Apoptotic cells induce immunosuppression through dendritic cells: critical roles of IFN-γ and nitric oxide

Ren, Guangwen ; Su, Juanjuan ; Zhao, Xin ; Zhang, Liying ; Zhang, Jimin ; Roberts, Arthur I. ; Zhang, Huatang ; Das, Gobardhan ; Shi, Yufang (2008) Apoptotic cells induce immunosuppression through dendritic cells: critical roles of IFN-γ and nitric oxide The Journal of Immunology, 181 (5). pp. 3277-3284. ISSN 0022-1767

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Official URL: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/181/5/3277

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.181.5.3277

Abstract

Apoptotic cells induce immunosuppression through unknown mechanisms. To identify the underlying molecular mediators, we examined how apoptotic cells induce immunoregulation by dendritic cells (DC). We found that administration of DC exposed to apoptotic cells (DCap) strongly inhibited the expansion of lymphocytes in draining lymph nodes in vivo and the subsequent Ag-specific activation of these lymphocytes ex vivo. Unexpectedly, DCap supported T cell activation to a similar extent as normal DC in vitro, leading to proliferation and IL-2 production, except that DCap did not support T cell production of IFN-γ. Surprisingly, when DCap were cocultured with normal DC, they completely lost their ability to support T cell activation, an effect reversed by anti-IFN-γ or inhibitors of inducible NO synthase (iNOS). As expected, exposure to apoptotic cells rendered DCap capable of producing much more NO in response to exogenous IFN-γ than normal DC. Furthermore, DCap from iNOS−/− or IFN-γR1−/− mice were not inhibitory in vitro or in vivo. Therefore, the IFN-γ-induced production of NO by apoptotic cell-sensitized DC plays a key role in apoptotic cell-mediated immunosuppression.

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