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Blood, 5 March 2009, Vol. 113, No. 10, pp. 2352-2362. Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on December 4, 2008; DOI 10.1182/blood-2008-08-175448. This Article Full Text (PDF) Supplemental Figures All Versions of this Article: blood-2008-08-175448v1 113/10/2352    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Das, R. Articles by Drobyski, W. R. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Das, R. Articles by Drobyski, W. R. Social Bookmarking                   What's this?  Previous Article  |  Next Article  Submitted August 21, 2008 Accepted November 24, 2008 Interleukin 23 secretion by donor antigen presenting cells is critical for organ-specific pathology in graft versus host disease Rupali Das, Xiao Chen, Richard Komorowski, Martin J. Hessner, and William R. Drobyski* Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Miwaukee, WI, United States Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States * Corresponding author; email: wdrobysk{at}mcw.edu. Damage to the gastrointestinal tract during graft versus host disease (GVHD) from the conditioning regimen in conjunction with alloreactive donor T cells plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of this disease. In this study, we have identified secretion of interleukin 23 (IL-23) by donor antigen-presenting cells (APCs) as a critical event in the induction of GVHD of the colon linking conditioning regimen-induced mucosal injury and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) translocation to subsequent proinflammatory cytokine production and GVHD-associated pathological damage. In the absence of donor APC-derived IL-23 secretion, there is a selective and profound reduction in pathological damage as well as a marked reduction in LPS and proinflammatory cytokine production in the colon microenvironment. The downstream proinflammatory effects of IL-23 are dependent upon donor-derived secretion of IFN-, but are independent of donor IL-17 production. These findings define a novel organ-specific role for IL-23 in the pathophysiology of GVHD and demonstrate that IL-23 can direct tissue-specific pathology within the context of a systemic inflammatory disorder. Furthermore, these studies also identify IL-23 as a potential therapeutic target for the prevention of this life-threatening disorder. CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this? This article has been cited by other articles: X. Chen, R. Das, R. Komorowski, A. Beres, M. J. Hessner, M. Mihara, and W. R. Drobyski Blockade of interleukin-6 signaling augments regulatory T-cell reconstitution and attenuates the severity of graft-versus-host disease Blood, July 23, 2009; 114(4): 891 - 900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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