[HTML][HTML] Expression of interleukin-10 in intestinal lymphocytes detected by an interleukin-10 reporter knockin tiger mouse

M Kamanaka, ST Kim, YY Wan, FS Sutterwala… - Immunity, 2006 - cell.com
M Kamanaka, ST Kim, YY Wan, FS Sutterwala, M Lara-Tejero, JE Galán, E Harhaj
Immunity, 2006cell.com
Summary To identify interleukin-10 (IL-10)-producing cells in vivo, we generated a knockin
mouse where an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) green fluorescence protein (GFP)
element was inserted immediately before the polyadenylation site of the IL-10 gene. GFP
fluorescence in cells from these mice was found to correlate positively with IL-10 protein
expression. With this model, we found that after multiple T cell receptor (TCR) stimulations,
strong expression of IL-10 was produced specifically by intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) in …
Summary
To identify interleukin-10 (IL-10)-producing cells in vivo, we generated a knockin mouse where an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) green fluorescence protein (GFP) element was inserted immediately before the polyadenylation site of the IL-10 gene. GFP fluorescence in cells from these mice was found to correlate positively with IL-10 protein expression. With this model, we found that after multiple T cell receptor (TCR) stimulations, strong expression of IL-10 was produced specifically by intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) in the small intestine and colonic lamina propria lymphocytes (cLPL). We found that anti-CD3 treatment induces T regulatory cell 1 (Tr1)-like cells in small intestinal IEL (sIEL) and led to the accumulation of naturally occurring regulatory T (nTreg) cells in colonic LPL (cLPL). These findings highlight the intestine as a unique site for induction of IL-10-producing T cells, which play a critical role in the regulation of inflammation in the gut.
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