CD1d deficiency limits tolerogenic properties of peritoneal macrophages.

ABSTRACT: Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are involved in various autoimmune diseases. Although iNKT cells are arthritogenic, transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ)-treated tolerogenic peritoneal macrophages (Tol-pMφ) from wild-type (WT) mice are more tolerogenic than those from CD1d knock-out iNKT cell-deficient mice in a collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) model. The underlying mechanism by which pMφ can act as tolerogenic antigen presenting cells (APCs) is currently unclear. To determine cellular mechanisms underlying CD1d-dependent tolerogenicity of pMφ, in vitro and in vivo characteristics of pMφ were investigated. Unlike dendritic cells or splenic Mφ, pMφ from CD1d+/- mice showed lower expression levels of costimulatory molecule CD86 and produced lower amounts of inflammatory cytokines up

SUBMITTER: Basri F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8093942 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature