Functional maturation of adult mouse resting microglia into an APC is promoted by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interaction with Th1 cells
Functional maturation of adult mouse resting microglia into an APC is promoted by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interaction with Th1 cells
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.164.4.1705
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发表时间:
2000-02-15
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Adorini, L
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作者:
Aloisi, F;De Simone, R;Adorini, L
A precise knowledge of the early events inducing maturation of resting microglia into a competent APC may help to understand the involvement of this cell type in the development of CNS immunopathology, To elucidate whether signals from preactivated T cells are sufficient to induce APC features in resting microglia, microglia from the adult BALB/c mouse CNS were cocultured with Th1 and Th2 lines from DO11.10 TCR transgenic mice to examine modulation of APC-related molecules and Ag-presenting capacity. Upon Ag-specific interaction with Th1, but not Th2, cells, microglia strongly up-regulated the surface expression of MHC class II, CD40, and CD54 molecules. Induction of CD86 on mouse microglia did not require T cell-derived signals. Acutely isolated adult microglia stimulated Th1 cells to secrete IFN-gamma and, to a lesser extent, IL-2, but were inefficient stimulators of IL-4 secretion by Th2 cells. Microglia exposed in vitro to IFN-gamma showed enhanced expression of MHC class II, CD40, and CD54 molecules and became able to restimulate Th2 cells. In addition to IFN-gamma, GM-CSF increased the ability of microglia to activate Th1, but not Th2, cells without up-regulating MHC class II, CD40, or CD54 molecules, These results suggest that interaction with Th1 cells and/or Th1-secreted soluble factors induces the functional maturation of adult mouse microglia into an APC able to sustain CD4(+) T cell activation. Moreover, GM-CSF, a cytokine secreted by T cells as well as reactive astrocytes, could prime microglia for Th1-stimulating capacity, possibly by enhancing their responsiveness to Th1-derived signals.