Donor colonic CD103+ dendritic cells determine the severity of acute graft-versus-host disease

Koyama, M; Cheong, M; Markey, KA; Gartlan, KH; Kuns, RD; Locke, KR; Lineburg, KE; Teal, BE; Leveque-El Mouttie, L; Bunting, MD; Vuckovic, S; Zhang, P; Teng, MW; Varelias, A; Tey, SK; Wockner, LF; Engwerda, CR; Smyth, MJ; Belz, GT; McColl, SR; MacDonald, KP; Hill, GR

Author(s): Koyama, M; Cheong, M; Markey, KA; Gartlan, KH; Kuns, RD; Locke, KR; Lineburg, KE; Teal, BE; Leveque-El Mouttie, L; Bunting, MD; Vuckovic, S; Zhang, P; Teng, MW; Varelias, A; Tey, SK; Wockner, LF; Engwerda, CR; Smyth, MJ; Belz, GT; McColl, SR; MacDonald, KP; Hill, GR;
Details: Publication Year 2015-07-27,Volume 212,Issue #8,Page 1303-21
Journal Title: J Exp Med
Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: The primacy of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in dictating the outcome of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is broadly accepted; however, the mechanisms controlling this effect are poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that GVHD markedly enhances alloantigen presentation within the mesenteric lymph nodes (mLNs), mediated by donor CD103+CD11b- dendritic cells (DCs) that migrate from the colon under the influence of CCR7. Expansion and differentiation of donor T cells specifically within the mLNs is driven by profound levels of alloantigen, IL-12, and IL-6 promoted by Toll-like receptor (TLR) and receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) signals. Critically, alloantigen presentation in the mLNs imprints gut-homing integrin signatures on donor T cells, leading to their emigration into the GI tract where they mediate fulminant disease. These data identify a critical, anatomically distinct, donor DC subset that amplifies GVHD. We thus highlight multiple therapeutic targets and the ability of GVHD, once initiated by recipient antigen-presenting cells, to generate a profound, localized, and lethal feed-forward cascade of donor DC-mediated indirect alloantigen presentation and cytokine secretion within the GI tract.
Publisher: Rockefeller University Press
Research Division(s): Molecular Immunology
PubMed ID: 26169940
Publisher's Version: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20150329
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