PMID- 22396536 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120717 LR - 20211021 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 287 IP - 17 DP - 2012 Apr 20 TI - Activated apoptotic cells induce dendritic cell maturation via engagement of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule 3 (ICAM-3)-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN), and beta2 integrins. PG - 13731-42 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M111.336545 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells playing a central role in connecting innate and adaptive immunity. Maturation signals are, however, required for DCs to undergo phenotypic and functional changes to acquire a fully competent antigen-presenting capacity. We previously reported that activated apoptotic peripheral lymphocytes (ActApo) provide activation/maturation signals to human monocyte-derived DCs. In this paper, we have characterized the signaling pathways and molecules involved in ActApo-mediated DC maturation. We found that both cellular and supernatant fractions from ActApo are required for DC maturation signaling. ActApoSup-induced CD80 and CD86 expression was significantly blocked in the presence of neutralizing antibodies against tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). Cell-cell contact-dependent signaling involved beta2 integrins, dendritic cell-specific ICAM-3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN), and TLR4 because ActApo-induced up-regulation of the maturation markers CD80 and CD86 was significantly inhibited in the presence of neutralizing antibodies against CD18, CD11a, CD11b, and DC-SIGN as well as TLR4. The role of TLR4 was further confirmed by silencing of TLR4 in DCs. In addition, the endogenous adjuvant effect exerted by activated apoptotic splenocytes (ActApoSp) was reduced after immunization with human serum albumin in TLR4(-/-) mice. We detected activation of multiple signaling pathways and transcription factors in DCs upon co-culture with ActApo, including p38, JNK, PI3K-Akt, Src family kinases, NFkappaB p65, and AP1 transcription factor family members c-Jun and c-Fos, demonstrating the complex interactions occurring between ActApo and DCs. These studies provide important mechanistic insight into the responses of DCs during encounter with cells undergoing immunogenic cell death. FAU - Pathak, Sushil Kumar AU - Pathak SK AD - Department of Medicine, Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Skold, Annette E AU - Skold AE FAU - Mohanram, Venkatramanan AU - Mohanram V FAU - Persson, Catrine AU - Persson C FAU - Johansson, Ulrika AU - Johansson U FAU - Spetz, Anna-Lena AU - Spetz AL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120306 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (CD18 Antigens) RN - 0 (Cell Adhesion Molecules) RN - 0 (DC-specific ICAM-3 grabbing nonintegrin) RN - 0 (ICAM3 protein, human) RN - 0 (ICAM3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Lectins, C-Type) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharide Receptors) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cell Surface) RN - 0 (TLR4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Tlr4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/*metabolism MH - *Apoptosis MH - CD18 Antigens/*metabolism MH - Cell Adhesion Molecules/*metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology MH - Humans MH - Lectins, C-Type/*metabolism MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear/cytology MH - Lipopolysaccharide Receptors/biosynthesis MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Monocytes/*cytology MH - Phenotype MH - Receptors, Cell Surface/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism PMC - PMC3340136 EDAT- 2012/03/08 06:00 MHDA- 2012/07/18 06:00 PMCR- 2013/04/20 CRDT- 2012/03/08 06:00 PHST- 2012/03/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/03/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/07/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/04/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)52946-3 [pii] AID - M111.336545 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M111.336545 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2012 Apr 20;287(17):13731-42. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.336545. Epub 2012 Mar 6.