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Mitchell JP, Carmody RJ. NF-κB and the Transcriptional Control of Inflammation. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 335:41-84. [PMID: 29305014 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2017.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 312] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The NF-κB transcription factor was discovered 30 years ago and has since emerged as the master regulator of inflammation and immune homeostasis. It achieves this status by means of the large number of important pro- and antiinflammatory factors under its transcriptional control. NF-κB has a central role in inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and autoimmunity, as well as diseases comprising a significant inflammatory component such as cancer and atherosclerosis. Here, we provide an overview of the studies that form the basis of our understanding of the role of NF-κB subunits and their regulators in controlling inflammation. We also describe the emerging importance of posttranslational modifications of NF-κB in the regulation of inflammation, and highlight the future challenges faced by researchers who aim to target NF-κB transcriptional activity for therapeutic benefit in treating chronic inflammatory diseases.
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- Jennifer P Mitchell
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathogenesis Centre of Excellence, Centre for Immunobiology, Institute of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Immunobiology, Institute of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
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Jordan KA, Dupont CD, Tait ED, Liou HC, Hunter CA. Role of the NF-κB transcription factor c-Rel in the generation of CD8+ T-cell responses to Toxoplasma gondii. Int Immunol 2011; 22:851-61. [PMID: 21118906 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxq439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The nuclear factor κB transcription factor c-Rel is exclusively expressed in immune cells and plays a role in numerous cellular functions including proliferation, survival and production of chemokines and cytokines. c-Rel has also been implicated in the regulation of multiple genes involved in innate and adaptive immune responses to the intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, in particular IL-12. To better understand how this transcription factor controls the CD8(+) T-cell response to this organism, wild-type (WT) and c-Rel(-/-) mice were challenged with a replication-deficient strain of T. gondii that expresses the model antigen ovalbumin (OVA). These studies revealed that c-Rel was required for optimal primary expansion of OVA-specific CD8(+) T cells and that immunized c-Rel-deficient mice were susceptible to challenge with a virulent strain of T. gondii. However, when c-Rel(-/-) cells specific for OVA were adoptively transferred into a WT recipient, or c-Rel(-/-) mice were treated with IL-12 at the time of immunization, there was no apparent proliferative defect. Surprisingly, upon secondary challenge, antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells in c-Rel(-/-) mice expanded to a much greater degree in terms of frequency as well as numbers when compared with WT mice. Despite this, the cytokine responses of c-Rel(-/-) mice remained defective, consistent with their susceptibility to secondary challenge. Together, these results indicate that in this infection model, the major influence of c-Rel in generation of CD8(+) T-cell responses is through its regulation of the inflammatory environment, rather than playing a substantial T-cell-intrinsic role.
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- Kimberly A Jordan
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania, 380 South University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Deenick EK, Po L, Chapatte L, Murakami K, Lu YC, Elford AR, Saibil SD, Ruland J, Gerondakis S, Mak TW, Ohashi PS. c-Rel phenocopies PKCtheta but not Bcl-10 in regulating CD8+ T-cell activation versus tolerance. Eur J Immunol 2010; 40:867-77. [PMID: 19950170 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Elucidating the signaling events that promote T-cell tolerance versus activation provides important insights for manipulating immunity in vivo. Previous studies have suggested that the absence of PKCtheta results in the induction of anergy and that the balance between the induction of the transcription factors NFAT, AP1 and NF-kappaB plays a key role in determining whether T-cell anergy or activation is induced. Here, we examine whether Bcl-10 and specific family members of NF-kappaB act downstream of PKCtheta to alter CD8(+) T-cell activation and/or anergy. We showed that T cells from mice deficient in c-Rel but not NF-kappaB1 (p50) have increased susceptibility to the induction of anergy, similar to T cells from PKCtheta-deficient mice. Surprisingly T cells from Bcl-10-deficient mice showed a strikingly different phenotype to the PKCtheta-deficient T cells, with a severe block in TCR-mediated activation. Furthermore, we have also shown that survival signals downstream of NF-kappaB, are uncoupled from signals that mediate T-cell anergy. These results suggest that c-Rel plays a critical role downstream of PKCtheta in controlling CD8(+) T-cell anergy induction.
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- Elissa K Deenick
- Campbell Family Institute, Ontario Cancer Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Antigen-specific CD4 cells assist CD8 T-effector cells in eliminating keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol 2010; 130:1581-9. [PMID: 20147961 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Keratinocytes expressing tumor or viral antigens can be eliminated by antigen-primed CD8 cytotoxic T cells. CD4 T-helper cells help induction of CD8 cytotoxic T cells from naive precursors and generation of CD8 T-cell memory. In this study, we show, unexpectedly, that CD4 cells are also required to assist primed CD8 effector T cells in rejection of skin expressing human growth hormone, a neo-self-antigen, in keratinocytes. The requirement for CD4 cells can be substituted by CD40 costimulation. Rejection of skin expressing ovalbumin (OVA), a non-self-antigen, by primed CD8 cytotoxic T cells can in contrast occur without help from antigen-specific CD4 T cells. However, rejection of OVA expressing keratinocytes is helped by antigen-specific CD4 T cells if only low numbers of primed or naive OVA-specific CD8 T cells are available. Effective immunotherapy directed at antigens expressed in squamous cancer may therefore be facilitated by induction of tumor antigen-specific CD4 helper T cells, as well as cytotoxic CD8 T cells.
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Isomura I, Palmer S, Grumont RJ, Bunting K, Hoyne G, Wilkinson N, Banerjee A, Proietto A, Gugasyan R, Wu L, Li W, McNally A, Steptoe RJ, Thomas R, Shannon MF, Gerondakis S. c-Rel is required for the development of thymic Foxp3+ CD4 regulatory T cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 206:3001-14. [PMID: 19995950 PMCID: PMC2806473 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20091411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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During thymopoiesis, a unique program of gene expression promotes the development of CD4 regulatory T (T reg) cells. Although Foxp3 maintains a pattern of gene expression necessary for T reg cell function, other transcription factors are emerging as important determinants of T reg cell development. We show that the NF-κB transcription factor c-Rel is highly expressed in thymic T reg cells and that in c-rel−/− mice, thymic T reg cell numbers are markedly reduced as a result of a T cell–intrinsic defect that is manifest during thymocyte development. Although c-Rel is not essential for TGF-β conversion of peripheral CD4+CD25− T cells into CD4+Foxp3+ cells, it is required for optimal homeostatic expansion of peripheral T reg cells. Despite a lower number of peripheral T reg cells in c-rel−/− mice, the residual peripheral c-rel−/− T reg cells express normal levels of Foxp3, display a pattern of cell surface markers and gene expression similar to those of wild-type T reg cells, and effectively suppress effector T cell function in culture and in vivo. Collectively, our results indicate that c-Rel is important for both the thymic development and peripheral homeostatic proliferation of T reg cells.
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- Iwao Isomura
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
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Rodriguez-Caballero A, Garcia-Montero AC, Almeida J, Balanzategui A, Munoz-Criado S, Orfao A. Association between the HLA haplotype and the TCR-Vbeta repertoire of anti-hCMV specific memory T-cells in immunocompetent healthy adults. CYTOMETRY PART B-CLINICAL CYTOMETRY 2007; 72:371-9. [PMID: 17328033 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite the key role of memory T-cells specific for human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) in protecting against hCMV-reinfection early after immunodeficiency episodes, the precise characterization and definition of the essential components of a protective CD4 T-cell response still remain to be established. METHODS We analyzed by flow cytometry hCMV-specific immune responses driven by peripheral blood antigen-presenting cells (APC) and CD4 memory T-cells at both the cellular and soluble levels, and their cooperation in priming and sustaining the effector function of specific CD8 T cells in adult healthy individuals using a hCMV whole viral lysate stimulatory model. RESULTS Overall, activated T-cells showed a heterogeneous phenotype, with a marked predominance of CD45RA(-)/CCR7(+/-) memory CD4(+) T-cells. Despite this, cytoplasmic expression of granzyme B was found in both the CD45RA(+)/effector and CD45RA(-)/memory T-cell compartments of the two major CD4(+) and CD8(+) activated T-cell subpopulations, further confirming the presence of circulating antigen experienced cytotoxic CD4(+) T cells in hCMV-seropositive individuals. Moreover, we observed that both CD4(+) and CD8(+) hCMV-specific T-cells included relatively restricted numbers of TCR-Vbeta family members. Interestingly, we found a significant association between some HLA Class II and Class I haplotypes and the presence of specifically expanded TCR-Vbeta clones of anti-hCMV T cells. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that hCMV-specific memory T-cells are phenotypically heterogeneous, their TCR-Vbeta repertoire shaped through the interaction between hCMV epitopes and the HLA haplotype.
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- Arancha Rodriguez-Caballero
- Centro de Investigacion del Cancer/IBMCC (CSIC/USAL) and Servicio General de Citometria, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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Gerondakis S, Grumont R, Gugasyan R, Wong L, Isomura I, Ho W, Banerjee A. Unravelling the complexities of the NF-κB signalling pathway using mouse knockout and transgenic models. Oncogene 2006; 25:6781-99. [PMID: 17072328 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) signalling pathway serves a crucial role in regulating the transcriptional responses of physiological processes that include cell division, cell survival, differentiation, immunity and inflammation. Here we outline studies using mouse models in which the core components of the NF-kappaB pathway, namely the IkappaB kinase subunits (IKKalpha, IKKbeta and NEMO), the IkappaB proteins (IkappaBalpha, IkappaBbeta, IkappaBvarepsilon and Bcl-3) and the five NF-kappaB transcription factors (NF-kappaB1, NF-kappaB2, c-Rel, RelA and RelB), have been genetically manipulated using transgenic and knockout technology.
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- S Gerondakis
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Andreakos E, Williams RO, Wales J, Foxwell BM, Feldmann M. Activation of NF-kappaB by the intracellular expression of NF-kappaB-inducing kinase acts as a powerful vaccine adjuvant. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:14459-64. [PMID: 16971487 PMCID: PMC1599984 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0603493103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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There is a pressing need for adjuvants that will enhance the effectiveness of genetic vaccines. This is particularly important in cancer and infectious disease such as HIV and malaria for which successful vaccines are desperately needed. Here, we describe an approach to enhance immunogenicity that involves the activation of NF-kappaB by the transgenic expression of an intracellular signaling molecule, NF-kappaB-inducing kinase (NIK). In vitro, NIK increases dendritic cell antigen presentation in allogeneic and antigen-specific T cell proliferation assays by potently activating NF-kappaB and consequently up-regulating the expression of cytokines (TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-12, IL-15, and IL-18), chemokines [IL-8, RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted), macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-3], MHC antigen-presenting molecules (class I and II), and costimulatory molecules (CD80 and CD86). In vivo, NIK enhances immune responses against a vector-encoded antigen and shifts them toward a T helper 1 immune response with increased IgG2a levels, T cell proliferation, IFN-gamma production, and cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses more potently than complete Freund's adjuvant, a very efficacious T helper 1-inducing adjuvant. These findings define NIK, and possibly other inducers of NF-kappaB activation, as a potent adjuvant strategy that offers great potential for genetic vaccine development.
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- E. Andreakos
- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London W6 8LH, United Kingdom
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London W6 8LH, United Kingdom
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London W6 8LH, United Kingdom
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London W6 8LH, United Kingdom
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London W6 8LH, United Kingdom
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Le Bon A, Montoya M, Edwards MJ, Thompson C, Burke SA, Ashton M, Lo D, Tough DF, Borrow P. A role for the transcription factor RelB in IFN-alpha production and in IFN-alpha-stimulated cross-priming. Eur J Immunol 2006; 36:2085-93. [PMID: 16810633 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Chimeric mice generated with bone marrow from RelB-deficient (-/-), RelB-heterozygous (+/-) and wild-type (+/+) mice were used to determine how total or partial absence of the transcription factor RelB in haematopoietic cells affects the immune response generated after lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection. In RelB(-/-) chimeras, early virus replication was enhanced and LCMV clearance was impaired. Although plasmacytoid dendritic cell numbers were similar, serum interferon (IFN)-alpha levels in RelB(-/-) and RelB(+/-) chimeras were markedly lower than in RelB(+/+) chimeras during early LCMV infection. Further, both RelB(-/-) and RelB(+/-) chimeras mounted a lower-magnitude LCMV-specific CD8(+) T cell response than their RelB(+/+) counterparts, although the LCMV-specific CD8(+) T cells present were differentiated into functional cytotoxic cells. In LCMV-infected RelB(-/-) mice, induction of cross-priming to an independently injected soluble protein, which depends on the IFN-alpha/beta made during the viral infection, was also impaired. Notably, provision of exogenous IFN-alpha did not restore the ability of RelB(-/-) mice to cross-prime. In summary, these results show that the RelB/NF-kappaB pathway is required for optimal IFN-alpha production after LCMV infection and suggest a crucial role for RelB in IFN-alpha-stimulated cross-priming of CD8(+) T cell responses.
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- Agne Le Bon
- The Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, UK
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Blachère NE, Morris HK, Braun D, Saklani H, Di Santo JP, Darnell RB, Albert ML. IL-2 Is Required for the Activation of Memory CD8+ T Cells via Antigen Cross-Presentation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:7288-300. [PMID: 16751372 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.12.7288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are capable of capturing exogenous Ag for the generation of MHC class I/peptide complexes. For efficient activation of memory CD8(+) T cells to occur via a cross-presentation pathway, DCs must receive helper signals from CD4(+) T cells. Using an in vitro system that reflects physiologic recall memory responses, we have evaluated signals that influence helper-dependent cross-priming, while focusing on the source and cellular target of such effector molecules. Concerning the interaction between CD4(+) T cells and DCs, we tested the hypothesis that CD40 engagement on DCs is critical for IL-12p70 (IL-12) production and subsequent stimulation of IFN-gamma release by CD8(+) T cells. Although CD40 engagement on DCs, or addition of exogenous IL-12 are both sufficient to overcome the lack of help, neither is essential. We next evaluated cytokines and chemokines produced during CD4(+) T cell/DC cross talk and observed high levels of IL-2 produced within the first 18-24 h of Ag-specific T cell engagement. Functional studies using blocking Abs to CD25 completely abrogated IFN-gamma production by the CD8(+) T cells. Although required, addition of exogenous IL-2 did not itself confer signals sufficient to overcome the lack of CD4(+) T cell help. Thus, these data support a combined role for Ag-specific, cognate interactions at the CD4(+) T cell/DC as well as the DC/CD8(+) T cell interface, with the helper effect mediated by soluble noncognate signals.
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MESH Headings
- 3T3 Cells
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral/immunology
- Antigens, Viral/metabolism
- CD40 Antigens/immunology
- CD40 Antigens/metabolism
- CD40 Antigens/physiology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/virology
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cross-Priming/genetics
- Dendritic Cells/cytology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Immunologic Memory/genetics
- Influenza A virus/immunology
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Interleukin-2/deficiency
- Interleukin-2/genetics
- Interleukin-2/physiology
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Interleukin/physiology
- Receptors, Interleukin-12
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/virology
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Heath WR, Belz GT, Behrens GMN, Smith CM, Forehan SP, Parish IA, Davey GM, Wilson NS, Carbone FR, Villadangos JA. Cross-presentation, dendritic cell subsets, and the generation of immunity to cellular antigens. Immunol Rev 2004; 199:9-26. [PMID: 15233723 DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2004.00142.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 558] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cross-presentation involves the uptake and processing of exogenous antigens within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I pathway. This process is primarily performed by dendritic cells (DCs), which are not a single cell type but may be divided into several distinct subsets. Those expressing CD8alpha together with CD205, found primarily in the T-cell areas of the spleen and lymph nodes, are the major subset responsible for cross-presenting cellular antigens. This ability is likely to be important for the generation of cytotoxic T-cell immunity to a variety of antigens, particularly those associated with viral infection, tumorigenesis, and DNA vaccination. At present, it is unclear whether the CD8alpha-expressing DC subset captures antigen directly from target cells or obtains it indirectly from intermediary DCs that traffic from peripheral sites. In this review, we examine the molecular basis for cross-presentation, discuss the role of DC subsets, and examine the contribution of this process to immunity, with some emphasis on DNA vaccination.
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- William R Heath
- Department of Immunology and The Cooperative Research Center for Vaccine Technology, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Bayry J, Lacroix-Desmazes S, Donkova-Petrini V, Carbonneil C, Misra N, Lepelletier Y, Delignat S, Varambally S, Oksenhendler E, Lévy Y, Debré M, Kazatchkine MD, Hermine O, Kaveri SV. Natural antibodies sustain differentiation and maturation of human dendritic cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:14210-5. [PMID: 15381781 PMCID: PMC521138 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0402183101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The differentiation and maturation of dendritic cells (DCs) is governed by various signals in the microenvironment. Monocytes and DCs circulate in peripheral blood, which contains high levels of natural antibodies (NAbs). NAbs are germ-line-encoded and occur in the absence of deliberate immunization or microbial aggression. To assess the importance of NAbs in the milieu on DC development, we examined the status of DCs in patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia, a disease characterized by paucity of B cells and circulating antibodies. We demonstrate that the in vitro differentiation of DCs is severely impaired in these patients, at least in part because of low levels of circulating NAbs. We identified NAbs reactive with the CD40 molecule as an important component that participates in the development of DCs. CD40-reactive NAbs restored normal phenotypes of DCs in patients. The maturation process induced by CD40-reactive NAbs was accompanied by an increased IL-10 and decreased IL-12 production. The transcription factor analysis revealed distinct signaling pathways operated by CD40-reactive NAbs compared to those by CD40 ligand. These results suggest that B cells promote bystander DC development through NAbs and the interaction between NAbs and DCs may play a role in steady-state migration of DCs.
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- Jagadeesh Bayry
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 430 and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut des Cordeliers, 75006 Paris, France
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Andreakos E, Smith C, Monaco C, Brennan FM, Foxwell BM, Feldmann M. Ikappa B kinase 2 but not NF-kappa B-inducing kinase is essential for effective DC antigen presentation in the allogeneic mixed lymphocyte reaction. Blood 2003; 101:983-91. [PMID: 12393548 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-06-1835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Although dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells involved in numerous physiologic and pathologic processes, little is known about the signaling pathways that regulate DC activation and antigen-presenting function. Recently, we demonstrated that nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB activation is central to that process, as overexpression of IkappaBalpha blocks the allogeneic mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR), an in vitro model of T-cell activation. In this study, we investigated the role of 2 putative NF-kappaB-inducing components, NF-kappaB-inducing kinase (NIK), and IkappaB kinase 2 (IKK2). Using an adenoviral gene transfer method to efficiently express dominant-negative (dn) forms of these molecules in monocyte-derived DCs, we found that IKK2dn but not NIKdn inhibited the allogeneic MLR. When DCs were fixed, this inhibitory effect of IKK2dn was lost, suggesting that IKK2 is involved in T-cell-derived signals that enhance DC antigen presentation during the allogeneic MLR period and does not have an effect on viability or differentiation state of DCs prior to coculture with T cells. One such signal is likely to be CD40 ligand (CD40L), as IKK2dn blocked CD40L but not lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NF-kappaB activation, cytokine production, and up-regulation of costimulatory molecules and HLA-DR in DCs. In summary, our results demonstrate that IKK2 is essential for DC activation induced by CD40L or contact with allogeneic T cells, but not by LPS, whereas NIK is not required for any of these signals. In addition, our results support IKK2 as a potential therapeutic target for the down-regulation of unwanted immune responses that may occur during transplantation or autoimmunity.
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- Evangelos Andreakos
- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Fonteneau JF, Larsson M, Bhardwaj N. Interactions between dead cells and dendritic cells in the induction of antiviral CTL responses. Curr Opin Immunol 2002; 14:471-7. [PMID: 12088682 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-7915(02)00358-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Dendritic cells - professional antigen-presenting cells - are key players for activating adaptive immune responses against viruses. Apoptosis or lytic cell death often accompanies viral infection. Dendritic cells can acquire infected dead or dying cells as exogenous sources of antigens for presentation on MHC class I and II molecules to initiate T cell responses. This pathway of activating T cells may be critical for the development of effective antiviral immunity in vivo.
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- Jean François Fonteneau
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, The Rockefeller University New York, New York, NY 10021, USA
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