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Fever‐like thermal conditions regulate the activation of maturing dendritic cells
Author(s) -
Tournier JeanNicolas,
Hellmann Anne Quesnel,
Lesca Gaëtan,
Jouan Alain,
Drouet Emmanuel,
Mathieu Jacques
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of leukocyte biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.819
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1938-3673
pISSN - 0741-5400
DOI - 10.1189/jlb.1002506
Subject(s) - biology , acquired immune system , secretion , immunity , immunology , cytokine , innate immune system , lipopolysaccharide , immune system , tumor necrosis factor alpha , microbiology and biotechnology , dendritic cell , biochemistry
Fever is one of the most frequent clinical signs encountered in pathology, especially with respect to infectious diseases. It is currently thought that the role of fever on immunity is limited to activation of innate immunity; however, its relevance to activation of adaptive immunity remains unclear. Dendritic cells (DCs) that behave as sentinels of the immune system provide an important bridge between innate and adaptive immunity. To highlight the role of fever on adaptive immunity, we exposed murine bone marrow‐derived lipopolysaccharide (LPS)‐ or live bacteria‐maturing DCs over a 3‐h period to 37°C or to fever‐like thermal conditions (39°C or 40°C). At these three temperatures, we measured the kinetics of cytokine production and the ability of DCs to induce an allogeneic mixed lymphocyte reaction. Our results show that short exposure of DCs to temperatures of 39°C or 40°C differentially increased the secretion of interleukin (IL)‐12p70 and decreased the secretion of IL‐10 and tumor necrosis factor α by maturing DCs. These fever‐like conditions induced a regulation of cytokine production at the single‐cell level. In addition, short‐term exposed LPS‐maturing DCs to 39°C induced a stronger reaction with allogeneic CD4 + T cells than maturing DCs incubated at 37°C. These results provide evidence that temperature regulates cytokine secretion and DC functions, both of which are of particular importance in bacterial diseases.