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upon IL-4 Stimulation1
Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
IL-4 plays a key role in inducing IL-4 production in CD4+ T cells, functioning as an important determinant for Th2 cell differentiation. We show here that IL-4 induces IFN-
production in B220+ plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs). By searching for cell populations that produce IFN- upon IL-4 stimulation, we found that PDCs were a major IFN--producing cell upon IL-4 stimulation in wild-type and Rag-2–/– splenocytes. Isolated PDCs, but not CD11b+ DCs or CD8+ DCs, produced IFN- upon IL-4 stimulation. In vivo, the depletion of PDCs by anti-Ly6G/C Ab prevented IFN- production induced by IL-4 administration. We also found that IL-4 induced IFN- production, but not IL-12 or IFN-
production, in PDCs and also strongly enhanced CpG oligodeoxynucleotide-induced IFN- production, but not CpG oligodeoxynucleotide-induced IL-12 or IFN- production. However, IL-4 did not induce IFN- production in Stat6–/– PDCs. Moreover, IL-4 induced Stat4 expression in PDCs through a Stat6-dependent mechanism, and only the Stat4-expressing PDCs produced IFN-. Furthermore, IL-4 did not induce IFN- production in Stat4–/– PDCs. These results indicate that PDCs preferentially produce IFN- upon IL-4 stimulation by Stat6- and Stat4-dependent mechanisms.
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