Abstract
Type 1 CD8α+ conventional dendritic cells (cDC1s) are required for CD8+ T cell priming but, paradoxically, promote splenic Listeria monocytogenes infection. Using mice with impaired cDC2 function, we ruled out a role for cDC2s in this process and instead discovered an interleukin-10 (IL-10)-dependent cellular crosstalk in the marginal zone (MZ) that promoted bacterial infection. Mice lacking the guanine nucleotide exchange factor DOCK8 or CD19 lost IL-10-producing MZ B cells and were resistant to Listeria. IL-10 increased intracellular Listeria in cDC1s indirectly by reducing inducible nitric oxide synthase expression early after infection and increasing intracellular Listeria in MZ metallophilic macrophages (MMMs). These MMMs trans-infected cDC1s, which, in turn, transported Listeria into the white pulp to prime CD8+ T cells. However, this also facilitated bacterial expansion. Therefore, IL-10-mediated crosstalk between B cells, macrophages, and cDC1s in the MZ promotes both Listeria infection and CD8+ T cell activation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 64-76.e7 |
Journal | Immunity |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 16 2019 |
Funding
We would like to thank M. Firla for technical assistance, M. Wimsatt for the illustration, L.A. Zenewicz and H. Agaisse for providing strains of Lm, E. Hoffman for technical guidance regarding phagosome analysis, T. Zhang for help with imaging, S. Calabro and J. Krishnaswamy for helpful discussions, and E.G. Pamer for RFP-Lm and critical review of the manuscript. This work was supported by a CIHR postdoctoral fellowship (to D.L.), P01 HL132819 (to S.C.E.), R01 AI108829 (to S.C.E.), and R21 AI135221 and R21 AI133440 (to A.W.).
Keywords
- DOCK8
- IL-10
- Listeria monocytogenes
- T cell
- dendritic cells
- iNOS
- macrophage
- marginal zone B cells
- spleen
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases