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PLOS PATHOGENS
卷 11, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004938
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- Canadian Institute of Health Research
Inflammation is known to be necessary for promoting, sustaining, and tuning CD8(+) T cell responses. Following experimental Leishmania donovani infection, the inflammatory response is mainly induced by the transcription factor IRF-5. IRF-5 is responsible for the activation of several genes encoding key pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-6 and TNF. Here, we investigate the role of IRF-5-mediated inflammation in regulating antigenspecific CD8(+) T cell responses during L. donovani infection. Our data demonstrate that the inflammatory response induced by IRF-5 limits CD8(+) T cell expansion and induces HIF-1 alpha in dendritic cells. Ablation of HIF-1 alpha in CD11c(+) cells resulted into a higher frequency of short-lived effector cells (SLEC), enhanced CD8(+) T cell expansion, and increased IL-12 expression by splenic DCs. Moreover, mice with a targeted depletion of HIF-1 alpha in CD11c(+) cells had a significantly lower splenic parasite burden, suggesting that induction of HIF-1 alpha may represent an immune evasive mechanism adopted by Leishmania parasites to establish persistent infections.
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