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Matos AI, Peres C, Carreira B, Moura LIF, Acúrcio RC, Vogel T, Wegener E, Ribeiro F, Afonso MB, Santos FMF, Martínez‐Barriocanal Á, Arango D, Viana AS, Góis PMP, Silva LC, Rodrigues CMP, Graca L, Jordan R, Satchi‐Fainaro R, Florindo HF. Polyoxazoline-Based Nanovaccine Synergizes with Tumor-Associated Macrophage Targeting and Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy against Solid Tumors. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2300299. [PMID: 37434063 PMCID: PMC10477894 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
Abstract
Immune checkpoint blockade reaches remarkable clinical responses. However, even in the most favorable cases, half of these patients do not benefit from these therapies in the long term. It is hypothesized that the activation of host immunity by co-delivering peptide antigens, adjuvants, and regulators of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β expression using a polyoxazoline (POx)-poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) nanovaccine, while modulating the tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) function within the tumor microenvironment (TME) and blocking the anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) can constitute an alternative approach for cancer immunotherapy. POx-Mannose (Man) nanovaccines generate antigen-specific T-cell responses that control tumor growth to a higher extent than poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-Man nanovaccines. This anti-tumor effect induced by the POx-Man nanovaccines is mediated by a CD8+ -T cell-dependent mechanism, in contrast to the PEG-Man nanovaccines. POx-Man nanovaccine combines with pexidartinib, a modulator of the TAM function, restricts the MC38 tumor growth, and synergizes with PD-1 blockade, controlling MC38 and CT26 tumor growth and survival. This data is further validated in the highly aggressive and poorly immunogenic B16F10 melanoma mouse model. Therefore, the synergistic anti-tumor effect induced by the combination of nanovaccines with the inhibition of both TAM- and PD-1-inducing immunosuppression, holds great potential for improving immunotherapy outcomes in solid cancer patients.
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- Ana I. Matos
- Grouf of BioNanoSciences ‐ Drug Delivery and Immunoengineering, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health TechnologiesFaculty of PharmacyUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐003Portugal
- Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Lisbon Academic Medical CenterUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐028Portugal
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- Grouf of BioNanoSciences ‐ Drug Delivery and Immunoengineering, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health TechnologiesFaculty of PharmacyUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐003Portugal
- Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Lisbon Academic Medical CenterUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐028Portugal
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- Grouf of BioNanoSciences ‐ Drug Delivery and Immunoengineering, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health TechnologiesFaculty of PharmacyUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐003Portugal
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- Grouf of BioNanoSciences ‐ Drug Delivery and Immunoengineering, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health TechnologiesFaculty of PharmacyUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐003Portugal
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- Grouf of BioNanoSciences ‐ Drug Delivery and Immunoengineering, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health TechnologiesFaculty of PharmacyUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐003Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, School of ScienceTechnische Universität Dresden01062DresdenGermany
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, School of ScienceTechnische Universität Dresden01062DresdenGermany
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Lisbon Academic Medical CenterUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐028Portugal
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- Grouf of BioNanoSciences ‐ Drug Delivery and Immunoengineering, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health TechnologiesFaculty of PharmacyUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐003Portugal
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- Grouf of BioNanoSciences ‐ Drug Delivery and Immunoengineering, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health TechnologiesFaculty of PharmacyUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐003Portugal
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- Group of Biomedical Research in Digestive Tract TumorsCIBBIM‐NanomedicineVall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)Barcelona08035Spain
- Group of Molecular OncologyLleida Biomedical Research Institute (IRBLleida)Lleida25198Spain
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- Group of Biomedical Research in Digestive Tract TumorsCIBBIM‐NanomedicineVall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)Barcelona08035Spain
- Group of Molecular OncologyLleida Biomedical Research Institute (IRBLleida)Lleida25198Spain
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- Centro de Química EstruturalDepartamento de Química e BioquímicaInstitute of Molecular SciencesFaculty of SciencesUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1749‐016Portugal
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- Grouf of BioNanoSciences ‐ Drug Delivery and Immunoengineering, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health TechnologiesFaculty of PharmacyUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐003Portugal
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- Grouf of BioNanoSciences ‐ Drug Delivery and Immunoengineering, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health TechnologiesFaculty of PharmacyUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐003Portugal
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- Grouf of BioNanoSciences ‐ Drug Delivery and Immunoengineering, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health TechnologiesFaculty of PharmacyUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐003Portugal
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Lisbon Academic Medical CenterUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐028Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, School of ScienceTechnische Universität Dresden01062DresdenGermany
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- Department of Physiology and PharmacologyFaculty of MedicineSagol School of NeuroscienceTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv69978Israel
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- Grouf of BioNanoSciences ‐ Drug Delivery and Immunoengineering, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health TechnologiesFaculty of PharmacyUniversidade de LisboaLisbon1649‐003Portugal
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Roets M, Sturgess D, Tran T, Obeysekera M, Perros A, Tung JP, Flower R, van Zundert A, Dean M. Intraoperative cell salvage: The impact on immune cell numbers. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0289177. [PMID: 37527263 PMCID: PMC10393166 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Patient outcomes are influenced by many confounding factors peri-operatively, including the type of surgery, anaesthesia, transfusion, and immune competence. We have previously demonstrated (in-vitro) that compared to allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT), intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) improves immune competence. The peri-operative immune response is complex. Altered or impaired immune responses may predispose patients to develop adverse outcomes (i.e., post-operative wound infection, pneumonia, urinary tract infection etc.) Surgical patients may develop infection, even without the confirmed presence of a definite microbiological pathogen. With all these factors in mind it is important to consider changes in immune cell numbers (and sub-populations) and functional capacity during peri-operative transfusion. METHODS In this TRIMICS-Cell (Transfusion Related Immune Modulation and Intraoperative Cell Salvage-Cell numbers) study (n = 17, October 2018-November 2019) we prioritized and analysed peri-operative changes in the number and proportions of immune cell populations and sub-populations (B cells (CD20+), NK (natural killer) cells (CD56+), monocytes (CD14+), T cells (total CD3+ and sub-populations: T helper cells (CD4+), cytotoxic T cells (CD8+), effector T cells (CD4+ CD127+), activated effector T cells (CD4+ CD25+ CD127+) and regulatory T cells (CD4+ CD25+ CD127-)), plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC; Lineage-, HLA-DR+, CD11c-, CD123+), classical dendritic cell (cDC) (Lineage-, HLA-DR+, CD11c+), and cDC activation (Lineage-, HLA-DR+, CD11c+), co-stimulatory/adhesion molecules and pDC (CD9+, CD38+, CD80+, CD83+, CD86+, CD123+). Firstly we analysed the whole cohort of study patients and secondly according to the relevant transfusion modality (i.e., three study groups: those who received no transfusion, received ICS only (ICS), or both ICS and allogeneic packed red blood cells (pRBC) (ICS&RBC)), during major orthopaedic surgery. RESULTS For the whole study cohort (all patients), changes in immune cell populations were significant: leucocytes and specifically neutrophils increased post-operatively, returning towards pre-operative numbers by 48h post-operatively (48h), and lymphocytes reduced post-operatively returning to pre-operative numbers by 48h. When considering transfusion modalities, there were no significant peri-operative changes in the no transfusion group for all immune cell populations studied (cell numbers and proportions (%)). Significant changes in cell population numbers (i.e., leucocytes, neutrophils and lymphocytes) were identified in both transfused groups (ICS and ICS&RBC). Considering all patients, changes in immune cell sub-populations (NK cells, monocytes, B cells, T cells and DCs) and functional characteristics (e.g., co-stimulation markers, adhesion, activation, and regulation) were significant peri-operatively and when considering transfusion modalities. Interestingly DC numbers and functional capacity were specifically altered following ICS compared to ICS&RBC and pDCs were relatively preserved post-operatively following ICS. CONCLUSION A transient peri-operative alteration with recovery towards pre-operative numbers by 48h post-surgery was demonstrated for many immune cell populations and sub-populations throughout. Immune cell sub-populations and functional characteristics were similar peri-operatively in those who received no transfusion but changed significantly following ICS and ICS&RBC. Interesting changes that require future study are a post-operative monocyte increase in the ICS&RBC group, changes in cDC considering transfusion modalities, and possibly preserved pDC numbers post-operatively following ICS. Future studies to assess changes in immune cell sub-populations, especially during peri-operative transfusion, while considering post-operative adverse outcomes, is recommended.
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- Michelle Roets
- Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Anaesthesia, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
- Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
- School of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Delic M, Boeswald V, Goepfert K, Pabst P, Moehler M. In vitro Characterization of Enhanced Human Immune Responses by GM-CSF Encoding HSV-1-Induced Melanoma Cells. Onco Targets Ther 2022; 15:1291-1307. [PMID: 36310770 PMCID: PMC9606445 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s350136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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PURPOSE We studied the innate and adaptive immune response against melanoma cells after JS-1 (wild-type herpes simplex virus 1, wt HSV-1) or Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) infection and evaluated the antitumoral efficacy in human melanoma cells. We analyzed the putative synergistic biological and immunological effects of JS-1 or T-VEC combined with cytostatic drugs in human tumor and immune cells. T-VEC is a genetically modified strain of HSV-1. Genetic modifications (insertion of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene) were made to attenuate the virus and increase selectivity for cancer cells. In addition to the direct oncolytic effect, we investigated the immune stimulatory effects of T-VEC by comparing it with JS-1. JS-1 is identical T-VEC except for the inserted GM-CSF gene. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed the effects of T-VEC and JS-1 with cytostatic drugs in human tumor-immune cell coculture experiments. After coculture, the surface markers CD80, CD83 and CD86 were measured by fluorescence-activated cell sorting and the cytokines, interleukin (IL)-2, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and GM-CSF, by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Furthermore, we analyzed the potential of the viruses to induce T cell activation, measured on the basis of CD4, CD8 and CD69. Analysis of these markers and cytokines allows for conclusions to be drawn concerning the maturation of dendritic cells (DCs) and the immunostimulatory effects of the treatment. RESULTS We documented increased activation of human cytotoxic T lymphocytes after infection by both HSV-1 strains and treatment with cytostatic drugs without significant differences between T-VEC and JS-1. CONCLUSION We demonstrated an immune response as a result of infection with both viruses, but T-VEC was in vitro not stronger than JS-1. The immunostimulatory effects of the viruses could be partially increased by chemotherapy, providing a rationale for future preclinical studies designed to explore T-VEC in combined regimens.
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- Maike Delic
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Mainz, Germany,Correspondence: Maike Delic, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Langenbeckstrasse 1, Mainz, 55131, Germany, Tel +49 6131 179803, Fax +49 6131 179657, Email
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- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Mainz, Germany
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- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Mainz, Germany
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- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Mainz, Germany
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- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Mainz, Germany
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Perros AJ, Flower RL, Dean MM. Inverse Relationship Between Lipopolysaccharide Concentration and Monocyte and Dendritic Cells Inflammatory Response. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2020; 40:349-356. [PMID: 32460585 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2019.0244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) and monocytes are key immunoregulatory cells that link the innate and adaptive immune response. However, understanding of human cell-specific responses to different doses of stimuli including lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is limited. This study investigated the monocyte and classical DC (cDC)-specific, as well as the overall inflammatory response after exposure to varying doses of LPS. Fresh peripheral whole blood (n = 8) was used in an in vitro peripheral blood culture model to assess cDC and monocyte responses in coculture with varying doses of LPS (0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1 μg/mL). cDC and monocyte cytokine responses were measured through flow cytometry. Supernatants collected from the in vitro model were used in a cytometric bead array to assess the overall inflammatory response. Exposure to all doses of LPS tested increased monocyte, cDC, and the overall leukocyte response. A dose-dependent reduction in cDC and monocyte cytokine production was also evident with higher LPS doses. This study demonstrates that cell-subset-specific responses are more susceptible to LPS exposure compared with the overall inflammatory response. Therefore, assays that assess cell-specific immune responses may be more beneficial to identify underlying pathophysiology of infection and inflammation.
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- Alexis J Perros
- Research and Development, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Research and Development, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Research and Development, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Petrie, Queensland, Australia
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Perros AJ, Esguerra‐Lallen A, Rooks K, Chong F, Engkilde‐Pedersen S, Faddy HM, Hewlett E, Naidoo R, Tung J, Fraser JF, Tesar P, Ziegenfuss M, Smith S, O’Brien D, Flower RL, Dean MM. Coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with immunoparalysis of monocytes and dendritic cells. J Cell Mol Med 2020; 24:4791-4803. [PMID: 32180339 PMCID: PMC7176880 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.15154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) triggers a systemic inflammatory response that may contribute to adverse outcomes. Dendritic cells (DC) and monocytes are immunoregulatory cells potentially affected by CABG, contributing to an altered immune state. This study investigated changes in DC and monocyte responses in CABG patients at 5 time-points: admission, peri-operative, ICU, day 3 and day 5. Whole blood from 49 CABG patients was used in an ex vivo whole blood culture model to prospectively assess DC and monocyte responses. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was added in parallel to model responses to an infectious complication. Co-stimulatory and adhesion molecule expression and intracellular mediator production was measured by flow cytometry. CABG modulated monocyte and DC responses. In addition, DC and monocytes were immunoparalysed, evidenced by failure of co-stimulatory and adhesion molecules (eg HLA-DR), and intracellular mediators (eg IL-6) to respond to LPS stimulation. DC and monocyte modulation was associated with prolonged ICU length of stay and post-operative atrial fibrillation. DC and monocyte cytokine production did not recover by day 5 post-surgery. This study provides evidence that CABG modulates DC and monocyte responses. Using an ex vivo model to assess immune competency of CABG patients may help identify biomarkers to predict adverse outcomes.
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- Alexis J. Perros
- Research and DevelopmentAustralian Red Cross LifebloodBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- School of MedicineUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Critical Care Research Group (CCRG)The Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Research and DevelopmentAustralian Red Cross LifebloodBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Critical Care Research Group (CCRG)The Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Adult Intensive Care ServicesThe Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Research and DevelopmentAustralian Red Cross LifebloodBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Research and DevelopmentAustralian Red Cross LifebloodBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Research and DevelopmentAustralian Red Cross LifebloodBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Critical Care Research Group (CCRG)The Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Adult Intensive Care ServicesThe Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Research and DevelopmentAustralian Red Cross LifebloodBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- School of MedicineUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Faculty of HealthQueensland University of TechnologyBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- School of Health and Sport SciencesUniversity of the Sunshine CoastPetrieQLDAustralia
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- Research and DevelopmentAustralian Red Cross LifebloodBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery ProgramThe Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Research and DevelopmentAustralian Red Cross LifebloodBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- School of MedicineUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Critical Care Research Group (CCRG)The Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Faculty of HealthQueensland University of TechnologyBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- School of MedicineUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Critical Care Research Group (CCRG)The Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Adult Intensive Care ServicesThe Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery ProgramThe Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Adult Intensive Care ServicesThe Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery ProgramThe Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery ProgramThe Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Research and DevelopmentAustralian Red Cross LifebloodBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Faculty of HealthQueensland University of TechnologyBrisbaneQLDAustralia
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- Research and DevelopmentAustralian Red Cross LifebloodBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- Critical Care Research Group (CCRG)The Prince Charles HospitalBrisbaneQLDAustralia
- School of Health and Sport SciencesUniversity of the Sunshine CoastPetrieQLDAustralia
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Gastric Cancer Stem Cells: Current Insights into the Immune Microenvironment and Therapeutic Targets. Biomedicines 2020; 8:biomedicines8010007. [PMID: 31935894 PMCID: PMC7168269 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines8010007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Gastric cancer (GC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are known to be involved in chemotherapy resistance and the development of metastases. Although CSCs harbor self-renewal and tumorigenic abilities, the immune microenvironment surrounding CSCs provides various factors and supports the maintenance of CSC properties. The current review summarizes the accumulating findings regarding the relationship between the immune microenvironment and gastric CSCs (GCSCs), which will support the possibility of developing novel therapeutic strategies for targeting GCSCs.
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Bagheri V, Abbaszadegan MR, Memar B, Motie MR, Asadi M, Mahmoudian RA, Gholamin M. Induction of T cell-mediated immune response by dendritic cells pulsed with mRNA of sphere-forming cells isolated from patients with gastric cancer. Life Sci 2019; 219:136-143. [PMID: 30641083 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Revised: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Gastric cancer (GC) as the third most common cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide is one of the cancers with very high heterogeneity. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) as a small subset of cancer cells in solid tumors with the self-renewal, differentiation and tumorigenic ability are responsible for tumor initiation, progression, recurrence, metastasis, and resistance to current treatments. Therefore, eradication of CSCs is very vital to cure cancer. Here, we first isolated and identified sphere-forming cells in tumor tissue from four GC patients and then analyzed T cell responses induced by monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs) loaded with total mRNA of sphere-forming cells in terms of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) gene expression and specific cytotoxicity. Spheroid colonies were formed in serum-free media. Sphere-forming cells dissociated from tumorspheres heterogeneously expressed CD44, CD54, and epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) markers and generated one tumor in nude mice. These results demonstrated that gastric CSCs were enriched in tumorspheres. Cytokine-matured DCs loaded with mRNA of sphere-forming cells were able to induce IFN-γ gene expression in T-lymphocytes after a 12-day co-culture. mRNA level of IFN-γ gene in these lymphocytes was more highly expressed compared to stimulated T-lymphocytes by DCs transfected with normal tissue (6.4-9.39 folds). Cytotoxic activity of primed T-lymphocytes with antigens of sphere-forming cells was significantly higher than normal tissue antigens and mock DCs (P ≤ 0.0001). Taken together, DCs loaded with mRNA of sphere-forming cells that elicit effectively specific T cell-mediated immune responses in vitro, may be considered as a promising therapeutic vaccination in GC patients in future.
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- Vahid Bagheri
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
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- Surgical Oncology Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Surgical Oncology Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Surgical Oncology Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Medical Genetics Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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Immature Dendritic Cell Therapy Confers Durable Immune Modulation in an Antigen-Dependent and Antigen-Independent Manner in Nonobese Diabetic Mice. J Immunol Res 2018; 2018:5463879. [PMID: 29651443 PMCID: PMC5832131 DOI: 10.1155/2018/5463879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Dendritic cell (DC) immunotherapy has been effective for prevention of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in NOD mice but fails to protect if initiated after active autoimmunity. As autoreactivity expands inter- and intramolecularly during disease progression, we investigated whether DCs unpulsed or pulsed with β cell antigenic dominant determinants (DD), subdominant determinants (SD), and ignored determinants (ID) could prevent T1D in mice with advanced insulitis. We found that diabetes was significantly delayed by DC therapy. Of interest, DCs pulsed with SD or ID appeared to provide better protection. T lymphocytes from DC-treated mice acquired spontaneous proliferating capability during in vitro culture, which could be largely eliminated by IL-2 neutralizing antibodies. This trend maintained even 29 weeks after discontinuing DC therapy and appeared antigen-independent. Furthermore, CD4+Foxp3+ T regulatory cells (Tregs) from DC-treated mice proliferated more actively in vitro compared to the controls, and Tregs from DC-treated mice showed significantly enhanced immunosuppressive activities in contrast to those from the controls. Our study demonstrates that DC therapy leads to long-lasting immunomodulatory effects in an antigen-dependent and antigen-independent manner and provides evidence for peptide-based intervention during a clinically relevant window to guide DC-based immunotherapy for autoimmune diabetes.
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Ki KK, Faddy HM, Flower RL, Dean MM. Platelet concentrates modulate myeloid dendritic cell immune responses. Platelets 2017; 29:373-382. [DOI: 10.1080/09537104.2017.1306045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Katrina K. Ki
- Research and Development, The Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Research and Development, The Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Research and Development, The Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Research and Development, The Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Enhanced stimulation of anti-breast cancer T cells responses by dendritic cells loaded with poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) nanoparticle encapsulated tumor antigens. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2016; 35:168. [PMID: 27782834 PMCID: PMC5080692 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-016-0444-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Developing safe and effective cancer vaccine formulations is a primary focus in the field of cancer immunotherapy. Dendritic cells (DC) are currently employed as cellular vaccine in clinical trials of tumor immunotherapy. Recognizing the critical role of DCs in initiating anti-tumor immunity has resulted in the development of several strategies that target vaccine antigens to DCs to trigger anti-tumor T cell responses. To increase the efficiency of antigen delivery systems for anti-tumor vaccines, encapsulation of tumor-associated antigens in polymer nanoparticles (NPs) has been established. METHODS In this study, the effect of tumor lysate antigen obtained from three stage III breast cancer tissues encapsulated within PLGA NPs to enhance the DC maturation was investigated. The T-cell immune response activation was then fallowed up. Fresh breast tumors were initially used to generate tumor lysate antigens containing poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) NP. The encapsulation efficiency and release kinetics were profiled. The efficiency of encapsulation was measured using Bradford protein assays measuring the dissolved NPs. The stability of released antigen from NPs was verified using SDS-PAGE. To evaluate the hypothesis that NPs enhances antigen presentation, including soluble tumor lysate, tumor lysate containing NPs and control NPs the efficiency of NP-mediated tumor lysate delivery to DCs was evaluated by assessing CD3+ T-cell stimulation after T cell/and DCs co-culture. RESULTS The rate of encapsulation was increased by enhancing the antigen concentration of tumor lysate. However, increasing the antigen concentration diminished the encapsulation efficiency. In addition, higher initial protein contenting NPs led to a greater cumulative release. All three patients released variable amounts of IFN-γ, IL-10, IL-12 and IL-4 in response to re-stimulation. T cells stimulated with lysate-pulsed DCs induced a substantial increase in IFN-γ and IL-12 production. We demonstrated that NPs containing tumor lysate can induce maturation and activation of DCs, as antigen alone does. CONCLUSION PLGA-NPs are attractive vehicles for protein antigen delivery which effectively induce stimulation and maturation of DCs, allowing not only an enhanced antigen processing and immunogenicity or improved antigen stability, but also the targeted delivery and slow release of antigens.
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Tang Y, Dong W, Wan K, Zhang L, Li C, Zhang L, Liu N. Exopolysaccharide Produced by Lactobacillus Plantarum Induces Maturation of Dendritic Cells in BALB/c Mice. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0143743. [PMID: 26599612 PMCID: PMC4658202 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) exopolysaccharide (EPS) is an important bioactive component in fermented functional foods. However, there is a lack of data concerning the effects of L. plantarum EPS on maturation of mouse dendritic cells (DCs). In this study, we purified L. plantarum EPS and examined its effects on cytokines production by dendritic cells in serum and intestinal fluid of BALB/c mice, then investigated its effects on phenotypic and functional maturation of mouse bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs). Cytokines (nitric oxide, IL-12p70, IL-10 and RANTES) in serum and intestinal fluid were analyzed by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) after the mice received EPS for 2, 5 and 7 days, respectively. DCs derived from bone marrow of BALB/c mouse were treated with EPS, then the phenotypic maturation of BMDCs was analyzed using flow cytometer and the functional maturation of BMDCs was analyzed by ELISA, and, lastly, mixed lymphocyte proliferation was performed. We found the molecular weight of purified EPS was approximately 2.4×106 Da and it was composed of ribose, rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, mannose, glucose and galactose in a molar ratio of 2:1:1:10:4:205:215. We observed that L. plantarum EPS enriched production of nitric oxide, IL-12p70 and RANTES, and decreased the secretion of IL-10 in the serum or intestinal fluid as well as in the supernatant of DCs treated with the EPS. The EPS also up-regulated the expression of MHC II and CD86 on DCs surface and promoted T cells to proliferate in vitro. Our data provide direct evidence to suggest that L. plantarum EPS can effectively induce maturation of DCs in mice.
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- Yanjun Tang
- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education; College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Harbin, China
- College of Food Science, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education; College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education; College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education; College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education; College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education; College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education; College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
- National Dairy Engineering & Research Center, Harbin, China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Harbin, China
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Perros AJ, Christensen AM, Flower RL, Dean MM. Soluble Mediators in Platelet Concentrates Modulate Dendritic Cell Inflammatory Responses in an Experimental Model of Transfusion. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2015; 35:821-30. [PMID: 26133961 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2015.0029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The transfusion of platelet concentrates (PCs) is widely used to treat thrombocytopenia and severe trauma. Ex vivo storage of PCs is associated with a storage lesion characterized by partial platelet activation and the release of soluble mediators, such as soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L), RANTES, and interleukin (IL)-8. An in vitro whole blood culture transfusion model was employed to assess whether mediators present in PC supernatants (PC-SNs) modulated dendritic cell (DC)-specific inflammatory responses (intracellular staining) and the overall inflammatory response (cytometric bead array). Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was included in parallel cultures to model the impact of PC-SNs on cell responses following toll-like receptor-mediated pathogen recognition. The impact of both the PC dose (10%, 25%) and ex vivo storage period was investigated [day 2 (D2), day 5 (D5), day 7 (D7)]. PC-SNs alone had minimal impact on DC-specific inflammatory responses and the overall inflammatory response. However, in the presence of LPS, exposure to PC-SNs resulted in a significant dose-associated suppression of the production of DC IL-12, IL-6, IL-1α, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1β and storage-associated suppression of the production of DC IL-10, TNF-α, and IL-8. For the overall inflammatory response, IL-6, TNF-α, MIP-1α, MIP-1β, and inflammatory protein (IP)-10 were significantly suppressed and IL-8, IL-10, and IL-1β significantly increased following exposure to PC-SNs in the presence of LPS. These data suggest that soluble mediators present in PCs significantly suppress DC function and modulate the overall inflammatory response, particularly in the presence of an infectious stimulus. Given the central role of DCs in the initiation and regulation of the immune response, these results suggest that modulation of the DC inflammatory profile is a probable mechanism contributing to transfusion-related complications.
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- Alexis J Perros
- 1 Research and Development , Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, Australia .,2 Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane, Australia
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- 1 Research and Development , Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, Australia .,2 Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane, Australia
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- 1 Research and Development , Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, Australia .,2 Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane, Australia
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- 1 Research and Development , Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, Australia .,2 Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane, Australia
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Bieber K, Autenrieth SE. Insights how monocytes and dendritic cells contribute and regulate immune defense against microbial pathogens. Immunobiology 2014; 220:215-26. [PMID: 25468558 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2014.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Revised: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The immune system protects from infections primarily by detecting and eliminating invading pathogens. Beside neutrophils, monocytes and dendritic cells (DCs) have been recently identified as important sentinels and effectors in combating microbial pathogens. In the steady state mononuclear phagocytes like monocytes and DCs patrol the blood and the tissues. Mammalian monocytes contribute to antimicrobial defense by supplying tissues with macrophage and DC precursors. DCs recognize pathogens and are essential in presenting antigens to initiate antigen-specific adaptive immune responses, thereby bridging the innate and adaptive immune systems. Both, monocytes and DCs play distinct roles in the shaping of immune response. In this review we will focus on the contributions of monocytes and lymphoid organ DCs to immune defense against microbial pathogens in the mouse and their dynamic regulation from steady state to infection.
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- Kristin Bieber
- Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Zhang P, Yi S, Li X, Liu R, Jiang H, Huang Z, Liu Y, Wu J, Huang Y. Preparation of triple-negative breast cancer vaccine through electrofusion with day-3 dendritic cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e102197. [PMID: 25036145 PMCID: PMC4103844 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs) in human immune system. DC-based tumor vaccine has met with some success in specific malignancies, inclusive of breast cancer. In this study, we electrofused MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line with day-3 DCs derived from peripheral blood monocytes, and explored the biological characteristics of fusion vaccine and its anti-tumor effects in vitro. Day-3 mature DCs were generated from day-2 immature DCs by adding cocktails composed of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 and PEG2. Day-3 mature DCs were identified and electofused with breast cancer cells to generate fusion vaccine. Phenotype of fusion cells were identified by fluorescence microscope and flow cytometer. The fusion vaccine was evaluated for T cell proliferation, secretion of IL-12 and IFN-γ, and induction of tumor-specific CTL response. Despite differences in morphology, day-3 and day-7 DC expressed similar surface markers. The secretion of IL-12 and IFN-γ in fusion vaccine group was much higher than that in the control group. Compared with control group, DC-tumor fusion vaccine could better stimulate the proliferation of allogeneic T lymphocytes and kill more breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231) in vitro. Day-3 DCs had the same function as the day-7 DCs, but with a shorter culture period. Our findings suggested that day-3 DCs fused with whole apoptotic breast cancer cells could elicit effective specific antitumor T cell responses in vitro and may be developed into a prospective candidate for adoptivet immunotherapy.
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- Peng Zhang
- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Epstein-Barr virus induces the differentiation of semi-mature dendritic cells from cord blood monocytes. Hum Immunol 2014; 75:306-16. [PMID: 24530751 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2014.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Revised: 01/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a tumorigenic virus which has effectively infected nearly all human beings with over 95% adult being seropositive. The persistence of latent EBV infection is not fully understood. Recent studies point towards a hypothesis of immune suppression and immune evasion involving regulatory T cells (Tregs) and dendritic cells (DCs). We sought to explore the mechanism of EBV suppression and immune evasion. METHODS We compared the effects of EBV on cord blood (CB) and adult DCs differentiation and maturation including phenotype by flow cytometry, cytokine by ELISA and RT-PCR. And we evaluated the function of DC by co-culture DC and Treg by detection the expression of Foxp3, the phenotype and the cytokine profile of Tregs by flow cytometry. RESULTS CB DCs derived from EBV-infected CB monocytes or from EBV-infected CB immature DCs (iDCs) displayed distinct phenotypes of "semi-mature" DCs with high expression of co-stimulatory molecules, such as CD40, CD80 and CD86 but low cytokine production, related to immune tolerance and homeostasis. While the EBV-infected adult iDCs resemble that of "pathogen-driven regulatory mature DCs" with high expression of co-stimulatory molecules, down-regulation of IL-12 secretion and up-regulation of IL-10 secretion, related to protection of host and immune evasion of pathogens. EBV infected cord blood monocytes-derived DCs drived Tregs development by driving the expression of Foxp3, increasing the expression of CTLA-4, decreasing the expression of GITR and promoted the generation of intracellular IL-2 and IL-10 by Tregs. CONCLUSION Epstein-Barr virus induces the differentiation of semi-mature dendritic cells from cord blood monocytes. The differences between CB and adult DCs suggested that the developmental maturity of the cells may affect their immune responses to EBV infection.
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GanjiBakhsh M, Nejati V, Delirezh N, Asadi M, Gholami K. Mixture of fibroblast, epithelial and endothelial cells conditioned media induce monocyte-derived dendritic cell maturation. Cell Immunol 2011; 272:18-24. [PMID: 22035776 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2011.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2011] [Revised: 10/02/2011] [Accepted: 10/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Fully matured DCs with large amount cytoplasm and copious dendritic projections were visible at the end of culturing period in the presence of MCM, TNF-α and poly (I:C), with or without FEECM. Thus, DCs generated with these maturation factors are nonadherent and have typical satellite morphology. Flow cytometric analysis using anti-CD14, -CD80, -CD86, -HLA-DR and -CD83 revealed that expression of CD14 is decreased in particular in FEECM treated DCs, on day 5 and expression of CD80, CD86 and HLA-DR was the higher when FEECM are added to maturation factor. Functionally, when DCs matured in the presence of FEECM elicited stronger MLR, reduced phagocytic activity. These results support the use of the FEECM with MCM, TNF-α and poly (I-C) as maturation factor in DC generation that could result in functionally mature monocyte-derived DCs in comparison to either alone.
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- Meysam GanjiBakhsh
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
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Cornelius RM, Shankar SP, Brash JL, Babensee JE. Immunoblot analysis of proteins associated with self-assembled monolayer surfaces of defined chemistries. J Biomed Mater Res A 2011; 98:7-18. [PMID: 21509932 PMCID: PMC3155773 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.33084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2009] [Revised: 11/02/2010] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Intact and fragmented proteins, eluted from self-assembled monolayer (SAM) surfaces of alkanethiols of different chemistries (-CH₃, -OH, -COOH, -NH₂), following exposure to human plasma (HP) or human serum (HS), were examined using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and immunoblotting techniques. The SAM surfaces were incubated for 1 h with 10% (v/v) sterile-filtered, heat-inactivated (h.i.) HS or 1% (v/v) sterile-filtered h.i. HP preparations [both in phosphate buffered saline (PBS)]. Adsorbed proteins were eluted using 10% SDS/2.3% dithioerythritol for characterization of protein profiles. The type of incubating medium may be an important determinant of adsorbed protein profiles, since some variations were observed in eluates from filtered versus control unfiltered h.i. 10% HS or 1% HP. Albumin and apolipoprotein A1 were consistently detected in both filtered h.i 10% HS and 1% HP eluates from all SAM surfaces and from control tissue culture-treated polystyrene (TCPS). Interestingly, Factor H and Factor I, antithrombin, prothrombin, high molecular weight kininogen (HMWK), and IgG were present in eluates from OH, COOH, and NH₂ SAM surfaces and in eluates from TCPS but not in eluates from CH₃ SAM surfaces, following exposure to filtered h.i. 10% HS. These results suggest that CH₃ SAM surfaces were the least proinflammatory of all SAM surfaces. Overall, similar trends were observed in the profiles of proteins eluted from surfaces exposed to filtered 10% HS or 1% HP. However, the unique profiles of adsorbed proteins on different SAM surface chemistries may be related to their differential interactions with cells, including immune/inflammatory cells.
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- Rena M. Cornelius
- Department of Chemical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University 313 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University 313 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
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Sangiorgi G, Mauriello A, Trimarchi S, Bonanno E, Spagnoli LG. Atherogenesis and Inflammation. Interv Cardiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/9781444319446.ch2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Dean MM, Flower RL, Eisen DP, Minchinton RM, Hart DNJ, Vuckovic S. Mannose-binding lectin deficiency influences innate and antigen-presenting functions of blood myeloid dendritic cells. Immunology 2010; 132:296-305. [PMID: 21091907 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2010.03365.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a serum lectin that plays a significant role in innate host defence. Individuals with mutations in exon 1 of the MBL2 gene have reduced MBL ligand binding and complement activation function and increased incidence of infection. We proposed that, during infection, MBL deficiency may impact on dendritic cell (DC) function. We analysed the blood myeloid DC (MDC) surface phenotype, inflammatory cytokine production and antigen-presenting capacity in MBL-deficient (MBL-D) individuals and MBL-sufficient (MBL-S) individuals using whole blood culture supplemented with zymosan (Zy) or MBL-opsonized zymosan (MBL-Zy) as a model of infection. Zy-stimulated MDCs from MBL-D individuals had significantly increased production of interleukin (IL)-6 and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α. Stimulation with MBL-Zy significantly decreased IL-6 production by MDCs from MBL-D, but had no effect on TNF-α production. MDCs from both MBL-S and MBL-D individuals up-regulated expression of the activation molecule CD83, and down-regulated expression of homing (CXCR4), adhesion (CD62L, CD49d) and costimulatory (CD40, CD86) molecules in response to Zy and MBL-Zy. MDC from both MBL-D and MBL-S individuals induced proliferation of allogeneic (allo) T cells following Zy or MBL-Zy stimulation; however, MBL-D individuals demonstrated a reduced capacity to induce effector allo-T cells. These data indicate that MBL deficiency is associated with unique functional characteristics of pathogen-stimulated blood MDCs manifested by increased production of IL-6, combined with a poor capacity to induce effector allo-T-cell responses. In MBL-D individuals, these functional features of blood MDCs may influence their ability to mount an immune response.
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- Melinda M Dean
- Australian Red Cross Blood Service, 44 Musk Avenue Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia.
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Bros M, Dexheimer N, Besche V, Masri J, Trojandt S, Hövelmeyer N, Reissig S, Massoumi R, Grabbe S, Waisman A, Reske-Kunz AB. Mutated cylindromatosis gene affects the functional state of dendritic cells. Eur J Immunol 2010; 40:2848-57. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Besche V, Wiechmann N, Castor T, Trojandt S, Höhn Y, Kunkel H, Grez M, Grabbe S, Reske-Kunz AB, Bros M. Dendritic cells lentivirally engineered to overexpress interleukin-10 inhibit contact hypersensitivity responses, despite their partial activation induced by transduction-associated physical stress. J Gene Med 2010; 12:231-43. [PMID: 20140891 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.1436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dendritic cells (DCs) constitute an attractive target for immunotherapeutic approaches. Because DCs are largely refractory to transfection with plasmid DNA, several viral transduction protocols were established. The potential side-effects of lentiviral transduction on the phenotype and activation state of DCs left unstimulated after transduction have not been assessed. There is a need to analyse these parameters as a result of the requirement of using DCs with a low activation state for therapeutic strategies intended to induce tolerance. METHODS Lentivirally-transduced bone marrow (BM)-derived DCs (LV-DCs) in comparison with mock-transduced (Mock-DCs) and untreated DCs were analysed with regard to the induction of maturation processes on the RNA, protein and functional level. BM-DCs engineered to overexpress interleukin (IL)-10 were analysed for therapeutic potential in a mouse model of allergic contact dermatitis. RESULTS Compared with untreated DCs, Mock-DCs and LV-DCs displayed an altered gene expression signature. Mock-DCs induced a stronger T cell proliferative response than untreated DCs. LV-DCs did not further augment the T cell proliferative response, but induced a slightly different T cell cytokine pattern compared to Mock-DCs. Accordingly, the gene promoter of the DC maturation marker fascin mediated efficient expression of the model transgene IL-10 in unstimulated-transduced BM-DCs. Nevertheless, IL-10 overexpressing BM-DCs exerted tolerogenic activity and efficiently inhibited the contact hypersensitivity response in previously hapten-sensitized mice. CONCLUSIONS Lentiviral transduction of BM-DCs results in their partial activation. Nevertheless, the transduction of these DCs with a vector encoding the immunomodulatory cytokine IL-10 rendered them tolerogenic. Thus, lentivirally-transduced DCs expressing immunomodulatory molecules represent a promising tool for induction of tolerance.
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- Verena Besche
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Clinical Research Unit Allergology, Department of Dermatology, Mainz, Germany
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The RNA binding protein tristetraprolin influences the activation state of murine dendritic cells. Mol Immunol 2009; 47:1161-70. [PMID: 19945750 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2009] [Revised: 09/15/2009] [Accepted: 11/03/2009] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) serve to maintain peripheral tolerance under steady state conditions. Upon triggering by activation signals they initiate strong immune responses. The activation of DCs is accompanied by a rapid upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines, which were shown in other cell types to be regulated by mechanisms at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional level. Tristetraprolin (TTP), an important RNA binding protein, is involved in the regulation of mRNA stability of such cytokines. In this study we analyzed the significance of TTP for mouse DCs, which were derived from TTP(-/-) and WT bone marrow progenitor cells (BM-DCs). Unstimulated BM-DCs of TTP(-/-) mice expressed lower levels of mRNAs encoding the costimulatory molecules CD40 and CD86 and surprisingly also the canonical TTP targets TNF-alpha and IL-10 as compared with WT DCs. On the protein level, both DC populations expressed comparable amounts of CD80 and CD86 and of either cytokine, but TTP(-/-) DCs expressed less MHCII than WT DCs. On the other hand, TTP(-/-) DCs displayed elevated expression of other TTP target mRNAs like IL-1beta, c-fos and Mkp-1. Stimulation of BM-DCs of either genotype with lipopolysaccharide resulted in a rapid upregulation to a comparable extent of all molecules monitored so far, except for c-fos mRNA. Subsequent mRNA decay analysis revealed gene-specific differences in mRNA stability, which was influenced by the presence of TTP and the activation state of the DCs. Unstimulated TTP(-/-) DCs exerted a markedly lower allogeneic T cell stimulatory potential than WT DCs. Moreover, TTP(-/-) DCs induced an altered cytokine pattern in cocultures of DCs and T cells. However, allogeneic T cells primed by unstimulated DCs of either genotype were equally refractory to restimulation and suppressed the proliferation of naive T cells to the same extent. Thus, the findings of this study lend support to the interpretation that without external stimulation antigen presenting activity in DCs in the presence of TTP is more pronounced than in its absence and that posttranscriptional regulation contributes to the control of gene expression in DCs.
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Cavatorta DJ, Erb HN, Flaminio MJBF. Ex vivo generation of mature equine monocyte-derived dendritic cells. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2009; 131:259-67. [PMID: 19477020 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2009] [Revised: 03/26/2009] [Accepted: 04/22/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are innate immune cells specialized in antigen detection and presentation. They perform an essential role in initiating and guiding the immune response, the direction of which largely depends upon the activation state of the DCs. The objective of this study was to generate mature equine monocyte-derived DCs and, in doing so, to develop a method for measuring the activation state of these cells. Equine DCs were stimulated with UV-inactivated Escherichia coli (E. coli), and the activation status was measured by analyzing cell surface marker expression, cytokine production, and endocytic capacity. Comparisons for each parameter measured were performed between macrophages, non-stimulated DCs and stimulated DCs. Equine monocyte-derived DCs may be distinguished from macrophages based on cell surface expression of MHC class II (p<0.0001) and CD206 (p<0.0001), their capacity for endocytosis of FITC-dextran (p<0.05), and production of TNF-alpha upon stimulation (p<0.001). Furthermore, stimulated DCs can be distinguished from non-stimulated DCs based on increased cell surface expression of MHC class II (p<0.0001) and upregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokine mRNA, particularly IL-12/IL-23p40 (p<0.05) and IL-23p19 (p<0.05). The ability to measure DC activation state will facilitate future investigations of equine DC function.
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- Derek J Cavatorta
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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A novel plasmid DNA electroporation method allows transfection of murine DC. J Immunol Methods 2009; 343:13-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2009.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2007] [Revised: 12/28/2008] [Accepted: 01/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Titorenko VI, Rachubinski RA. Spatiotemporal dynamics of the ER-derived peroxisomal endomembrane system. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 272:191-244. [PMID: 19121819 DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(08)01605-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Recent studies have provided evidence that peroxisomes constitute a multicompartmental endomembrane system. The system begins to form with the targeting of certain peroxisomal membrane proteins to the ER and their exit from the ER via preperoxisomal carriers. These carriers undergo a multistep maturation into metabolically active peroxisomes containing the entire complement of peroxisomal membrane and matrix proteins. At each step, the import of a subset of proteins and the uptake of certain membrane lipids result in the formation of a distinct, more mature compartment of the peroxisomal endomembrane system. Individual peroxisomal compartments proliferate by undergoing one or several rounds of division. Herein, we discuss various strategies that evolutionarily diverse organisms use to coordinate compartment formation, maturation, and division in the peroxisomal endomembrane system. We also critically evaluate the molecular and cellular mechanisms governing these processes, outline the most important unanswered questions, and suggest directions for future research.
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Delirezh N, Moazzeni SM, Shokri F, Shokrgozar MA, Atri M, Kokhaei P. Autologous dendritic cells loaded with apoptotic tumor cells induce T cell-mediated immune responses against breast cancer in vitro. Cell Immunol 2009; 257:23-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2009.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2008] [Revised: 02/13/2009] [Accepted: 02/17/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Altered gene expression patterns in dendritic cells after severe trauma: implications for systemic inflammation and organ injury. Shock 2008; 30:344-51. [PMID: 18323745 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e3181673eb4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells and members of the adoptive immunity. In addition, they play an important role in innate immunity within the systemic inflammatory response to trauma and sepsis. In this study, gene expression patterns of DC in patients with multiple trauma were studied. Total RNA was isolated from highly purified DCs (purity>95%) that were enriched from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and whole blood, respectively. Samples were obtained from 10 multiple trauma patients (injury severity score, 35.4+/-10.6 on day of admission) and 5 healthy volunteers (control). Aliquots of target cDNAs and reference samples (cDNA derived from the monocytic cell line SIGM5) were cohybridized on a thematic medium-density microarray assessing 780 inflammation-related transcripts. Twenty transcripts were up-regulated in DCs of multiple trauma patients compared with healthy volunteers, whereas these differences were missed when RNA from whole blood was subjected to transcriptomic profiling. This cluster included central effector molecules of DC such as transcripts encoding for 5-lipoxygenase and the corresponding leukotriene 4 receptor, which regulate DC migration, adoptive immune responses, and airway inflammation, as well as CD74, CXCL4, or platelet factor 4, a chemokine not implicated as a product of DCs to date. In addition, genes involved in antiapoptosis (BCL2), intracellular signal transduction (mitogen-activated protein kinase), and secretion of mediators (VAMP2) were found to be up-regulated. The up-regulated transcripts suggest that life span and signaling function of DCs are altered by trauma. Furthermore, these data confirm and expand the central role of chemokines and lipid mediators as effector molecules of DC-mediated immune responses in systemic inflammation associated with severe trauma.
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Bagheri K, Alimoghadam K, Pourfathollah AA, Hassan ZM, Hajati J, Moazzeni SM. The efficient generation of immunocompetent dendritic cells from leukemic blasts in acute myeloid leukemia: a local experience. Pathol Oncol Res 2008; 15:257-67. [PMID: 18807213 DOI: 10.1007/s12253-008-9105-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2008] [Accepted: 09/02/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most important antigen presenting cells with potentially useful applications in cancer immunotherapy. Leukemic cells of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) could be differentiated to DC-like cells possessing the ability of stimulating anti-leukemic immune response. Despite obvious progress in DC-based immunotherapy, some discrepancies were reported in differentiation potential of AML blasts from all patients toward DC like cells. The present study, as a local experience, was set up to generate DCs from AML blasts of various subtypes. Leukemic Blasts from 16 Iranian AML patients were differentiated into functional DCs by culturing in the presence of rhGM-CSF, rhIL-4 and TNF-alpha for 8 days. The morphology, expression of key surface molecules and allostimulatory activity of resultant DCs were compared with primary blasts and cultured but cytokine untreated control groups. The pattern of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) expression was used to approve the leukemic origin of generated DCs. Neo-expression or upregulation of DC-associated markers were occurred during culturing period in cytokine treated cells compared with primary blasts and cultured but cytokine untreated control groups: CD1a (63.22% vs. 3.22% and 11.79%), CD83 (41.27% vs. 0.11% and 0.70%), CD40 (15.17% vs. 0.00% and 0.04%), CD80 (49.96 vs. 0.02% and 0.32%), CD86 (56.49% vs. 0.50% and 5.71%) and HLA-DR (52.52% vs. 14.32% and 2.49%) respectively. The potency of generated DCs to induce allogeneic T cell proliferation increased significantly compared to pre and post culture control groups (27,533.4 +/- 2,548.3, 8,820.4 +/- 1,639.4 and 3,200.35 +/- 976 respectively). The expression pattern of ACE in AML-DCs, blast cells and DCs derived from normal monocytes (7.93%, 1.28% and 74.97% respectively) confirmed the leukemic origin of DCs. Our data confirmed the generation of sufficient AML-derived cells with the properties of DCs in all cases. This potency of AML blasts, offers a useful route for active immunotherapy of AML patients.
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- Kambiz Bagheri
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-331, Tehran, Iran
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Nierkens S, den Brok MH, Sutmuller RPM, Grauer OM, Bennink E, Morgan ME, Figdor CG, Ruers TJM, Adema GJ. In vivo colocalization of antigen and CpG [corrected] within dendritic cells is associated with the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Res 2008; 68:5390-6. [PMID: 18593941 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-6023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Immunostimulatory cytidyl guanosyl (CpG) motifs are of great interest as cancer vaccine adjuvants. They act as potent inducers of Th1 responses, including the activation of cytotoxic CD8(+) T lymphocytes (CTL). Whereas animal models have provided clear evidence that CpG enhances antitumor immunity, clinical trials in humans have thus far been less successful. Applying cryosurgery as an instant in situ tumor destruction technique, we now show that timing of CpG administration crucially affects colocalization of antigen and CpG within EEA-1(+) and LAMP-1(+) compartments within dendritic cells in vivo. Moreover, antigen/CpG colocalization is directly correlated with antigen cross-presentation, the presence of CTL, and protective antitumor immunity. Thus, failure or success of CpG as a vaccine adjuvant may depend on colocalization of antigen/CpG inside DCs and hence on the timing of CpG administration. These data might aid in the design of future immunotherapeutic strategies for cancer patients.
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- Stefan Nierkens
- Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Engström L, Rosén K, Angel A, Fyrberg A, Mackerlova L, Konsman JP, Engblom D, Blomqvist A. Systemic immune challenge activates an intrinsically regulated local inflammatory circuit in the adrenal gland. Endocrinology 2008; 149:1436-50. [PMID: 18174279 DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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There is evidence from in vitro studies that inflammatory messengers influence the release of stress hormone via direct effects on the adrenal gland; however, the mechanisms underlying these effects in the intact organism are unknown. Here we demonstrate that systemic inflammation in rats elicited by iv injection of lipopolysaccharide results in dynamic changes in the adrenal immune cell population, implying a rapid depletion of dendritic cells in the inner cortical layer and the recruitment of immature cells to the outer layers. These changes are accompanied by an induced production of IL-1beta and IL-1 receptor type 1 as well as cyclooxygenase-2 and microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 in these cells, implying local cytokine-mediated prostaglandin E(2) production in the adrenals, which also displayed prostaglandin E(2) receptors of subtypes 1 and 3 in the cortex and medulla. The IL-1beta expression was also induced by systemically administrated IL-1beta and was in both cases attenuated by IL-1 receptor antagonist, consistent with an autocrine signaling loop. IL-1beta similarly induced expression of cyclooxygenase-2, but the cyclooxygenase-2 expression was, in contrast, further enhanced by IL-1 receptor antagonist. These data demonstrate a mechanism by which systemic inflammatory agents activate an intrinsically regulated local signaling circuit that may influence the adrenals' response to immune stress and may help explain the dissociation between plasma levels of ACTH and corticosteroids during chronic immune perturbations.
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- Linda Engström
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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A fusion inhibitor prevents spread of immunodeficiency viruses, but not activation of virus-specific T cells, by dendritic cells. J Virol 2008; 82:5329-39. [PMID: 18367527 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01987-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role in innate immune responses, and their interactions with T cells are critical for the induction of adaptive immunity. However, immunodeficiency viruses are efficiently captured by DCs and can be transmitted to and amplified in CD4(+) T cells, with potentially deleterious effects on the induction of immune responses. In DC-T-cell cocultures, contact with CD4(+), not CD8(+), T cells preferentially facilitated virus movement to and release at immature and mature DC-T-cell contact sites. This occurred within 5 min of DC-T-cell contact. While the fusion inhibitor T-1249 did not prevent virus capture by DCs or the release of viruses at the DC-T-cell contact points, it readily blocked virus transfer to and amplification in CD4(+) T cells. Higher doses of T-1249 were needed to block the more robust replication driven by mature DCs. Virus accumulated in DCs within T-1249-treated cocultures but these DCs were actually less infectious than DCs isolated from untreated cocultures. Importantly, T-1249 did not interfere with the stimulation of virus-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cell responses when present during virus-loading of DCs or for the time of the DC-T-cell coculture. These results provide clues to identifying strategies to prevent DC-driven virus amplification in CD4(+) T cells while maintaining virus-specific immunity, an objective critical in the development of microbicides and therapeutic vaccines.
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Fajardo-Moser M, Berzel S, Moll H. Mechanisms of dendritic cell-based vaccination against infection. Int J Med Microbiol 2007; 298:11-20. [PMID: 17719274 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Due to their unique capacity to initiate and regulate adaptive immune responses, dendritic cells (DC) represent the most potent antigen-presenting cells of the immune system. Immature DC reside in peripheral tissues, where they sample and process antigens and efficiently sense a large variety of signals from the surrounding environment. Toll-like receptors (TLR) expressed by DC play a critical role in the detection of invading pathogens as well as in triggering the subsequent immune responses. The differential expression of TLR by different DC subsets may correlate with the induction of different patterns of adaptive immune responses. The rapidly expanding and fundamental knowledge of DC biology furthers promising perspectives for the development of vaccination strategies in different fields. For example, the immunotherapeutic potential of antigen-pulsed DC for the treatment of cancer has been confirmed in a number of experimental tumour models. Furthermore, DC have been shown to serve as natural adjuvants in different models of infectious diseases, mediating protection against various types of pathogens. Using murine leishmaniasis as an example, we have demonstrated that DC, once properly conditioned ex vivo, mediate complete and durable protection against infection. Critical parameters determining the efficiency of DC-based vaccination against microbial pathogens include the origin of DC, the choice of antigen to be used for DC loading, the route of immunization and the state of DC maturation and activation. In the present review, we discuss the necessity to define the mechanisms responsible for the immunostimulatory capacity of DC in vivo, in order to exploit their full potential as vaccination tools.
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- Marcela Fajardo-Moser
- Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Röntgenring 11, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany.
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den Brok MHMGM, Nierkens S, Figdor CG, Ruers TJM, Adema GJ. Dendritic cells: tools and targets for antitumor vaccination. Expert Rev Vaccines 2007; 4:699-710. [PMID: 16221071 DOI: 10.1586/14760584.4.5.699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Dendritic cells are the most potent antigen-presenting cells of the immune system and represent a promising tool in therapeutic vaccination against cancer. Immunotherapy applying ex vivo-generated and tumor antigen-loaded dentritic cells has been successfully introduced in clinical vaccination protocols and has proven to be feasible and effective in some patients. A better understanding of how dentritic cells succeed to induce and modulate immunity is necessary to optimally exploit dentritic cells in anticancer vaccines. The authors will review novel insights in antigen loading, activation and migration of dentritic cells and their impact on the application of ex vivo-generated dentritic cell vaccines. In addition, novel means to exploit dentritic cells in cancer vaccines by loading and activation of dentritic cells directly in situ and possible obstacles that should be overcome to induce long-lasting immunity in therapeutic settings will be discussed.
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- Martijn H M G M den Brok
- Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Yonkers NL, Rodriguez B, Milkovich KA, Asaad R, Lederman MM, Heeger PS, Anthony DD. TLR ligand-dependent activation of naive CD4 T cells by plasmacytoid dendritic cells is impaired in hepatitis C virus infection. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2007; 178:4436-44. [PMID: 17372001 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.7.4436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is characterized by diminished numbers and function of HCV-reactive T cells and impaired responses to immunization. Because host response to viral infection likely involves TLR signaling, we examined whether chronic HCV infection impairs APC response to TLR ligand and contributes to the origin of dysfunctional T cells. Freshly purified myeloid dendritic cells (MDC) and plasmacytoid DC (PDC) obtained from subjects with chronic HCV infection and healthy controls were exposed to TLR ligands (poly(I:C), R-848, or CpG), in the presence or absence of cytokine (TNF-alpha or IL-3), and examined for indices of maturation and for their ability to activate allogeneic naive CD4 T cells to proliferate and secrete IFN-gamma. TLR ligand was observed to enhance both MDC and PDC activation of naive CD4 T cells. Although there was increased CD83 and CD86 expression on MDC from HCV-infected persons, the ability of MDC to activate naive CD4 T cells in the presence or absence of poly(I:C) or TNF-alpha did not differ between HCV-infected and healthy control subjects. In contrast, PDC from HCV-infected persons had reduced activation marker (HLA-DR) and cytokine (IFN-alpha) expression upon R-848 stimulation, and these were associated with impaired activation of naive CD4 T cells. These data indicate that an impaired PDC responsiveness to TLR ligation may play an important role in the fundamental and unexplained failure to induce new T cell responses to HCV Ags and to other new Ags as a consequence of HCV infection.
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- Nicole L Yonkers
- Department of Medicine, Divisions of Infectious and Rheumatic Diseases, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland and Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Bros M, Jährling F, Renzing A, Wiechmann N, Dang NA, Sutter A, Ross R, Knop J, Sudowe S, Reske-Kunz AB. A newly established murine immature dendritic cell line can be differentiated into a mature state, but exerts tolerogenic function upon maturation in the presence of glucocorticoid. Blood 2007; 109:3820-9. [PMID: 17209058 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-07-035576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The phenotype and function of murine dendritic cells (DCs) are primarily studied using bone-marrow–derived DCs (BM-DCs), but may be hampered by the heterogenous phenotype of BM-DCs due to their differential state of maturation. Here we characterize a newly established murine DC line (SP37A3) of myeloid origin. During maintainance in the presence of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and M-CSF, SP37A3 cells resemble immature DCs characterized by low expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II and costimulatory molecules and low T-cell stimulatory capacity. Upon stimulation, SP37A3 cells acquire a mature phenotype and activate naive T cells as potently as BM-DCs. Similar to BM-DCs, SP37A3 cells activated in the presence of dexamethasone-induced regulatory T cells, which were anergic upon restimulation and suppressed proliferation of naive T cells. This tolerogenic state was reflected by lower expression levels of costimulatory molecules and proinflammatory cytokines compared with mature cells, as well as up-regulated expression of FcγRIIB and interleukin-1RA (IL-1RA). SP37A3 cells were responsive to dexamethasone even when applied at later time points during activation, suggesting functional plasticity. Thus, DC line SP37A3 represents a suitable model to study functions of immature and mature as well as tolerogenic myeloid DCs, circumventing restrictions associated with the use of primary DCs and BM-DCs.
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- Matthias Bros
- Clinical Research Unit Allergology, Department of Dermatology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Obere Zahlbacher Strasse 63, D-55131 Mainz, Germany
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den Brok MHMGM, Sutmuller RPM, Nierkens S, Bennink EJ, Frielink C, Toonen LWJ, Boerman OC, Figdor CG, Ruers TJM, Adema GJ. Efficient loading of dendritic cells following cryo and radiofrequency ablation in combination with immune modulation induces anti-tumour immunity. Br J Cancer 2006; 95:896-905. [PMID: 16953240 PMCID: PMC2360548 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells (DC) are professional antigen-presenting cells that play a pivotal role in the induction of immunity. Ex vivo-generated, tumour antigen-loaded mature DC are currently exploited as cancer vaccines in clinical studies. However, antigen loading and maturation of DC directly in vivo would greatly facilitate the application of DC-based vaccines. We formerly showed in murine models that radiofrequency-mediated tumour destruction can provide an antigen source for the in vivo induction of anti-tumour immunity, and we explored the role of DC herein. In this paper we evaluate radiofrequency and cryo ablation for their ability to provide an antigen source for DC and compare this with an ex vivo-loaded DC vaccine. The data obtained with model antigens demonstrate that upon tumour destruction by radiofrequency ablation, up to 7% of the total draining lymph node (LN) DC contained antigen, whereas only few DC from the conventional vaccine reached the LN. Interestingly, following cryo ablation the amount of antigen-loaded DC is almost doubled. Analysis of surface markers revealed that both destruction methods were able to induce DC maturation. Finally, we show that in situ tumour ablation can be efficiently combined with immune modulation by anti-CTLA-4 antibodies or regulatory T-cell depletion. These combination treatments protected mice from the outgrowth of tumour challenges, and led to in vivo enhancement of tumour-specific T-cell numbers, which produced more IFN-γ upon activation. Therefore, in situ tumour destruction in combination with immune modulation creates a unique, ‘in situ DC-vaccine’ that is readily applicable in the clinic without prior knowledge of tumour antigens.
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- M H M G M den Brok
- Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands
- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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Rival C, Lustig L, Iosub R, Guazzone VA, Schneider E, Meinhardt A, Fijak M. Identification of a dendritic cell population in normal testis and in chronically inflamed testis of rats with autoimmune orchitis. Cell Tissue Res 2006; 324:311-8. [PMID: 16432710 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0129-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2005] [Accepted: 11/13/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Experimental autoimmune orchitis (EAO) in the rat is the primary chronic animal model for the investigation of one of the main causes of male infertility, viz., testicular inflammation. Dendritic cells (DC) are potent antigen-presenting cells that play a fundamental role in autoimmune disease. We investigated the number of DC in normal testis and examined whether DC infiltrated the testis during the development of EAO. EAO was induced by active immunization with testis homogenate and adjuvants in two strains of rat (Wistar and Sprague Dawley). The presence of DC in testis was determined, 50 and 80 days after the first immunization, by immunohistochemical staining with specific antibodies (OX-62 and CD11c), and then the total number of DC was measured by stereological analysis. Labeled cells were found only in the interstitial compartment and within granulomas of EAO animals. The number of DC in EAO testes increased compared with control rats in both strains, whereas the number of OX-62+ and CD11c+ cells in adjuvant controls remained unchanged compared with untreated rats. Interspecies variations in the quantity of DC were found, with the total number of DC per testis in untreated and adjuvant control Sprague-Dawley rats being about three times higher than that seen in Wistar rats. Moreover, the increase in DC numbers at 80 days was less prominent in EAO testes of Sprague-Dawley rats than in the Wistar strain in which EAO was more severe and showed a higher number of granulomae. Thus, we have identified the DC population in normal and chronically inflamed testis. The increase in DC observed in EAO suggests that, under inflammatory conditions, the modified action(s) of these cells is a factor in the induction of the autoimmune response in testis.
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- Claudia Rival
- Center for Research in Reproduction, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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