Acute in vivo exposure to interferon-γ enables resident brain dendritic cells to become effective antigen presenting cells
2009
Gottfried-Blackmore, Andres | Kaunzner, Ulrike W. | Idoyaga, Juliana | Felger, Judit C. | McEwen, Bruce S. | Bulloch, Karen
Dendritic cells (DC) are the professional antigen presenting cells (APC) that bridge the innate and adaptive immune system. Previously, in a CD11c/EYFP transgenic mouse developed to study DC functions, we anatomically mapped and phenotypically characterized a discrete population of EYFP⁺ cells within the microglia that we termed brain dendritic cells (bDC). In this study, we advanced our knowledge of the function of these cells in the CD11c/EYFP transgenic mouse and its chimeras, using acute stimuli of stereotaxically inoculated IFNγ or IL-4 into the CNS. The administration of IFNγ increased the number of EYFP⁺bDC but did not recruit peripheral DC into the CNS. IFNγ, but not IL-4, upregulated the expression levels of major histocompatibility class II (MHC-II). In addition, IFNγ-activated EYFP⁺bDC induced antigen-specific naïve CD4 T cells to proliferate and secrete Th1/Th17 cytokines. Activated bDC were also able to stimulate naïve CD8 T cells. Collectively, these data reveal the Th1 cytokine IFNγ, but not the Th2 cytokine IL4, induces bDC to up-regulate MHC-II and become competent APC.
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