Posttranscriptional regulation of II10 gene expression allows natural killer cells to express immunoregulatory function
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2008.06.012
Posttranscriptional regulation of II10 gene expression allows natural killer cells to express immunoregulatory function
Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cells play a well-recognized role in early pathogen containment and in shaping acquired cell-mediated immunity. However, indirect evidence in humans and experimental models has suggested that NK cells also play negative regulatory roles during chronic disease. To formally test this hypothesis, we employed a well-defined experimental model of visceral leishmaniasis. Our data demonstrated that NKp46(+)CD49b(+)CD3(-) NK cells were recruited to the spleen and into hepatic granulomas, where they inhibited host protective immunity in an interleukin-10 (IL-10)-dependent manner. Although IL-10 mRNA could be detected in activated NK cells 24 hr after infection, the inhibitory function of NK cells was only acquired later during infection, coincident with increased IL-10 mRNA stability and an enhanced capacity to secrete IL-10 protein. Our data support a growing body of literature that implicates NK cells as negative regulators of cell-mediated immunity and suggest that NK cells, like CD4(+) T helper 1 cells, may acquire immunoregulatory functions as a consequence of extensive activation.
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