Dyslipidemia inhibits Toll-like receptor–induced activation of CD8α-negative dendritic cells and protective Th1 type immunity (original) (raw)

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Article| February 12 2007

Abdijapar T. Shamshiev,

1Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, 8952 Zürich, Switzerland

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Franziska Ampenberger,

1Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, 8952 Zürich, Switzerland

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Bettina Ernst,

1Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, 8952 Zürich, Switzerland

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Lucia Rohrer,

2Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland

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Benjamin J. Marsland,

1Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, 8952 Zürich, Switzerland

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Manfred Kopf

1Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, 8952 Zürich, Switzerland

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Abdijapar T. Shamshiev

1Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, 8952 Zürich, Switzerland

Franziska Ampenberger

1Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, 8952 Zürich, Switzerland

Bettina Ernst

1Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, 8952 Zürich, Switzerland

Lucia Rohrer

2Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland

Benjamin J. Marsland

1Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, 8952 Zürich, Switzerland

Manfred Kopf

1Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Integrative Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, 8952 Zürich, Switzerland

Abbreviations used: APC, allophycocyanin; BMDC, BM-derived DC; DLN, draining LN; HFCD, high-fat/cholesterol diet; HFD, high-fat diet; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; oxLDL, oxidized LDL; nLDL, native LDL; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid–reactive substrates; Tg, transgenic; TLR, Toll-like receptor; VLDL, very LDL.

Received: August 14 2006

Accepted: January 19 2007

Online ISSN: 1540-9538

Print ISSN: 0022-1007

The Rockefeller University Press

2007

J Exp Med (2007) 204 (2): 441–452.

Environmental factors, including diet, play a central role in influencing the balance of normal immune homeostasis; however, many of the cellular mechanisms maintaining this balance remain to be elucidated. Using mouse models of genetic and high-fat/cholesterol diet–induced dyslipidemia, we examined the influence of dyslipidemia on T cell and dendritic cell (DC) responses in vivo and in vitro. We show that dyslipidemia inhibited Toll-like receptor (TLR)–induced production of proinflammatory cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-12, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α, as well as up-regulation of costimulatory molecules by CD8α− DCs, but not by CD8α+ DCs, in vivo. Decreased DC activation profoundly influenced T helper (Th) cell responses, leading to impaired Th1 and enhanced Th2 responses. As a consequence of this immune modulation, host resistance to Leishmania major was compromised. We found that oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) was the key active component responsible for this effect, as it could directly uncouple TLR-mediated signaling on CD8α− myeloid DCs and inhibit NF-κB nuclear translocation. These results show that a dyslipidemic microenvironment can directly interfere with DC responses to pathogen-derived signals and skew the development of T cell–mediated immunity.

The Rockefeller University Press

2007

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