PMID- 27142025 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171213 LR - 20180110 IS - 1940-6029 (Electronic) IS - 1064-3745 (Linking) VI - 1423 DP - 2016 TI - Analysis of DC Functions Using CD205-DTR Knock-In Mice. PG - 291-308 LID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-3606-9_21 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are essential antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that consist of heterogeneous subsets, mainly classified as conventional DCs (cDCs) and plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs). CD205, an endocytic type I C-type lectin-like molecule that belongs to the mannose receptor family, is mainly expressed on CD8alpha(+) cDCs. However, it is unclear how CD205(+) cDCs control immune responses in vivo. To evaluate the contribution of CD205(+) cDCs to the immune system, we engineered knock-in (KI) mice that express the diphtheria toxin receptor (DTR) under the control of the Cd205 gene, which allows the selective conditional ablation of CD205(+) cDCs in vivo. Conditional ablation of CD205(+) cDCs impaired the antigen-specific priming of CD8(+) T cells to generate cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) mediated through cross presentation of soluble antigen. Upon microbial infection, CD205(+) cDCs contributed to the cross priming of CD8(+) T cells for generating antibacterial CTLs to efficiently eliminate pathogens. Here, we provide a protocol for the generation of bone marrow WT/CD205-DT chimeric mice, depletion of CD205(+) DCs and assessment of depletion efficiency, and protocols for in vivo cross presentation assay, CTL generation assay, and antibacterial immunity assay. FAU - Fukaya, Tomohiro AU - Fukaya T AD - Division of Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan. FAU - Takagi, Hideaki AU - Takagi H AD - Division of Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan. FAU - Uto, Tomofumi AU - Uto T AD - Division of Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan. FAU - Arimura, Keiichi AU - Arimura K AD - Division of Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan. FAU - Sato, Katsuaki AU - Sato K AD - Division of Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan. katsuaki_sato@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Methods Mol Biol JT - Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) JID - 9214969 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (DEC-205 receptor) RN - 0 (Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor) RN - 0 (Lectins, C-Type) RN - 0 (Minor Histocompatibility Antigens) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cell Surface) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/*genetics/metabolism MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*cytology/immunology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Cross-Priming MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology/immunology MH - Gene Knock-In Techniques MH - Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Lectins, C-Type/*genetics/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Minor Histocompatibility Antigens/*genetics/metabolism MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Receptors, Cell Surface/*genetics/metabolism MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cross priming OT - Cytotoxic T lymphocytes OT - Dendritic cells OT - Knock-in mice OT - Microbial infection EDAT- 2016/05/05 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/14 06:00 CRDT- 2016/05/05 06:00 PHST- 2016/05/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/05/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/14 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/978-1-4939-3606-9_21 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods Mol Biol. 2016;1423:291-308. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3606-9_21.