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Published 6 January 2003. doi:10.1084/jem.20021908
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The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Volume 197, Number 1, 101-109

Flexibility of Mouse Classical and Plasmacytoid-derived Dendritic Cells in Directing T Helper Type 1 and 2 Cell Development : Dependency on Antigen Dose and Differential Toll-like Receptor Ligation



André Boonstra1, Carine Asselin-Paturel2, Michel Gilliet3, Chad Crain3, Giorgio Trinchieri2, Yong-Jun Liu3 and Anne O'Garra1

1 Division of Immunoregulation, The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), NW7 1AA London, United Kingdom
2 Laboratory for Immunological Research, Schering-Plough, 69571 Dardilly, France
3 Department of Immunology, DNAX Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Address correspondence to Anne O'Garra or Andre Boonstra, Division of Immunoregulation, NIMR, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1AA, United Kingdom. Phone: 44-208-959-3666; Fax: 44-208-816-2564; E-mail: aogarra{at}nimr.mrc.ac.uk or andre.boonstra{at}nimr.mrc.ac.uk

Distinct dendritic cell (DC) subsets have been suggested to be preprogrammed to direct either T helper cell (Th) type 1 or Th2 development, although more recently different pathogen products or stimuli have been shown to render these DCs more flexible. It is still unclear how distinct mouse DC subsets cultured from bone marrow precursors, blood, or their lymphoid tissue counterparts direct Th differentiation. We show that mouse myeloid and plasmacytoid precursor DCs (pDCs) cultured from bone marrow precursors and ex vivo splenic DC subsets can induce the development of both Th1 and Th2 effector cells depending on the dose of antigen. In general, high antigen doses induced Th1 cell development whereas low antigen doses induced Th2 cell development. Both cultured and ex vivo splenic plasmacytoid-derived DCs enhanced CD4+ T cell proliferation and induced strong Th1 cell development when activated with the Toll-like receptor (TLR)9 ligand CpG, and not with the TLR4 ligand lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The responsiveness of plasmacytoid pDCs to CpG correlated with high TLR9 expression similarly to human plasmacytoid pDCs. Conversely, myeloid DCs generated with granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor enhanced Th1 cell development when stimulated with LPS as a result of their high level of TLR4 expression. Polarized Th1 responses resulting from high antigen dose were not additionally enhanced by stimulation of DCs by TLR ligands. Thus, the net effect of antigen dose, the state of maturation of the DCs together with the stimulation of DCs by pathogen-derived products, will determine whether a Th1 or Th2 response develops.

Key Words: dendritic cell • Th1 • Th2 • TLR • cytokines


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