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Departments of
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Anatomy and
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany; and
Immunology Research Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Although the liver is known to contain a significant number of lymphocytes, migration of these through the compartments of the liver, parenchyma and periportal field, has not been studied. The periportal field, in particular, is affected in several immunological disorders of the liver. Populations of labeled naive, activated, and memory T cells were injected into congenic rats. The recipient livers and draining lymph nodes were removed at various time points, and cryostat sections were analyzed for the presence of donor cells using quantitative immunohistology. Donor cell proliferation and apoptosis were examined in vivo by BrdU (5 µM 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine) incorporation and the TUNEL technique, respectively. Early after injection (0.5–1 h), naive, activated, and memory T cells were localized to the parenchyma and periportal field in comparable numbers. With time, all T cell subsets left the parenchyma but remained or, in the case of activated T cells, significantly accumulated in the periportal field. Furthermore, 12% of activated donor T cells proliferated in vivo within the periportal field, and 0.5% showed evidence of apoptosis. Taken together, not only activated and memory, but also naive T cells continuously migrate through the liver, showing a preference for the periportal field, and activated T cells mainly proliferate there. This may explain why many immunological liver diseases predominantly affect the periportal field.
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