Resident and monocyte-derived dendritic cells become dominant IL-12 producers under different conditions and signaling pathways.
IL-12 is such a pivotal cytokine that it has been called the third signal for T cell activation, TCR engagement being the first and costimulation being the second. It has been generally viewed that the resident CD8(+) dendritic cell (DC) subset is the predominant IL-12-producing cell type. In this study, we found, although this is so under steady state conditions, under inflammatory conditions monocyte-derived DC (mDC) became a major cell type producing IL-12. Depletion of either type of DC resulted in reduced production of IL-12 in vivo. For CD8(+) DC, IL-12 production could be stimulated by various pathways viz. signaling through MyD88, Trif, or nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (Nod)-like receptors. In contrast, for mDC, IL-12 production was mainly dependent on MyD88 signaling. Thus, conventional DCs and mDCs use different pathways to regulate IL-12 production.
Zhan
Yifan
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The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. zhan@wehi.edu.au
Xu
Yuekang
Y
Seah
Shirley
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Brady
Jamie L
JL
Carrington
Emma M
EM
Cheers
Christina
C
Croker
Ben A
BA
Wu
Li
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Villadangos
Jose A
JA
Lew
Andrew M
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