Interleukin-6 signalling mediates Galectin-8 co-stimulatory activity of antigen-specific CD4 T-cell response.

Autor: Carabelli J; Laboratorio de Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Prato CA; Laboratorio de Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Sanmarco LM; Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología (CIBICI), Córdoba, Argentina., Aoki MP; Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Centro de Investigaciones en Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunología (CIBICI), Córdoba, Argentina., Campetella O; Laboratorio de Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Tribulatti MV; Laboratorio de Inmunología Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Immunology [Immunology] 2018 Nov; Vol. 155 (3), pp. 379-386. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jul 26.
DOI: 10.1111/imm.12980
Abstrakt: Galectin-8 (Gal-8) is a mammalian lectin endowed with the ability to co-stimulate antigen-specific immune responses. We have previously demonstrated that bone-marrow-derived dendritic cells produce high levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in response to Gal-8 stimulation. As IL-6 is a pleiotropic cytokine that has a broad effect on cells of the immune system, we aimed to elucidate whether IL-6 was involved in Gal-8-dependent co-stimulatory signals during antigen recognition by specific CD4 T cells. With this aim, splenocytes from DO11.10 mice were incubated with a low dose of the cognate ovalbumin peptide in combination with Gal-8. Interleukin-6 was found significantly increased in cultures stimulated with Gal-8 alone or Gal-8 plus cognate peptide. Moreover, IL-6 signalling was triggered during Gal-8-induced co-stimulation, as determined by phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3. Interleukin-6 blockade by neutralizing monoclonal antibody precluded Gal-8 co-stimulatory activity but did not affect the antigen-specific T-cell receptor activation. Different subsets of dendritic cells, as well as macrophages and B cells, were identified as the cellular source of IL-6 during Gal-8-induced co-stimulation. To confirm that IL-6 mediated the Gal-8 co-stimulatory effect, antigen-presenting cells from IL-6-deficient or wild-type mice were co-cultured with purified CD4 T cells from OTII mice in the presence of cognate peptide and Gal-8. Notably, Gal-8-induced co-stimulation, but not the antigen-specific response, was significantly impaired in the presence of IL-6-deficient antigen-presenting cells. In addition, exogenous IL-6 fully restored Gal-8-induced co-stimulation. Taken together, our results demonstrate that IL-6 signalling mediates the Gal-8 immune-stimulatory effect.
(© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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