Attenuation of allergic airway inflammation in IL‐4 deficient mice
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical and Experimental Allergy
- Vol. 24 (1), 73-80
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2222.1994.tb00920.x
Abstract
To investigate the role of IL-4 in vivo in allergic asthma, we developed a murine model of allergen-induced airway inflammation. Repealed daily exposures of actively immunised C57BL/6 mice to aerosolized ovalbumin (OVA) induced a peribronchial inflammation and an increase in eosinophils and lymphocytes in bronchoalveolar-lavage(BAL) fluid. In IL-4 deficient (IL4−/−) mice, treated in the same way, there were substantially fewer eosinophils in BAL and much less peribronchial inflammation compared with wild type mice. In this model, mast cell deficient (W/Wv) mice developed a similar degree of BAL eosinophilia and peribronchial inflammation as wild type mice, demonstrating that the mast cell is not required for the induction of chronic airway inflammation. In contrast, BAL eosinophilia and airway inflammation were absent in OVA-treated MHC ClassII deficient (B6.Aa−/−) mice which lack mature CD4+ T lymphocytes. In conclusion, these results indicate that IL-4 is a central mediator of allergic airway inflammation, regulating antigen-induced eosinophil recruitment into the airways by a T cell dependent mechanism.Keywords
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