17:00 - 19:00
Room: ANA Crowne Plaza “Ohtori” Room C
Evening Symposium
Chair/s:
Bryan Williams, Keiko Ozato
Memory-type ST2+CD4+ T cells participate in the steroid-resistant pathology of eosinophilic pneumonia
Kiyoshi Hirahara1, Naoko Mato1, 2, Tomomi Ichikawa1, Jin Kumagai1, Masayuki Nakayama2, Hideaki Yamasawa2, Masashi Bando2, Koichi Hagiwara2, Yukihiko Sugiyama2, 3, Toshinori Nakayama1
1Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, 2Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan, 3Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nerima-Hikarigaoka Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

The lung has an unique epithelial barrier system to protect host from continuous invasion of various harmful particles including viruses and bacteria. Interleukin (IL-)33, an epithelial cytokine, is released from epithelial cells in the lung and drives the type 2 immune response by activating ST2-expressed immune cells in a number of allergic diseases. However, the pathogenic roles of memory-type ST2+CD4+ T cells in such lung inflammation has been unclear. Here we showed that intratracheal administration of IL-33 induced the substantial increase of numbers of tissue-resident memory-type ST2+CD4+ T cells in the lung. Eosinophilic lung inflammation developed sequentially accompanied by enhanced production of IL-5 and IL-13. T cell-deficient Foxn1nu mice and NSG mice exhibited ameliorated eosinophilic inflammation induced by IL-33. Dexamethasone treatment showed small effects on both the cell number and function of memory-type ST2+CD4+ T cells. Taken together, our study provides novel insight into the pathogenesis of eosinophilic lung disease, showing that memory-type ST2+CD4+ T cells are involved in IL-33-induced eosinophilic inflammation and elicited steroid-resistance.


Reference:
Tu-ES6-4
Session:
Milstein Young Investigator Awards; Christina Fleischmann Award & Sidney & Joan Pestka Graduate & Post Graduate Awards
Presenter/s:
Kiyoshi Hirahara
Presentation type:
Oral Presentation
Room:
ANA Crowne Plaza “Ohtori” Room C
Chair/s:
Bryan Williams, Keiko Ozato
Date:
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Time:
17:41 - 17:58
Session times:
17:00 - 19:00