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* Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710;
Division of Molecular Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229;
Immunobiology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892; and
Laboratorio de Imunobiologia, Instituto Goncalo Moniz, Fundacao Osvaldo Cruz, Salvador, BA, Brazil
A powerful IFN-
response is triggered upon infection with the protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. Several cell populations, including dendritic cells (DCs), macrophages, and neutrophils, produce IL-12, a key cytokine for IFN- induction. However, it is still unclear which of the above cell populations is its main source. Diphtheria toxin (DT) injection causes transient DC depletion in a transgenic mouse expressing Simian DT receptors under the control of the CD11c promoter, allowing us to investigate the role of DCs in IL-12 production. T. gondii-inoculated DT-treated and control groups were monitored for IL-12 levels and survival. We show in this study that DC depletion abolished IL-12 production and led to mortality. Furthermore, replenishment with wild-type, but not MyD88- or IL-12p35-deficient, DCs rescued IL-12 production, IFN--induction, and resistance to infection in DC-depleted mice. Taken together, the results presented in this study indicate that DCs constitute the major IL-12-producing cell population in vivo during T. gondii infection.
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