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Contribution of IL-12/IL-35 common subunit p35 to maintaining the testicular immune privilege.

ABSTRACT: The testis is an organ with immune privilege. The comprehensive blood-testis barrier formed by Sertoli cells protects autoimmunogenic spermatozoa and spermatids from attack by the body's immune system. The interleukin (IL)-6/IL-12 family cytokines IL-12 (p35/p40), IL-23 (p19/p40), IL-27 (p28/Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 3 [EBI3]), and IL-35 (p35/EBI3) play critical roles in the regulation of various immune responses, but their roles in testicular immune privilege are not well understood. In the present study, we investigated whether these cytokines are expressed in the testes and whether they function in the testicular immune privilege by using mice deficient in their subunits. Expression of EBI3 was markedly increased at both mRNA and protein levels in the testes of 10- or 12-week-old wild-type mice as compared with levels in 2-week-old mice, whereas the mRNA expression of p40 was markedly decreased and that of p35 was conserved between these two groups. Lack of EBI3, p35, and IL-12 receptor ?2 caused enhanced infiltration of lymphocytes into the testicular interstitium, with increased interferon-? expression in the testes and autoantibody production against mainly acrosomal regions of spermatids. Spermatogenic disturbance was more frequently observed in the seminiferous tubules, especially when surrounded by infiltrating lymphocytes, of these deficient mice than in those of wild-type mice. In particular, p35-deficient mice showed the most severe spermatogenic disturbance. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed that endothelial cells and peritubular cells in the interstitium were highly positive for p35 at both ages, and CD163+ resident macrophages positive for p35 and EBI3, possibly producing IL-35, were also detected in the interstitium of 12-week-old mice but not those of 2-week-old mice. These results suggest that p35 helps in maintaining the testicular immune privilege, in part in an IL-35-dependent manner.

SUBMITTER: Terayama H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3997559 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Contribution of IL-12/IL-35 common subunit p35 to maintaining the testicular immune privilege.

Terayama Hayato H Yoshimoto Takayuki T Hirai Shuichi S Naito Munekazu M Qu Ning N Hatayama Naoyuki N Hayashi Shogo S Mitobe Kana K Furusawa Jun-Ichi J Mizoguchi Izuru I Kezuka Takeshi T Goto Hiroshi H Suyama Kaori K Moriyama Hiroshi H Sakabe Kou K Itoh Masahiro M

PloS one 20140423 4

The testis is an organ with immune privilege. The comprehensive blood-testis barrier formed by Sertoli cells protects autoimmunogenic spermatozoa and spermatids from attack by the body's immune system. The interleukin (IL)-6/IL-12 family cytokines IL-12 (p35/p40), IL-23 (p19/p40), IL-27 (p28/Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 3 [EBI3]), and IL-35 (p35/EBI3) play critical roles in the regulation of various immune responses, but their roles in testicular immune privilege are not well understood. In t ...[more]

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