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Dendritic-cell exosomes cross-present Toll-like receptor-ligands and activate bystander dendritic cells.

ABSTRACT: Dendritic cells (DCs) are the major sentinel, antigen-presenting and regulatory components of the immune system. One of the central DC functions is to rapidly sense and alert host immune system of a pathogen invasion. In the present study, we investigated the role of DC exosomes (DCex) in this sentinel function. We demonstrated that DCex could bind bacterial Toll-like-receptor ligands (TLR-Ls), and acquire their ability to strongly activate bystander DCs. Consequently, bystander DCs enhance the expression of transmembrane tumor necrosis factor, secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and cross-talk with natural killer cells leading to the elevated secretion of IFN?. These findings newly show that DCex can bind and cross-present TLR-Ls to innate-immunity effector cells, and indicate a potent mechanism to systemically alert the host immune system of pathogen invasion. They also suggest a potential novel strategy to generate effective vaccines by binding TLR-L-immune adjuvants to DCex.

SUBMITTER: Sobo-Vujanovic A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4045011 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dendritic-cell exosomes cross-present Toll-like receptor-ligands and activate bystander dendritic cells.

Sobo-Vujanovic Andrea A Munich Stephan S Vujanovic Nikola L NL

Cellular immunology 20140408 1-2

Dendritic cells (DCs) are the major sentinel, antigen-presenting and regulatory components of the immune system. One of the central DC functions is to rapidly sense and alert host immune system of a pathogen invasion. In the present study, we investigated the role of DC exosomes (DCex) in this sentinel function. We demonstrated that DCex could bind bacterial Toll-like-receptor ligands (TLR-Ls), and acquire their ability to strongly activate bystander DCs. Consequently, bystander DCs enhance the ...[more]

PMID: 24759079

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Dendritic-cell exosomes cross-present Toll-like receptor-ligands and activate bystander dendritic cells.

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