Open AccessSAGE library screening reveals ILT7 as a specific plasmacytoid dendritic cell marker that regulates type I IFN production
Author(s) -
Minkwon Cho,
Kōji Ishida,
Jingtao Chen,
Jun Ohkawa,
Wei Chen,
Sahori Namiki,
Ayumi Kotaki,
Naoko Arai,
Kohei Arai,
Yumiko Kamogawa-Schifter
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.86
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1460-2377
pISSN - 0953-8178
DOI - 10.1093/intimm/dxm127
Subject(s) - plasmacytoid dendritic cell , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , dendritic cell , herpes simplex virus , tlr9 , innate immune system , interferon , immune system , cell type , stimulation , gene , gene expression , cell , virology , virus , immunology , genetics , dna methylation , neuroscience
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) link innate to acquired immune responses by producing high levels of type I IFN upon infection. In order to identify the specific genes that control pDC, we compared serial analysis of gene expression libraries from human pDCs, herpes simplex virus-stimulated pDCs and monocytes. We found that Ig-like transcript ILT7 is specifically expressed on pDC cell surfaces and is down-regulated when pDC mature in response to viral or bacterial stimulation. ILT7 expression on the cell surface required association with the Fc epsilon RI gamma adaptor molecule. Although treatment with one anti-ILT7-specific mAb suppressed type I IFN production in response to cytosine-phosphate-guanosice (CpG) stimulation, another anti-ILT7 mAb up-regulated type I IFN production. We conclude that ILT7 is a key regulator of human pDC function.