PMID- 24043764 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131119 LR - 20211021 IS - 1540-9538 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1007 (Print) IS - 0022-1007 (Linking) VI - 210 IP - 10 DP - 2013 Sep 23 TI - Intestinal monocytes and macrophages are required for T cell polarization in response to Citrobacter rodentium. PG - 2025-39 LID - 10.1084/jem.20130903 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs), monocytes, and macrophages are closely related phagocytes that share many phenotypic features and, in some cases, a common developmental origin. Although the requirement for DCs in initiating adaptive immune responses is well appreciated, the role of monocytes and macrophages remains largely undefined, in part because of the lack of genetic tools enabling their specific depletion. Here, we describe a two-gene approach that requires overlapping expression of LysM and Csf1r to define and deplete monocytes and macrophages. The role of monocytes and macrophages in immunity to pathogens was tested by their selective depletion during infection with Citrobacter rodentium. Although neither cell type was required to initiate immunity, monocytes and macrophages contributed to the adaptive immune response by secreting IL-12, which induced Th1 polarization and IFN-gamma secretion. Thus, whereas DCs are indispensable for priming naive CD4(+) T cells, monocytes and macrophages participate in intestinal immunity by producing mediators that direct T cell polarization. FAU - Schreiber, Heidi A AU - Schreiber HA AD - Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, 2 Mucosal Immunology and 3 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065. FAU - Loschko, Jakob AU - Loschko J FAU - Karssemeijer, Roos A AU - Karssemeijer RA FAU - Escolano, Amelia AU - Escolano A FAU - Meredith, Matthew M AU - Meredith MM FAU - Mucida, Daniel AU - Mucida D FAU - Guermonprez, Pierre AU - Guermonprez P FAU - Nussenzweig, Michel C AU - Nussenzweig MC LA - eng GR - F32 AI096721/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 AI051573/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI051573/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130916 PL - United States TA - J Exp Med JT - The Journal of experimental medicine JID - 2985109R RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor) RN - EC 3.2.1.17 (Muramidase) SB - IM MH - Adaptive Immunity MH - Animals MH - Cell Movement/immunology MH - Citrobacter rodentium/*immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/immunology/metabolism MH - Enterobacteriaceae Infections/genetics/immunology MH - Gene Order MH - Interleukin-12/biosynthesis/immunology MH - Intestines/*immunology/*microbiology MH - Macrophages/*immunology/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Monocytes/*immunology/metabolism MH - Muramidase/genetics MH - Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/genetics/immunology MH - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/*immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC3782042 EDAT- 2013/09/18 06:00 MHDA- 2013/11/20 06:00 PMCR- 2014/03/23 CRDT- 2013/09/18 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/11/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/03/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jem.20130903 [pii] AID - 20130903 [pii] AID - 10.1084/jem.20130903 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Exp Med. 2013 Sep 23;210(10):2025-39. doi: 10.1084/jem.20130903. Epub 2013 Sep 16.