Etsushi Kuroda, Koji Ozasa, Burcu Temizoz, Keiichi Ohata, Christine X Koo, Tomohiro Kanuma, Takato Kusakabe, Shingo Kobari, Masanori Horie, Yasuo Morimoto, Saeko Nakajima, Kenji Kabashima, Steven F Ziegler, Yoichiro Iwakura, Wataru Ise, Tomohiro Kurosaki, Takahiro Nagatake, Jun Kunisawa, Naoki Takemura, Satoshi Uematsu, Masayuki Hayashi, Taiki Aoshi, Kouji Kobiyama, Cevayir Coban, Ken J Ishii
Particulate pollution is thought to function as an adjuvant that can induce allergic responses. However, the exact cell types and immunological factors that initiate the lung-specific immune responses are unclear. We found that upon intratracheal instillation, particulates such as aluminum salts and silica killed alveolar macrophages (AMs), which then released interleukin-1α (IL-1α) and caused inducible bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (iBALT) formation in the lung. IL-1α release continued for up to 2 weeks after particulate exposure, and type-2 allergic immune responses were induced by the inhalation of antigen during IL-1α release and iBALT formation, even long after particulate instillation...
December 20, 2016: Immunity