New Perspective on Dextran Sodium Sulfate Colitis: Antigen-Specific T Cell Development during Intestinal Inflammation

Mary E. Morgan, Bin Zheng, Pim J. Koelink, Hendrick J. G. van de Kant, Lizette C. J. M. Haazen, Manon van Roest, Johan Garssen, Gert Folkerts, Aletta D. Kraneveld

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Abstract

CD4+ T cell responses against oral antigens can develop in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, which may modulate disease. Dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) colitis is commonly used to study IBD, however, it is not considered the best model in which to study T cell involvement in intestinal disease. Our aim was to determine if antigen-specific T cells could be induced during DSS colitis and if they could be detected after disease resolution. To induce antigen-specific T cells, the tracking antigen, ovalbumin (OVA), was administered orally during colitis initiation. Disease severity was monitored, and the antigen-reactivity of CD4+ T cells examined using CD69 expression. While OVA-directed, CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells could be detected in the spleens of both OVA-treated control and DSS mice, OVA-reactive, CD4+ Foxp3-T cells were only found in the OVA and DSS-treated mice. These results indicate that during DSS colitis T cells develop that are specific against oral antigens, and they are found systemically after colitis resolution. This gives added depth and utility to the DSS model as well as a way to track T cells that are primed against luminal antigens. © 2013 Morgan et al.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere69936
JournalPLoS One
Volume8
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jul 2013

Keywords

  • CD4 antigen
  • CD69 antigen
  • dextran sulfate
  • ovalbumin
  • transcription factor FOXP3
  • animal cell
  • animal experiment
  • animal model
  • animal tissue
  • antigen expression
  • antigen specificity
  • article
  • biological monitoring
  • CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T lymphocyte
  • CD4+ T lymphocyte
  • cell maturation
  • cellular immunity
  • controlled study
  • disease course
  • disease severity
  • enteritis
  • female
  • mouse
  • nonhuman
  • regulatory T lymphocyte
  • spleen cell

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