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Human plasmacytoid predendritic cells activate NK cells through glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor-ligand (GITRL)

Hanabuchi, Shino, Watanabe, Norihiko, Wang, Yi-Hong, Wang, Yui-Hsi, Ito, Tomoki, Shaw, Joanne, Cao, Wei, Qin, F. Xiao-Feng, Liu, Yong-Jun·2006·Blood

Abstract

Plasmacytoid dendritic cell precursors (pDCs) are professional type I interferon-producing cells, a critical cell type in regulating innate and adaptive immune responses. By microarray gene expression analysis, we found that pDCs activated by virus or CpG-ODN preferentially express the ligand for the glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor (GITRL), which was confirmed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and flow cytometry analysis. Using the same approaches, we found GITR is expressed by activated natural killer (NK) cells and T cells. We show that pDCs activated by CpG-ODN promote NK cell cytotoxicity and interferon (IFN)-γ production through type I IFNs and GITRL. Using a GITRL-transfected cell line, we further demonstrate that GITRL promotes NK cell cytotoxicity and IFN-γ production in synergy with interleukin-2 (IL-2), IFN-α, and NKG2D triggering. We also demonstrated that pDCs localized in close contact to NK cells in T-cell areas of the tonsils, and a subpopulation of the pDCs expressed GITRL. This study reveals a novel function of GITR/GITRL in pDC-mediated coactivation of NK cells.

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Hanabuchi, S., Watanabe, N., Wang, Y.-H., Wang, Y.-H., Ito, T., Shaw, J., Cao, W., Qin, F. X.-F., & Liu, Y.-J.
Venue
Blood
Published
2006-05-01
Volume
107
Issue
9
Pages
3617-3623
ISSN
  • 0006-4971 (ISSN-L)
  • 1528-0020
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W1969033642
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164
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6.21
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journal article
Language
en
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Hanabuchi, S., Watanabe, N., Wang, Y.-H., Wang, Y.-H., Ito, T., Shaw, J., Cao, W., Qin, F. X.-F., & Liu, Y.-J. (2006). Human plasmacytoid predendritic cells activate NK cells through glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor-ligand (GITRL). Blood. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2005-08-3419

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