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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 3, Issue 12, Pages 1156-1162Publisher
NATURE AMERICA INC
DOI: 10.1038/ni854
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Dendritic cells (DCs) secrete vesicles of endosomal origin, called exosomes, that bear major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and T cell costimulatory molecules. Here, we found that injection of antigen- or peptide-bearing exosomes induced antigen- specific naive CD4+ T cell activation in vivo. In vitro, exosomes did not induce antigen- dependent T cell stimulation unless mature CD8alpha(-) DCs were also present in the cultures. These mature DCs could be MHC class II-negative, but had to bear CD80 and CD86. Therefore, in addition to carrying antigen, exosomes promote the exchange of functional peptide-MHC complexes between DCs. Such a mechanism may increase the number of DCs bearing a particular peptide, thus amplifying the initiation of primary adaptive immune responses.
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