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The Journal of Immunology, 2004, 172: 1727-1734.
Copyright © 2004 by The American Association of Immunologists

Dendritic Cells Pulsed with Live and Dead Legionella pneumophila Elicit Distinct Immune Responses1

Toshiaki Kikuchi2, Takao Kobayashi, Kazunori Gomi, Takuji Suzuki, Yutaka Tokue, Akira Watanabe and Toshihiro Nukiwa

Department of Respiratory Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Legionella pneumophila is the causative pathogen of Legionnaires’ disease, which is characterized by severe pneumonia. In regard to the pathophysiology of Legionella infection, the role of inflammatory phagocytes such as macrophages has been well documented, but the involvement of dendritic cells (DCs) has not been clarified. In this study, we have investigated the immune responses that DCs generate in vitro and in vivo after contact with L. pneumophila. Heat- and formalin-killed L. pneumophila, but not live L. pneumophila, induced immature DCs to undergo similar phenotypic maturation, but the secreted proinflammatory cytokines showed different patterns. The mechanisms of the DC maturation by heat- or formalin-killed L. pneumophila depended, at least in part, on Toll-like receptor 4 signaling or on Legionella LPS, respectively. After transfer to naive mice, DCs pulsed with dead Legionella produced serum Ig isotype responses specific for Legionella, leading to protective immunity against an otherwise lethal respiratory challenge with L. pneumophila. The in vivo immune responses required the Ag presentation of DCs, especially that on MHC class II molecules, and the immunity yielded cross-protection between clinical and environmental strains of L. pneumophila. Although the DC maturation was impaired by live Legionella, macrophages were activated by live as well as dead L. pneumophila, as evidenced by the up-regulation of MHC class II. Finally, DCs, but not macrophages, exhibited a proliferative response to live L. pneumophila that was consistent with their cell cycle progression. These findings provide a better understanding of the role of DCs in adaptive immunity to Legionella infection.




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