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FcγRIIB prevents inflammatory type I IFN production from plasmacytoid dendritic cells during a viral memory response
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FcγRIIB prevents inflammatory type I IFN production from plasmacytoid dendritic cells during a viral memory response

Marcella Flores, Claude Chew, Kevin Tyan, Wu Qing Huang, Aliasger Salem and Raphael Clynes
The Journal of immunology (1950), Vol.194(9), pp.4240-4250
05/01/2015
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401296
PMCID: PMC4820833
PMID: 25821224

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Abstract

The type I IFN (IFN-α) response is crucial for viral clearance during primary viral infections. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are important early responders during systemic viral infections and, in some cases, are the sole producers of IFN-α. However, their role in IFN-α production during memory responses is unclear. We found that IFN-α production is absent during a murine viral memory response, despite colocalization of virus and pDCs to the splenic marginal zone. The absence of IFN was dependent on circulating Ab and was reversed by the transgenic expression of the activating human FcγRIIA receptor on pDCs. Furthermore, FcγRIIB was required for Sendai virus immune complex uptake by splenic pDCs in vitro, and internalization via FcγRIIb prevented cargo from accessing TLR signaling endosomes. Thus, pDCs bind viral immune complexes via FcγRIIB and prevent IFN-α production in vivo during viral memory responses. This Ab-dependent IFN-α regulation may be an important mechanism by which the potentially deleterious effects of IFN-α are prevented during a secondary infection.
Gene Expression Spleen - immunology Virus Diseases - immunology Signal Transduction Dendritic Cells - immunology Humans Sendai virus - immunology Mice, Transgenic Virus Diseases - metabolism Receptors, IgG - metabolism Protein Transport Interferon Type I - biosynthesis Receptors, IgG - genetics Animals Spleen - metabolism Antibodies, Viral - immunology Immunologic Memory Respirovirus Infections - metabolism Mice Respirovirus Infections - immunology Toll-Like Receptor 9 - metabolism Virus Diseases - genetics Dendritic Cells - metabolism Respirovirus Infections - genetics

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