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CD103- and CD103+ bronchial lymph node dendritic cells are specialized in presenting and cross-presenting innocuous antigen to CD4+ and CD8+ T cells.
J. Immunol. 178, 6861-6866 (2007)
Dendritic cells (DC) are able to capture, process, and present exogenous Ag to CD8(+) T lymphocytes through MHC class I, a process referred to as cross-presentation. In this study, we demonstrate that CD103(+) (CD11c(high)CD11b(low)) and CD103(-) (CD11c(int)CD11b(high)) DC residing in the lung-draining bronchial lymph node (brLN) have evolved to acquire opposing functions in presenting innocuous inhaled Ag. Thus, under tolerogenic conditions, CD103(-) DC are specialized in presenting innocuous Ag to CD4(+) T cells, whereas CD103(+) DC, which do not express CD8alpha, are specialized in presenting Ag exclusively to CD8(+) T cells. In CCR7-deficient but not in plt/plt mice, Ag-carrying CD103(+) DC are largely absent in the brLN, although CD103(+) DC are present in the lung of CCR7-deficient mice. As a consequence, adoptively transferred CD8(+) T cells can be activated under tolerizing conditions in plt/plt but not in CCR7-deficient mice. These data reveal that CD103(+) brLN DC are specialized in cross-presenting innocuous inhaled Ag in vivo. Because these cells are largely absent in CCR7(-/-) mice, our findings strongly suggest that brLN CD103(+) DC are lung-derived and that expression of CCR7 is required for their migration from the lung into its draining lymph node.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0022-1767
e-ISSN
1550-6606
Zeitschrift
Journal of Immunology
Quellenangaben
Band: 178,
Heft: 11,
Seiten: 6861-6866
Verlag
American Association of Immunologists
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Molecular Immunology (IMI)