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β-Defensins: Linking Innate and Adaptive Immunity Through Dendritic and T Cell CCR6

Yang, D., Chertov, O., Bykovskaia, S. N., Chen, Q., Buffo, M. J., Shogan, J., Anderson, M., Schröder, J. M. +3 more·1999·Science

Abstract

Defensins contribute to host defense by disrupting the cytoplasmic membrane of microorganisms. This report shows that human beta-defensins are also chemotactic for immature dendritic cells and memory T cells. Human beta-defensin was selectively chemotactic for cells stably transfected to express human CCR6, a chemokine receptor preferentially expressed by immature dendritic cells and memory T cells. The beta-defensin-induced chemotaxis was sensitive to pertussis toxin and inhibited by antibodies to CCR6. The binding of iodinated LARC, the chemokine ligand for CCR6, to CCR6-transfected cells was competitively displaced by beta-defensin. Thus, beta-defensins may promote adaptive immune responses by recruiting dendritic and T cells to the site of microbial invasion through interaction with CCR6.

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Yang, D., Chertov, O., Bykovskaia, S. N., Chen, Q., Buffo, M. J., Shogan, J., Anderson, M., Schröder, J. M., Wang, J. M., Howard, O. M. Z., & Oppenheim, J. J.
Affiliations
  • Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, Division of Basic Sciences,
  • National Cancer Institute (US)
  • Allegheny University of Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.
  • Magainin Research Institute, 5110 Campus Drive, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19642, USA.
  • Department of Dermatology, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Schittenhelmstrasse 7, D-24105 Kiel, Germany.
Corresponding author
Oppenheim, J. J.
Venue
Science
Published
1999-10-15
Volume
286
Issue
5439
Pages
525-528
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2104159258
Cited by
1,809
References
27
Citations by year
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FWCI
26.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (n01co056000-057)
  • National Cancer Institute (N01 CO 56000)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Chemokine receptors and signaling
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
Keywords
beta-defensins, CCR6, chemotaxis, dendritic cells, memory T cells, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, LARC, chemokine receptors, pertussis toxin
MeSH terms
Antibodies, Binding, Competitive, Cell Line, Chemotaxis, Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, Dendritic Cells, Humans, Immunity, Active, Immunity, Innate, Immunologic Memory, Virulence Factors, Bordetella, Proteins, Recombinant Proteins, Transfection, T-Lymphocyte Subsets, Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins, Receptors, Chemokine, Chemokines, CC, Defensins, beta-Defensins, Pertussis Toxin, Receptors, CCR6, Chemokine CCL20

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