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Protective role of IL-33/ST2 axis in Con A-induced hepatitis. J Hepatol 2012; 56:26-33. [PMID: 21703183 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2010] [Revised: 03/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/18/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS We used Concanavalin A-induced liver injury to study the role of Interleukin 33 and its receptor ST2 in the induction of inflammatory pathology and hepatocellular damage. METHODS We tested susceptibility to Concanavalin A induced hepatitis in ST2 deficient and wild type BALB/c mice and analyzed the effects of single injection of Interleukin 33 as evaluated by liver enzyme test, quantitative histology, mononuclear cell infiltration, cytokine production, intracellular staining of immune cells, and markers of apoptosis in the liver. RESULTS ST2 deficient mice developed significantly more severe hepatitis and had significantly higher number of mononuclear cells in the liver, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, NKp46+ and CD3+NKp46+ cells, and F4/80+ macrophages. The level of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the sera and number of TNF alpha, IFN gamma, and IL-17 producing cells was higher in ST2 deficient mice. In contrast, number of CD4+Foxp3+ cells was statistically higher in wild type mice. Additionally, treatment of wild type mice with single (1 μg) injection of Interleukin 33 led to attenuation of the liver injury and milder infiltration of mononuclear cells, increase in total number of liver CD4+Foxp3+ cells and IL-4 producing CD4+ T cells. Interleukin 33 also suppressed the activation of caspase 3, prevented the expression of BAX, and enhanced the expression of antiapoptotic Bcl-2 in the liver. CONCLUSIONS We concluded that Interleukin 33/ST2 axis downregulated Concanavalin A-induced liver injury and should be evaluated as potential target in fulminant hepatitis in humans.
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Ambrosini YM, Yang GX, Zhang W, Tsuda M, Shu S, Tsuneyama K, Leung PSC, Ansari AA, Coppel RL, Gershwin ME. The multi-hit hypothesis of primary biliary cirrhosis: polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I:C) and murine autoimmune cholangitis. Clin Exp Immunol 2011; 166:110-20. [PMID: 21910728 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04453.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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A void in understanding primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is the absence of appropriate animal models. Our laboratory has studied a murine model of autoimmune cholangitis induced following immunization with 2-octynoic acid (2OA), an antigen identified following extensive quantitative structural activity relationship (QSAR) analysis, using human autoantibodies and three-dimensional analysis of the mitochondrial autoantigen, the E2 subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC-E2). Mice immunized with 2OA coupled to bovine serum albumin (BSA) develop anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMAs) of the identical specificity as humans with PBC, and in addition develop inflammatory portal cell infiltrates in liver. However, the natural history of disease is less severe than in humans and does not include fibrosis. Data from human and autoimmune murine models suggest that environmental and/or infectious agents can exacerbate autoimmune reactions, and a model of PBC has been described in which polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I:C), a viral RNA mimetic and Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR-3) agonist induces low-titre AMAs and in mild portal infiltrates. We took advantage of our established model to determine whether immunization with 2OA-BSA coupled with poly I:C alters the disease process. Indeed, the addition of poly I:C produces a profound exacerbation of autoimmune cholangitis, including a significant increase in CD8(+) infiltrating T cells, as well as a marked increase of proinflammatory cytokines. In addition, mice have evidence of fibrosis. These findings lend support to the concept that besides breakdown of self-tolerance, there is a requirement of a second 'hit' during the breakdown process that leads to disease which more faithfully mimics human PBC.
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- Y M Ambrosini
- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Amarante MK, Watanabe MAE. Toll-like receptor 3: involvement with exogenous and endogenous RNA. Int Rev Immunol 2011; 29:557-73. [PMID: 21073327 DOI: 10.3109/08830185.2010.525723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The recognition of pathogens is assigned to an evolutionarily conserved family of receptors, the Toll-like receptors (TLRs). The investigation of RNA-based immunology has been reinvigorated with the observation that TLR3s interact with RNA (dsRNA of viral origin, poly (I:C) and endogenous RNA). Many RNAs, therefore, join the list of endogenous ligands for TLRs. The further finding that nucleoside modification alters RNA-mediated TLR signaling presents a mechanism for the long-observed differences in immunogenicity. The involvement of RNA modification in the pathogenesis of diseases, and its implications in the therapeutics, are still being studied, and will have important implications in the future.
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- Marla Karine Amarante
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetic-Immunology, Biological Science Center, State University of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Chen Y, Sun R. Toll-like receptors in acute liver injury and regeneration. Int Immunopharmacol 2011; 11:1433-41. [PMID: 21601014 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2011.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Revised: 04/07/2011] [Accepted: 04/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Liver is the lymphoid organ with an overwhelming innate immune system, which functions as a filter organ at the first line between the digestive tract and the rest of the body, with receiving 80% of the blood supply through portal vein. TLRs are widely expressed on parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells in the liver, which play critical roles for the liver health. Recent studies indicate that TLR-medicated signals have been involved in almost all liver diseases such as acute and chronic hepatitis, liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver disease, ischemia/reperfusion liver injury, liver regeneration and hepatocellular carcinoma. In this review, the expressions of TLRs in hepatic cell populations including hepatocytes, LSECs, Kupffer cells, lymphocytes, DCs, biliary epithelial cells and HSCs, and TLR ligands and signaling in the liver are summarized. Further, recent advances in the roles of TLRs in acute liver injury and regeneration as mediator and regulator, and their potential therapeutic targets are discussed.
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- Yongyan Chen
- Institute of Immunology, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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Weiss ID, Shoham H, Wald O, Wald H, Beider K, Abraham M, Barashi N, Galun E, Nagler A, Peled A. Ccr5 deficiency regulates the proliferation and trafficking of natural killer cells under physiological conditions. Cytokine 2011; 54:249-57. [PMID: 21376626 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2011.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2010] [Revised: 01/01/2011] [Accepted: 01/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chemokines were shown to govern the trafficking of immune cells and may also play important roles in the survival and activation of these cells. We report here that under physiological conditions, the bone marrow (BM), spleen, blood and liver of Ccr5, but not of Ccr1-deficient mice, contain reduced numbers of NK cells. NK cells in the BM of Ccr5-deficient mice proliferate to a lesser extent compared to WT mice. Furthermore, spleen NK cells derived from Ccr5-deficient mice that were transplanted into irradiated recipients failed to proliferate in the host. Ccr5, but not Ccr1-deficient NK cells, failed to migrate in vitro in response to RANTES and MIP-1β but not MIP-1β or SDF-1 and had reduced activation, lower expression levels of NK cell markers and a slightly reduced capacity to adhere to target cells and stimulate their killing. Using the polyI:C mouse model for NK trafficking, we found that in the absence of Ccr5, but not Ccr1, NK cells failed to accumulate in the liver. In contrast, using the influenza viral infection as a model to evaluate NK cell proliferation, we found that Ccr5-deficient NK cells in the BM had a higher proliferation rate than WT NK cells. These results suggest a role for Ccr5 in NK cell proliferation and circulation under physiological conditions and a complex role for Ccr5 in determining the fate of NK cells under pathological conditions.
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- Ido D Weiss
- Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah University Hospital, P.O. Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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High-mobility group box 1 exacerbates concanavalin A-induced hepatic injury in mice. J Mol Med (Berl) 2010; 88:1289-98. [DOI: 10.1007/s00109-010-0681-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2010] [Revised: 08/18/2010] [Accepted: 08/30/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Wei H, Wei H, Wang H, Tian Z, Sun R. Activation of natural killer cells inhibits liver regeneration in toxin-induced liver injury model in mice via a tumor necrosis factor-alpha-dependent mechanism. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2010; 299:G275-82. [PMID: 20448144 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00026.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Liver lymphocytes are enriched in natural killer (NK) cells, and activation of NK cells by injection of polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I:C) inhibits liver regeneration in the partial hepatectomy model via production of IFN-gamma. However, the role of NK cells in liver regeneration in a model of carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4))-induced liver injury remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the effect of activation of NK cells induced by poly I:C on liver regeneration in the CCl(4) model. Administration of poly I:C suppressed liver regeneration in CCl(4)-treated mice. Depletion of NK cells but not Kupffer cells or T cells restored liver regeneration in poly I:C/CCl(4)-treated mice. Poly I:C and CCl(4) cotreatment synergistically induced accumulation of NK cells in the liver and NK cell production of IFN-gamma and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. Serum levels of these two cytokines were also synergistically induced after poly I:C and CCl(4) treatment. Finally, blockage of TNF-alpha but not IFN-gamma restored liver regeneration in poly I:C/CCl(4)-treated mice. Taken together, these findings suggest that poly I:C treatment inhibits liver regeneration in the CCl(4)-induced liver injury model via induction of NK cell production of TNF-alpha.
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- Hairong Wei
- Institute of Immunology, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 443 Huangshan Rd., Hefei City, Anhui 230027, People's Republic of China
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Gardner TR, Chen Q, Jin Y, Ajuebor MN. Toll-like receptor 3 ligand dampens liver inflammation by stimulating Valpha 14 invariant natural killer T cells to negatively regulate gammadeltaT cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2010; 176:1779-89. [PMID: 20167870 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.090738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Valpha14 invariant natural killer T (Valpha14iNKT) cells are at the interface between the innate and adaptive immune responses and are thus critical for providing full engagement of host defense. We investigated the role of polyriboinosinic:polycytidylic acid (poly I:C), a replication-competent viral double-stranded RNA mimic and a specific agonist that recognizes the cellular sensor Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3), in regulating Valpha14iNKT cell activation. We established for the first time that hepatic Valpha14iNKT cells up-regulate TLR3 extracellularly after poly I:C treatment. Notably, activation of TLR3-expressing hepatic Valpha14iNKT cells by a TLR3 ligand was suppressed by TLR3 deficiency. Our studies also revealed that Valpha14iNKT cell activation in response to poly I:C administration uniquely suppressed the accumulation and activation of intrahepatic gammadeltaT cells (but not natural killer cells) by inducing apoptosis. Furthermore, we established that activated hepatic Valpha14iNKT cells (via cytokines and possibly reactive oxygen species) influenced the frequency and absolute number of intrahepatic gammadeltaT cells, as evidenced by increased hepatic gammadeltaT cell accumulation in Valpha14iNKT cell-deficient mice after poly I:C treatment relative to wild-type mice. Thus, hepatic Valpha14iNKT cells and intrahepatic gammadeltaT cells are functionally linked on application of TLR3 agonist. Overall, our results demonstrate a novel and previously unrecognized anti-inflammatory role for activated hepatic Valpha14iNKT cells in negatively regulating intrahepatic gammadeltaT cell accumulation (probably through TLR3 signaling) and thereby preventing potentially harmful activation of intrahepatic gammadeltaT cells.
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- Tommy R Gardner
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA
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Duluc D, Tan F, Scotet M, Blanchard S, Frémaux I, Garo E, Horvat B, Eid P, Delneste Y, Jeannin P. PolyI:C plus IL-2 or IL-12 induce IFN-gamma production by human NK cells via autocrine IFN-beta. Eur J Immunol 2009; 39:2877-84. [PMID: 19728309 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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NK lymphocytes and type I IFN (IFN-alpha/beta) are major actors of the innate anti-viral response that also influence adaptive immune responses. We evaluated type I IFN production by human NK cells in response to polyI:C, a potent type I IFN-inducing TLR3 agonist. PolyI:C plus IL-2/IL-12 induced IFN-beta (but not IFN-alpha) mRNA expression and protein production by highly pure human NK cells and by the human NK cell line NK92. Neutralizing anti-IFNAR1 or anti-IFN-beta Ab prevented the production of IFN-gamma induced by polyI:C plus IL-2/IL-12. Similarly, IFN-gamma production induced by polyI:C plus IL-12 was reduced in NK cells isolated from IFNAR1(-/-) compared with WT mice. The ability of polyI:C plus IL-12 to induce IFN-gamma production was related to an increase of TLR3, Mda5 and IFNAR expression and by an increase of STAT1 and STAT4 phosphorylation. Collectively, these data demonstrate that NK cells, in response to polyI:C plus IL-2/IL-12, produce IFN-beta that induce, in an autocrine manner, the production of IFN-gamma and thereby highlight that NK cells may control the outcome of protective or injurious immune responses through type I IFN secretion.
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- Dorothée Duluc
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), Unité 892, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes-Angers, Angers, France
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Gao B, Radaeva S, Park O. Liver natural killer and natural killer T cells: immunobiology and emerging roles in liver diseases. J Leukoc Biol 2009; 86:513-28. [PMID: 19542050 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0309135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Hepatic lymphocytes are enriched in NK and NKT cells that play important roles in antiviral and antitumor defenses and in the pathogenesis of chronic liver disease. In this review, we discuss the differential distribution of NK and NKT cells in mouse, rat, and human livers, the ultrastructural similarities and differences between liver NK and NKT cells, and the regulation of liver NK and NKT cells in a variety of murine liver injury models. We also summarize recent findings about the role of NK and NKT cells in liver injury, fibrosis, and repair. In general, NK and NKT cells accelerate liver injury by producing proinflammatory cytokines and killing hepatocytes. NK cells inhibit liver fibrosis via killing early-activated and senescent-activated stellate cells and producing IFN-gamma. In regulating liver fibrosis, NKT cells appear to be less important than NK cells as a result of hepatic NKT cell tolerance. NK cells inhibit liver regeneration by producing IFN-gamma and killing hepatocytes; however, the role of NK cells on the proliferation of liver progenitor cells and the role of NKT cells in liver regeneration have been controversial. The emerging roles of NK/NKT cells in chronic human liver disease will also be discussed.Understanding the role of NK and NKT cells in the pathogenesis of chronic liver disease may help us design better therapies to treat patients with this disease.
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- Bin Gao
- Section on Liver Biology, Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Zhang H, Gong Q, Li JH, Kong XL, Tian L, Duan LH, Tong J, Song FF, Fang M, Zheng F, Xiong P, Tan Z, Gong FL. CpG ODN pretreatment attenuates concanavalin A-induced hepatitis in mice. Int Immunopharmacol 2009; 10:79-85. [PMID: 19818415 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2009.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2009] [Revised: 09/05/2009] [Accepted: 09/29/2009] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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T cell-mediated hepatic damage plays a key role in the pathogenesis of liver diseases such as autoimmune hepatitis, viral hepatitis and acute liver failure. CpG-containing oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODN), a ligand for toll-like receptor (TLR) 9, is widely used as an immunological adjuvant. In the present study, we investigated the effect of CpG ODN on T cell-mediated liver injury in a murine model of concanavalin A (Con A)-induced hepatitis. We found that the aminotransferase level was significantly decreased in CpG ODN pretreated mice and the survival of the mice was markedly prolonged. CpG ODN pretreatment inhibited NF-kappaB DNA binding activity. As a result, the systemic/liver levels of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma were significantly suppressed. Furthermore, the activation of inflammatory cells was diminished by CpG ODN pretreatment. These results suggest that CpG ODN pretreatment protects the mice from Con A-induced liver injury via inhibiting hepatocyte apoptosis, inflammation and activation of lymphocytes.
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- Hui Zhang
- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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Glycyrrhizin, the main active compound in liquorice, attenuates pro-inflammatory responses by interfering with membrane-dependent receptor signalling. Biochem J 2009; 421:473-82. [PMID: 19442240 DOI: 10.1042/bj20082416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The triterpene glycoside glycyrrhizin is the main active compound in liquorice. It is used as a herbal medicine owing to its anticancer, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. Its mode of action, however, remains widely unknown. In the present study, we aimed to elucidate the molecular mechanism of glycyrrhizin in attenuating inflammatory responses in macrophages. Using microarray analysis, we found that glycyrrhizin caused a broad block in the induction of pro-inflammatory mediators induced by the TLR (Toll-like receptor) 9 agonist CpG-DNA in RAW 264.7 cells. Furthermore, we found that glycyrrhizin also strongly attenuated inflammatory responses induced by TLR3 and TLR4 ligands. The inhibition was accompanied by decreased activation not only of the NF-kappaB (nuclear factor kappaB) pathway but also of the parallel MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) signalling cascade upon stimulation with TLR9 and TLR4 agonists. Further analysis of upstream events revealed that glycyrrhizin treatment decreased cellular attachment and/or uptake of CpG-DNA and strongly impaired TLR4 internalization. Moreover, we found that the anti-inflammatory effects were specific for membrane-dependent receptor-mediated stimuli, as glycyrrhizin was ineffective in blocking Tnfa (tumour necrosis factor alpha gene) induction upon stimulation with PMA, a receptor- and membrane-independent stimulus. These observations suggest that the broad anti-inflammatory activity of glycyrrhizin is mediated by the interaction with the lipid bilayer, thereby attenuating receptor-mediated signalling.
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Tian Z. Innate immune recognition and regulation in liver injury: A brief report from a series of studies. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0252-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Soga Y, Komori H, Miyazaki T, Arita N, Terada M, Kamada K, Tanaka Y, Fujino T, Hiasa Y, Matsuura B, Onji M, Nose M. Toll-like receptor 3 signaling induces chronic pancreatitis through the Fas/Fas ligand-mediated cytotoxicity. TOHOKU J EXP MED 2009; 217:175-84. [PMID: 19282652 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.217.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Innate immunity plays important roles in host defense against pathogens, but may also contribute to the development of autoimmune diseases under certain conditions. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize various pathogens and induce innate immunity. We herein present a mouse model for chronic pancreatitis, which was induced by TLR3 signaling that generated the Fas/Fas ligand (FasL)-mediated cytotoxicity. An analogue of viral double-stranded RNA, polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid (poly I:C), which is recognized by TLR3, was injected into autoimmune-prone strains: MRL/Mp mice (MRL/+), MRL/Mp mice with a deficit of Fas (MRL/lpr) and MRL/Mp mice with a deficit of functional FasL (MRL/gld). The pancreatitis in MRL/+ mice was initiated by the destruction of pancreatic ductules, and its severity was significantly higher than that in MRL/lpr mice or MRL/gld mice. Using a pancreatic duct epithelial cell line MRL/S-1 newly established from the MRL/gld mouse that lacks FasL, we showed that treatment with poly I:C significantly induced the expression of Fas on the cultured cells. MRL/S-1 cells were destructed when co-cultured with splenocytes bearing intact FasL prepared from MRL/+ or MRL/lpr mice, but the magnitude of cytotoxicity was smaller with splenocytes of MRL/gld mice. Likewise, synthetic FasL protein showed cytotoxicity on MRL/S-1 cells. Furthermore, MRL/S-1 cells expressed higher levels of chemokines after the treatment with poly I:C, suggesting that the poly I:C-mediated induction of chemokines may be responsible for recruitment of lymphoid cells to the pancreatic periductular regions. These findings indicate that TLR3 signaling generates the Fas/FasL-mediated cytotoxicity, thereby leading to the development of chronic pancreatitis.
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- Yoshiko Soga
- Department of Pathogenomics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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Hou X, Zhou R, Wei H, Sun R, Tian Z. NKG2D-retinoic acid early inducible-1 recognition between natural killer cells and Kupffer cells in a novel murine natural killer cell-dependent fulminant hepatitis. Hepatology 2009; 49:940-9. [PMID: 19177594 DOI: 10.1002/hep.22725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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UNLABELLED Increasing evidence suggests the contribution of natural killer (NK) cells to pathogenesis of human hepatitis, but the detailed mechanisms have yet to be clearly elucidated. In this study, injection of polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid (poly I:C) and D-galactosamine (D-GalN) was used to establish a novel murine fulminant hepatitis model: results showed that predepletion of either NK cells or Kupffer cells could completely abolish the liver injury. Injection of poly I:C/D-GalN into mice could promote tumor necrosis factor-alpha production and surface retinoic acid early inducible-1 (Rae1) protein expression by Kupffer cells, which then activated NK cells to produce interferon-gamma via NKG2D-Rae1 recognition. NK cell-derived interferon-gamma and Kupffer cell-derived tumor necrosis factor-alpha synergistically mediated the severe liver injury. Moreover, Kupffer cell-derived interleukin-12 and interleukin-18 were also found to improve cross talk between NK cells and Kupffer cells. CONCLUSION These results provide the first in vivo evidence that NKG2D/ligand interaction is involved in the synergic effects of NK cells and Kupffer cells on acute liver injury.
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- Xin Hou
- Institute of Immunology, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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Cheng L, You Q, Yin H, Holt M, Franklin C, Ju C. Effect of polyI:C cotreatment on halothane-induced liver injury in mice. Hepatology 2009; 49:215-26. [PMID: 19111017 PMCID: PMC2636554 DOI: 10.1002/hep.22585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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UNLABELLED Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a challenging problem in drug development and clinical practice. Patient susceptibility to DILI is multifactorial, making these reactions difficult to predict and prevent. Clinical observations have suggested that concurrent bacterial and viral infections represent an important risk factor in determining patient susceptibility to developing adverse drug reactions, although the underlying mechanism is not clear. In the present study, we employed the viral RNA mimetic (polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid [polyI:C]) to emulate viral infection and examined its effect on halothane-induced liver injury. Although pretreatment of mice with polyI:C attenuated halothane hepatotoxicity due to its inhibitory effect on halothane metabolism, posttreatment significantly exacerbated liver injury with hepatocellular apoptosis being significantly higher than that in mice treated with polyI:C alone or halothane alone. The pan-caspase inhibitor z-VAD-fmk suppressed liver injury induced by polyI:C/posthalothane cotreatment, suggesting that the increased hepatocyte apoptosis contributes to the exacerbation of liver injury. Posttreatment with polyI:C also caused activation of hepatic Kupffer cells (KCs) and natural killer (NK) cells and upregulated multiple proapoptotic factors, including tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), NK receptor group 2, member D (NKG2D), and Fas ligand (FasL). These factors may play important roles in mediating polyI:C-induced hepatocyte apoptosis. CONCLUSION This is the first study to provide evidence that concurrent viral infection can inhibit cytochrome (CYP)450 activities and activate the hepatic innate immune system to proapoptotic factors. DILI may be attenuated or exacerbated by pathogens depending on the time of infection.
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- Linling Cheng
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.,Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.,To whom correspondence should be addressed. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9 Avenue, Denver, CO 80262. Phone: (303) 315-2180. Fax: (303) 315-6281. E-mail:
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Sensing of viral infection and activation of innate immunity by toll-like receptor 3. Clin Microbiol Rev 2008; 21:13-25. [PMID: 18202435 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00022-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) form a major group of transmembrane receptors that are involved in the detection of invading pathogens. Double-stranded RNA is a marker for viral infection that is recognized by TLR3. TLR3 triggering activates specific signaling pathways that culminate in the activation of NF-kappaB and IRF3 transcription factors, as well as apoptosis, enabling the host to mount an effective innate immune response through the induction of cytokines, chemokines, and other proinflammatory mediators. In this review, we describe the paradoxical role of TLR3 in innate immunity against different viruses and in viral pathogenesis but also the evidence for TLR3 as a "danger" receptor in nonviral diseases. We also discuss the structure and cellular localization of TLR3, as well as the complex signaling and regulatory events that contribute to TLR3-mediated immune responses.
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Lu L, Ikizawa K, Hu D, Werneck MB, Wucherpfennig KW, Cantor H. Regulation of activated CD4+ T cells by NK cells via the Qa-1-NKG2A inhibitory pathway. Immunity 2007; 26:593-604. [PMID: 17509909 PMCID: PMC3428267 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2007.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2007] [Revised: 02/26/2007] [Accepted: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
The ability of natural-killer cells to regulate adaptive immunity is not well understood. Here we define an interaction between the class Ib major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule Qa-1-Qdm on activated T cells responsible for adaptive immunity and CD94-NKG2A inhibitory receptors expressed by natural-killer cells by using Qa-1-deficient and Qa-1 knockin mice containing a point mutation that selectively abolishes Qa-1-Qdm binding to CD94-NKG2A receptors. The Qa-1-NKG2A interaction protected activated CD4+ T cells from lysis by a subset of NKG2A+ NK cells and was essential for T cell expansion and development of immunologic memory. Antibody-dependent blockade of this Qa-1-NKG2A interaction resulted in potent NK-dependent elimination of activated autoreactive T cells and amelioration of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. These findings extend the functional reach of the NK system to include regulation of adaptive T cell responses and suggest a new clinical strategy for elimination of antigen-activated T cells in the context of autoimmune disease and transplantation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Bone Marrow/immunology
- Bone Marrow/metabolism
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cell Proliferation
- Cells, Cultured
- Chimerin Proteins/genetics
- Chimerin Proteins/immunology
- Chimerin Proteins/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/genetics
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/metabolism
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/pathology
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/metabolism
- Immunologic Memory/immunology
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Lentivirus/genetics
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily C
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily D/genetics
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily D/metabolism
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, Natural Killer Cell
- Signal Transduction/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Linrong Lu
- Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Correspondence:
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Wu D, Zhang J, Sun R, Wei H, Tian Z. Preferential distribution of NK cells into uteri of C57Bl/6J mice after adoptive transfer of lymphocytes. J Reprod Immunol 2007; 75:120-7. [PMID: 17651812 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2007.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2007] [Revised: 05/28/2007] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
Circulating natural killer (NK) cells can migrate into target organs and possess tissue-associated differentiation and function under normal conditions. By adoptive transfer of spleen mononuclear cells (MNC) to C57Bl/6J mice at gestation day (gd) 6.5, it was found that 24h later both NK1.1(+) and CD3(+) cell populations migrated to the fetal-maternal interface. Although there was no statistical difference between the relative number of CFDA-SE(+) NK1.1(+) cells migrated into the decidua (1.13+/-0.18%) and that into liver (0.96+/-0.14%) or spleen (0.15+/-0.08%), it was noted that, by comparing the ratio of CFDA-SE(+) NK1.1(+) to CFDA-SE(+) CD3(+) cells in different tissues, peripheral NK1.1(+) but not CD3(+) cell populations, had preferentially migrated to decidua (1.61+/-0.08%) compared with that to liver (0.44+/-0.06%; p<0.05) or spleen (0.09+/-0.02%, p<0.05), respectively. This suggested that implantation sites were a primary site for NK cell homing when undergoing the decidualization reaction. But NK cell homeostasis can be altered when systemic Toll-like receptor (TLR) 3 signaling was evoked. In the case of poly I:C administration, adoptively transferred NK cells accumulated in liver, but not in uteri or spleen. It was concluded that there were different requirements for NK cell trafficking into given tissue niche during the pregnancy; mesometrial decidua render a privileged microenvironment for NK1.1(+) cell migration during the normal condition compared with liver or spleen. The constitution of the uterine NK cell pool was revealed not only in a spatiotemporal pattern but also in a stimuli-dependent manner.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dongmei Wu
- Institute of Immunology, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Ajuebor MN, Wondimu Z, Hogaboam CM, Le T, Proudfoot AEI, Swain MG. CCR5 deficiency drives enhanced natural killer cell trafficking to and activation within the liver in murine T cell-mediated hepatitis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2007; 170:1975-88. [PMID: 17525265 PMCID: PMC1899451 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2007.060690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/20/2007] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate immune cells that are enriched in the liver, but the processes underlying NK cell trafficking to the liver and cellular activation within the liver of patients with T cell-mediated liver diseases remain poorly defined. Concanavalin A (Con A) hepatitis is a murine model mimicking many aspects of human T cell-mediated liver diseases. Here we demonstrate that severe hepatitis in CCR5-deficient (KO) mice is associated with increased hepatic NK cell recruitment driven by enhanced hepatic production of CCL5 acting via CCR1 and by enhanced hepatic NK cell activation relative to that observed in wild-type mice after Con A administration. Furthermore, NK cell depletion ameliorated severe hepatitis in CCR5 KO mice but did not alter hepatitis in wild-type mice after Con A treatment. We propose that in the setting of CCR5 deficiency NK cells assume a profound effector role in Con A hepatitis via enhanced CCL5-CCR1 driven hepatic recruitment in addition to augmented cytokine-driven NK cell activation to produce interferon-gamma. These results highlight the potential profound impact of altered chemokine receptor expression on the innate immune response in the setting of T cell-mediated hepatitis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- CCR5 Receptor Antagonists
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CCL5/immunology
- Concanavalin A/pharmacology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Hepatitis/immunology
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma/immunology
- Interleukin-4/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Liver/cytology
- Liver/drug effects
- Liver/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, CCR1
- Receptors, CCR5/deficiency
- Receptors, CCR5/immunology
- Receptors, Chemokine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- Spleen/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Maureen N Ajuebor
- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Zhang J, Sun R, Wei H, Wu D, Tian Z. Toll-like receptor 3 agonist enhances IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha production by murine uterine NK cells. Int Immunopharmacol 2007; 7:588-96. [PMID: 17386406 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2006.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2006] [Revised: 12/02/2006] [Accepted: 12/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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To understand the response of murine uterine natural killer (uNK) cells to Toll-like receptor (TLR) 3 agonist at the early gestation stage, CBA x DBA/2 mice were intraperitoneally (i.p.) injected with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I:C), the specific TLR3 agonist, at a dose of 10 microg/g BW or PBS at gestation day (gd) 6.5. The CD69 expression of uNK (DX5(+)CD3(-)) cells was highly up-regulated and reached 92.3+/-0.9%, the percentage of intracellular TNF-alpha(+) or IFN-gamma(+) uNK (DX5(+)CD3(-)) cells in the implantation sites of CBAxDBA/2 matings was also significantly increased 24 h after poly I:C injection. Surprisingly, poly I:C treatment significantly decreased the total number of uNK cells (either DX5(+)CD3(-) or DBA(+)) at fetal-maternal surface, but had no influence on local NKT cells, T cells and DCs. This investigation will help to explain the central role for hyperactivated uNK cells in the progress of mice pregnancy.
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- Jianhong Zhang
- Institute of Immunology, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, China; School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 443 Huangshan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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Salem ML, El-Naggar SA, Kadima A, Gillanders WE, Cole DJ. The adjuvant effects of the toll-like receptor 3 ligand polyinosinic-cytidylic acid poly (I:C) on antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses are partially dependent on NK cells with the induction of a beneficial cytokine milieu. Vaccine 2006; 24:5119-32. [PMID: 16704888 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2005] [Revised: 04/10/2006] [Accepted: 04/17/2006] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Poly (I:C), a TLR3 ligand, has shown promise as a vaccine adjuvant to CD8(+) T cell responses. The underlying mechanisms involved in creating this adjuvant response in vivo, however, have not been well defined. In this study, we explored the contribution of NK cells and inflammatory cytokines in mediation the poly (I:C) adjuvant effects. Enhanced antigen-specific CD8(+) T cell responses were observed only when poly (I:C) was administered within 4h of peptide vaccination. Poly (I:C) treatment was associated with a rapid induction of inflammatory cytokines in the serum, including IL-6, IL-10, MCP-1, TNF-alpha, IFN-alpha, and IFN-gamma, and selective increases in the numbers of NK (NK1.1(+)CD11b(+)) cells and Mvarphi (NK1.1(-)CD11b(+)), but not NK T (CD3(+)NK1.1(+)) cells. NK cells were required for the adjuvant effects of poly (I:C). Poly (I:C) treatment in TNF-alpha, type I IFNR, IFN-gamma, IL-6, IL-12Rbeta2, or IL-15 gene-deficient mice revealed a reciprocal interaction and interdependence in the induction of these cytokines, where the absence of one cytokine impacted on the production of others. Further, the adjuvant effects of poly (I:C) were dependent on the endogenous levels of type I IFNs, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, IL-12, and IL-15. IFN-alpha and IFN-beta, but not TNF-alpha or IL-6, were able to mimic the adjuvant effects of poly (I:C). We conclude that the adjuvant effects of poly (I:C) on antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells appeared to be exquisitely dependent on the rapid induction of certain beneficial cytokines produced in part by NK cells.
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- Mohamed L Salem
- Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
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