An IL-12-Independent Role for CD40-CD154 in Mediating Effector Responses: Studies in Cell-Mediated Glomerulonephritis and Dermal Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity

  • Ruth A
  • Kitching A
  • Li M
  • et al.
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Abstract

Crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN) results from IL-12-driven Th1-directed cell-mediated responses (akin to delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH)) directed against glomerular Ags. CD40-CD154 interactions are critical for IL-12 production and Th1 polarization of immune responses. Crescentic anti-glomerular basement membrane GN was induced in C57BL/6 (wild-type (WT)) mice (sensitized to sheep globulin) by planting this Ag (as sheep anti-mouse glomerular basement membrane globulin) in their glomeruli. Crescentic GN did not develop in CD40−/− mice due to significantly reduced nephritogenic Th1 responses. IL-12 was administered to CD40−/− mice with GN to dissect interactions between IL-12 and CD40 in inducing nephritogenic immunity and injury. Administration of IL-12 to CD40−/− mice restored Th cell IFN-γ production, and up-regulated intrarenal chemokines and glomerular T cell and macrophage accumulation compared with WT control mice. Despite this, renal macrophages were not activated and renal injury and dermal DTH were not restored. Thus, CD40-directed IL-12 drives Th1 generation and effector cell recruitment but CD40 is required for activation. To test this hypothesis, activated OT-II OVA-specific CD4+ cells and OVA323–339-loaded nonresponsive APCs were transferred into footpads of WT, CD40−/−, and macrophage-depleted WT mice. WT mice developed significant DTH compared with CD40−/− and macrophage-depleted WT mice. This study demonstrated that CD40-induced IL-12 is required for generation of systemic Th1 immunity to nephritogenic Ags, and that IL-12 enhances Th1 effector cell recruitment to peripheral sites of Ag presentation via generation of local chemokines. Effector cell activation, renal DTH-like injury, and dermal DTH require direct Th1 CD154/macrophage CD40 interactions.

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Ruth, A.-J., Kitching, A. R., Li, M., Semple, T. J., Timoshanko, J. R., Tipping, P. G., & Holdsworth, S. R. (2004). An IL-12-Independent Role for CD40-CD154 in Mediating Effector Responses: Studies in Cell-Mediated Glomerulonephritis and Dermal Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity. The Journal of Immunology, 173(1), 136–144. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.173.1.136

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