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McNamara HA, Lahoud MH, Cai Y, Durrant-Whyte J, O'Connor JH, Caminschi I, Cockburn IA. Splenic Dendritic Cells and Macrophages Drive B Cells to Adopt a Plasmablast Cell Fate. Front Immunol 2022; 13:825207. [PMID: 35493521 PMCID: PMC9039241 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.825207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Upon encountering cognate antigen, B cells can differentiate into short-lived plasmablasts, early memory B cells or germinal center B cells. The factors that determine this fate decision are unclear. Past studies have addressed the role of B cell receptor affinity in this process, but the interplay with other cellular compartments for fate determination is less well understood. Moreover, B cell fate decisions have primarily been studied using model antigens rather than complex pathogen systems, which potentially ignore multifaceted interactions from other cells subsets during infection. Here we address this question using a Plasmodium infection model, examining the response of B cells specific for the immunodominant circumsporozoite protein (CSP). We show that B cell fate is determined in part by the organ environment in which priming occurs, with the majority of the CSP-specific B cell response being derived from splenic plasmablasts. This plasmablast response could occur independent of T cell help, though gamma-delta T cells were required to help with the early isotype switching from IgM to IgG. Interestingly, selective ablation of CD11c+ dendritic cells and macrophages significantly reduced the splenic plasmablast response in a manner independent of the presence of CD4 T cell help. Conversely, immunization approaches that targeted CSP-antigen to dendritic cells enhanced the magnitude of the plasmablast response. Altogether, these data indicate that the early CSP-specific response is predominately primed within the spleen and the plasmablast fate of CSP-specific B cells is driven by macrophages and CD11c+ dendritic cells.
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- Hayley A McNamara
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.,Division of Animal Physiology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Reuveni D, Brezis MR, Brazowski E, Vinestock P, Leung PSC, Thakker P, Gershwin ME, Zigmond E. Interleukin 23 Produced by Hepatic Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Is Essential for the Development of Murine Primary Biliary Cholangitis. Front Immunol 2021; 12:718841. [PMID: 34484224 PMCID: PMC8414574 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.718841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background and Aims Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) is an organ-specific autoimmune liver disease. Mononuclear phagocytes (MNPs), comprise of monocyte, dendritic cells and monocyte-derived macrophages, constitute major arm of the innate immune system known to be involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune disorders. MNPs were shown to accumulate around intra-hepatic bile ducts in livers of PBC patients. Interleukin 23 (IL-23) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine. IL-23-positive cells were detected in livers of patients with advanced stage PBC and IL-23 serum levels found to be in correlation with PBC disease severity. Our overall goal was to assess the importance of IL-23 derived from MNPs in PBC pathogenesis. Methods We utilized an inducible murine model of PBC and took advantage of transgenic mice targeting expression of IL-23 by specific MNP populations. Analysis included liver histology assessment, flow cytometry of hepatic immune cells and hepatic cytokine profile evaluation. Specific MNPs sub-populations were sorted and assessed for IL-23 expression levels. Results Flow cytometry analysis of non-parenchymal liver cells in autoimmune cholangitis revealed massive infiltration of the liver by MNPs and neutrophils and a decrease in Kupffer cells numbers. In addition, a 4-fold increase in the incidence of hepatic IL-17A producing CD4+ T cells was found to be associated with an increase in hepatic IL23-p19 and IL17A expression levels. Disease severity was significantly ameliorated in both CD11ccreP19flox/flox and CX3CR1creP19 flox/flox mice as assessed by reduced portal inflammation and decreased hepatic expression of various inflammatory cytokines. Amelioration of disease severity was associated with reduction in IL-17A producing CD4+ T cells percentages and decreased hepatic IL23-p19 and IL17A expression levels. qRT-PCR analysis of sorted hepatic MNPs demonstrated high expression levels of IL-23 mRNA specifically by CX3CR1hiCD11c+ monocyte-derived macrophages. Conclusion Our results indicate a major role for IL-23 produced by hepatic monocyte-derived macrophages in the pathogenesis of PBC. These results may pave the road for the development of new immune-based and cell specific therapeutic modalities for PBC patients not responding to current therapies.
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- Debby Reuveni
- The Research Center for Digestive Tract and Liver Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Research Center for Digestive Tract and Liver Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Pathology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Research Center for Digestive Tract and Liver Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, United States
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- The Research Center for Digestive Tract and Liver Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Center for Autoimmune Liver Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Shibru B, Fey K, Fricke S, Blaudszun AR, Fürst F, Weise M, Seiffert S, Weyh MK, Köhl U, Sack U, Boldt A. Detection of Immune Checkpoint Receptors - A Current Challenge in Clinical Flow Cytometry. Front Immunol 2021; 12:694055. [PMID: 34276685 PMCID: PMC8281132 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.694055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Immunological therapy principles are increasingly determining modern medicine. They are used to treat diseases of the immune system, for tumors, but also for infections, neurological diseases, and many others. Most of these therapies base on antibodies, but small molecules, soluble receptors or cells and modified cells are also used. The development of immune checkpoint inhibitors is amazingly fast. T-cell directed antibody therapies against PD-1 or CTLA-4 are already firmly established in the clinic. Further targets are constantly being added and it is becoming increasingly clear that their expression is not only relevant on T cells. Furthermore, we do not yet have any experience with the long-term systemic effects of the treatment. Flow cytometry can be used for diagnosis, monitoring, and detection of side effects. In this review, we focus on checkpoint molecules as target molecules and functional markers of cells of the innate and acquired immune system. However, for most of the interesting and potentially relevant parameters, there are still no test kits suitable for routine use. Here we give an overview of the detection of checkpoint molecules on immune cells in the peripheral blood and show examples of a possible design of antibody panels.
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- Benjamin Shibru
- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Kuhn NF, Lopez AV, Li X, Cai W, Daniyan AF, Brentjens RJ. CD103 + cDC1 and endogenous CD8 + T cells are necessary for improved CD40L-overexpressing CAR T cell antitumor function. Nat Commun 2020; 11:6171. [PMID: 33268774 PMCID: PMC7710757 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19833-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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While effective in specific settings, adoptive chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for cancer requires further improvement and optimization. Our previous results show that CD40L-overexpressing CAR T cells mobilize endogenous immune effectors, resulting in improved antitumor immunity. However, the cell populations required for this protective effect remain to be identified. Here we show, by analyzing Batf3-/- mice lacking the CD103+ conventional dendritic cell type 1 (cDC1) subpopulation important for antigen cross-presentation, that CD40L-overexpressing CAR T cells elicit an impaired antitumor response in the absence of cDC1s. We further find that CD40L-overexpressing CAR T cells stimulate tumor-resident CD11b-CD103- double-negative (DN) cDCs to proliferate and differentiate into cDC1s in wild-type mice. Finally, re-challenge experiments show that endogenous CD8+ T cells are required for protective antitumor memory in this setting. Our findings thus demonstrate the stimulatory effect of CD40L-overexpressing CAR T cells on innate and adaptive immune cells, and provide a rationale for using CD40L-overexpressing CAR T cells to improve immunotherapy responses.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptive Immunity
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/deficiency
- Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/genetics
- Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/immunology
- CD11b Antigen/deficiency
- CD11b Antigen/genetics
- CD11b Antigen/immunology
- CD40 Ligand/genetics
- CD40 Ligand/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/cytology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Immunity, Innate
- Immunophenotyping
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive/methods
- Integrin alpha Chains/deficiency
- Integrin alpha Chains/genetics
- Integrin alpha Chains/immunology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/therapy
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Knockout
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Receptors, Chimeric Antigen/genetics
- Receptors, Chimeric Antigen/immunology
- Repressor Proteins/deficiency
- Repressor Proteins/genetics
- Repressor Proteins/immunology
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- Nicholas F Kuhn
- Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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Brown CC, Gudjonson H, Pritykin Y, Deep D, Lavallée VP, Mendoza A, Fromme R, Mazutis L, Ariyan C, Leslie C, Pe'er D, Rudensky AY. Transcriptional Basis of Mouse and Human Dendritic Cell Heterogeneity. Cell 2019; 179:846-863.e24. [PMID: 31668803 PMCID: PMC6838684 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.09.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 312] [Impact Index Per Article: 62.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) play a critical role in orchestrating adaptive immune responses due to their unique ability to initiate T cell responses and direct their differentiation into effector lineages. Classical DCs have been divided into two subsets, cDC1 and cDC2, based on phenotypic markers and their distinct abilities to prime CD8 and CD4 T cells. While the transcriptional regulation of the cDC1 subset has been well characterized, cDC2 development and function remain poorly understood. By combining transcriptional and chromatin analyses with genetic reporter expression, we identified two principal cDC2 lineages defined by distinct developmental pathways and transcriptional regulators, including T-bet and RORγt, two key transcription factors known to define innate and adaptive lymphocyte subsets. These novel cDC2 lineages were characterized by distinct metabolic and functional programs. Extending our findings to humans revealed conserved DC heterogeneity and the presence of the newly defined cDC2 subsets in human cancer. Single-cell analyses reveal novel dendritic cell subsets Major cDC2 subsets differentially express T-bet and RORγt Distinct pro- and anti-inflammatory potential of T-bet+ and Tbet– cDC2s Transcriptional basis for cDC2 heterogeneity conserved across mouse and human
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- Chrysothemis C Brown
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
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- Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Computational and Systems Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Computational and Systems Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Computational and Systems Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; Ludwig Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Computational and Systems Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Computational and Systems Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA; Ludwig Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Cancel JC, Crozat K, Dalod M, Mattiuz R. Are Conventional Type 1 Dendritic Cells Critical for Protective Antitumor Immunity and How? Front Immunol 2019; 10:9. [PMID: 30809220 PMCID: PMC6379659 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are endowed with a unique potency to prime T cells, as well as to orchestrate their expansion, functional polarization and effector activity in non-lymphoid tissues or in their draining lymph nodes. The concept of harnessing DC immunogenicity to induce protective responses in cancer patients was put forward about 25 years ago and has led to a multitude of DC-based vaccine trials. However, until very recently, objective clinical responses were below expectations. Conventional type 1 DCs (cDC1) excel in the activation of cytotoxic lymphocytes including CD8+ T cells (CTLs), natural killer (NK) cells, and NKT cells, which are all critical effector cell types in antitumor immunity. Efforts to investigate whether cDC1 might orchestrate immune defenses against cancer are ongoing, thanks to the recent blossoming of tools allowing their manipulation in vivo. Here we are reporting on these studies. We discuss the mouse models used to genetically deplete or manipulate cDC1, and their main caveats. We present current knowledge on the role of cDC1 in the spontaneous immune rejection of tumors engrafted in syngeneic mouse recipients, as a surrogate model to cancer immunosurveillance, and how this process is promoted by type I interferon (IFN-I) effects on cDC1. We also discuss cDC1 implication in promoting the protective effects of immunotherapies in mouse preclinical models, especially for adoptive cell transfer (ACT) and immune checkpoint blockers (ICB). We elaborate on how to improve this process by in vivo reprogramming of certain cDC1 functions with off-the-shelf compounds. We also summarize and discuss basic research and clinical data supporting the hypothesis that the protective antitumor functions of cDC1 inferred from mouse preclinical models are conserved in humans. This analysis supports potential applicability to cancer patients of the cDC1-targeting adjuvant immunotherapies showing promising results in mouse models. Nonetheless, further investigations on cDC1 and their implications in anti-cancer mechanisms are needed to determine whether they are the missing key that will ultimately help switching cold tumors into therapeutically responsive hot tumors, and how precisely they mediate their protective effects.
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- Jean-Charles Cancel
- CNRS, INSERM, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Turing Center for Living Systems, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- CNRS, INSERM, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Turing Center for Living Systems, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- CNRS, INSERM, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Turing Center for Living Systems, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- CNRS, INSERM, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Turing Center for Living Systems, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
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Patente TA, Pinho MP, Oliveira AA, Evangelista GCM, Bergami-Santos PC, Barbuto JAM. Human Dendritic Cells: Their Heterogeneity and Clinical Application Potential in Cancer Immunotherapy. Front Immunol 2019; 9:3176. [PMID: 30719026 PMCID: PMC6348254 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.03176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DC) are professional antigen presenting cells, uniquely able to induce naïve T cell activation and effector differentiation. They are, likewise, involved in the induction and maintenance of immune tolerance in homeostatic conditions. Their phenotypic and functional heterogeneity points to their great plasticity and ability to modulate, according to their microenvironment, the acquired immune response and, at the same time, makes their precise classification complex and frequently subject to reviews and improvement. This review will present general aspects of the DC physiology and classification and will address their potential and actual uses in the management of human disease, more specifically cancer, as therapeutic and monitoring tools. New combination treatments with the participation of DC will be also discussed.
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- Thiago A Patente
- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Tumor Immunology, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Discipline of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Identification of a new subset of lymph node stromal cells involved in regulating plasma cell homeostasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E6826-E6835. [PMID: 29967180 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1712628115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Antibody-secreting plasma cells (PCs) arise rapidly during adaptive immunity to control infections. The early PCs are retained within the reactive lymphoid organ where their localization and homeostasis rely on extrinsic factors, presumably produced by local niche cells. While myeloid cells have been proposed to form those niches, the contribution by colocalizing stromal cells has remained unclear. Here, we characterized a subset of fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) that forms a dense meshwork throughout medullary cords of lymph nodes (LNs) where PCs reside. This medullary FRC type is shown to be anatomically, phenotypically, and functionally distinct from T zone FRCs, both in mice and humans. By using static and dynamic imaging approaches, we provide evidence that medullary FRCs are the main cell type in contact with PCs guiding them in their migration. Medullary FRCs also represent a major local source of the PC survival factors IL-6, BAFF, and CXCL12, besides also producing APRIL. In vitro, medullary FRCs alone or in combination with macrophages promote PC survival while other LN cell types do not have this property. Thus, we propose that this FRC subset, together with medullary macrophages, forms PC survival niches within the LN medulla, and thereby helps in promoting the rapid development of humoral immunity, which is critical in limiting early pathogen spread.
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Vroman H, Bergen IM, van Hulst JAC, van Nimwegen M, van Uden D, Schuijs MJ, Pillai SY, van Loo G, Hammad H, Lambrecht BN, Hendriks RW, Kool M. TNF-α-induced protein 3 levels in lung dendritic cells instruct T H2 or T H17 cell differentiation in eosinophilic or neutrophilic asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2017; 141:1620-1633.e12. [PMID: 28888782 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Revised: 07/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND It is currently unknown why allergen exposure or environmental triggers in patients with mild-to-moderate asthma result in TH2-mediated eosinophilic inflammation, whereas patients with severe asthma often present with TH17-mediated neutrophilic inflammation. The activation state of dendritic cells (DCs) is crucial for both TH2 and TH17 cell differentiation and is mediated through nuclear factor κB activation. Ablation of TNF-α-induced protein 3 (TNFAIP3), one of the crucial negative regulators of nuclear factor κB activation in myeloid cells and DCs, was shown to control DC activation. OBJECTIVE In this study we investigated the precise role of TNFAIP3 in myeloid cells for the development of TH2- and TH17-cell mediated asthma. METHODS We exposed mice with conditional deletion of the Tnfaip3 gene in either myeloid cells (by using the lysozyme M [LysM] promotor) or specifically in DCs (by using the Cd11c promotor) to acute and chronic house dust mite (HDM)-driven asthma models. RESULTS We demonstrated that reduced Tnfaip3 gene expression in DCs in either Tnfaip3CD11c or Tnfaip3LysM mice dose-dependently controlled development of TH17-mediated neutrophilic severe asthma in both acute and chronic HDM-driven models, whereas wild-type mice had a purely TH2-mediated eosinophilic inflammation. TNFAIP3-deficient DCs induced HDM-specific TH17 cell differentiation through increased expression of the TH17-instructing cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-23, whereas HDM-specific TH2 cell differentiation was hampered by increased IL-12 and IL-6 production. CONCLUSIONS These data show that the extent of TNFAIP3 expression in DCs controls TH2/TH17 cell differentiation. This implies that reducing DC activation could be a new pharmacologic intervention to treat patients with severe asthma who present with TH17-mediated neutrophilic inflammation.
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- Heleen Vroman
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Inflammation Research Center, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Inflammation Research Center, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Inflammation Research Center, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Inflammation Research Center, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Dendritic cells (DCs) play critical roles in activating innate immune cells and initiating adaptive immune responses. The functions of DCs were originally obscured by their overlap with other mononuclear phagocytes, but new mouse models have allowed for the selective ablation of subsets of DCs and have helped to identify their non-redundant roles in the immune system. These tools have elucidated the functions of DCs in host defense against pathogens, autoimmunity, and cancer. This review will describe the mouse models generated to interrogate the role of DCs and will discuss how their use has progressively clarified our understanding of the unique functions of DC subsets.
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- Vivek Durai
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Ols ML, Cullen JL, Turqueti-Neves A, Giles J, Shlomchik MJ. Dendritic Cells Regulate Extrafollicular Autoreactive B Cells via T Cells Expressing Fas and Fas Ligand. Immunity 2016; 45:1052-1065. [PMID: 27793595 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Revised: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The extrafollicular (EF) plasmablast response to self-antigens that contain Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands is prominent in murine lupus models and some bacterial infections, but the inhibitors and activators involved have not been fully delineated. Here, we used two conventional dendritic cell (cDC) depletion systems to investigate the role of cDCs on a classical TLR-dependent autoreactive EF response elicited in rheumatoid-factor B cells by DNA-containing immune complexes. Contrary to our hypothesis, cDC depletion amplified rather than dampened the EF response in Fas-intact but not Fas-deficient mice. Further, we demonstrated that cDC-dependent regulation requires Fas and Fas ligand (FasL) expression by T cells, but not Fas expression by B cells. Thus, cDCs activate FasL-expressing T cells that regulate Fas-expressing extrafollicular helper T (Tefh) cells. These studies reveal a regulatory role for cDCs in B cell plasmablast responses and provide a mechanistic explanation for the excess autoantibody production observed in Fas deficiency.
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- Michelle L Ols
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA; Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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The study of the intestinal dendritic cell (DC) compartment, its homeostasis, regulation, and response to challenges calls for the investigation within the physiological tissue context comprising the unique anatomic constellation of the epithelial single cell layer and the luminal microbiota, as well as neighboring immune and nonimmune cells. Here we provide protocols we developed that use a combination of conditional cell ablation, conditional compartment mutagenesis, and adoptive precursor transfers to study DC and other intestinal mononuclear phagocytes in in vivo context. We will highlight pitfalls and strengths of these approaches.
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- Caterina Curato
- Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
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Moro-Sibilot L, This S, Blanc P, Sanlaville A, Sisirak V, Bardel E, Boschetti G, Bendriss-Vermare N, Defrance T, Dubois B, Kaiserlian D. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells are dispensable for noninfectious intestinal IgA responses in vivo. Eur J Immunol 2015; 46:354-9. [PMID: 26518732 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201545977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Intestinal DCs orchestrate gut immune homeostasis by dampening proinflammatory T-cell responses and inducing anti-inflammatory IgA responses. Although no specific DC subset has been strictly assigned so far to govern IgA response, some candidate subsets emerge. In particular, plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs), which notoriously promote anti-viral immunity and T-cell tolerance to innocuous antigens (Ags), contribute to IgA induction in response to intestinal viral infection and promote T-cell-independent IgA responses in vitro. Here, using two transgenic mouse models, we show that neither short-term nor long-term pDC depletion alters IgA class switch recombination in Peyer's patches and frequency of IgA plasma cells in intestinal mucosa at steady state, even in the absence of T-cell help. In addition, pDCs are dispensable for induction of intestinal IgA plasma cells in response to oral immunization with T-cell-dependent or T-cell-independent Ags, and are not required for proliferation and IgA switch of Ag-specific B cells in GALT. These results show that pDCs are dispensable for noninfectious IgA responses, and suggest that various DC subsets may play redundant roles in the control of intestinal IgA responses.
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- Ludovic Moro-Sibilot
- International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI), Lyon, France.,Inserm U1111, Lyon, France.,CNRS UMR5308, Lyon, France.,Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France.,Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI), Lyon, France.,Inserm U1111, Lyon, France.,CNRS UMR5308, Lyon, France.,Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France.,Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI), Lyon, France.,Inserm U1111, Lyon, France.,CNRS UMR5308, Lyon, France.,Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France.,Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI), Lyon, France.,Inserm U1111, Lyon, France.,CNRS UMR5308, Lyon, France.,Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France.,Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France.,Cancerology Research Center of Lyon, Inserm U1052 - CNRS UMR5286, Lyon, France
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- Departments of Pathology and Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, NY, USA
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- International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI), Lyon, France.,Inserm U1111, Lyon, France.,CNRS UMR5308, Lyon, France.,Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France.,Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI), Lyon, France.,Inserm U1111, Lyon, France.,CNRS UMR5308, Lyon, France.,Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France.,Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI), Lyon, France.,Inserm U1111, Lyon, France.,CNRS UMR5308, Lyon, France.,Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France.,Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI), Lyon, France.,Inserm U1111, Lyon, France.,CNRS UMR5308, Lyon, France.,Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France.,Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France.,Cancerology Research Center of Lyon, Inserm U1052 - CNRS UMR5286, Lyon, France
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- International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI), Lyon, France.,Inserm U1111, Lyon, France.,CNRS UMR5308, Lyon, France.,Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France.,Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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Ji J, Griffiths KL, Milburn PJ, Hirst TR, O'Neill HC. The B subunit of Escherichia coli heat-labile toxin alters the development and antigen-presenting capacity of dendritic cells. J Cell Mol Med 2015; 19:2019-31. [PMID: 26130503 PMCID: PMC4549052 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli's heat-labile enterotoxin (Etx) and its non-toxic B subunit (EtxB) have been characterized as adjuvants capable of enhancing T cell responses to co-administered antigen. Here, we investigate the direct effect of intravenously administered EtxB on the size of the dendritic and myeloid cell populations in spleen. EtxB treatment appears to enhance the development and turnover of dendritic and myeloid cells from precursors within the spleen. EtxB treatment also gives a dendritic cell (DC) population with higher viability and lower activation status based on the reduced expression of MHC-II, CD80 and CD86. In this respect, the in vivo effect of EtxB differs from that of the highly inflammatory mediator lipopolysaccharide. In in vitro bone marrow cultures, EtxB treatment was also found to enhance the development of DC from precursors dependent on Flt3L. In terms of the in vivo effect of EtxB on CD4 and CD8 T cell responses in mice, the interaction of EtxB directly with DC was demonstrated following conditional depletion of CD11c(+) DC. In summary, all results are consistent with EtxB displaying adjuvant ability by enhancing the turnover of DC in spleen, leading to newly mature myeloid and DC in spleen, thereby increasing DC capacity to perform as antigen-presenting cells on encounter with T cells.
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- Jing Ji
- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD 4229, Australia
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are a heterogeneous group of mononuclear phagocytes with versatile roles in immunity. They are classified predominantly based on phenotypic and functional properties, namely their stellate morphology, expression of the integrin CD11c, and major histocompatibility class II molecules, as well as their superior capacity to migrate to secondary lymphoid organs and stimulate naïve T cells. However, these attributes are not exclusive to DCs and often change within inflammatory or infectious environments. This led to debates over cell identification and questioned even the mere existence of DCs as distinct leukocyte lineage. Here, we review experimental approaches taken to fate map DCs and discuss how these have shaped our understanding of DC ontogeny and lineage affiliation. Considering the ontogenetic properties of DCs will help to overcome the inherent shortcomings of purely phenotypic- and function-based approaches to cell definition and will yield a more robust way of DC classification.
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- Mateusz Pawel Poltorak
- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technische Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technische Universität München , Munich , Germany
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Khoo LHB, Thiam CH, Soh SY, Angeli V. Splenic extrafollicular reactions and BM plasma cells sustain IgM response associated with hypercholesterolemia. Eur J Immunol 2015; 45:1300-12. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.201344347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2013] [Revised: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Lawrence Han Boon Khoo
- Department of Microbiology; Immunology Programme; National University of Singapore; Singapore
- Singapore Immunology Network; Agency for Science; Technology and Research; Biopolis Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology; Immunology Programme; National University of Singapore; Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology; Immunology Programme; National University of Singapore; Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology; Immunology Programme; National University of Singapore; Singapore
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Hargadon KM. Murine and Human Model Systems for the Study of Dendritic Cell Immunobiology. Int Rev Immunol 2014; 35:85-115. [DOI: 10.3109/08830185.2014.952413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Giordano D, Draves KE, Li C, Hohl TM, Clark EA. Nitric oxide regulates BAFF expression and T cell-independent antibody responses. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 193:1110-20. [PMID: 24951820 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1303158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Whereas NO is known to regulate T cell responses, its role in regulating B cell responses remains unclear. Previous studies suggested that inducible NO synthase 2 (NOS2/iNOS) is required for normal IgA Ab responses but inhibits antiviral IgG2a Ab responses. In this study we used NOS2(-/-) mice to determine the role of NO in T cell-dependent and T cell-independent (TI)-2 Ab responses. Whereas T cell-dependent Ab responses were only modestly increased in NOS2(-/-) mice, IgM and IgG3 Ab responses as well as marginal zone B cell plasma cell numbers and peritoneal B1b B cells were significantly elevated after immunization with the TI-2 Ag 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl acetyl (NP)-Ficoll. The elevated TI-2 responses in NOS2(-/-) mice were accompanied by significant increases in serum levels of BAFF/BLyS and by increases in BAFF-producing Ly6C(hi) inflammatory monocytes and monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs), suggesting that NO normally inhibits BAFF expression. Indeed, we found that NOS2(-/-) DCs produced more BAFF than did wild-type DCs, and addition of a NO donor to NOS2(-/-) DCs reduced BAFF production. Bone marrow chimeric mice that lack NOS2 in either nonhematopoietic or hematopoietic cells had intermediate IgM and IgG3 Ab responses after NP-Ficoll immunization, suggesting that NOS2 from both hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic sources regulates TI-2 Ab responses. Similar to NOS2(-/-) mice, depletion of Ly6C(hi) inflammatory monocytes and monocyte-derived DCs enhanced NP-specific IgM and IgG3 responses to NP-Ficoll. Thus, NO produced by inflammatory monocytes and their derivative DC subsets plays an important role in regulating BAFF production and TI-2 Ab responses.
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- Daniela Giordano
- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109; and
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- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109; and
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- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109; and
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109
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- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109; and
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Gustafsson T, Hua YJ, Dahlgren MW, Livingston M, Johansson-Lindbom B, Yrlid U. Direct interaction between cholera toxin and dendritic cells is required for oral adjuvant activity. Eur J Immunol 2013; 43:1779-88. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.201242867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2012] [Revised: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Tobias Gustafsson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Institute of Biomedicine; University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg; Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Institute of Biomedicine; University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg; Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Institute of Biomedicine; University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg; Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Institute of Biomedicine; University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg; Sweden
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Persistent Antigen and Germinal Center B Cells Sustain T Follicular Helper Cell Responses and Phenotype. Immunity 2013; 38:596-605. [DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 344] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Farache J, Koren I, Milo I, Gurevich I, Kim KW, Zigmond E, Furtado GC, Lira SA, Shakhar G. Luminal bacteria recruit CD103+ dendritic cells into the intestinal epithelium to sample bacterial antigens for presentation. Immunity 2013; 38:581-95. [PMID: 23395676 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2013.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 322] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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CD103+ dendritic cells (DCs) carry bacteria from the small intestine and can present antigens to T cells. Yet they have not been recorded sampling luminal bacteria or presenting bacterial antigens in mesentery lymph nodes. We used 2-photon microscopy in live Cx3cr1(+/gfp) ×Cd11c-YFP mice to study these processes. At steady state, sparse CD103+ DCs occupied the epithelium. They patrolled among enterocytes while extending dendrites toward the lumen, likely using tight-junction proteins to penetrate the epithelium. Challenge with Salmonella triggered chemokine- and toll-like receptor (TLR)-dependent recruitment of additional DCs from the lamina propria (LP). The DCs efficiently phagocytosed the bacteria using intraepithelial dendrites. Noninvasive bacteria were similarly sampled. In contrast, CD103+ DCs sampled soluble luminal antigen inefficiently. In mice harboring CD103+ DCs, antigen-specific CD8 T cells were subsequently activated in MLNs. Intestinal CD103+ DCs are therefore equipped with unique mechanisms to independently complete the processes of uptake, transportation, and presentation of bacterial antigens.
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- Julia Farache
- Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Mesnil C, Sabatel CM, Marichal T, Toussaint M, Cataldo D, Drion PV, Lekeux P, Bureau F, Desmet CJ. Resident CD11b(+)Ly6C(-) lung dendritic cells are responsible for allergic airway sensitization to house dust mite in mice. PLoS One 2012; 7:e53242. [PMID: 23300898 PMCID: PMC3534017 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Conventional dendritic cells (DCs) are considered to be the prime initiators of airway allergy. Yet, it remains unclear whether specific DC subsets are preferentially involved in allergic airway sensitization. Here, we systematically assessed the respective pro-allergic potential of individually sorted lung DC subsets isolated from house dust mite antigen (HDM)-treated donor mice, following transfer to naïve recipients. Transfer of lung CD11c(+)CD11b(+) DCs, but not CD11c(+)CD11b(-)CD103(+) DCs, was sufficient to prime airway allergy. The CD11c(+)CD11b(+) DC subpopulation was composed of CD11c(+)CD11b(+)Ly6C(+) inflammatory monocyte-derived cells, whose numbers increase in the lungs following HDM exposure, and of CD11c(+)CD11b(+)Ly6C(-) DCs, which remain stable. Counterintuitively, only CD11c(+)CD11b(+)Ly6C(-) DCs, and not CD11c(+)CD11b(+)Ly6C(+) DCs, were able to convey antigen to the lymph nodes and induce adaptive T cell responses and subsequent airway allergy. Our results thus support that lung resident non-inflammatory CD11c(+)CD11b(+)Ly6C(-) DCs are the essential inducers of allergic airway sensitization to the common aeroallergen HDM in mice.
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- Claire Mesnil
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, GIGA-Research and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, GIGA-Research and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, GIGA-Research and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, GIGA-Research and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Tumours and Developmental Biology, GIGA-Research, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Preclinical and Biomedical Sciences, University Hospital Center, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, GIGA-Research and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, GIGA-Research and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, GIGA-Research and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Chen Q, Snapper CM. Inflammatory monocytes are critical for induction of a polysaccharide-specific antibody response to an intact bacterium. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 190:1048-55. [PMID: 23269244 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Although inflammatory monocytes (IM) (CD11b(+)Ly6C(hi) cells) have been shown to play important roles in cell-mediated host protection against intracellular bacteria, protozoans, and fungi, their potential impact on humoral immune responses to extracellular bacteria are unknown. IM, localized largely to the splenic marginal zone of naive CD11b-diphtheria toxin (DT) receptor bone marrow-chimeric mice were selectively depleted following treatment with DT, including no reduction of CD11b(+) peritoneal B cells. Depletion of IM resulted in a marked reduction in the polysaccharide (PS)-specific, T cell-independent IgM, and T cell-dependent IgG responses to intact, heat-killed Streptococcus pneumoniae with no effect on the associated S. pneumoniae protein-specific IgG response or on the PS- and protein-specific IgG responses to a soluble pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. IM acted largely within the first 48 h following the initiation of the immune response to S. pneumoniae to induce the subsequent production of PS-specific IgM and IgG. Adoptive transfer of highly purified IM from wild-type mice into DT-treated CD11b-DT receptor mice completely restored the defective PS-specific Ig response to S. pneumoniae. IM were phenotypically and functionally distinct from circulating CD11b(+)CD11c(low)Ly6G/C cells (immature blood dendritic cells), previously described to play a role in Ig responses to S. pneumoniae, in that they were CD11c(-) as well as Ly6C(hi) and did not internalize injected S. pneumoniae during the early phase of the response. These data are the first, to our knowledge, to establish a critical role for IM in the induction of an Ig response to an intact extracellular bacterium.
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- Quanyi Chen
- Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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Teichmann LL, Ols ML, Kashgarian M, Reizis B, Kaplan DH, Shlomchik MJ. Dendritic cells in lupus are not required for activation of T and B cells but promote their expansion, resulting in tissue damage. Immunity 2011; 33:967-78. [PMID: 21167752 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2010.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2010] [Revised: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 10/07/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) initiate and control the adaptive immune response against infections. However, their contributions to the anti-self adaptive immune response in autoimmune disorders like systemic lupus erythematosus are uncertain. By constitutively deleting DCs in MRL.Fas(lpr) mice, we show that they have complex roles in murine lupus. The net effect of DC deletion was to ameliorate disease. DCs were crucial for the expansion and differentiation of T cells but, surprisingly, not required for their initial activation. Correspondingly, kidney interstitial infiltrates developed in the absence of DCs, but failed to progress. DC deletion concomitantly decreased inflammatory and regulatory T cell numbers. Unexpectedly, plasmablast numbers and autoantibody concentrations depended on DCs, in contrast to total serum immunoglobulin concentrations, suggesting an effect of DCs on extrafollicular humoral responses. These findings reveal that DCs operate in unanticipated ways in murine lupus and validate them as a potential therapeutic target in autoimmunity.
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- Lino L Teichmann
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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Bar-On L, Zigmond E, Jung S. Management of gut inflammation through the manipulation of intestinal dendritic cells and macrophages? Semin Immunol 2011; 23:58-64. [PMID: 21292502 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2011.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 01/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis represent a major challenge to clinicians and immunologists trying to understand why in certain individuals the peaceful coexistence of the commensal microflora and its host breaks down and results in chronic inflammation. Here we summarize the recent progress in our understanding of the organization of the intestinal mononuclear phagocytes with dendritic cells and macrophages of distinct phenotype, origin and function. Finally, we discuss potential strategies to translate the recent findings into the management of chronic inflammation in animal models of IBD.
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- Liat Bar-On
- Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Herzl 1, Rehovot, Israel
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Yoshida T, Mei H, Dörner T, Hiepe F, Radbruch A, Fillatreau S, Hoyer BF. Memory B and memory plasma cells. Immunol Rev 2010; 237:117-39. [PMID: 20727033 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2010.00938.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Vaccination provides a powerful means to control infections. It exploits and exemplifies the ability of the immune system to preserve the information that a specific pathogen has been encountered in the past. The cells and molecular mechanisms of immunological memory are still being discussed controversially. Here, we review the current concepts of memory B cells, the signals involved in their maintenance, and their role in enhanced secondary reactions. Memory plasma cells, secreting protective antibodies over lifetime, have been recognized only recently. Their characterization as cells resting in terms of proliferation and migration, and surviving in dedicated stromal niches, in the absence of antigen, has generated new concepts of how memory cells in general are organized by stroma cells, the 'resting memory'. In autoimmunity and chronic inflammation, memory B cells and memory plasma cells can be essential players, and they require special attention, as they do not respond to most conventional therapies. Their selective targeting will depend on a molecular understanding of their lifestyle.
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- Taketoshi Yoshida
- Charité Centre 12, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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The female lower genital tract is a privileged compartment with IL-10 producing dendritic cells and poor Th1 immunity following Chlamydia trachomatis infection. PLoS Pathog 2010; 6:e1001179. [PMID: 21079691 PMCID: PMC2973832 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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While a primary genital tract infection with C. trachomatis stimulates partial-protection against re-infection, it may also result in severe inflammation and tissue destruction. Here we have dissected whether functional compartments exist in the genital tract that restrict Th1-mediated protective immunity. Apart from the Th1-subset, little is known about the role of other CD4+ T cell subsets in response to a genital tract chlamydial infection. Therefore, we investigated CD4+ T cell subset differentiation in the genital tract using RT-PCR for expression of critical transcription factors and cytokines in the upper (UGT) and lower genital tract (LGT) of female C57BL/6 mice in response to C. trachomatis serovar D infection. We found that the Th1 subset dominated the UGT, as IFN-γ and T-bet mRNA expression were high, while GATA-3 was low following genital infection with C. trachomatis serovar D. By contrast, IL-10 and GATA-3 mRNA dominated the LGT, suggesting the presence of Th2 cells. These functional compartments also attracted regulatory T cells (Tregs) differently as increased FoxP3 mRNA expression was seen primarily in the UGT. Although IL-17A mRNA was somewhat up-regulated in the LGT, no significant change in RORγ-t mRNA expression was observed, suggesting no involvement of Th17 cells. The dichotomy between the LGT and UGT was maintained during infection by IL-10 because in IL-10-deficient mice the distinction between the two compartments was completely lost and a dramatic shift to the predominance of Th1 cells in the LGT occurred. Unexpectedly, the major source of IL-10 was CD11c+ CD11b+ DC, probably creating an anti-inflammatory privileged site in the LGT. The immune response to the genital tract pathogen C. trachomatis can result in a number of pathological outcomes including tubal scarring and consequently, infertility. CD4+ T helper 1 (Th1) cells are critical for host protection against infection, but may also contribute to immunopathology. Apart from the Th1 cells, little is known about the role of other CD4+ T cell subsets in response to a genital tract chlamydial infection. By tracking the development of T helper cells in the genital tract using RT-PCR for distinct transcription factors associated with these subsets, we found vastly different immune responses in the upper genital tract (UGT) compared to the lower genital tract (LGT) of female mice during infection. The LGT was dominated by anti-inflammatory IL-10 production from dendritic cells (DC) and the non-protective Th2 subset. In contrast, the upper genital tract was populated by protective-Th1 cells. In the absence of IL-10, though, the LGT and UGT were both dominated by Th1 cells, arguing that DC-derived IL-10 secures an anti-inflammatory privileged site in the LGT. These findings provide a break-through in our understanding of functional compartments in the genital tract immune system with potentially strong impact on vaccine development.
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Recent years have seen a major advance in our understanding of the organization of the dendritic cell (DC) compartment. Particularly rewarding in this respect have been studies investigating DC origins, based on the identification of transcription factor and growth factor requirements, as well as direct demonstrations of precursor/progeny relationships by adoptive cell transfers. However, to fully understand the organization of the DC compartment, functional definitions of DC subsets must be provided and potential task divisions revealed that distinguish DC from other immune cells, including the closely related mononuclear phagocytes, such as macrophages. In fact, functional definitions might eventually replace the current distinction between DC and macrophages, which is in part based on arbitrary historic considerations, i.e. mononuclear phagocytes identified before the advent of DC in the mid 1970s generally termed macrophages. In this article, we review recent insight in the functions of classical DC in the mouse, focusing on our own work involving conditional and constitutive cell ablation.
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- Liat Bar-On
- Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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White AL, Tutt AL, James S, Wilkinson KA, Castro FVV, Dixon SV, Hitchcock J, Khan M, Al-Shamkhani A, Cunningham AF, Glennie MJ. Ligation of CD11c during vaccination promotes germinal centre induction and robust humoral responses without adjuvant. Immunology 2010; 131:141-51. [PMID: 20465572 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2010.03285.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In this study, we investigated the mouse dendritic cell (DC) receptor, complement receptor 4 (CR4; CD11c/CD18), as an immunotarget for triggering humoral immunity. Comparison of antibody titres generated against a panel of 13 anti-antigen-presenting cell receptor monoclonal antibodies, with or without conjugated ovalbumin (OVA), revealed uniquely rapid and robust responses following CR4 targeting, with antibody titres approaching 1 : 100 000 7 days after a single dose of antigen. Furthermore, using just 100 ng OVA conjugated to anti-CD11c Fab', we generated anti-OVA titres greater than those produced by a 100-fold higher dose of OVA in complete Freund's adjuvant at day 28. These anti-OVA antibody titres were sustained and could be boosted further with targeted OVA on day 21. Investigations to explain this vaccine potency showed that, in addition to targeting splenic DC, anti-CDl1c antibodies delivered a powerful adjuvant effect and could boost humoral immunity against OVA even when the OVA was targeted to other molecules on DC, such as major histocompatibility complex class II, CD11a and CD11b. However, interestingly, this adjuvant effect was lost if OVA was targeted to other cells such as B cells via CD21 or CD19. The adjuvant effect was mediated through a marked enhancement of both germinal centre and extrafollicular plasma cell formation in responding spleens. These results demonstrate that anti-CD11c monoclonal antibody can both target antigen and act as a powerful adjuvant for rapid and sustained antibody responses. They also point to an interesting role for CR4 on DC in triggering B cells during humoral immunity.
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- Ann L White
- Tenovus Research Laboratory, Cancer Sciences Division, Southampton University School of Medicine, General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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Tzeng TC, Chyou S, Tian S, Webster B, Carpenter AC, Guaiquil VH, Lu TT. CD11c(hi) dendritic cells regulate the re-establishment of vascular quiescence and stabilization after immune stimulation of lymph nodes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 184:4247-57. [PMID: 20231692 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lymph node expansion during immune responses is accompanied by rapid vascular expansion. The re-establishment of quiescence and stabilization of the newly expanded vasculature and the regulatory mechanisms involved have not been well studied. We show that although initiation of vascular expansion in immune-stimulated nodes is associated with upregulated endothelial cell proliferation, increased high endothelial venule trafficking efficiency and VCAM-1 expression, and disrupted perivascular fibroblastic reticular cell organization, the re-establishment of vascular quiescence and stabilization postexpansion is characterized by reversal of these phenomena. Although CD11c(med) cells are associated with the initiation of vascular expansion, CD11c(hi)MHC class II (MHC II)(med) dendritic cells (DCs) accumulate later, and their short-term depletion in mice abrogates the re-establishment of vascular quiescence and stabilization. CD11c(hi)MHC II(med) cells promote endothelial cell quiescence in vitro and, in vivo, mediate quiescence at least in part by mediating reduced lymph node vascular endothelial growth factor. Disrupted vascular quiescence and stabilization in expanded nodes is associated with attenuated T cell-dependent B cell responses. These results describe a novel mechanism whereby CD11c(hi)MHC II(med) DCs regulate the re-establishment of vascular quiescence and stabilization after lymph node vascular expansion and suggest that these DCs function in part to orchestrate the microenvironmental alterations required for successful immunity.
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- Te-Chen Tzeng
- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 1002, USA
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Bar-On L, Jung S. Defining in vivo dendritic cell functions using CD11c-DTR transgenic mice. Methods Mol Biol 2010; 595:429-42. [PMID: 19941129 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-421-0_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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The study of dendritic cell involvement in complex phenomena that rely on multi-cellular interactions, such as immune homeostasis, stimulation, and tolerization, called for the investigation of dendritic cell functions within physiological context. To this end we have developed a conditional cell ablation strategy that is based on dendritic cell-restricted expression of a Diphtheria Toxin receptor (DTR) using the CD11c/Itgax promoter. Here, we provide basic protocols that describe the use of this prototypic dendritic cell ablation model and highlight pitfalls and strengths of the approach.
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- Liat Bar-On
- Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Lucas M, Vonarbourg C, Aichele P, Diefenbach A. Studying NK cell/dendritic cell interactions. Methods Mol Biol 2010; 612:97-126. [PMID: 20033637 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-362-6_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Although NK cells were originally identified as "naturally" active cells believed to follow a cell-autonomous activation program, it is now widely accepted that NK cells need to interact with dendritic cells for their full functional activation and for their homeostasis. In this chapter, we will provide an experimental guide to the analysis of NK cell/DC interactions in vitro and in vivo. We have put special emphasis on the recently developed mouse models allowing the inducible and specific ablation of various subsets of DCs and other myeloid cells.
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- Mathias Lucas
- Institute of Medical Microbiology & Hygiene, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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Activating systemic autoimmunity: B's, T's, and tolls. Curr Opin Immunol 2009; 21:626-33. [PMID: 19800208 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2009.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A recent advance in the treatment and understanding of autoimmune disease has been the efficacy of B-cell-targeted therapy. Such therapies are effective for several such diseases, with systemic autoimmunity being a prototypical example. The mechanism of action is not fully defined, but blocking B cell Ag presentation to T cells is likely to be important. T-B interactions probably engender a positive feedback loop that amplifies and sustains autoimmunity. But how is self-tolerance first broken to initiate this loop? I propose, based on recent data, a model in which autoreactive B cells are activated first, independent of T cells, but dependent upon BCR and TLR signals. These activated B cells then break T cell tolerance, resulting in full-blown autoimmunity.
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GeurtsvanKessel CH, Willart MAM, Bergen IM, van Rijt LS, Muskens F, Elewaut D, Osterhaus ADME, Hendriks R, Rimmelzwaan GF, Lambrecht BN. Dendritic cells are crucial for maintenance of tertiary lymphoid structures in the lung of influenza virus-infected mice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 206:2339-49. [PMID: 19808255 PMCID: PMC2768850 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20090410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Tertiary lymphoid organs (TLOs) are organized aggregates of B and T cells formed in postembryonic life in response to chronic immune responses to infectious agents or self-antigens. Although CD11c+ dendritic cells (DCs) are consistently found in regions of TLO, their contribution to TLO organization has not been studied in detail. We found that CD11chi DCs are essential for the maintenance of inducible bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (iBALT), a form of TLO induced in the lungs after influenza virus infection. Elimination of DCs after the virus had been cleared from the lung resulted in iBALT disintegration and reduction in germinal center (GC) reactions, which led to significantly reduced numbers of class-switched plasma cells in the lung and bone marrow and reduction in protective antiviral serum immunoglobulins. Mechanistically, DCs isolated from the lungs of mice with iBALT no longer presented viral antigens to T cells but were a source of lymphotoxin (LT) β and homeostatic chemokines (CXCL-12 and -13 and CCL-19 and -21) known to contribute to TLO organization. Like depletion of DCs, blockade of LTβ receptor signaling after virus clearance led to disintegration of iBALT and GC reactions. Together, our data reveal a previously unappreciated function of lung DCs in iBALT homeostasis and humoral immunity to influenza virus.
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- Corine H GeurtsvanKessel
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 CA, Netherlands
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Fahlén-Yrlid L, Gustafsson T, Westlund J, Holmberg A, Strömbeck A, Blomquist M, MacPherson GG, Holmgren J, Yrlid U. CD11c(high )dendritic cells are essential for activation of CD4+ T cells and generation of specific antibodies following mucosal immunization. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:5032-41. [PMID: 19786541 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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To generate vaccines that protect mucosal surfaces, a better understanding of the cells required in vivo for activation of the adaptive immune response following mucosal immunization is required. CD11c(high) conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) have been shown to be necessary for activation of naive CD8(+) T cells in vivo, but the role of cDCs in CD4(+) T cell activation is still unclear, especially at mucosal surfaces. The activation of naive Ag-specific CD4(+) T cells and the generation of Abs following mucosal administration of Ag with or without the potent mucosal adjuvant cholera toxin were therefore analyzed in mice depleted of CD11c(high) cDCs. Our results show that cDCs are absolutely required for activation of CD4(+) T cells after oral and nasal immunization. Ag-specific IgG titers in serum, as well as Ag-specific intestinal IgA, were completely abrogated after feeding mice OVA and cholera toxin. However, giving a very high dose of Ag, 30-fold more than required to detect T cell proliferation, to cDC-ablated mice resulted in proliferation of Ag-specific CD4(+) T cells. This proliferation was not inhibited by additional depletion of plasmacytoid DCs or in cDC-depleted mice whose B cells were MHC-II deficient. This study therefore demonstrates that cDCs are required for successful mucosal immunization, unless a very high dose of Ag is administered.
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- Linda Fahlén-Yrlid
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine, The Mucosal Immunobiology and Vaccine Center, University of Gothenburg Vaccine Research Institute, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Mohr E, Serre K, Manz RA, Cunningham AF, Khan M, Hardie DL, Bird R, MacLennan ICM. Dendritic cells and monocyte/macrophages that create the IL-6/APRIL-rich lymph node microenvironments where plasmablasts mature. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:2113-23. [PMID: 19201864 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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IL-6 and APRIL influence the growth, differentiation, and survival of normal and neoplastic Ab-forming cells (AFC). In this study, we identify two subsets of myeloid cells that associate with the AFC and are the main producers of these factors during a T-dependent Ab response to alum-precipitated protein in mouse lymph nodes. First CD11c(+)CD8alpha(-) dendritic cells located in the perivascular area of the T zone provide about half of the IL-6 mRNA produced in the node together with significant amounts of APRIL mRNA. The number of these cells increases during the response, at least in part due to local proliferation. The second subset comprises Gr1(+)CD11b(+)F4/80(+) monocyte/macrophages. These colonize the medullary cords during the response and are the other main IL-6 mRNA producers and the greatest source of APRIL mRNA. This medullary cord monocyte/macrophage subset results in local increase of APRIL mRNA that mirrors the polarity of CXCL12 expression in the node. The distribution of these myeloid cell subsets correlates with a gradient of AFC maturation assessed by progressive loss of Ki67 as AFC pass from the B cell follicle along the perivascular areas to the medullary cords.
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- Elodie Mohr
- Medical Research Council Centre for Immune Regulation, University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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Racine R, Chatterjee M, Winslow GM. CD11c expression identifies a population of extrafollicular antigen-specific splenic plasmablasts responsible for CD4 T-independent antibody responses during intracellular bacterial infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 181:1375-85. [PMID: 18606692 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.2.1375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Although T-independent immunity is known to be generated against bacterial capsular and cell wall polysaccharides expressed by a number of bacterial pathogens, it has not been studied in depth during intracellular bacterial infections. Our previous study demonstrated that Ehrlichia muris, an obligate intracellular tick-borne pathogen, generates protective classical TI responses in CD4 T cell-deficient C57BL/6 mice. We found that E. muris T-independent immunity is accompanied by the expansion of a very large extrafollicular spleen population of CD11c(low)-expressing plasmablasts that exhibit characteristics of both B-1 and marginal zone B cells. The plasmablasts comprised up to 15% of the total spleen lymphocytes and approximately 70% of total spleen IgM(high)IgD(low) cells during peak infection in both wild-type and MHC class II-deficient mice. The CD11c(low) cells exhibited low surface expression of B220, CD19, and CD1d, high expression of CD11b, CD43, but did not express CD5. Approximately 50% of the CD11c(low) cells also expressed CD138. In addition to CD11b and CD11c, the plasmablasts expressed the beta(1) (CD29) and alpha4 (CD49d) integrins, as well as the chemokine receptor CXCR4, molecules which may play roles in localizing the B cells extrafollicular region of the spleen. During peak infection, the CD11c(low) cells accounted for the majority of the IgM-producing splenic B cells and nearly all of the E. muris outer membrane protein-specific IgM-secreting cells. Thus, during this intracellular bacterial infection, CD11c expression identifies a population of Ag-specific spleen plasmablasts responsible for T-independent Ab production.
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- Rachael Racine
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, USA
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IgA class switching is the process whereby B cells acquire the expression of IgA, the most abundant antibody isotype in mucosal secretions. IgA class switching occurs via both T-cell-dependent and T-cell-independent pathways, and the antibody targets both pathogenic and commensal microorganisms. This Review describes recent advances indicating that innate immune recognition of microbial signatures at the epithelial-cell barrier is central to the selective induction of mucosal IgA class switching. In addition, the mechanisms of IgA class switching at follicular and extrafollicular sites within the mucosal environment are summarized. A better understanding of these mechanisms may help in the development of more effective mucosal vaccines.
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Dendritic cells (DCs) play a central role in T-cell activation and the control of the inherent autoreactivity of the T-cell compartment. Pleiotropic DC functions are likely associated with discrete DC subsets. However, the latter remain largely defined by phenotype and unique anatomic location, rather than function. The investigation of DC involvement in complex phenomena that rely on multicellular interactions, such as immuno-stimulation and tolerization calls for an assessment of DC functions within physiological context. Given the highly dynamic DC compartment, the method of choice to study in vivo DC functions is their conditional ablation in the intact organism. Here, we summarize the recent progress in this field highlighting pitfalls and prospects of the approach.
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Perivascular clusters of dendritic cells provide critical survival signals to B cells in bone marrow niches. Nat Immunol 2008; 9:388-95. [PMID: 18311142 DOI: 10.1038/ni1571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2007] [Accepted: 02/01/2008] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Beyond its established function in hematopoiesis, the bone marrow hosts mature lymphocytes and acts as a secondary lymphoid organ in the initiation of T cell and B cell responses. Here we report the characterization of bone marrow-resident dendritic cells (bmDCs). Multiphoton imaging showed that bmDCs were organized into perivascular clusters that enveloped blood vessels and were seeded with mature B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes. Conditional ablation of bmDCs in these bone marrow immune niches led to the specific loss of mature B cells, a phenotype that could be reversed by overexpression of the antiapoptotic factor Bcl-2 in B cells. The presence of bmDCs promoted the survival of recirculating B cells in the bone marrow through the production of macrophage migration-inhibitory factor. Thus, bmDCs are critical for the maintenance of recirculating B cells in the bone marrow.
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Herlands RA, William J, Hershberg U, Shlomchik MJ. Anti-chromatin antibodies drive in vivo antigen-specific activation and somatic hypermutation of rheumatoid factor B cells at extrafollicular sites. Eur J Immunol 2008; 37:3339-51. [PMID: 18034429 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A dominant type of spontaneous autoreactive B cell activation in murine lupus is the extrafollicular generation of plasmablasts. The factors governing such activation have been difficult to identify due to the stochastic onset and chronic nature of the response. Thus, the ability to induce a similar autoreactive B cell response with a known autoantigen in vivo would be a powerful tool in deciphering how autoimmune responses are initiated. We report here the establishment and characterization of a system to initiate autoreactive extrafollicular B cell responses, using IgG anti-chromatin antibodies, that closely mirrors the spontaneous response. We demonstrate that exogenously administered anti-chromatin antibody, presumably by forming immune complexes with released nuclear material, drives activation of rheumatoid factor B cells in AM14 Tg mice. Anti-chromatin elicits autoreactive B cell activation and development into antibody-forming cells at the T zone/red pulp border. Plasmablast generation occurs equally in BALB/c, MRL/+ and MRL/lpr mice, indicating that an autoimmune-prone genetic background is not required for the induced response. Importantly, infused IgG anti-chromatin induces somatic hypermutation in the absence of a GC response, thus proving the extrafollicular somatic hypermutation pathway. This system provides a window on the initiation of an autoantibody response and reveals authentic initiators of it.
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- Robin A Herlands
- Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA
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Plasma cell development: From B-cell subsets to long-term survival niches. Semin Immunol 2008; 20:49-58. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2007.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2007] [Accepted: 12/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bennett CL, Clausen BE. DC ablation in mice: promises, pitfalls, and challenges. Trends Immunol 2007; 28:525-31. [PMID: 17964853 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2007.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2007] [Revised: 08/20/2007] [Accepted: 08/20/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DC) play pivotal roles in orchestrating immunity and tolerance, and, as such, they are key targets for immunotherapy. Exploiting their function depends on a precise understanding of the part that different DC subsets play in vivo, but attempts to identify definitive functions have been limited by problems depleting individual DC populations in mice. Inducible cell ablation via transgenic expression of a high-affinity diphtheria toxin receptor (DTR) is a new and powerful approach to DC research. Here, we discuss the impact of CD11c-DTR and Langerin-DTR mice on DC immunobiology, and we highlight the problems to be aware of when interpreting data from these models. The challenge now will be to refine transgenic strategies so that other DC subsets can be inducibly depleted in vivo.
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- Clare L Bennett
- Department of Haematology, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
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Sapoznikov A, Fischer JAA, Zaft T, Krauthgamer R, Dzionek A, Jung S. Organ-dependent in vivo priming of naive CD4+, but not CD8+, T cells by plasmacytoid dendritic cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 204:1923-33. [PMID: 17646404 PMCID: PMC2118686 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20062373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs) play a pivotal role as cytokine-secreting accessory cells in the antimicrobial immune defense. In contrast, the capacity of PDCs to act as antigen-presenting cells in naive T cell priming remains unclear. By studying T cell responses in mice that lack conventional DCs (cDCs), and by the use of a PDC-specific antigen-targeting strategy, we show that PDCs can initiate productive naive CD4+ T cell responses in lymph nodes, but not in the spleen. PDC-triggered CD4+ T cell responses differed from cDC-driven responses in that they were not associated with concomitant CD8+ T cell priming. Our results establish PDCs as a bona fide DC subset that initiates unique CD4+ Th cell–dominated primary immune responses.
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- Anita Sapoznikov
- Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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Scandella E, Fink K, Junt T, Senn BM, Lattmann E, Förster R, Hengartner H, Ludewig B. Dendritic Cell-Independent B Cell Activation During Acute Virus Infection: A Role for Early CCR7-Driven B-T Helper Cell Collaboration. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:1468-76. [PMID: 17237395 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.3.1468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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This study provides a detailed spatiotemporal interaction analysis between B cells, Th cells, and dendritic cells (DC) during the generation of protective antiviral B cell immunity. Following vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) infection, conditional ablation of CD11c-positive DC at the time-point of infection did not impair extrafollicular plasma cell generation and Ig class switching. In contrast, the generation of Th and B cell responses following immunization with recombinant VSV-glycoprotein was DC-dependent. Furthermore, we show that the CCR7-dependent interplay of the three cell-types is crucial for virus-neutralizing B cell responses in the presence of limiting amounts of Ag. An immediate event following VSV infection was the CCR7-mediated interaction of VSV-specific B and Th cells at the T cell-B cell zone border that facilitated plasma cell differentiation and Th cell activation. Taken together, these experiments provide evidence for a direct, CCR7-orchestrated and largely DC-independent mutual activation of Th cells and Ag-specific B cells that is most likely a critical step during early immune responses against cytopathic viruses.
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- Elke Scandella
- Research Department, Kantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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