FcRn regulates CD32a-induced responses to IgG IC. (a–c) Absolute TNF-α (a), IL-12/23p40 (b), and IL-6 (c) production by primary splenic CD11c+MHCII+ DCs from CD32aR-Tg (R) or CD32aH-Tg (H) mice after 24 h of exposure to antigen (OVANIP) alone (1 µg/ml) or 100 µg/ml anti-NIP hIgG1WT (WT), hIgG1IHH (IHH), or hIgG1N297A (N297A) in monomeric (mono) or OVANIP-IC form. Black-filled circles, OVANIP; white-filled circles, monomeric or hIgG1WT ICs; gray-filled squares, monomeric or hIgG1IHH ICs; white-filled diamonds, monomeric or hIgG1N297A ICs. (d and e) IL-2 production by MHCII-restricted, OVA-specific CD4+ T cells after 24 h of co-culture with CD32aR- or CD32aH- or vector control plasmid–transfected RAW 264.7 cells that were treated with hIgG1WT ICs prepared with increasing concentrations of OVANIP (d) or treated with hIgG1 ICs composed of hIgG1WT, hIgG1IHH, or hIgG1N297A mutants and 10 µg/ml OVANIP (e). (f) IL-2 production by OVA-specific CD8+ OT-I T cells after 48 h of co-culture with CD32aR- or CD32aH- or vector control plasmid–transfected HEK 293H2-Kb cells loaded with OVANIP-containing hIgG1WT ICs as in Fig. 1 d. (g) IFN-γ production by CD8+ OT-I T cells after 48 h of co-culture with primary CD11c+MHCII+ CD32aR-Tg or CD32aH-Tg DCs loaded with hIgG1WT ICs, hIgG1IHH ICs, or hIgG1N297A ICs. (h and i) IFN-γ production by CD8+ OT-I T cells co-cultured for 48 h with CD11c+MHCII+ FcγRKO DCs loaded with hIgG1WT ICs or hIgG1IHH ICs at pH 7.4 or pH 5.6 (h) or pretreated with an isotype IgG2a control antibody or anti-m/hFcRn mAb DVN24 for 30 min before treatment with OVANIP only, or hIgG1WT, hIgG1IHH, or hIgG1MST/HN ICs (white-filled triangles) at pH 7.4 (i). All data represent arithmetic mean ± SEM of duplicate or triplicate technical replicates from three independent experiments (a–c), or are representative of three independent experiments (d–i), with triplicate technical replicates shown. All data were analyzed by two-way ANOVA followed by the two-stage linear step-up procedure of Benjamin, Krieger, and Yekutieli with FDR controlled at <0.05. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001; ****, P < 0.0001.