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Acetylcholine-Synthesizing T Cells Relay Neural Signals in a Vagus Nerve Circuit

2011· article· en· 1,537 citations· W2007143131 on OpenAlex· 10.1126/science.1209985

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Abstract

Neural circuits regulate cytokine production to prevent potentially damaging inflammation. A prototypical vagus nerve circuit, the inflammatory reflex, inhibits tumor necrosis factor-α production in spleen by a mechanism requiring acetylcholine signaling through the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expressed on cytokine-producing macrophages. Nerve fibers in spleen lack the enzymatic machinery necessary for acetylcholine production; therefore, how does this neural circuit terminate in cholinergic signaling? We identified an acetylcholine-producing, memory phenotype T cell population in mice that is integral to the inflammatory reflex. These acetylcholine-producing T cells are required for inhibition of cytokine production by vagus nerve stimulation. Thus, action potentials originating in the vagus nerve regulate T cells, which in turn produce the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, required to control innate immune responses.

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The record

Venue
Science
Topic
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
Field
Neuroscience
Canadian institutions
University Health NetworkOntario Institute for Cancer Research
Funders
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Keywords
AcetylcholineCholinergicVagus nerveVagus nerve stimulationNicotinic acetylcholine receptorNeuroscienceAcetylcholine receptorBiologyInternal medicineStimulationEndocrinologyMedicineReceptor
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