PMID- 27891589 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170508 LR - 20181113 IS - 1365-2249 (Electronic) IS - 0009-9104 (Print) IS - 0009-9104 (Linking) VI - 188 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Apr TI - Critical roles of conventional dendritic cells in promoting T cell-dependent hepatitis through regulating natural killer T cells. PG - 127-137 LID - 10.1111/cei.12907 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) play critical roles in initiating and regulating innate immunity as well as adaptive immune responses. However, the role of conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) in concanavalin A (ConA)-induced fulminant hepatitis is unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that depletion of cDCs using either CD11c-diphtheria toxin receptor transgenic mice (DTR Tg) mice or anti-CD11c antibody reduced the severity of liver injury significantly, indicating a detrimental role of cDCs in ConA-induced hepatitis. We elucidated further the pathological role of cDCs as being the critical source of interleukin (IL)-12, which induced the secretion of interferon (IFN)-gamma by natural killer (NK) T cells. Reconstitution of cDCs-depleted mice with IL-12 restored ConA-induced hepatitis significantly. Furthermore, we determined that NK T cells were the target of DC-derived IL-12, and NK T cells contributed to liver inflammation and injury through production of IFN-gamma. In summary, our study demonstrated a novel function of cDCs in mediating ConA-induced hepatitis through regulating IFN-gamma secretion of NK T cells in an IL-12-dependent fashion. Targeting cDCs might provide potentially therapeutic applications in treating autoimmune related liver diseases. CI - (c) 2016 British Society for Immunology. FAU - Wang, J AU - Wang J AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Cao, X AU - Cao X AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Zhao, J AU - Zhao J AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Zhao, H AU - Zhao H AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Wei, J AU - Wei J AD - The First Affiliate Hospital, Biomedical Translational Research Institute, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Antibody Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Li, Q AU - Li Q AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Qi, X AU - Qi X AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Yang, Z AU - Yang Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Wang, L AU - Wang L AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Zhang, H AU - Zhang H AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Bai, L AU - Bai L AD - Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. FAU - Wu, Z AU - Wu Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Zhao, L AU - Zhao L AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Hong, Z AU - Hong Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. FAU - Yin, Z AU - Yin Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. AD - Department of Immunology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. AD - University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei City, Anhui, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170105 PL - England TA - Clin Exp Immunol JT - Clinical and experimental immunology JID - 0057202 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) SB - IM EIN - Clin Exp Immunol. 2018 Dec;194(3):414. PMID: 30417323 MH - Adoptive Transfer MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers MH - *Cell Communication/immunology MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Hepatitis/*immunology/metabolism/mortality/pathology MH - *Immunomodulation MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Inflammation Mediators/metabolism MH - Liver Failure, Acute/etiology/metabolism/mortality/pathology MH - Liver Function Tests MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Natural Killer T-Cells/*immunology/metabolism MH - Phenotype MH - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/*immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC5343358 OTO - NOTNLM OT - IFN-gamma OT - IL-12 OT - cDCs OT - hepatitis EDAT- 2016/11/29 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/10 06:00 PMCR- 2018/04/01 CRDT- 2016/11/29 06:00 PHST- 2016/09/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/11/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/11/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/11/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - CEI12907 [pii] AID - 10.1111/cei.12907 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Immunol. 2017 Apr;188(1):127-137. doi: 10.1111/cei.12907. Epub 2017 Jan 5.