Journal: The Journal of Experimental Medicine
Article Title: IL-25 augments type 2 immune responses by enhancing the expansion and functions of TSLP-DC–activated Th2 memory cells
doi: 10.1084/jem.20070406
Figure Lengend Snippet: IL-25 enhances the proliferation and Th2 polarization of stimulated Th2 memory cells. Sorted Th2 memory T cells were cultured with the cytokines IL-7 only, IL-15 plus IL-7, anti-CD3/CD28, or autologous CD11c + DCs activated by various stimuli (x axis) at a DC/T cell ratio of 1:2 for 7 d in the presence or absence of IL-25. The neutralizing recombinant protein IL-17RB-Fc was used in culture. Their proliferative responses were compared, and graphic bars represent the times of expansion by dividing the final cell number by the initial T cell number in six individual experiments (a). To characterize the effect of IL-25 on Th2 memory cells, sorted cells were cultured in medium only or expanded by IL-15 plus IL-7, anti-CD3/CD28, or TSLP-DCs for 7 d in the presence or absence of IL-25. The proliferated cells were collected and restimulated with PMA plus ionomycin for analysis of intracellular cytokine production (b), or Th2 memory cells expanded by TSLP-DCs in the presence or absence of IL-25 for 7 d were collected and restimulated with anti-CD3/CD28 for 24 h before the measurements of cytokines in the culture supernatants by ELISA (c). For phenotypic analyses, sorted Th2 memory cells cultured in IL-25 alone, or expanded by TSLP-DCs, or TSLP-DCs plus IL-25 were examined using flow cytometry (d). Shaded histograms represent staining of Th2 memory T cells with the markers indicated below histograms; open histograms represent the isotype control. Numbers within the quadrants indicate the percentage of expanded cells that stained positive for each respective cytokine. The results in panels a, b, c, and d are for separate experiments. Data represent the mean ± SD of five experiments.
Article Snippet: In some experiments, sorted resting T cell subsets or activated CRTH2 + CD4 + Th2 memory cells were stained with biotinylated goat anti–human IL-17RB polyclonal antibody (R&D Systems) and revealed with streptavidin-PE.
Techniques: Cell Culture, Recombinant, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Flow Cytometry, Staining, Control