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Invariant natural killer T‐cell neutralization is a possible novel therapy for human eosinophilic esophagitis
Author(s) -
Rayapudi Madhavi,
Rajavelu Priya,
Zhu Xiang,
Kaul Ajay,
Niranjan Rituraj,
Dynda Scott,
Mishra Akanksha,
Mattner Jochen,
Zaidi Asifa,
Dutt Parmesh,
Mishra Anil
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical and translational immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.321
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2050-0068
DOI - 10.1038/cti.2013.13
Subject(s) - eosinophilic esophagitis , neutralization , immunology , invariant (physics) , medicine , mathematics , disease , antibody , mathematical physics
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a recently recognized inflammatory disorder that needs a potential therapeutic strategy. We earlier showed that iNKT cell‐deficient mice are protected from allergen‐induced EoE. Therefore, we now tested the hypothesis that iNKT cells are induced in the human EoE and is a novel possible target for the treatment of human EoE. Accordingly, we examine number of iNKT cells and eosinophils and expression of iNKT‐associated cell surface receptors and chemokines by performing immunofluorescence, qPCR and ELISA in the esophageal biopsies and blood samples of normal subjects (comparison control) and EoE patients. Herein, we show that iNKT cell number, their receptor subcomponents Vα24 and Vβ11 expression, and associated chemokine CXCL16 levels (or expression) are induced significantly in EoE patients compared with normal individuals. In addition, we show that CXCL16 levels (or expression) correlate with the mRNA levels of Vα24 receptor but not well with esophageal eosinophilia in human EoE. Of note, we show that in vivo activation of iNKT cells is sufficient to induce EoE in mice. Furthermore, we show that anti‐mCD1d‐ and anti‐hVα24Jα18‐neutralizing antibody treatment protects allergen‐induced experimental EoE. Taken together, we have shown first time that iNKT cells have a critical pathogenic role in human and experimental EoE. iNKT cell neutralization by humanized anti‐CD1d and anti‐Vα24Jα18 antibodies might be a novel and potential therapy for human EoE.

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