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Conventional but not plasmacytoid dendritic cells foster the systemic virus-induced type I IFN response needed for efficient CD8 T cell priming

01-ago-2014 | Revista: The Journal of Immunology

Sandra Hervas-Stubbs 1, Jose-Ignacio Riezu-Boj 2, Uxua Mancheño 2, Paloma Rueda 3, Lissette Lopez 3, Diego Alignani 2, Estefanía Rodríguez-García 2, Nathalie Thieblemont 4, Claude Leclerc 5


Abstract

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are considered to be the principal type-I IFN (IFN-I) source in response to viruses, whereas the contribution of conventional DCs (cDCs) has been underestimated because, on a per-cell basis, they are not considered professional IFN-I-producing cells. We have investigated their respective roles in the IFN-I response required for CTL activation.

Using a nonreplicative virus, baculovirus, we show that despite the high IFN-I-producing abilities of pDCs, in vivo cDCs but not pDCs are the pivotal IFN-I producers upon viral injection, as demonstrated by selective pDC or cDC depletion. The pathway involved in the virus-triggered IFN-I response is dependent on TLR9/MyD88 in pDCs and on stimulator of IFN genes (STING) in cDCs. Importantly, STING is the key molecule for the systemic baculovirus-induced IFN-I response required for CTL priming.

The supremacy of cDCs over pDCs in fostering the IFN-I response required for CTL activation was also verified in the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus model, in which IFN-β promoter stimulator 1 plays the role of STING. However, when the TLR-independent virus-triggered IFN-I production is impaired, the pDC-induced IFNs-I have a primary impact on CTL activation, as shown by the detrimental effect of pDC depletion and IFN-I signaling blockade on the residual lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-triggered CTL response detected in IFN-β promoter stimulator 1(-/-) mice.

Our findings reveal that cDCs play a major role in the TLR-independent virus-triggered IFN-I production required for CTL priming, whereas pDC-induced IFNs-I are dispensable but become relevant when the TLR-independent IFN-I response is impaired.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO J Immunol. 2014 Aug 1;193(3):1151-61. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301440. Epub 2014 Jun 27.

Nuestros autores

Uxua Mancheño Ujué
Diego Alignani
Técnico de laboratorio Plataforma de Citometría
Dra. Estefanía Rodríguez García