Changes in Murine Jejunal Morphology Evoked by the Bacterial Superantigen Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin B Are Mediated by CD4+ T Cells
AUTOR(ES)
Benjamin, Michelle A.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Bacterial superantigens (SAgs) are potent T-cell stimuli that have been implicated in the pathophysiology of autoimmune and inflammatory disease. We used Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B (SEB) as a model SAg to assess the effects of SAg exposure on gut form and cellularity. BALB/c, SCID (lacking T cells) and T-cell-reconstituted SCID mice were treated with SEB (5 or 100 μg intraperitoneally), and segments of the mid-jejunum were removed 4, 12, or 48 h later and processed for histochemical or immunocytochemical analysis of gut morphology and major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC II) expression and the enumeration of CD3+ T cells and goblet cells. Control mice received saline only. SEB treatment of BALB/c mice caused a time- and dose-dependent enteropathy that was characterized by reduced villus height, increased crypt depth, and a significant increase in MHC II expression. An increase in the number of CD3+ T cells was observed 48 h after exposure to 100 μg of SEB. Enteric structural alterations were not apparent in SEB-treated SCID mice compared to saline-treated SCID mice. In contrast, SEB challenge of SCID mice reconstituted with a mixed lymphocyte population or purified murine CD4+ T cells resulted in enteric histopathological changes reminiscent of those observed in SEB-treated BALB/c mice. These findings implicate CD4+ T cells in this SEB-induced enteropathy. Our results show that SAg immune activation causes significant changes in jejunal villus-crypt architecture and cellularity that are likely to impact on normal physiological processes. We speculate that the elevated MHC II expression and increased number of T cells could allow for enhanced immune responsiveness to other SAgs or environmental antigens.
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