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Published online 24 July 2006 doi:10.1084/jem.20060401
Rockefeller University Press, 0022-1007 $8.00
JEM, Volume 203, Number 8, 1999-2008
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 Properties regulating the nature of the plasmacytoid dendritic cell response to Toll-like receptor 9 activation

Cristiana Guiducci1, Gary Ott1, Jean H. Chan1, Emily Damon1, Carlo Calacsan1, Tracy Matray1, Kyung-Dall Lee2, Robert L. Coffman1, and Franck J. Barrat1

1 Dynavax Technologies Corporation, Berkeley, CA 94710
2 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

CORRESPONDENCE Franck J. Barrat: fbarrat{at}dvax.com

Human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs) can produce interferon (IFN)-{alpha} and/or mature and participate in the adaptive immune response. Three classes of CpG oligonucleotide ligands for Toll-like receptor (TLR)9 can be distinguished by different sequence motifs and different abilities to stimulate IFN-{alpha} production and maturation of PDCs. We show that the nature of the PDC response is determined by the higher order structure and endosomal location of the CpG oligonucleotide. Activation of TLR9 by the multimeric CpG-A occurs in transferrin receptor (TfR)-positive endosomes and leads exclusively to IFN-{alpha} production, whereas monomeric CpG-B oligonucleotides localize to lysosome-associated membrane protein (LAMP)-1–positive endosomes and promote maturation of PDCs. However, CpG-B, when complexed into microparticles, localizes in TfR-positive endosomes and induces IFN-{alpha} from PDCs, whereas monomeric forms of CpG-A localize to LAMP-1–positive endosomes accompanied by the loss of IFN-{alpha} production and a gain in PDC maturation activity. CpG-C sequences, which induce both IFN-{alpha} and maturation of PDCs, are distributed in both type of endosomes. Encapsulation of CpG-C in liposomes stable above pH 5.75 completely abrogated the IFN-{alpha} response while increasing PDC maturation. This establishes that the primary determinant of TLR9 signaling is not valency but endosomal location and demonstrates a strict compartmentalization of the biological response to TLR9 activation in PDCs.

Abbreviations used: cDC, conventional DC; ISS, immunostimulatory oligonucleotide sequences; LAMP, lysosome-associated membrane protein; ODN, oligodeoxynucleotide; PDC, plasmacytoid DC; ss, single strand; TfR, transferrin receptor; TLR, Toll-like receptor.


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