Article abstract
Nature Immunology 9, 1157 - 1164 (2008)
Published online: 31 August 2008 | doi:10.1038/ni.1645
Toll-like receptor–mediated induction of type I interferon in plasmacytoid dendritic cells requires the rapamycin-sensitive PI(3)K-mTOR-p70S6K pathway
Weiping Cao1, Santhakumar Manicassamy1, Hua Tang1, Sudhir Pai Kasturi1, Ali Pirani2, Niren Murthy3 & Bali Pulendran1,4
Abstract
Robust production of type I interferon (IFN-
/
) in plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) is crucial for antiviral immunity. Here we show involvement of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in regulating interferon production by pDCs. Inhibition of mTOR or its 'downstream' mediators, the p70 ribosomal S6 protein kinases p70S6K1 and p70S6K2, during pDC activation by Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) blocked the interaction of TLR9 with the adaptor MyD88 and subsequent activation of the interferon-regulatory factor IRF7, which resulted in impaired IFN-/ production. Microarray analysis confirmed that inhibition of mTOR by the immunosuppressive drug rapamycin suppressed antiviral and anti-inflammatory gene expression. Consistent with this, targeting rapamycin-encapsulated microparticles to antigen-presenting cells in vivo resulted in less IFN-/ production in response to CpG DNA or the yellow fever vaccine virus strain 17D. Thus, mTOR signaling is crucial in TLR-mediated IFN-/ responses by pDCs.
- Emory Vaccine Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA.
- BimCore, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA.
- Department of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
Correspondence to: Bali Pulendran1,4 e-mail: bpulend@rmy.emory.edu
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