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Recruitment of inflammatory monocytes by senescent fibroblasts inhibits antigen-specific tissue immunity during human aging

Chambers, ES; Vukmanovic-Stejic, M; Shih, BB; Trahair, H; Subramanian, P; Devine, OP; Glanville, J; ... Akbar, AN; + view all (2021) Recruitment of inflammatory monocytes by senescent fibroblasts inhibits antigen-specific tissue immunity during human aging. Nature Aging , 1 (1) pp. 101-113. 10.1038/s43587-020-00010-6. Green open access

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Abstract

We have previously shown that healthy older adults exhibit reduced cutaneous immune responses during a varicella zoster virus (VZV) antigen challenge that correlated with a nonspecific inflammatory response to the injection itself. Here we found that needle damage during intradermal injections in older adults led to an increase in the number of cutaneous senescent fibroblasts expressing CCL2, resulting in the local recruitment of inflammatory monocytes. These infiltrating monocytes secreted prostaglandin E2, which inhibited resident memory T cell activation and proliferation. Pretreatment of older participants with a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor in vivo decreased CCL2 expression and inhibited monocyte recruitment and secretion of prostaglandin E2. This coincided with an increased response to VZV antigen challenge in the skin. Our results point to a series of molecular and cellular mechanisms that link cellular senescence, tissue damage, excessive inflammation and reduced immune responsiveness in human skin and demonstrate that tissue-specific immunity can be restored in older adults by short-term inhibition of inflammatory responses.

Type: Article
Title: Recruitment of inflammatory monocytes by senescent fibroblasts inhibits antigen-specific tissue immunity during human aging
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s43587-020-00010-6
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-020-00010-6
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Inflammation, Monocytes and macrophages
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Experimental and Translational Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10157061
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