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Sulfatide-reactive natural killer T cells abrogate ischemia-reperfusion injury.

ABSTRACT: There is a significant immune response to ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), but the role of immunomodulatory natural killer T (NKT) cell subtypes is not well understood. Here, we compared the severity of IRI in mice deficient in type I/II NKT cells (CD1d(-/-)) or type I NKT cells (J?18(-/-)). The absence of NKT cells, especially type II NKT cells, accentuated the severity of renal injury, whereas repletion of NKT cells attenuated injury. Adoptively transferred NKT cells trafficked into the tubulointerstitium, which is the primary area of injury. Sulfatide-induced activation of type II NKT cells protected kidneys from IRI, but inhibition of NKT cell recruitment enhanced injury. In co-culture experiments, sulfatide-induced activation of NKT cells from either mice or humans attenuated apoptosis of renal tubular cells after transient hypoxia via hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1? and IL-10 pathways. Renal tissue of patients with acute tubular necrosis (ATN) frequently contained NKT cells, and the number of these cells tended to negatively correlate with ATN severity. In summary, sulfatide-reactive type II NKT cells are renoprotective in IRI, suggesting that pharmacologic modulation of NKT cells may protect against ischemic injury.

SUBMITTER: Yang SH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3137578 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Sulfatide-reactive natural killer T cells abrogate ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Yang Seung Hee SH Lee Jung Pyo JP Jang Hye Ryoun HR Cha Ran-hui RH Han Seung Seok SS Jeon Un Sil US Kim Dong Ki DK Song Junghan J Lee Dong-Sup DS Kim Yon Su YS

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20110526 7

There is a significant immune response to ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), but the role of immunomodulatory natural killer T (NKT) cell subtypes is not well understood. Here, we compared the severity of IRI in mice deficient in type I/II NKT cells (CD1d(-/-)) or type I NKT cells (Jα18(-/-)). The absence of NKT cells, especially type II NKT cells, accentuated the severity of renal injury, whereas repletion of NKT cells attenuated injury. Adoptively transferred NKT cells trafficked into the tubu ...[more]

PMID: 21617126

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Project description:RationaleWe recently implicated a role for CD4(+) T cells and demonstrated elevated IL-17A expression in lung ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. However, identification of the specific subset of CD4(+) T cells and their mechanistic role in IR injury remains unknown.ObjectivesWe tested the hypothesis that invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells mediate lung IR injury via IL-17A signaling.MethodsMice underwent lung IR via left hilar ligation. Pulmonary function was measured using an isolated lung system. Lung injury was assessed by measuring edema (wet/dry weight) and vascular permeability (Evans blue dye). Inflammation was assessed by measuring proinflammatory cytokines in lungs, and neutrophil infiltration was measured by immunohistochemistry and myeloperoxidase levels.Measurements and main resultsPulmonary dysfunction (increased airway resistance and pulmonary artery pressure and decreased pulmonary compliance), injury (edema, vascular permeability), and inflammation (elevated IL-17A; IL-6; tumor necrosis factor-?; monocyte chemotactic protein-1; keratinocyte-derived chemokine; regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted; and neutrophil infiltration) after IR were attenuated in IL-17A(-/-) and Rag-1(-/-) mice. Anti-IL-17A antibody attenuated lung dysfunction in wild-type mice after IR. Reconstitution of Rag-1(-/-) mice with wild-type, but not IL-17A(-/-), CD4(+) T cells restored lung dysfunction, injury, and inflammation after IR. Lung dysfunction, injury, IL-17A expression, and neutrophil infiltration were attenuated in J?18(-/-) mice after IR, all of which were restored by reconstitution with wild-type, but not IL-17A(-/-), iNKT cells. Flow cytometry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assay confirmed IL-17A production by iNKT cells after IR.ConclusionsThese results demonstrate that CD4(+) iNKT cells play a pivotal role in initiating lung injury, inflammation, and neutrophil recruitment after IR via an IL-17A-dependent mechanism.

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Sulfatide-reactive natural killer T cells abrogate ischemia-reperfusion injury.

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