PMID- 20410489 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100719 LR - 20161125 IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 184 IP - 10 DP - 2010 May 15 TI - Activation of liver X receptor sensitizes human dendritic cells to inflammatory stimuli. PG - 5456-65 LID - 10.4049/jimmunol.0902399 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) respond to changes in their lipid environment by altering gene expression and immunophenotype. Some of these alterations are mediated via the nuclear receptor superfamily. However, little is known about the contribution of liver X receptor (LXR) to DC biology. In this study, we present a systematic analysis of LXR, activated by synthetic ligands or naturally occurring oxysterols in developing human monocyte-derived DCs. We found that LXRs are present and can be activated throughout DC differentiation in monocyte- and blood-derived DCs. Administration of LXR-specific natural or synthetic activators induced target gene expression accompanied by increased expression of DC maturation markers, such as CD80 and CD86. In mature DCs, LXR activation augmented the production of inflammatory cytokines IL-12, TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-8 and resulted in an increased capacity to activate CD4+ T cell proliferation upon ligation with TLR4 or TLR3 ligands. These effects appear to be underpinned by prolonged NF-kappaB signaling. Supporting such an inflammatory role, we found that LXR positive DCs are present in reactive lymph nodes in vivo. We propose that activation of LXR represents a novel lipid-signaling paradigm that alters the inflammatory response of human DCs. FAU - Torocsik, Daniel AU - Torocsik D AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center, Hungary. FAU - Barath, Monika AU - Barath M FAU - Benko, Szilvia AU - Benko S FAU - Szeles, Lajos AU - Szeles L FAU - Dezso, Balazs AU - Dezso B FAU - Poliska, Szilard AU - Poliska S FAU - Hegyi, Zoltan AU - Hegyi Z FAU - Homolya, Laszlo AU - Homolya L FAU - Szatmari, Istvan AU - Szatmari I FAU - Lanyi, Arpad AU - Lanyi A FAU - Nagy, Laszlo AU - Nagy L LA - eng SI - GEO/GSE8658 GR - Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States GR - Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100421 PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Liver X Receptors) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Orphan Nuclear Receptors) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) SB - IM MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology/pathology MH - Cell Differentiation/*immunology MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytokines/biosynthesis MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Humans MH - Inflammation Mediators/metabolism/*physiology MH - Lipid Metabolism/immunology MH - Liver X Receptors MH - Lymph Nodes/cytology/immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Monocytes/cytology/immunology/metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/physiology MH - Orphan Nuclear Receptors/*metabolism/physiology MH - Protein Isoforms/metabolism/physiology MH - Signal Transduction/immunology MH - Up-Regulation/immunology EDAT- 2010/04/23 06:00 MHDA- 2010/07/20 06:00 CRDT- 2010/04/23 06:00 PHST- 2010/04/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/04/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/07/20 06:00 [medline] AID - jimmunol.0902399 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.0902399 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2010 May 15;184(10):5456-65. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902399. Epub 2010 Apr 21.