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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 177, Issue 11, Pages 7794-7801Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.11.7794
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 65405] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK 064360, P30 DK040561-11, P30 DK040561] Funding Source: Medline
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The fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) family consists of a number of conserved cytoplasmic proteins with roles in intracellular lipid transport, storage, and metabolism. Examination of a comprehensive leukocyte gene expression database revealed strong expression of the adipocyte FABP aP2 in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs). We isolated bone marrow-derived DC from aP2-deficient mice, and showed that expression of DC cytokines including IL-12 and TNF was significantly impaired in these cells. Degradation of I kappa B alpha was also impaired in aP2-deficient DCs, indicative of reduced signaling through the I kappa B kinase-NF-kappa B pathway. The cytokine defect was selective because there was no effect on Ag uptake or expression of MHC class II, CD40, CD80, or CD86. In an MLR, aP2-deficient DCs stimulated markedly lower T cell proliferation and cytokine production than did wild-type DCs. Moreover, aP2-deficient mice immunized with keyhole limpet hemocyanin/CFA showed reduced production of IFN-gamma by restimulated draining lymph node cells, suggesting a similar defect in DC function in vivo. Similarly, infection of aP2-deficient mice with the natural mouse pathogen ectromelia virus resulted in substantially lower production of IFN-gamma by CD8(+) T cells. Thus, FABP aP2 plays an important role in DC function and T cell priming, and provides an additional link between metabolic processes and the regulation of immune responses.
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