Environmentally responsive and reversible regulation of epidermal barrier function by gammadelta T cells
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Environmentally responsive and reversible regulation of epidermal barrier function by gammadelta T cells
Abstract
The intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) network possibly composes the largest T-cell compartment in the body, but it is poorly understood. IELs show limited T-cell receptor (TCR) diversity and have been proposed to respond to generic stress signals rather than pathogen-specific antigens. Consistent with this, skin-resident TCRgammadelta+ cells, known as dendritic epidermal T cells (DETC), downregulate cutaneous inflammation, promote wound healing, and protect against cutaneous neoplasia. These pleiotropic effects collectively suggest that DETC (and IEL more generally) may contribute to epithelial maintenance and barrier function. The present studies test this hypothesis. Using skin surface impedance analysis to measure hydration status and transepidermal water loss, we show that the epidermal barrier is defective in gammadelta T-cell deficient mice. However, this does not represent a constitutive role of gammadelta cells, but rather one that is dependent on environmental challenge, consistent with the primary role for lymphocytes being the response of the host to its environment. Likewise, the importance of the physiologic DETC-associated TCR is demonstrated by showing that Vgamma5+ fetal thymocytes reconstitute the barrier function defect in TCRdelta-/- mice, while Vgamma5-/- mice also show environmentally responsive defects in cutaneous physiology.
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