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ICOS-Induced B7h Shedding on B Cells Is Inhibited by TLR7/8 and TLR9¹

Immunology Division, Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

We report in this study that B7h, the ligand for the ICOS costimulatory receptor, is rapidly shed from mouse B cells following either ICOS binding or BCR engagement. Shedding occurs through proteolytic cleavage that releases the extracellular ICOS-binding region of B7h. Prior exposure of B7h-expressing APCs to ICOS-expressing cells inhibits their subsequent ability to costimulate IFN- and IL-4 production from CD4⁺ T cells. Shedding is regulated as TLR7/8 and TLR9 ligands inhibit B7h shedding. A shedding-resistant B7h mutant elicits greater costimulation of IFN- production from CD4⁺ T cells than does wild-type B7h. These data define shedding of B7h as a novel mechanism for controlling costimulatory signaling by B7-CD28 family members that is regulated on B cells by TLR signaling.

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