Journal
IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 90, Issue 8, Pages 774-783Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2011.109
Keywords
interferon-alpha; interferon-lambda; qRT-PCR; Toll-like receptor; dendritic cell
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- CBER FDA Intramural Funds
- CBER/FDA-NIAID/NIH Interagency Agreement [YI-AI-6153-01]
- DHSS National Vaccine Program Office
- NIH Intramural Targeted Antiviral Program
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Recent genome-wide association studies suggest distinct roles for 12 human interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) and 3 IFN-lambda subtypes that may be elucidated by defining the expression patterns of these sets of genes. To overcome the impediment of high homology among each of the sets, we designed a quantitative real-time PCR assay that incorporates the use of molecular beacon and locked nucleic acid (LNA) probes, and in some instances, LNA oligonucleotide inhibitors. We then measured IFN subtype expression by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and by purified monocytes, myeloid dendritic cells (mDC), plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC), and monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM), and -dendritic cells (MDDC) in response to poly I:C, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), imiquimod and CpG oligonucleotides. We found that in response to poly I: C and LPS, monocytes, MDM and MDDC express a subtype pattern restricted primarily to IFN-beta and IFN-lambda 1. In addition, while CpG elicited expression of all type I IFN subtypes by pDC, imiquimod did not. Furthermore, MDM and mDC highly express IFN-lambda, and the subtypes of IFN-lambda are expressed hierarchically in the order IFN-lambda 1 followed by IFN-lambda 2, and then IFN-lambda 3. These data support a model of coordinated cell- and ligand-specific expression of types I and III IFN. Defining IFN subtype expression profiles in a variety of contexts may elucidate specific roles for IFN subtypes as protective, therapeutic or pathogenic mediators. Immunology and Cell Biology (2012) 90, 774-783; doi:10.1038/icb.2011.109; published online 17 January 2012
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