PMID- 16849477 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060906 LR - 20190516 IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 177 IP - 3 DP - 2006 Aug 1 TI - Dendritic cells transduced with SOCS-3 exhibit a tolerogenic/DC2 phenotype that directs type 2 Th cell differentiation in vitro and in vivo. PG - 1679-88 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) have been suggested to direct a type of Th differentiation through their cytokine profile, e.g., high IL-12/IL-23 for Th1 (named DC1/immunogenic DCs) and IL-10 for Th2 (DC2/tolerogenic DCs). Suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS)-3 is a potent inhibitor of Stat3 and Stat4 transduction pathways for IL-23 and IL-12, respectively. We thus hypothesize that an enhanced SOCS-3 expression in DCs may block the autocrine response of IL-12/IL-23 in these cells, causing them to become a DC2-type phenotype that will subsequently promote Th2 polarization of naive T cells. Indeed, in the present study we found that bone marrow-derived DCs transduced with SOCS-3 significantly inhibited IL-12-induced activation of Stat4 and IL-23-induced activation of Stat3. These SOCS-3-transduced DCs expressed a low level of MHC class II and CD86 on their surface, produced a high level of IL-10 but low levels of IL-12 and IFN-gamma, and expressed a low level of IL-23 p19 mRNA. Functionally, SOCS-3-transduced DCs drove naive myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-specific T cells to a strong Th2 differentiation in vitro and in vivo. Injection of SOCS-3-transduced DCs significantly suppressed experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, a Th1 cell-mediated autoimmune disorder of the CNS and an animal model of multiple sclerosis. These results indicate that transduction of SOCS-3 in DCs is an effective approach to generating tolerogenic/DC2 cells that then skew immune response toward Th2, thus possessing therapeutic potential in Th1-dominant autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis. FAU - Li, Yonghai AU - Li Y AD - Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. FAU - Chu, Niansheng AU - Chu N FAU - Rostami, Abdolmohamad AU - Rostami A FAU - Zhang, Guang-Xian AU - Zhang GX LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Il23a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Interleukin-23) RN - 0 (Interleukin-23 Subunit p19) RN - 0 (Interleukins) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (STAT3 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (STAT4 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Socs3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Stat3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Stat4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein) RN - 0 (Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/genetics/*immunology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/*metabolism/transplantation MH - Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/genetics/immunology/prevention & control MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/immunology MH - Immune Tolerance/*genetics MH - *Immunophenotyping MH - Interleukin-12/antagonists & inhibitors/physiology MH - Interleukin-23 MH - Interleukin-23 Subunit p19 MH - Interleukins/antagonists & inhibitors/physiology MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - STAT3 Transcription Factor/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - STAT4 Transcription Factor/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/genetics/immunology MH - Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein MH - Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins/biosynthesis/*genetics/physiology MH - Th2 Cells/cytology/*immunology MH - *Transduction, Genetic EDAT- 2006/07/20 09:00 MHDA- 2006/09/07 09:00 CRDT- 2006/07/20 09:00 PHST- 2006/07/20 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/09/07 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/07/20 09:00 [entrez] AID - 177/3/1679 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.177.3.1679 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2006 Aug 1;177(3):1679-88. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.3.1679.