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Activation of dendritic cells by human papillomavirus‐like particles through TLR4 and NF‐κB‐mediated signalling, moderated by TGF‐β
Author(s) -
Yan Mengyong,
Peng Judy,
Jabbar Ibtissam A,
Liu Xiaosong,
Filgueira Luis,
Frazer Ian H,
Thomas Ranjeny
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
immunology and cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0818-9641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1711.2004.01291.x
Subject(s) - relb , microbiology and biotechnology , tlr4 , secretion , chemistry , receptor , signal transduction , biology , nfkb1 , biochemistry , transcription factor , gene
Human papillomavirus‐like particles (HPV‐VLP) are a candidate vaccine for prevention of HPV infection, and also are a candidate for an immunogenic delivery system for incorporated antigen. VLP activate in vitro generated dendritic cells (DC) but not Langerhans cells (LC); however, the mechanism of this activation is unknown. We have shown that uptake and activation of DC by VLP involves proteoglycan receptors and can be inhibited by heparin. Heparin has been shown to activate DC by signalling through Toll‐like receptor 4 (TLR4) and nuclear factor (NF)‐κB. The pathway of DC activation by VLP was further investigated in the present study. Exposure to VLP induced costimulatory molecule expression, RelB translocation and IL‐10 production by DC but not by LC. The lack of LC activation was reversible when TGF‐β was removed from the LC medium. VLP‐induced induction of costimulatory molecule expression, RelB activation and cytokine secretion by DC was blocked by inhibition of NF‐κB activation, heparin or TLR4 mAb. The data provide evidence that HPV‐VLP signal DC through a pathway involving proteoglycan receptors, TLR4 and NF‐κB, and shed light on the mechanism by which VLP stimulate immunity in the absence of adjuvants in vivo . LC may resist activation in normal epithelium abundant in TGF‐β, but not in situations in which TGF‐β concentrations are reduced.