PMID- 23670193 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130812 LR - 20221109 IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 190 IP - 12 DP - 2013 Jun 15 TI - Critical roles of a dendritic cell subset expressing a chemokine receptor, XCR1. PG - 6071-82 LID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1202798 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) consist of various subsets that play crucial roles in linking innate and adaptive immunity. In the murine spleen, CD8alpha(+) DCs exhibit a propensity to ingest dying/dead cells, produce proinflammatory cytokines, and cross-present Ags to generate CD8(+) T cell responses. To track and ablate CD8alpha(+) DCs in vivo, we generated XCR1-venus and XCR1-DTRvenus mice, in which genes for a fluorescent protein, venus, and a fusion protein consisting of diphtheria toxin receptor and venus were knocked into the gene locus of a chemokine receptor, XCR1, which is highly expressed in CD8alpha(+) DCs. In both mice, venus(+) cells were detected in the majority of CD8alpha(+) DCs, but they were not detected in any other cells, including splenic macrophages. Venus(+)CD8alpha(+) DCs were superior to venus(-)CD8alpha(+) DCs with regard to their cytokine-producing ability in response to TLR stimuli. In other tissues, venus(+) cells were found primarily in lymph node (LN)-resident CD8alpha(+), LN migratory and peripheral CD103(+) DCs, which are closely related to splenic CD8alpha(+) DCs, although some thymic CD8alpha(-)CD11b(-) and LN CD103(-)CD11b(-) DCs were also venus(+). In response to dsRNAs, diphtheria toxin-treated XCR1-DTR mice showed impaired CD8(+) T cell responses, with retained cytokine and augmented CD4(+) T cell responses. Furthermore, Listeria monocytogenes infection and anti-L. monocytogenes CD8(+) T cell responses were defective in diphtheria toxin-treated XCR1-DTRvenus mice. Thus, XCR1-expressing DCs were required for dsRNA- or bacteria-induced CD8(+) T cell responses. XCR1-venus and XCR1-DTRvenus mice should be useful for elucidating the functions and behavior of XCR1-expressing DCs, including CD8alpha(+) and CD103(+) DCs, in lymphoid and peripheral tissues. FAU - Yamazaki, Chihiro AU - Yamazaki C AD - Laboratory for Host Defense, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan. FAU - Sugiyama, Masanaka AU - Sugiyama M FAU - Ohta, Tomokazu AU - Ohta T FAU - Hemmi, Hiroaki AU - Hemmi H FAU - Hamada, Eri AU - Hamada E FAU - Sasaki, Izumi AU - Sasaki I FAU - Fukuda, Yuri AU - Fukuda Y FAU - Yano, Takahiro AU - Yano T FAU - Nobuoka, Mikako AU - Nobuoka M FAU - Hirashima, Takeshi AU - Hirashima T FAU - Iizuka, Akihiko AU - Iizuka A FAU - Sato, Katsuaki AU - Sato K FAU - Tanaka, Takashi AU - Tanaka T FAU - Hoshino, Katsuaki AU - Hoshino K FAU - Kaisho, Tsuneyasu AU - Kaisho T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130513 PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Bacterial Proteins) RN - 0 (Luminescent Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Chemokine) RN - 0 (XC chemokine receptor 1, mouse) RN - 0 (yellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigen Presentation/immunology MH - Bacterial Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Separation MH - Cross-Priming/*immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/metabolism MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Gene Knock-In Techniques MH - Luminescent Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Receptors, Chemokine/*immunology/metabolism EDAT- 2013/05/15 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/13 06:00 CRDT- 2013/05/15 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/13 06:00 [medline] AID - jimmunol.1202798 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1202798 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2013 Jun 15;190(12):6071-82. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202798. Epub 2013 May 13.