Induction of T(h)2 cell differentiation in the primary immune response: Dendritic cells isolated from adherent cell culture treated with IL-10 prime naive CD4+ T cells to secrete IL-4

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A number of observations indicate that exposure to IL-4 is essential for the priming of T(h)2-type effector T cells and that exposure to IL-12 is essential for the priming of T(h)1-type effector T cells. However, the initial source of IL-4 in the early immune response has not been clearly identified. Dendritic cells (DC) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells (APC) in priming naive T cells. In this report, we show that DC exposed to IL-10 may play an important role in the priming of IL-4-secreting cells in the early immune response. DC isolated from splenic adherent cell cultures treated with rIL-10 (IL-10-DC) primed naive ovalbumin (OVA)-TCR transgenic T cells to secrete IL-4 upon re-stimulation with OVA and splenic APC. By contrast, DC isolated from rIL-12, rIL-4 or control treated cultures induced almost exclusively T(h)1-type effector T cells. IL-4 secretion was detected in the primary cultures of IL-10-DC plus naive CD4+ T cells and the priming of IL-4-secreting T cells by IL-10-DC was dependent on endogenous IL-4 production in the priming culture since anti-IL-4 neutralizing antibody completely abrogated the priming of IL-4-secreting cells. Anti-B7-2 but not anti-B7-1 inhibited the ability of IL-10-DC to prime T cells to secrete IL-4. Furthermore, the ability of IL-10 DC to prime for IL-4-secreting T cells was closely related to the down-regulation of CD40 ligand-mediated IL-12 p70 production by DC in the primary cultures and was markedly reduced by adding exogenous IL-12 to the priming cultures. Thus, our findings indicate that early immunologic events that drive T(h)2 differentiation involve the effects of IL-10 on DC.

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Liu, L., Rich, B. E., Inobe, J. I., Chen, W., & Weiner, H. L. (1998). Induction of T(h)2 cell differentiation in the primary immune response: Dendritic cells isolated from adherent cell culture treated with IL-10 prime naive CD4+ T cells to secrete IL-4. International Immunology, 10(8), 1017–1026. https://doi.org/10.1093/intimm/10.8.1017

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