IL-12p70-Dependent Th1 Induction by Human B Cells Requires Combined Activation with CD40 Ligand and CpG DNA

  • Moritz Wagner
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Munich , Munich ,
  • Hendrik Poeck
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Munich , Munich ,
  • Bernd Jahrsdoerfer
    University of Iowa Cancer Center, University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA 52242
  • Simon Rothenfusser
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Munich , Munich ,
  • Domenik Prell
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Munich , Munich ,
  • Barbara Bohle
    Department of General and Experimental Pathology, University of Vienna , Vienna ,
  • Evelyn Tuma
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Munich , Munich ,
  • Thomas Giese
    Institute of Immunology, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg ,
  • Joachim W Ellwart
    Institute for Experimental Hematology, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health , Munich ,
  • Stefan Endres
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Munich , Munich ,
  • Gunther Hartmann
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Munich , Munich ,

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2004-01
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DOI
  • 10.4049/jimmunol.172.2.954
公開者
Oxford University Press (OUP)

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The detection of microbial molecules via Toll-like receptors (TLR) in B cells is not well characterized. In this study, we found that both naive and memory B cells lack TLR4 (receptor for LPS) but express TLR9 (receptor for CpG motifs) and produce IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-10 upon stimulation with CpG oligonucleotides (ODN), synthetic mimics of microbial DNA. Consistent with the lack of TLR4, purified B cells failed to respond to LPS. Similar to CpG ODN, CD40 ligand (CD40L) alone induced IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-10. Production of these cytokines as well as IgM synthesis was synergistically increased when both CpG ODN and CD40L were combined. Unlike IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-10, the Th1 cytokine IL-12p70 was detected only when both CpG ODN and CD40L were present, and its induction was independent of B cell receptor cross-linking. CpG ODN did not increase the capacity of CD40L-activated B cells to induce proliferation of naive T cells. However, B cells activated with CpG ODN and CD40L strongly enhanced IFN-γ production in developing CD4 T cells via IL-12. Together, these results demonstrate that IL-12p70 production in human B cells is under the dual control of microbial stimulation and T cell help. Our findings provide a molecular basis for the potent adjuvant activity of CpG ODN to support humoral immune responses observed in vivo, and for the limited value of LPS.</jats:p>

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