Toll-like receptor agonists and alpha-galactosylceramide synergistically enhance the production of interferon-gamma in murine splenocytes

Tatsuya Ando, Hiroyasu Ito, Hirofumi Ohtaki, Mitsuru Seishima

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Abstract

Vα14 natural killer T (iNKT) cells activated by alpha- galactosylceramide (GalCer) secrete a large amount of cytokines. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a critical role in the innate immune responses via the recognition of pathological antigen. Previously we demonstrated that the iNKT cells activated by GalCer augmented LPS-induced NO production in peritoneal cells. In this study, we examined the effect of GalCer and TLR agonists by IFN-γ production from splenocytes. Splenocytes pretreated with GalCer induced TLR3, 4, 7/8, and 9 agonists in vitro, resulting in the enhancement of IFN-γ mRNA expression. In particular, IFN-γ stimulated by GalCer and LPS was increased in NK cells and CD8 T cells, and inhibited by a neutralizing anti-IL-12 antibody. Pretreatment with GalCer enhanced the phosphorylation of IκB-α induced by LPS stimulation. The present study showed that co-stimulation of GalCer and TLR agonists powerfully induced the production of IFN-γ from splenocytes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2559
JournalScientific reports
Volume3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

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