Generation of Th17 cells in response to intranasal infection requires TGF-β1 from dendritic cells and IL-6 from CD301b+ dendritic cells

JL Linehan, T Dileepan, SW Kashem… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
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Intranasal (in) infections preferentially generate Th17 cells. We explored the basis for this
anatomic preference by tracking polyclonal CD4+ T cells specific for an MHC class II-bound
peptide from the mucosal pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. S. pyogenes MHC class II-
bound peptide-specific CD4+ T cells were first activated in the cervical lymph nodes
following in inoculation and then differentiated into Th17 cells. S. pyogenes-induced Th17
formation depended on TGF-β1 from dendritic cells and IL-6 from a CD301b+ dendritic cell …
Intranasal (i.n.) infections preferentially generate Th17 cells. We explored the basis for this anatomic preference by tracking polyclonal CD4+ T cells specific for an MHC class II-bound peptide from the mucosal pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. S. pyogenes MHC class II-bound peptide-specific CD4+ T cells were first activated in the cervical lymph nodes following i.n. inoculation and then differentiated into Th17 cells. S. pyogenes-induced Th17 formation depended on TGF-β1 from dendritic cells and IL-6 from a CD301b+ dendritic cell subset located in the cervical lymph nodes but not the spleen. Thus, the tendency of i.n. infection to induce Th17 cells is related to cytokine production by specialized dendritic cells that drain this site.
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