Cutting Edge: Histamine Is Required for IL-4–Driven Eosinophilic Allergic Responses

  • Swartzendruber J
  • Byrne A
  • Bryce P
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Abstract

Histamine is an important allergic mediator, and studies have defined roles for both histamine 1 and 4 receptors in allergic airway inflammation. In this study, we show that histamine is necessary to generate IL-4–driven eosinophilic inflammation, as histamine-deficient mice cannot generate eosinophilic lung inflammation in response to intratracheal IL-4 and exogenous histamine restores responsiveness. This is histamine 2 receptor (H2R) dependent because H2R knockout mice fail to respond to IL-4, and a H2R agonist restores inflammation in histidine decarboxylase knockout. Furthermore, alveolar epithelial cells require H2R to produce CCL24, an eosinophil recruitment factor, whereas H2R blockade reduces CCL24 production from wild-type cells. In an allergic inflammation model, H2R knockout mice show significantly reduced eosinophilic inflammation and CCL24 expression. These data demonstrate a previously unidentified role for H2R in allergic inflammation and establishes a synergy between endogenous histamine and IL-4 that supports eosinophilic recruitment to the lung.

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Swartzendruber, J. A., Byrne, A. J., & Bryce, P. J. (2012). Cutting Edge: Histamine Is Required for IL-4–Driven Eosinophilic Allergic Responses. The Journal of Immunology, 188(2), 536–540. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1101795

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