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Qa-1^b-Dependent Modulation of Dendritic Cell and NK Cell Cross-Talk In Vivo¹

Paula Colmenero^2,*, Angela L. Zhang^*, Ting Qian^*, Linrong Lu, Harvey Cantor, Kalle Söderström^* and Edgar G. Engleman^*

^* Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304; and Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115

Dendritic cells (DC) trigger activation and IFN- release by NK cells in lymphoid tissues, a process important for the polarization of Th1 responses. Little is known about the molecular signals that regulate DC-induced NK cell IFN- synthesis. In this study, we analyzed whether the interaction between Qa-1^b expressed on DC and its CD94/NKG2A receptor on NK cells affects this process. Activation of DC using CpG-oligodeoxynucleotides in Qa-1^b-deficient mice, or transfer of CpG-oligodeoxynucleotide-activated Qa-1^b-deficient DC into wild-type mice, resulted in dramatically increased IFN- production by NK cells, as compared with that induced by Qa-1^b-expressing DC. Masking the CD94/NKG2A inhibitory receptor on NK cells in wild-type mice similarly enhanced the IFN- response of these cells to Qa-1^b-expressing DC. Furthermore, NK cells from CD94/NKG2A-deficient mice displayed higher IFN- production upon DC stimulation. These results demonstrate that Qa-1^b is critically involved in regulating IFN- synthesis by NK cells in vivo through its interaction with CD94/NKG2A inhibitory receptors. This receptor-ligand interaction may be essential to prevent unabated cytokine production by NK cells during an inflammatory response.

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¹ This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants HL57443, AR051748, and AI055468.

² Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Paula Colmenero, Department of Pathology, Stanford Blood Center, Stanford University, 3373 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1204. E-mail address: paucol{at}stanford.edu

³ Abbreviations used in this paper used in this paper: DC, dendritic cell; ODN, oligodeoxynucleotide; LN, lymph node; BM-DC, bone marrow-derived DC; WT, wild type.

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