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TLR4 signaling via MyD88 and TRIF differentially shape the CD4+ T cell response to Porphyromonas gingivalis hemagglutinin B.


ABSTRACT: Recombinant hemagglutinin B (rHagB), a virulence factor of the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis, has been shown to induce protective immunity against bacterial infection. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that rHagB is a TLR4 agonist for dendritic cells. However, it is not known how rHagB dendritic cell stimulation affects the activation and differentiation of T cells. Therefore, we undertook the present study to examine the role of TLR4 signaling in shaping the CD4(+) T cell response following immunization of mice with rHagB. Immunization with this Ag resulted in the induction of specific CD4(+) T cells and Ab responses. In TLR4(-/-) and MyD88(-/-) but not Toll/IL-1R domain-containing adapter inducing IFN-?-deficient (TRIF(Lps2)) mice, there was an increase in the Th2 CD4(+) T cell subset, a decrease in the Th1 subset, and higher serum IgG(1)/IgG(2) levels of HagB-specific Abs compared with those in wild-type mice. These finding were accompanied by increased GATA-3 and Foxp3 expression and a decrease in the activation of CD4(+) T cells isolated from TLR4(-/-) and MyD88(-/-) mice. Interestingly, TLR4(-/-) CD4(+) T cells showed an increase in IL-2/STAT5 signaling. Whereas TRIF deficiency had minimal effects on the CD4(+) T cell response, it resulted in increased IFN-? and IL-17 production by memory CD4(+) T cells. To our knowledge, these results demonstrate for the first time that TLR4 signaling, via the downstream MyD88 and TRIF molecules, exerts a differential regulation on the CD4(+) T cell response to HagB Ag. The gained insight from the present work will aid in designing better therapeutic strategies against P. gingivalis infection.

SUBMITTER: Gaddis DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3809913 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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TLR4 signaling via MyD88 and TRIF differentially shape the CD4+ T cell response to Porphyromonas gingivalis hemagglutinin B.

Gaddis Dalia E DE   Michalek Suzanne M SM   Katz Jannet J  

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20110415 10


Recombinant hemagglutinin B (rHagB), a virulence factor of the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis, has been shown to induce protective immunity against bacterial infection. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that rHagB is a TLR4 agonist for dendritic cells. However, it is not known how rHagB dendritic cell stimulation affects the activation and differentiation of T cells. Therefore, we undertook the present study to examine the role of TLR4 signaling in shaping the CD4(+) T cell respon  ...[more]

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