases including Lyme borreliosis. After tick infestation, several animal species can develop resistance to subsequent infestations, reducing the risk of transmission. In a mouse model, basophils reportedly infiltrate tick-feeding sites during the second but not first infestation and play a crucial role in the expression of acquired tick resistance. However, the mechanism underlying basophil recruitment to the second tick-feeding site remains ill-defined. Here, we investigated cells and their products responsible for the basophil recruitment. Little or no basophil infiltration was detected in T-cell-deficient mice, and adoptive transfer of CD4
but not CD8
T cells reconstituted it.
gene expression was highly upregulated at the second tick-feeding site, and adoptive transfer of interleukin-3 (IL-3)-sufficient but not IL-3-deficient CD4
T cells conferred the basophil infiltration on T-cell-deficient mice, indicating that the CD4
T-cell-derived IL-3 is essential for the basophil recruitment. Notably, IL-3
resident CD4
memory T cells were detected even before the second infestation in previously uninfested skin distant from the first tick-feeding site. Taken together, IL-3 produced locally by skin CD4
memory T cells appears to play a crucial role in basophil recruitment to the second tick-feeding site.