| First Author | Yu X | Year | 2016 |
| Journal | Immunity | Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 5 | Pages | 1093-1107 |
| PubMed ID | 27793594 | Mgi Jnum | J:258326 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:6112074 | Doi | 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.10.001 |
| Citation | Yu X, et al. (2016) Cross-Regulation of Two Type I Interferon Signaling Pathways in Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Controls Anti-malaria Immunity and Host Mortality. Immunity 45(5):1093-1107 |
| abstractText | Type I interferon (IFN) is critical for controlling pathogen infection; however, its regulatory mechanisms in plasmacytoid cells (pDCs) still remain unclear. Here, we have shown that nucleic acid sensors cGAS-, STING-, MDA5-, MAVS-, or transcription factor IRF3-deficient mice produced high amounts of type I IFN-alpha and IFN-beta (IFN-alpha/beta) in the serum and were resistant to lethal plasmodium yoelii YM infection. Robust IFN-alpha/beta production was abolished when gene encoding nucleic acid sensor TLR7, signaling adaptor MyD88, or transcription factor IRF7 was ablated or pDCs were depleted. Further, we identified SOCS1 as a key negative regulator to inhibit MyD88-dependent type I IFN signaling in pDCs. Finally, we have demonstrated that pDCs, cDCs, and macrophages were required for generating IFN-alpha/beta-induced subsequent protective immunity. Thus, our findings have identified a critical regulatory mechanism of type I IFN signaling in pDCs and stage-specific function of immune cells in generating potent immunity against lethal YM infection. |
