Pneumatic tire with tie layer and method of making same

A tire comprising an outer tread (14) and a barrier layer (24) disposed radially inwardly of the outer tread (14) and including a dynamically vulcanized alloy is disclosed. The dynamically vulcanized alloy includes a resin as a continuous phase and at least a partially vulcanized rubber as a dispersed phase. A tire layer (18) is situated between the barrier layer (24) and the tread (14) and includes a rubber formulation comprising a diene rubber. A tie layer (22) is situated between and adjacent to the barrier layer (24) and the tire layer (18). The tie layer (22) includes a rubber formulation comprising 100 parts of a mixture of rubbers chosen from 10-50 parts nitrile rubber, 20-70 parts natural rubber, and 10-30 parts synthetic polyisoprene rubber, wherein the mixture is the total amount of rubber for the rubber formulation, at least one reinforcing filler, at least one tackifier; and optionally at least one processing oil. The tie layer (22) is adhered directly to the barrier layer (24) and the tire layer