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Rapid ?? T-cell responses orchestrate innate immunity in response to Staphylococcal enterotoxin A.

ABSTRACT: In the generation of a traditional immune response against invading pathogens, innate cells guide T cells by programming their differentiation. However, here we demonstrate that ?? T cells have an essential role in priming innate immunity in the lung after Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin A (SEA) inhalation. We found that SEA induces waves of cellular activation, cytokine production, and migration into the lung tissue and airways. However, this innate response was completely inhibited in the absence of ?? T cells. Specifically, we found that interleukin (IL)-17A was required for the recruitment of neutrophils and monocytes into the lung. The cellular source of IL-17A was ?? T cells, which increased their IL-17A production following SEA but only in an ?? T-cell-dependent manner. Thus, rapid T-cell activation orchestrates innate immunity and may be a new point of therapeutic intervention for acute lung injury.

SUBMITTER: Kumar S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3722268 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rapid αβ T-cell responses orchestrate innate immunity in response to Staphylococcal enterotoxin A.

Kumar S S Colpitts S L SL Ménoret A A Budelsky A L AL Lefrancois L L Vella A T AT

Mucosal immunology 20130116 5

In the generation of a traditional immune response against invading pathogens, innate cells guide T cells by programming their differentiation. However, here we demonstrate that αβ T cells have an essential role in priming innate immunity in the lung after Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin A (SEA) inhalation. We found that SEA induces waves of cellular activation, cytokine production, and migration into the lung tissue and airways. However, this innate response was completely inhibited in the ab ...[more]

PMID: 23321986

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Rapid ?? T-cell responses orchestrate innate immunity in response to Staphylococcal enterotoxin A.

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Rapid αβ T-cell responses orchestrate innate immunity in response to Staphylococcal enterotoxin A.

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