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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
卷 21, 期 6, 页码 974-985出版社
AMER SOC NEPHROLOGY
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2009070741
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [KFO 0228 TP01, TP03, TP04, PA754/6-3]
- Universitatsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf [FFM 10/09]
T cells recruited to the kidney contribute to tissue damage in crescentic and proliferative glomerulonephritides. Chemokines and their receptors regulate T cell trafficking, but the expression profile and functional importance of chemokine receptors for renal CD4(+) T cell subsets are incompletely understood. In this study, we observed that renal FoxP3(+)CD4(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) and IL-17-producing CD4(+) T (Th17) cells express the chemokine receptor CCR6, whereas IFN-gamma-producing Th1 cells are CCR6(-). Induction of experimental glomerulonephritis (nephrotoxic nephritis) in mice resulted in upregulation of the only CCR6 ligand, CCL20, followed by T cell recruitment, renal tissue injury, albuminuria, and loss of renal function. CCR6 deficiency aggravated renal injury and increased mortality (from uremia) among nephritic mice. Compared with wild-type (WT) mice, CCR6(-/-) deficiency reduced infiltration of Tregs and Th17 cells but did not affect recruitment of Th1 cells in the setting of glomerulonephritis. Adoptive transfer of WT but not CCR6-deficient Tregs attenuated morphologic and functional renal injury in nephritic mice. Furthermore, reconstitution with WT Tregs protected CCR6 mice from aggravated nephritis. Taken together, these data suggest that CCR6 mediates renal recruitment of both Tregs and Th17 cells and that the reduction of anti-inflammatory Tregs in the presence of a fully functional Th1 response aggravates experimental glomerulonephritis.
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