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Differences in Macrophage Activation by Bacterial DNA and CpG-Containing Oligonucleotides¹

Tara L. Roberts^*,, Jasmyn A. Dunn^*,, Tamsin D. Terry, Michael P. Jennings, David A. Hume^*,,, Matthew J. Sweet^*,, and Katryn J. Stacey^2,*,,

^* Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Cooperative Research Center for Chronic Inflammatory Diseases, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, and Special Research Center for Functional and Applied Genomics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Bacterial DNA activates mouse macrophages, B cells, and dendritic cells in a TLR9-dependent manner. Although short ssCpG-containing phosphodiester oligonucleotides (PO-ODN) can mimic the action of bacterial DNA on macrophages, they are much less immunostimulatory than Escherichia coli DNA. In this study we have assessed the structural differences between E. coli DNA and PO-ODN, which may explain the high activity of bacterial DNA on macrophages. DNA length was found to be the most important variable. Double-strandedness was not responsible for the increased activity of long DNA. DNA adenine methyltransferase (Dam) and DNA cytosine methyltransferase (Dcm) methylation of E. coli DNA did not enhance macrophage NO production. The presence of two CpG motifs on one molecule only marginally improved activity at low concentration, suggesting that ligand-mediated TLR9 cross-linking was not involved. The major contribution was from DNA length. Synthetic ODN >44 nt attained the same levels of activity as bacterial DNA. The response of macrophages to CpG DNA requires endocytic uptake. The length dependence of the CpG ODN response was found to correlate with the presence in macrophages of a length-dependent uptake process for DNA. This transport system was absent from B cells and fibroblasts.

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