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- Title
Antimicrobial peptide LL-37 promotes antigen-specific immune responses in mice by enhancing Th17-skewed mucosal and systemic immunities.
- Authors
Kim, Sae‐Hae; Yang, In‐Young; Kim, Ju; Lee, Kyung‐Yeol; Jang, Yong‐Suk
- Abstract
The human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 is known to have chemotactic and modulatory activities on various cells including monocytes, T cells, and epithelial cells. Given that LL-37 enhances chemotactic attraction and modulates the activity of DCs, it is conceivable that it might play a role as an immune adjuvant by skewing the immune environment toward immunostimulatory conditions. In this study, we characterized the mucosal adjuvant activity of LL-37 using model and pathogenic Ags. When LL-37-conjugated Ag was administered orally to mice, a tolerogenic Peyer's patch environment was altered to cell populations containing IL-6-secreting CD11c+, CD11c+CD70+, and Th17 cells capable of evoking a subsequent LL-37-conjugated Ag-specific immune response in both systemic and mucosal immune compartments. In addition, we showed presentation of formyl peptide receptor, an LL-37 receptor, on M cells, which may aid the initiation of an LL-37-mediated enhanced immune response through targeting and transcytosis of the conjugated Ag. Based on our findings, we conclude that LL-37 has potential as an oral mucosal adjuvant, not only by enhancing the delivery of LL-37-conjugated Ag to M cells, but also by triggering T-cell-mediated Ag-specific immune responses through modulation of the mucosal immune environment.
- Publication
European Journal of Immunology, 2015, Vol 45, Issue 5, p1402
- ISSN
0014-2980
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/eji.201444988