Sequence independent interferon-alpha induction by multimerized phosphodiester DNA depends on spatial regulation of Toll-like receptor-9 activation in plasmacytoid dendritic cells.

Haas T, Schmitz F, Heit A, Wagner H.
Immunology. 2009 Feb;126(2):290-8. Epub 2008 Nov 15.

Single-stranded versus multimeric phosphorothioate-modified CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) undergo differential endosomal trafficking upon uptake into plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), correlating with Toll-like receptor-9-dependent pDC maturation/activation (single-stranded B-type CpG ODN) or interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) induction (multimeric A-type CpG ODN), respectively. As was recently shown, IFN-alpha production, other than by CpG ODNs, can also be induced in a sequence-independent manner by phosphodiester (PD) ODNs multimerized by 3' poly-guanosine (poly-G) tails. We investigate here the type of endosomal trafficking responsible for IFN-alpha induction by natural PD ODN ligands. We show that 3' extension with poly-G tails leads to multimerization of single-stranded PD ODNs and to enhanced cellular uptake into pDCs. While monomeric PD ODNs, which induce CpG-dependent Toll-like receptor-9 stimulation and pDC maturation/activation, localized to late endosomal/lysosomal compartments, the poly-G multimerized PD ODNs, which induce CpG-independent IFN-alpha production, located to vesicles with a distinct, 'early' endosomal phenotype. We conclude that poly-G-mediated multimerization of natural PD ODNs allows for sequence-independent, Toll-like receptor-9-dependent IFN-alpha induction in pDCs by combining three distinct effects: relative protection of sensitive PD ODNs from extracellular and intracellular DNase degradation, enhanced cellular uptake and preferential early endosomal compartmentation.

URL: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121527676/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Pub Med: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19019086

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