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| Content Provider | World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
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| Author | Joyee, Antony George Yang, Xi Uzonna, Jude |
| Description | Country affiliation: Canada Author Affiliation: Joyee AG ( Department of Medical Microbiology, Laboratory for Infection and Immunity, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.) |
| Abstract | Although studies suggest that NKT cell (NKT) activation modulates the function of dendritic cells (DCs) in inducing T cell responses, it is unknown whether this modulating effect is biased to a DC subset. We previously reported that NKT activation could modulate DC function in inducing protective T cell immunity to Chlamydia pneumoniae, an intracellular bacterial infection. In this study, we investigated the effect of NKT activation on DC subsets, using multiple approaches, including gene knockout mice, alpha- galactosylceramide stimulation, adoptive transfer of invariant NKT (iNKT), and functional analysis of DC subsets in both in vitro and in vivo settings. We found a preferential modulating effect of iNKTs on the CD8alpha(+) DC subset. Specifically, we found that iNKT-deficient mice, compared with wild-type (WT) mice, showed reduced CD8alpha(+) DC expansion with lower CD40 expression and IL-12 production, whereas enhancing iNKT activation in WT mice or adoptive transfer of iNKTs to Jalpha18(-/-) mice resulted in increased function of CD8alpha(+) DCs in inducing type 1 immune responses. Further, DC-iNKT coculture experiments showed a direct CD40L-dependent enhancing effect of iNKTs on IL-12p70 production by CD8alpha(+) DCs. More importantly, CD8alpha(+) DCs from Jalpha18(-/-) mice, compared with those from WT mice, showed significantly reduced ability to activate IFN-gamma-producing T cells in vitro and to induce type 1 immunity and protection in vivo. Moreover, a similar CD8alpha(+) DC subset alteration was found in the Jalpha18(-/-) mice following Leishmania major infection. Our data provide the first direct evidence that iNKTs preferentially promote the functional development of a subset of DC to generate protective immunity against infections. |
| ISSN | 00221767 |
| e-ISSN | 15506606 |
| Journal | The Journal of Immunology |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 184 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The American Association of Immunologists |
| Publisher Date | 2010-02-15 |
| Publisher Place | United States |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Antigens, Cd8 Biosynthesis Dendritic Cells Immunology Natural Killer T-cells Th1 Cells Adoptive Transfer Animals Cells, Cultured Chlamydophila Pneumoniae Coculture Techniques Microbiology Transplantation Immunity, Cellular Leishmania Major Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous Mice Mice, Inbred Balb C Mice, Inbred C57bl Mice, Knockout Parasitology Pneumonia, Bacterial Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't Discipline Immunology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Immunology and Allergy Immunology |
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