human papillomavirus; natural killer cells; dendritic cells
Abstract :
[en] The immune system controls, at least partially, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and subsequent tumour development as demonstrated by a higher tumour prevalence in immunodeficient patients. More than 90% of HPV-infected women will clear the virus within two years. However, it remains unclear which immune cells are implicated in this process and although dendritic cells (DC) and NK cells play a key role in host resistance to virus and tumour, no study has been performed evaluating their crosstalk in this context.
Virus-like particles (VLP) formed by the HPV major capsid protein L1 are licensed as vaccine against cervical cancer and we have recently shown that NK cells can directly interact with these HPV-VLP [1]. Here, we investigated the impact of this activation on NK-DC crosstalk. Interestingly, NK cells increase DC maturation induced by HPV-VLP as shown by an up-regulation of HLA-DR and CD86 on DC. Transwell experiments indicated that the expression of HLA-DR is cell-cell contact and soluble factor dependent, whereas only soluble factors seem to be required for CD86 expression. Moreover, in the presence of HPV-VLP and NK cells, DC produce higher amounts of IL12p70, while the production of the immunosuppressive cytokine IL10 remains unchanged. We also demonstrated that DC can up-regulate the expression of NK activation markers (CD69 and HLA-DR) in the presence of HPV-VLP. This up-regulation requires both cell-cell contact and soluble factors. Regarding HLA-DR marker, the increased expression on CD56bright cells is mediated by soluble factors, whereas cell-cell contacts are also important for HLA-DR expression on CD56dim cells. In the presence of DC activated by HPV-VLP, the function of NK cells is also modified since they become more cytotoxic against HPV+ cell line and secrete more IFN-γ.
Our results suggest that NK-DC crosstalk could play a role in the immune response induced by HPV-VLP during vaccination protocols against cervical cancer.
Research Center/Unit :
GIGA-I3 - Giga-Infection, Immunity and Inflammation - ULiège
Disciplines :
Immunology & infectious disease
Author, co-author :
Langers, Inge ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
Renoux, Virginie
Pirotte, Evelyne
Dortu, Estelle ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
BONIVER, Jacques ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Anatomie pathologique
DELVENNE, Philippe ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Anatomie pathologique
Jacobs, Nathalie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Anatomie et cytologie pathologiques
Language :
English
Title :
Human papillomavirus capsids trigger crosstalk between dendritic and NK cells
Publication date :
26 September 2012
Event name :
Natural Killer Cell Symposium 2012
Event place :
Heidelberg, Germany
Event date :
from 26-09-2012 to 28-09-2012
Audience :
International
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique Télévie
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