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Extrinsic Phagocyte-Dependent STING Signaling Dictates the Immunogenicity of Dying Cells

2018; Cell Press; Volume: 33; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ccell.2018.03.027

1878-3686

Jeonghyun Ahn, Tianli Xia, Ailem Rabasa, Dillon M. Betancourt, Glen N. Barber,

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

The ability of dying cells to activate antigen-presenting cells (APCs) is carefully controlled to avoid unwarranted inflammatory responses. Here, we show that engulfed cells containing cytosolic double-stranded DNA species (viral or synthetic) or cyclic di-nucleotides (CDNs) are able to stimulate APCs via extrinsic STING (stimulator of interferon genes) signaling, to promote antigen cross-presentation. In the absence of STING agonists, dying cells were ineffectual in the stimulation of APCs in trans. Cytosolic STING activators, including CDNs, constitute cellular danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) only generated by viral infection or following DNA damage events that rendered tumor cells highly immunogenic. Our data shed insight into the molecular mechanisms that drive appropriate anti-tumor adaptive immune responses, while averting harmful autoinflammatory disease, and provide a therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment.