Induction of Interferon-gamma from Natural Killer Cells by Immunostimulatory Cpg Dna is Mediated Through Plasmacytoid-dendritic-cell-produced Interferon-alpha and Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha.
From: Dynavax Technologies Corporation, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA. jmarshall@dvax.com
Immunology
- Publish Date: Jan 2006
- ISSN: 0019-2805
- Volume: 117
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 38-46
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Marshall Jason D, Heeke Darren S, Abbate Christi, et al. Induction of Interferon-gamma from Natural Killer Cells by Immunostimulatory Cpg Dna is Mediated Through Plasmacytoid-dendritic-cell-produced Interferon-alpha and Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha.. Immunology Jan 2006;117:38-46
Abstract
Immunostimulatory sequences (ISS) that contain CpG motifs have been demonstrated to exert antipathogen and antitumour immunity in animal models through several mechanisms, including the activation of natural killer (NK) cells to secrete interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and to exert lytic activity. Since NK cells lack the ISS receptor TLR9, the exact pathway by which NK cells are activated by ISS is unclear. We determined that ISS-induced IFN-gamma from NK cells is primarily dependent upon IFN-alpha release from plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs), which directly activates the NK cell. However, further analysis indicated that other PDC-released soluble factor(s) may contribute to IFN-gamma induction. Indeed, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) was identified as a significant contributor to ISS-mediated activation of NK cells and was observed to act in an additive fashion with IFN-alpha in the induction of IFN-gamma from NK cells and to up-regulate CD69 expression on NK cells. This activity of TNF-alpha, however, was dependent upon the presence of PDC-derived factors such as type I interferon. These results illustrate an important function for type I interferon in innate immunity, which is not only to activate effectors like NK cells directly, but also to prime them for enhanced activation by other factors such as TNF-alpha.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Antigens, CD, Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte, Cells, Cultured, CpG Islands, Cytokines, Dendritic Cells, Humans, Interferon Type II, Interferon-alpha, Killer Cells, Natural, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Up-Regulation
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