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fausten{at}rics.bwh.harvard.edu
In this issue, Matsumoto et al. 1 report that histamine exocytosed from brain mast cells (MCs) after activation by antigenic cross-linking of the high affinity IgE receptor (Fc
Although MCs are derived, like other leukocytes, from hematopoietic stem cells 5, they do not mature before exiting the bone marrow and circulate as committed progenitors. These progenitors complete their maturation with concomitant phenotypic diversity after moving into diverse peripheral tissues (Fig. 1). Their presence in these peripheral tissues depends on the action of their cell surface tyrosine kinase, c-kit, and its ligand, stem cell factor (SCF). The circulating progenitors have been isolated from human blood as c-kit+CD34+CD13+Fc
RI) acts via Hl receptors at the hypothalamus to elicit corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). These findings reveal a homeostatic response to a pathobiologic event in the dog. Conversely, CRF can also be proinflammatory by mediating activation of tissue MCs 2. This action is implicated in the acute immobilization stress response of the rat, in which degranulation of brain MCs is associated with a histamine H2 receptor–mediated increase in permeability of the blood–brain barrier 3. These models remind us that the inflammatory response is homeostatic in principle and pathobiologic only when the same pathways lead to an outcome that is more detrimental than beneficial to the host. Thus, the elegant demonstration that experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in the mouse can be MC dependent 4 invites readers to think of the contribution of the MC to dysfunction of the blood–brain barrier rather than its homeostatic hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal signal function. As the documented role of the MC expands beyond recognition of its contribution to adverse local and systemic allergic responses, it is pertinent to review its development, remarkable proinflammatory armamentarium, and participation in an evolving number of models of pathobiologic processes. RI– cells. This population contains both committed progenitors and cells that are bipotent, that is, able to differentiate into either MCs or monocytes 6. Progenitors also have been identified in the blood of 15.5-d-old fetal mice, where they represent an usually high proportion (
2.5%) of the mononuclear cells at this point in development 7. These cells are poorly granulated, express high levels of c-kit, low levels of Thy-1, and no FcRI and show no capacity to differentiate into any other cell type. Thus, these cells are committed MC progenitors. In the adult mouse, the mucosa of the intestine contains the largest peripheral pool of these committed progenitors 8. However, in the absence of inflammation, these cells do not develop into mature MCs. The rejection of many intestinal parasites requires the intestinal hyperplasia of a differentiated MC population 9 and therefore, the large reservoir of undifferentiated but committed progenitors provides homeostasis in an environment in which intestinal parasitism is a constant threat.
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In the mouse, 12 different proteases are stored along with the amines, histamine and serotonin, in the secretory granules as a complex with different proteoglycans that share the same peptide core (for a review, see reference 20). Distinct functions have been recognized for some of the proteases. Mouse MC protease (mMCP)-5, a chymase (chymotryptic-like secretory granule protease), has been deleted directly by targeted disruption of the gene and indirectly by targeted disruption of the N-sulfotransferase-2 gene needed for the production of heparin glycosaminoglycan 212223. In both cases, there was coincident loss of mMC-carboxypeptidase A expression. In both instances, the cutaneous MCs representing the CTMC phenotype were abnormally small with poor granule morphology, whereas the Trichinella spiralis–elicited MMCs were robust and of normal phenotype. These findings emphasize that the tissue dictates the phenotypic diversity for the single MC lineage. There were also severe developmental abnormalities in several organs such as the eyes. As a developmental abnormality of the eye, for example, is not present in the W/Wv strain, either the short-lived progenitors in the bone marrow of W/Wv mice are sufficient for normal development or the phenotype results from an imbalance of proteases created by the disruption. Recombinant mouse tryptase mMCP-6, recombinant human βI tryptase, and a tryptase preparation isolated from human MCs all cause neutrophil accumulation in vivo, whereas recombinant mMCP-7 causes eosinophil accumulation in vivo and human MC chymase induces the accumulation of neutrophils and other leukocytes in vivo 24252627. Furthermore, the directed migration of neutrophils into the lung by recombinant human βI tryptase protects the W/Wv mouse against pulmonary infection by Klebsiella pneumoniae 25. The mouse tryptase mMCP-7 cleaves fibrinogen in vivo and blocks its function; this action could limit the functions of fibrinogen in MC-mediated reactions 28. The mouse jejunal MMC–specific chymase mMCP-1 is important in the rejection of T. spiralis, as mice rendered deficient in mMCP-1 by targeted disruption of the gene have an impaired ability to expel this nematode 29. Other studies with gene-disrupted mice have confirmed the association of the T cell cytokines with the appearance of the MMCs and rejection of various helminths 3031. In a model of neoplasia, the CTMC proteases mMCP-4 (chymase family) and mMCP-6 were implicated in the MC-mediated upregulation of angiogenesis 32. Other possible functions not yet proven in vivo include cleavage of angiotensin I to angiotensin II, stimulation of mucus secretion, activation of metalloproteases, and activation of protease-activated receptors 20.
Whereas the secretory granule amines, proteases, and proteoglycans are stored for immediate release by exocytosis, the perinuclear membrane and endoplasmic reticulum respond to the same activation signal with the release of arachidonic acid for processing into eicosanoids. For the MC, PGD2 is the dominant prostanoid product, and the cys-LT, LTC4, dominates over the dihydroxy leukotriene, LTB4. In mice with a targeted disruption of the gene for LTC4 synthase (LTC4S), which provides LTC4, the parent of all receptor-active cys-LTs, the augmented vascular permeability causing edema in innate and adaptive immune inflammation is attenuated 33. Both zymosan-elicited, monocyte/macrophage-mediated intraperitoneal plasma influx and IgE/antigen-initiated MC-dependent ear edema were reduced by one half. The latter is noteworthy because cutaneous MCs, exemplifying the CTMC phenotype, were projected from studies with dispersed tissue MCs to be prostanoid-producing rather than cys-LT–producing phenotypes 19. Disruption of the classical PGD2 receptor, DP, confirmed the action of PGD2 on the microvasculature and airway smooth muscle in an aerosol antigen challenge of a sensitized mouse 34. The subsequent recognition by in vitro assays that PGD2 is also a ligand for a chemokine-like receptor (termed CRTH2) on human T cells, basophils, and eosinophils 35 provides a candidate feedback pathway for the Th2/MC duo in allergic inflammation.
A direct role of MC-derived cytokines in vivo has been demonstrated only for TNF-
. Mice that either have a targeted disruption of the TNF- gene or are MC deficient due to a functional inactivation of their c-kit (W/Wv) are highly susceptible to death after cecal ligation and puncture, compared with their normal littermates 3637. W/Wv mice can be protected by reconstitution of their peritoneal MC population through the adoptive transfer of immature MCs derived in vitro from the bone marrow of their normal littermates, in combination with the cytoprotective and mitogenic MC effects of administered recombinant stem cell factor. The serosal cavity MCs implicated in this innate host resistance are of the CTMC phenotype. In contrast, the MMCs developed in a T cell–dependent manner from intestinal progenitors are effective in the expulsion of adult T. spiralis in mice with a disruption of their TNF- receptor gene 30. Cutaneous MC-derived TNF- also induces endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule-1 in humans 38, and its role in the mouse cecal ligation and puncture model is attributed to neutrophil recruitment 3637. In this context, a proinflammatory function is clearly homeostatic.
The observation that ischemia-reperfusion injury of a hind limb of a mouse can be associated with remote pulmonary injury implies a mediator signal. That the lung is spared the injury, neutrophil extravasation, and edema by the lack of MCs in the W/Wv mouse 39 or by deficiency of the fifth complement component in an otherwise normal mouse 40 links two proinflammatory pathways, complement and MCs, but does not define their order. Of equal note are the findings that the W/Wv mouse is protected not only against the remote site injury, but also partially against the permeability enhancement, PMN extravasation, and myofibril disruption of the targeted hind limb 41.
In contrast to the in vivo proinflammatory actions of MCs that form the basis of our limited knowledge of their "diverse roles" (Fig. 2), Matsumoto et al. 1 suggest that MCs in the central nervous system may participate in the counter-regulation of an immune inflammatory response through interactions with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. In this study, the dogs were passively sensitized by the administration of IgE either intracerebroventricularly or intravenously and were challenged with specific antigen, either intracerebroventricularly or intravenously, resulting in cortisol release from the adrenal glands. The effect could be mimicked by intracerebroventricular injection of the MC secretagogue compound 48/80 and was blocked by corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) antibodies or histamine H1-blockers. Because glucocorticoids can be used to downmodulate immune reactions, Matsumoto et al. suggest that this pathway is an immunomodulator in which the MCs act as the switch, detecting high levels of systemic antigen and activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to prevent anaphylaxis.
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Acknowledgments
Supported by grants HL36110-16, AI31599-10, AI07306, and HL63284-02 from the National Institutes of Health.
Submitted: 30 May 2001
Accepted: 1 June 2001
Matsumoto I., Inoue Y., Shimada T. & Aikama T.. Brain mast cells act as an immune gate to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in dogs, J. Exp. Med, 194, 2001, 71–78.
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