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ArticleImmunology1996

The role of CD4 molecules in the induction phase of contact hypersensitivity cytokine profiles in the skin and lymph nodes.

H Fujisawa, S Kondo, B Wang, G M Shivji, D N Sauder

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Article in Immunology, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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H FujisawaDivision of Dermatology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
S Kondo
B Wang
G M Shivji
D N Sauder
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre · CA

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Abstract

We have previously demonstrated that CD4 gene-targeted mutant mice (CD4- mice) demonstrate hyporesposiveness in contact hypersensitivity (CHS) suggesting that CD4 molecules are required for optimal induction of CHS. In the present study, we wished to examine the mechanisms of this hyporesponsiveness, in particular, we examined whether cytokines were altered in the skin and lymph nodes of CD4- mice following exposure to the contact allergen dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB). Cytokine mRNA in the ear skin and draining lymph nodes (DLN) were examined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) at various times after sensitization. Skin cytokine patterns revealed that in normal mice, interleukin (IL)-2, interferon (IFN)-gamma and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha mRNA levels increased at 12 hr sensitization, whereas these cytokines were below the level of detection in CD4- mice. In the DLN of normal mice following the hapten application, sequential upregulation of cytokine mRNA including IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha was found. No change was seen for IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-10 and TNF-alpha and IL-2, IL-4 and IFN-gamma mRNA levels were below the level of detection in DLN from CD4- mice following the hapten application. However, IL-1 beta, IL-2 and TNF-alpha mRNA levels of lymph node cells from CD4- mice could be upregulated by phorbol myristate acetate in vitro. Flow cytometry study has revealed that the number of Langerhans' cells (LC) in DLN of CD4- mice was similar to that of normal mice, thus, inferring that the alterations of cytokine milieu in the ear skin did not have a significant effect on LC migration to DLN. These results suggest that CD4 molecules are crucial for the induction of certain cytokines in the skin and in inducing sequential cytokine signals in DLN required for optimal development of CHS, but that these changes in cytokines do not effect LC migration.

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AnimalsCD4 AntigensCytokinesDermatitis, ContactGene ExpressionInterferon-gammaInterleukin-1Interleukin-10Interleukin-2Interleukin-4Lymph NodesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPolymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerCD4 AntigensCytokinesInterferon-gammaInterleukin-1Interleukin-10Interleukin-2Interleukin-4RNA, MessengerTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID8943722
PMCPMC1456479
OpenAlexW1969801213

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