TLR-exosomes exhibit distinct kinetics and effector function
Abstract
The innate immune system is vital to rapidly responding to pathogens and Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a critical component of this response. Nanovesicular exosomes play a role in immunity, but to date their exact contribution to the dissemination of the TLR response is unknown. Here we show that exosomes from TLR stimulated cells (TLR-exosomes) can largely recapitulate TLR activation in distal cells in vitro. We can abrogate the action-at-a-distance signaling of exosomes by UV irradiation, demonstrating that RNA is crucial for their effector function. We are the first to show that exosomes derived from poly(I:C) stimulated cells induce in vivo macrophage M1-like polarization within murine lymph nodes. These TLR-exosomes demonstrate enhanced trafficking to the node and preferentially recruit neutrophils as compared to control-exosomes. This work definitively establishes the differential effector function for TLR-exosomes in communicating the activation state of the cell of origin.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1608.08565,
title = {TLR-exosomes exhibit distinct kinetics and effector function},
author = {Swetha Srinivasan and Michelle Su and Shashidhar Ravishankar and James Moore and PamelaSara E Head and J. Brandon Dixon and Fredrik O Vannberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.08565},
year = {2016}
}