Bone Marrow Dendritic Cell-Mediated Regulation of TLR and B Cell Receptor Signaling in B Cells

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) play an essential role in regulation of immune responses. In the periphery, Ag presentation by DCs is critical for adaptive responses; for this reason, DCs are often targets of adjuvants that enhance vaccine responses. Activated mature DCs enhance B cell activation and differentiation by providing cytokines like BAFF and a proliferation-inducing ligand. However, the role of immature DCs in B cell tolerance is not well studied. Recently, mouse immature bone marrow-derived DCs (iBMDCs) have been shown to suppress anti-IgM–induced B cell activation. In this study, we tested the ability of mouse DCs to modulate B cell functions during TLR activation. We found that iBMDCs potently suppressed proliferation and differentiation of various B cell subsets on TLR stimulation. However, iBMDCs did not affect CD40-mediated B cell activation. Optimal suppression of B cell activation by iBMDCs required cell contact via the CD22 receptor on B cells. The B cell suppression was a property of iBMDCs or DCs resident in the bone marrow (BM), but not mature BM-derived DCs or DCs resident in the spleen. Presence of iBMDCs also enhanced the Ag-induced apoptotic response of BM B cells, suggesting that the suppressive effects of iBMDCs may have a role in B cell tolerance.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2012

Notes/Citation Information

Published in The Journal of Immunology, v. 189, issue 7, p. 3355-3367.

Copyright © 2012 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1101352

Funding Information

This work was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (Grant AI076956 to S.B.; Grants AI56363 and AQI057157 to T.F.T.) and by the Edwards P. Evans Foundation (to S.B.).

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