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Peyer’s Patches Are Required for the Induction of Rapid Th1 Responses in the Gut and Mesenteric Lymph Nodes during an Enteric Infection¹

Sue-fen Kwa^*,, Peter Beverley and Adrian L. Smith^2,*

^* Enteric Immunology, Division of Immunology, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Near Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and CD45 Group, The Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research, Compton, Near Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

The Peyer’s patches (PP) and mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) are structural components of the gut-associated lymphoid tissues and contribute to the induction of immune responses toward infection in the gastrointestinal tract. These secondary lymphoid organs provide structural organization for efficient cellular interactions and the initiation of primary adaptive immune responses against infection. Immunity against primary infection with the enteric apicomplexan parasite, Eimeria vermiformis, depends on the rapid induction of local Th1 responses. Lymphotoxin (LT)-deficient mice which have various defects in secondary lymphoid organs were infected with E. vermiformis. The relative susceptibility of LT^–/–, LT^–/–, LT^+/–+/– mice and bone marrow chimeras, indicated that rapid protective Th1 responses required both PP and MLN. Moreover, the timing of Th1 induction in both MLN and gut was dependent on the presence of PP suggesting a level of cooperation between immune responses induced in these distinct lymphoid structures. The delay in Th1 induction was attributable to the delayed arrival of a broad range of dendritic cell subsets in the MLN and a substantial reduction of CD8^–CD11b^high B220^– dendritic cells in PP-deficient mice.

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