Inhibition of T cell costimulation abrogates airway hyperresponsiveness in a murine model.
Open Access
- 15 December 1996
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Clinical Investigation in JCI Insight
- Vol. 98 (12), 2693-2699
- https://doi.org/10.1172/jci119093
Abstract
Activation of naive T cells requires at least two signals. In addition to the well characterized interaction of the T cell antigen receptor with the antigen/MHC expressed on an antigen-presenting cell, T cell activation also requires costimulation by a second set of signals. The best characterized costimulatory receptor is CD28, which binds to a family of B7 ligands expressed on antigen-presenting cells. In asthma, although activated T cells play a role in the initiation and maintenance of airway inflammation, the importance of T cell costimulation in bronchial hyperresponsiveness had not been characterized. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that inhibition of the CD28:B7 costimulatory pathway would abrogate airway hyperresponsiveness. Our results show that blockade of costimulation with CTLA4-Ig, a fusion protein known to prevent costimulation by blocking CD28:B7 interactions, inhibits airway hyperresponsiveness, inflammatory infiltration, expansion of thoracic lymphocytes, and allergen-specific responsiveness of thoracic T cells in this murine model of allergic asthma.Keywords
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