Distinct roles for the NF-kappa B1 and c-Rel transcription factors in the differentiation and survival of plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cells activated by TLR-9 signals

O&#39;Keeffe, M; Grumont, RJ; Hochrein, H; Fuchsberger, M; Gugasyan, R; Vremec, D; Shortman, K; Gerondakis, S

Author(s): O'Keeffe, M; Grumont, RJ; Hochrein, H; Fuchsberger, M; Gugasyan, R; Vremec, D; Shortman, K; Gerondakis, S;
Details: Publication Year 2005-11-15,Volume 106,Issue #10,Page 3457-3464
Journal Title: BLOOD
Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: Reticuloendotheliosis viral oncogene homolog/nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cells 1 (Rel/NF-kappa B) activation is a ubiquitous outcome of engaging Toll-like receptors (TLRs), yet the cell-type-specific functions of this pathway in response to particular microbial signals remain poorly defined. Here we show that NF-kappa B1 and C-Rel, Rel/NF-kappa B proteins induced in conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) by cytosine-phosphate-guanosine (CpG) DNA, a TLR-9 ligand, serve markedly different functions in these DC subsets. With the exception of impaired interleukin-12 (IL-12) production, cultured Nfkb1(-I-)C-Rel(-I-) cDCs responded relatively normally to CpG DNA. In contrast, CpG-treated Nfkb1(-I-)C-Rel(-I-) pDCs, which were still able to produce type I interferon and regulated on activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES), but not IL-6 or IL-12, failed to acquire an activated dendritic phenotype and underwent apoptosis. Although the TIR-9-mediated death of Nfkb1(-I-)C-Rel(-I-) CReV'- pDCs, which coincided with a failure to up-regulate the prosurvival proteins B-cell lymphoma apoptosis regulator xL (Bcl-X-L) and All, was blocked by Bcl-2 transgene expression, this inhibition of apoptosis still failed to rescue the differentiation defects. This indicated that these NF-kappa B transcription factors independently regulate TLR-9-mediated pDC morphogenesis and survival. Collectively, these findings establish that NF-kappa B1 and c-Rel, while largely dispensable for TLR-9-induced cDC activation, are critical for regulating differentiation and survival programs during pDC activation.
Publisher: AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
Keywords: NF-KAPPA-B; HERPES-SIMPLEX-VIRUS; SUSTAINED ACTIVATION; BACTERIAL-DNA; MICE LACKING; EXPRESSION; MOUSE; APOPTOSIS; PATHWAYS; PROTEINS
Publisher's Version: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2004-12-4965
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Creation Date: 2005-11-15 12:00:00