CpG-induced IFN-α production of plasmacytoid dendritic cells: Time and dosage dependence and the effect of structural modifications to the CpG backbone

Sabrina Jeske, Ralph Pries, Barbara Wollenberg*

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit
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Abstract

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) represent a highly specialized immune cell subset and are considered to be the main sentinels against viral infections and play an important role in the development of immune tolerance. pDCs are able to recognize cytosine-phosphate-guanosine (CpG) motifs within microbial DNA, which are unmethylated CG dinucleotides in a certain sequence context and trigger the secretion of interferon (IFN)-α and other proinflammatory cytokines. Here we used the typical class A CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) 2216, the B-class ODN 2006, and the newly synthesized CpG ODN TM64 to explore the potency and kinetics of IFN-α stimulation of pDC. TM6 4 CpG ODN has a hexanucleotide sequence TCGTGT that leads to an increased cellular uptake and features a CpG nucleotide within the sequence that leads to a potent specific B-cell stimulation, thus characteristics similar to a class B CpG. Our data reveals that all CpGs act as both dosage-and time-dependent stimuli of IFN-α secretion. The relationship between concentration of the stimulant and the secreted amount of IFN-α is not linear and results in a plateau formation, with saturation kinetics. Alteration to the backbone can change duration and quantity of overall IFN-α secretion.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftNucleic Acid Therapeutics
Jahrgang23
Ausgabenummer2
Seiten (von - bis)118-124
Seitenumfang7
ISSN2159-3337
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 01.04.2013

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