TY - JOUR
T1 - Human atopic dermatitis skin-derived T cells can induce a reaction in mouse keratinocytes in vivo
AU - Martel, Britta C
AU - Blom, Lars
AU - Dyring-Andersen, Beatrice
AU - Skov, Lone
AU - Thestrup-Pedersen, Kristian
AU - Skov, Søren
AU - Skak, Kresten
AU - Poulsen, Lars K
N1 - This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/8/1
Y1 - 2015/8/1
N2 - In atopic dermatitis (AD), the inflammatory response between skin-infiltrating T cells and keratinocytes is fundamental to the development of chronic lesional eczema. The aim of this study was to investigate whether skin-derived T cells from AD patients could induce an inflammatory response in mice through keratinocyte activation and consequently cause the development of eczematous lesions. Punch biopsies of the lesional skin from AD patients were used to establish skin-derived T cell cultures, which were transferred to NOD.Cg-Prkdscid Il2rgtm1Sug/JicTac (NOG) mice. We found that the subcutaneous injection of the human AD skin-derived T cells resulted in the migration of the human T cells from subcutis to the papillary dermis followed by the development of erythema and oedema in the mouse skin. Furthermore, the human T cells induced a transient proliferative response in the mouse keratinocytes shown as increased numbers of Ki-67+ keratinocytes and increased epidermal thickness. Out of six established AD skin-derived T cell cultures, two were superior at inducing a skin reaction in the mice, and these cultures were found to contain >10% CCR10+ T cells compared to <2% for the other cultures. In comparison, blood-derived in vitro-differentiated Th2 cells only induced a weak response in a few of the mice. Thus, we conclude that human AD skin-derived T cells can induce a reaction in the mouse skin through the induction of a proliferative response in the mouse keratinocytes.
AB - In atopic dermatitis (AD), the inflammatory response between skin-infiltrating T cells and keratinocytes is fundamental to the development of chronic lesional eczema. The aim of this study was to investigate whether skin-derived T cells from AD patients could induce an inflammatory response in mice through keratinocyte activation and consequently cause the development of eczematous lesions. Punch biopsies of the lesional skin from AD patients were used to establish skin-derived T cell cultures, which were transferred to NOD.Cg-Prkdscid Il2rgtm1Sug/JicTac (NOG) mice. We found that the subcutaneous injection of the human AD skin-derived T cells resulted in the migration of the human T cells from subcutis to the papillary dermis followed by the development of erythema and oedema in the mouse skin. Furthermore, the human T cells induced a transient proliferative response in the mouse keratinocytes shown as increased numbers of Ki-67+ keratinocytes and increased epidermal thickness. Out of six established AD skin-derived T cell cultures, two were superior at inducing a skin reaction in the mice, and these cultures were found to contain >10% CCR10+ T cells compared to <2% for the other cultures. In comparison, blood-derived in vitro-differentiated Th2 cells only induced a weak response in a few of the mice. Thus, we conclude that human AD skin-derived T cells can induce a reaction in the mouse skin through the induction of a proliferative response in the mouse keratinocytes.
U2 - 10.1111/sji.12316
DO - 10.1111/sji.12316
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25998164
SN - 0301-6323
VL - 82
SP - 125
EP - 134
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, Supplement
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, Supplement
IS - 2
ER -