PMID- 27556858 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180226 LR - 20181113 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 46 DP - 2016 Nov 15 TI - Dendritic cell-derived nitric oxide inhibits the differentiation of effector dendritic cells. PG - 74834-74845 LID - 10.18632/oncotarget.11361 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) play a pivotal role in the development of effective immune defense while avoiding detrimental inflammation and autoimmunity by regulating the balance of adaptive immunity and immune tolerance. However, the mechanisms that govern the effector and regulatory functions of DCs are incompletely understood. Here, we show that DC-derived nitric oxide (NO) controls the balance of effector and regulatory DC differentiation. Mice deficient in the NO-producing enzyme inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) harbored increased effector DCs that produced interleukin-12, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and IL-6 but normal numbers of regulatory DCs that expressed IL-10 and programmed cell death-1 (PD-1). Furthermore, an iNOS-specific inhibitor selectively enhanced effector DC differentiation, mimicking the effect of iNOS deficiency in mice. Conversely, an NO donor significantly suppressed effector DC development. Furthermore, iNOS-/- DCs supported enhanced T cell activation and proliferation. Finally iNOS-/- mice infected with the enteric pathogen Citrobacter rodentium suffered more severe intestinal inflammation with concomitant expansion of effector DCs in colon and spleen. Collectively, our results demonstrate that DC-derived iNOS restrains effector DC development, and offer the basis of therapeutic targeting of iNOS in DCs to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. FAU - Si, Chuanping AU - Si C AD - Institute of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Jining Medical College, Shandong 272067, China. FAU - Zhang, Ruihua AU - Zhang R AD - Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA. FAU - Wu, Tianshu AU - Wu T AD - Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA. FAU - Lu, Geming AU - Lu G AD - Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA. FAU - Hu, Yuan AU - Hu Y AD - Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA. FAU - Zhang, Hui AU - Zhang H AD - Institute of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Jining Medical College, Shandong 272067, China. FAU - Xu, Feihong AU - Xu F AD - Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA. FAU - Wei, Peter AU - Wei P AD - Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA. FAU - Chen, Kang AU - Chen K AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. FAU - Tang, Hua AU - Tang H AD - Institute of Immunology, Taishan Medical University, Tai'an, Shandong 271000, China. FAU - Yeretssian, Garabet AU - Yeretssian G AD - Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA. FAU - Xiong, Huabao AU - Xiong H AD - Institute of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Jining Medical College, Shandong 272067, China. AD - Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 RN - 0 (Inflammasomes) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Cell Differentiation/genetics/immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology/immunology/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Gene Knockout Techniques MH - Immunity, Innate/genetics MH - Inflammasomes/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide/*metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics/metabolism MH - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC5342705 OTO - NOTNLM OT - dendritic cell OT - iNOS COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2016/08/25 06:00 MHDA- 2018/02/27 06:00 PMCR- 2016/11/15 CRDT- 2016/08/25 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/02/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/08/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/11/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 11361 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.11361 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncotarget. 2016 Nov 15;7(46):74834-74845. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.11361.