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(Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 2005;77:906-913.)
© 2005 by Society for Leukocyte Biology

Complementary role of CD4⁺CD25⁺ regulatory T cells and TGF-ß in oral tolerance

Laboratory of Immunology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Korea

¹Correspondence: Laboratory of Immunology, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Shillimdong, Kwanakgu, Seoul 151-742, Korea. E-mail: cykang{at}snu.ac.kr

CD4⁺CD25⁺ regulatory T cells are thought to be generated in the periphery as well as in the thymus. We sought to determine the roles played by CD4⁺CD25⁺ T cells and transforming growth factor-ß (TGF-ß) in the induction and maintenance of tolerance generated by oral antigens in BALB/c mice. We found that oral administration of a high dose of ovalbumin (OVA) suppressed OVA-specific proliferation and antibody production in BALB/c mice depleted of CD25⁺ cells. In contrast, the unresponsiveness induced by lower doses of OVA was only partially blocked by CD25 depletion prior to feeding. Depletion of CD4⁺CD25⁺ cells after mice were orally tolerized did not reverse the tolerant status, indicating that these cells were not required to maintain the established tolerance. Furthermore, the induction of oral tolerance was not hampered by the administration of TGF-ß-neutralizing antibodies. However, in mice depleted of CD25⁺ cells, anti-TGF-ß-neutralizing antibodies blocked the induction of tolerance, regardless of whether the mice followed the high- or low-dose regimens of oral OVA. CD25 depletion together with TGF-ß neutralization led the expansion of OVA-specific CD4 T cells against the subsequent antigen challenge, and each treatment alone did not. Our findings indicate that CD4⁺CD25⁺ T cells and TGF-ß play a complementary role in the induction of oral tolerance, at least in part, by regulating the expansion of antigen-specific CD4 T cells.

Key Words: Tr depletion • neutralization

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