Intravenous immunoglobulin induces IgG internalization by tolerogenic myeloid dendritic cells that secrete IL-10 and expand Fc-specific regulatory T cells

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Immunology..

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is used as an immunomodulatory agent in many inflammatory conditions including Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome-Children (MIS-C) and Kawasaki disease (KD). However, the exact mechanisms underlying its anti-inflammatory action are incompletely characterized. Here, we show that in KD, a pediatric acute vasculitis that affects the coronary arteries, IVIG induces a repertoire of natural Treg that recognize immunodominant peptides in the Fc heavy chain constant region. To address which antigen-presenting cell (APC) populations present Fc peptides to Treg, we studied the uptake of IgG by innate cells in subacute KD patients 2 weeks after IVIG and in children 1.6-14 years after KD. Healthy adults served as controls. IgG at high concentrations was internalized predominantly by two myeloid dendritic cell (DC) lineages, CD14+ cDC2 and ILT-4+ CD4+ tmDC mostly through Fcγ receptor (R) II and to a lesser extent FcγRIII. Following IgG internalization, these two DC lineages secreted IL-10 and presented processed Fc peptides to Treg. The validation of IVIG function in expanding Fc-specific Treg presented by CD14+ cDC2 and ILT-4+ CD4+ tmDC was addressed in a small cohort of patients with MIS-C. Taken together, these results suggest a novel immune regulatory function of IgG in activating tolerogenic innate cells and expanding Treg, which reveals an important anti-inflammatory mechanism of action of IVIG.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:208

Enthalten in:

Clinical and experimental immunology - 208(2022), 3 vom: 23. Juni, Seite 361-371

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hsieh, Li-En [VerfasserIn]
Song, Jaeyoon [VerfasserIn]
Tremoulet, Adriana H [VerfasserIn]
Burns, Jane C [VerfasserIn]
Franco, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

130068-27-8
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Fcγ receptors
IgG
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Interleukin-10
Journal Article
Natural regulatory T cells
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tolerogenic myeloid dendritic cells

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Date Completed 27.06.2022

Date Revised 08.11.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cei/uxac046

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340652403