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Zhang H, Diao H, Jia L, Yuan Y, Thamm DH, Wang H, Jin Y, Pei S, Zhou B, Yu F, Zhao L, Cheng N, Du H, Huang Y, Zhang D, Lin D. Proteus mirabilis inhibits cancer growth and pulmonary metastasis in a mouse breast cancer model. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188960. [PMID: 29206859 PMCID: PMC5716547 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A variety of bacteria have been used as agents and vectors for antineoplastic therapy. A series of mechanisms, including native bacterial toxicity, sensitization of the immune system and competition for nutrients, may contribute to antitumor effects. However, the antitumor effects of Proteus species have been minimally studied, and it is not clear if bacteria can alter tumor hypoxia as a component of their antineoplastic effect. In the present study, Proteus mirabilis bacteria were evaluated for the ability to proliferate and accumulate in murine tumors after intravenous injection. To further investigate the efficacy and safety of bacterial injection, mice bearing 4T1 tumors were treated with an intravenous dose of 5×107 CFU Proteus mirabilis bacteria via the tail vein weekly for three treatments. Histopathology, immunohistochemistry (IHC) and western analysis were then performed on excised tumors. The results suggested Proteus mirabilis localized preferentially to tumor tissues and remarkably suppressed the growth of primary breast cancer and pulmonary metastasis in murine 4T1 models. Results showed that the expression of NKp46 and CD11c was significantly increased after bacteria treatment. Furthermore, tumor expression of carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX) and hypoxia inducible factor-1a (HIF-1a), surrogates for hypoxia, was significantly lower in the treated group than the control group mice as assessed by IHC and western analysis. These findings demonstrated that Proteus mirabilis may a promising bacterial strain for used against primary tumor growth and pulmonary metastasis, and the immune system and reduction of tumor hypoxia may contribute to the antineoplastic and antimetastatic effects observed.
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- Hong Zhang
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Veterinary, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- The Department of Veterinary Medicine, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- The College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Li XP, Hu YH. CD94 of tongue sole Cynoglossus semilaevis binds a wide arrange of bacteria and possesses antibacterial activity. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 58:641-649. [PMID: 27720695 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Revised: 10/01/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this study, we examined the expression patterns and the functions of the tongue sole Cynoglossus semilaevis CD94, CsCD94. CsCD94 is composed of 209 amino acid residues and shares 43.0-50.2% overall identities with known teleost CD94 sequence. CsCD94 has a C-type lectin-like domain. Expression of CsCD94 occurred in multiple tissues and was upregulated during bacterial infection. Recombinant CsCD94 (rCsCD94) exhibited apparent binding and agglutinating activities against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in a Ca2+-dependent manner. Treatment of bacteria with rCsCD94 enhanced phagocytosis of the bacteria by peripheral blood leukocytes. Furthermore, incubation of rCsCD94 with bacteria reduced the survival of the bacteria in vitro. Taken together, these results indicate that rCsCD94 is a key factor in the bactericidal and phagocytic effects of tongue sole, and reveal for the first time an essential role of fish CD94 in antibacterial immunity, thereby adding insight into the function of CD94.
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- Xue-Peng Li
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
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Deficient Natural Killer Dendritic Cell Responses Underlay the Induction of Theiler's Virus-Induced Autoimmunity. mBio 2015; 6:e01175. [PMID: 26242630 PMCID: PMC4526717 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01175-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The initiating events in autoimmune disease remain to be completely understood, but it is thought that genetic predisposition synergizes with “environmental” factors, including viral infection, leading to disease. One elegant animal model used to study the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis that perfectly blends genetics and environmental components in the context of virus-induced autoimmunity is Theiler’s murine encephalitis virus-induced demyelinating disease (TMEV-IDD). TMEV-infected disease-susceptible SJL/J mice develop a persistent central nervous system (CNS) infection and later develop autoimmune demyelination, while disease-resistant C57BL/6 (B6) mice rapidly clear the infection and develop no autoimmune pathology. Mice of the (B6 × SJL/J)F1 cross between these two mouse strains are classified as intermediately susceptible. We employed this model to investigate if rapid virus clearance in B6 versus SJL/J mice was perhaps related to differences in the innate immune response in the CNS of the two strains in the first few days following intracerebral virus inoculation. Here we show that SJL/J mice lack, in addition to NK cells, a novel innate immune subset known as natural killer dendritic cells (NKDCs), which express phenotypic markers (CD11cint NK1.1+) and functional activity of both NK cells and DCs. These NKDCs are activated in the periphery and migrate into the infected CNS in a very late antigen 4 (VLA-4)-dependent fashion. Most significantly, NKDCs are critical for CNS clearance of TMEV, as transfer of NKDCs purified from B6 mice into TMEV-IDD-susceptible (B6 × SJL/J)F1 mice promotes viral clearance. Together the findings of this work show for the first time a link between NKDCs, viral infection, and CNS autoimmunity. Viral infection is an important cofactor, along with genetic susceptibility, in the initiation of a variety of organ-specific autoimmune diseases. Thus, in-depth understanding of how virus infections trigger autoimmunity may lead to novel ways to prevent or treat these diseases. Theiler’s murine encephalitis virus-induced demyelinating disease (TMEV-IDD) serves as an important model for the human T cell-mediated autoimmune demyelinating disease multiple sclerosis. Induction of TMEV-IDD is genetically controlled as SJL/J mice develop persistent central nervous system (CNS) infection leading to chronic autoimmune demyelination, while C57BL/6 mice rapidly clear virus and are disease resistant. We determined that, as opposed to resistant B6 mice, disease-susceptible SJL/J mice lacked a unique innate immune population, the natural killer dendritic cell (NKDC), which was shown to play a critical role in early CNS virus clearance via its ability to both present virus antigen to T cells and to lyse target cells.
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Downregulation of endogenous STAT3 augments tumoricidal activity of interleukin 15 activated dendritic cell against lymphoma and leukemia via TRAIL. Exp Cell Res 2014; 327:192-208. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2014.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Revised: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Jeanty C, Sourisce A, Noteuil A, Jah N, Wielgosik A, Fert I, Breban M, André C. HLA-B27 subtype oligomerization and intracellular accumulation patterns correlate with predisposition to spondyloarthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol 2014; 66:2113-23. [PMID: 24692163 DOI: 10.1002/art.38644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Mechanisms underlying the striking association of spondyloarthritis (SpA) with the class I major histocompatibility complex molecule HLA-B27 remain poorly understood. SpA-like disease develops spontaneously in B*2705-transgenic rats, in conjunction with high HLA-B27 expression levels. This study was undertaken to examine the effects of increased expression of HLA-B27 alleles that are differentially associated with SpA on oligomerization and intracellular redistribution. METHODS HeLa cells were transfected with complementary DNA encoding for HLA-B proteins fused to yellow fluorescent protein and/or Renilla luciferase and harvested at an early phase and a later phase of expression. We monitored HLA-B intracellular trafficking and localization by means of microscopy and live-cell imaging. Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) and Western blotting were used to monitor HLA-B oligomerization. RESULTS At low expression levels, BRET signals were similarly elevated for all SpA-associated HLA-B27 alleles tested, but were lower for the nonassociated B*2706. Of note, at higher expression levels, HLA-B27 signals remained steady while signal for HLA-B7 decreased sharply, reaching the level observed for B*2706. This was due at least in part to a decreased oligomer proportion without unfolded protein response outbreak. Such differential behavior was not abrogated by proteasome inhibition. With increased expression, all HLA-B proteins accumulated to a high density in cytoplasmic vesicles with labile form and size. The extent of this phenomenon was closely correlated with the level of association with predisposition to SpA. CONCLUSION To our knowledge, this is the first report of a correlation between the level of predisposition to SpA conferred by HLA-B27 alleles and their biochemical behavior. These findings open new perspectives for understanding the pathogenicity of HLA-B27.
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- Cindy Jeanty
- Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS (UMR 8104), and Université Paris Descartes (UMR-S1016), Paris, France
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Fert I, Cagnard N, Glatigny S, Letourneur F, Jacques S, Smith JA, Colbert RA, Taurog JD, Chiocchia G, Araujo LM, Breban M. Reverse interferon signature is characteristic of antigen-presenting cells in human and rat spondyloarthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol 2014; 66:841-51. [PMID: 24757137 DOI: 10.1002/art.38318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In HLA-B27-transgenic rats, the development of a disorder that mimics spondyloarthritis (SpA) is highly correlated with dendritic cell (DC) dysfunction. The present study was undertaken to analyze the underlying mechanisms of this via transcriptome analysis. METHODS Transcriptome analysis of ex vivo-purified splenic CD103+CD4+ DCs from B27-transgenic rats and control rats was performed. Transcriptional changes in selected genes were confirmed by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. A meta-analysis of our rat data and published data on gene expression in macrophages from ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients was further performed. RESULTS Interferon (IFN) signaling was the most significantly affected pathway in DCs from B27-transgenic rats; the majority of genes connected to IFN were underexpressed in B27-transgenic rats as compared to controls. This pattern was already present at disease onset, persisted over time, and was conserved in 2 disease-prone B27-transgenic rat lines. In DCs from B27-transgenic rats, we further found an up-regulation of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (which may account for reverse IFN signaling) and a down-regulation of interleukin-27 (a cytokine that opposes Th17 differentiation and promotes Treg cells). The meta-analysis of data on conventional DCs from rats and data on monocyte-derived macrophages from humans revealed 7 IFN-regulated genes that were negatively regulated in both human and rat SpA (i.e., IRF1, STAT1, CXCL9, CXCL10, IFIT3, DDX60, and EPSTI1). CONCLUSION Our results suggest that expression of HLA-B27 leads to a defect in IFNγ signaling in antigen-presenting cells in both B27-transgenic rats and SpA patients, which may result in Th17 expansion and Treg cell alteration (as shown in B27-transgenic rats) and contribute to disease pathogenesis.
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- Ingrid Fert
- Université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire d'Excellence Inflamex, Institut Cochin, and INSERM U1016, CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France
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Guimont-Desrochers F, Lesage S. Revisiting the Prominent Anti-Tumoral Potential of Pre-mNK Cells. Front Immunol 2013; 4:446. [PMID: 24376447 PMCID: PMC3858890 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Interferon-producing killer dendritic cells (IKDC) were first described for their outstanding anti-tumoral properties. The “IKDC” terminology implied the description of a novel DC subset and initiated a debate on their cellular lineage origin. This debate shifted the focus away from their notable anti-tumoral potential. IKDC were recently redefined as precursors to mature NK (mNK) cells and consequently renamed pre-mNK cells. Importantly, a putative human equivalent of pre-mNK cells was recently associated with improved disease outcome in cancer patients. It is thus timely to revisit the functional attributes as well as the therapeutic potential of pre-mNK cells in line with their newly defined NK-cell precursor function.
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- Fanny Guimont-Desrochers
- Immunology-Oncology Section, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital , Montreal, QC , Canada ; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal , Montreal, QC , Canada
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- Immunology-Oncology Section, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital , Montreal, QC , Canada ; Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal , Montreal, QC , Canada
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Manna PP, Hira SK, Das AA, Bandyopadhyay S, Gupta KK. IL-15 activated human peripheral blood dendritic cell kill allogeneic and xenogeneic endothelial cells via apoptosis. Cytokine 2012; 61:118-26. [PMID: 23058476 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2012.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2012] [Revised: 07/15/2012] [Accepted: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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IL-15 is a pleotropic cytokine, which plays an important role in natural killer (NK) cell activity, T cell proliferation, and T cell cytotoxic activity. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the major antigen presenting cells in the immune system and presumed to play an important role in immune recognition of allo and xenotransplantation. We showed that IL-15 activated human peripheral blood DC is cytotoxic to human and porcine aortic endothelial cells. Unlike DCs, CD14+ monocytes show no cytotoxicity against the endothelial cells. This cytotoxic potential of IL-15 activated DC against endothelial cells is dose dependent and increases significantly upon treatment of endothelial cells with inflammatory cytokines like TNF-α or IFN-γ. The cytotoxic potential of IL-15 activated DC is associated with apoptosis of endothelial cells, as indicated by the increased Annexin V staining, caspase activation and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. Further it was observed that DC mediated cytotoxicity against endothelial cell is mediated via granzyme B possibly secreted by the activated DCs.
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- Partha Pratim Manna
- Immunobiology Laboratory, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India.
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Anderson J, Gustafsson K, Himoudi N. Licensing of killer dendritic cells in mouse and humans: functional similarities between IKDC and human blood γδ T-lymphocytes. J Immunotoxicol 2012; 9:259-66. [PMID: 22632132 DOI: 10.3109/1547691x.2012.685528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells are characterized by the ability to induce primary antigen-specific immune responses in both major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I-restricted CD8 cells and MHC Class II-restricted CD4 cells. This professional antigen presentation function is associated with the up-regulation of co-stimulatory molecules and Class II MHC. While it has been recognized that several types of innate lymphocytes in mouse and humans can express co-stimulatory molecules and present antigen, the property of antigen presentation to elicit responses in naïve cells has been considered the exclusive domain of the dendritic cell. This concept has been challenged through the description of innate lymphocytes, capable of killing using NK receptors, but also up-regulating co-stimulatory molecules and driving the antigen-specific proliferation of naïve lymphocytes to the same extent as dendritic cells. Interferon (IFN)-γ secreting killer dendritic cells (IKDC) have been described in mice and share immunophenotypic properties of both dendritic cells and natural killer cells. Human blood γδ T-lymphocytes have innate tumor cell killing properties by both antibody-dependent and natural killer receptor-dependent mechanisms. This article reviews data from the authors' own laboratory showing a particular feature in common between the mouse IKDC and human blood γδ T-lymphocytes; namely their requirement for interaction with a target cell for specific licensing for professional antigen presentation.
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- John Anderson
- Unit of Molecular Haematology and Cancer Biology, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
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Hira SK, Manna PP. Down regulation of CD24 and HER-2/neu in breast carcinoma cells by activated human dendritic cell. Role of STAT3. Cell Immunol 2012; 275:69-79. [PMID: 22480875 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2012.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Revised: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Human dendritic cells (DCs) stimulated with cytokines and LPS down regulate the expression of proto-oncogene HER-2/neu and GPI linked protein CD24 in breast cancer cell lines. We demonstrated that naïve DC from human peripheral blood, when stimulated with IFN-γ, IL-15 or LPS reduces the expression of HER-2/neu and CD24, via activation of TNF-α. Pretreatment of tumor cells with STAT3 specific inhibitors or knocking down of STAT3 by SiRNA makes the tumor cell more susceptible to apoptosis and DC mediated inhibition of both CD24 and HER-2/neu. Thus DC could acts as an inhibitory regulator in suppressing oncogene and prevention of metastasis.
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- Sumit Kumar Hira
- Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Glatigny S, Fert I, Blaton MA, Lories RJ, Araujo LM, Chiocchia G, Breban M. Proinflammatory Th17 cells are expanded and induced by dendritic cells in spondylarthritis-prone HLA-B27-transgenic rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 64:110-20. [PMID: 21905004 DOI: 10.1002/art.33321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE HLA-B27/human β2-microglobulin-transgenic (B27-transgenic) rats, a model of spondylarthritis (SpA), develop spontaneous colitis and arthritis under conventional conditions. CD4+ T cells are pivotal in the development of inflammation in B27-transgenic rats. This study was undertaken to characterize the phenotype of CD4+ T cells in this model and to determine whether dendritic cells (DCs) induce proinflammatory T cells. METHODS The phenotype of CD4+ T cells from rat lymph nodes (LNs) draining the sites of inflammation was analyzed by flow cytometry. Immunostaining was used to detect interleukin-17 (IL-17)-producing cells in the rat joints. DCs from B27-transgenic or control rats (transgenic for HLA-B7 or nontransgenic) were cocultured with control CD4+ T cells and stimulated with anti-T cell receptor α/β. RESULTS IL-17A- and tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα)-producing CD4+ T cells were expanded in mesenteric and popliteal LNs from B27-transgenic rats. The accumulation of Th17 cells correlated with disease development, in contrast to Th1 or Treg cells. IL-17-positive mononuclear cells were detected in the arthritic joints of B27-transgenic rats but not in the joints of control rats. Finally, in vitro cocultures demonstrated that Th17 cells were preferentially induced and expanded by DCs from B27-transgenic rats, by a process that may involve defective engagement of costimulatory molecules. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that expanded CD4+ T cells in B27-transgenic rats exhibit a proinflammatory Th17 phenotype characterized by IL-17A and TNFα production. Furthermore, this population is preferentially induced by DCs from B27-transgenic rats. These data point toward an induction of Th17 cells as a possible pathogenic mechanism in this model of SpA. However, their pathogenic role still needs to be shown.
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- Simon Glatigny
- Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR 8104), and INSERM U1016, Paris, France
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LaCasse CJ, Janikashvili N, Larmonier CB, Alizadeh D, Hanke N, Kartchner J, Situ E, Centuori S, Har-Noy M, Bonnotte B, Katsanis E, Larmonier N. Th-1 lymphocytes induce dendritic cell tumor killing activity by an IFN-γ-dependent mechanism. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2011; 187:6310-7. [PMID: 22075702 PMCID: PMC3297475 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) encompass a heterogeneous population of cells capable of orchestrating innate and adaptive immune responses. The ability of DCs to act as professional APCs has been the foundation for the development and use of these cells as vaccines in cancer immunotherapy. DCs are also endowed with the nonconventional property of directly killing tumor cells. The current study investigates the regulation of murine DC cytotoxic function by T lymphocytes. We provide evidence that CD4(+) Th-1, but not Th-2, Th-17 cells, or regulatory T cells, are capable of inducing DC cytotoxic function. IFN-γ was identified as the major factor responsible for Th-1-induced DC tumoricidal activity. Tumor cell killing mediated by Th-1-activated killer DCs was dependent on inducible NO synthase expression and NO production. Importantly, Th-1-activated killer DCs were capable of presenting the acquired Ags from the killed tumor cells to T lymphocytes in vitro or in vivo. These observations offer new possibilities for the application of killer DCs in cancer immunotherapy.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/genetics
- Antigen Presentation/immunology
- Bone Marrow Cells/cytology
- Bone Marrow Cells/immunology
- Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Coculture Techniques
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Female
- Interferon-gamma/metabolism
- Interferon-gamma/physiology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/therapy
- Melanoma, Experimental/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/pathology
- Melanoma, Experimental/therapy
- Mice
- Mice, 129 Strain
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Receptors, Interferon/deficiency
- Receptors, Interferon/genetics
- Receptors, Interferon/physiology
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- Th1 Cells/metabolism
- Interferon gamma Receptor
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- Collin J. LaCasse
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
- Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
- Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
- Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
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- Immunovative Therapies Ltd, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
- Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
- BIO5 Institute and Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
- Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
- BIO5 Institute and Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073
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Lakomy D, Janikashvili N, Fraszczak J, Trad M, Audia S, Samson M, Ciudad M, Vinit J, Vergely C, Caillot D, Foucher P, Lagrost L, Chouaib S, Katsanis E, Larmonier N, Bonnotte B. Cytotoxic dendritic cells generated from cancer patients. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:2775-82. [PMID: 21804019 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1004146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Known for years as professional APCs, dendritic cells (DCs) are also endowed with tumoricidal activity. This dual role of DC as killers and messengers may have important implications for tumor immunotherapy. However, the tumoricidal activity of DCs has mainly been investigated in animal models. Cancer cells inhibit antitumor immune responses using numerous mechanisms, including the induction of immunosuppressive/ tolerogenic DCs that have lost their ability to present Ags in an immunogenic manner. In this study, we evaluated the possibility of generating tumor killer DCs from patients with advanced-stage cancers. We demonstrate that human monocyte-derived DCs are endowed with significant cytotoxic activity against tumor cells following activation with LPS. The mechanism of DC-mediated tumor cell killing primarily involves peroxynitrites. This observed cytotoxic activity is restricted to immature DCs. Additionally, after killing, these cytotoxic DCs are able to activate tumor Ag-specific T cells. These observations may open important new perspectives for the use of autologous cytotoxic DCs in cancer immunotherapy strategies.
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- Daniela Lakomy
- INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 866, Institut de Recherche Fédératif 100, Faculté de Médecine, 21079 Dijon, France
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Poli A, Brons NHC, Ammerlaan W, Michel T, Hentges F, Chekenya M, Zimmer J. Novel method for isolating untouched rat natural killer cells with higher purity compared with positive selection and fluorescence-activated cell sorting. Immunology 2011; 131:386-94. [PMID: 20561087 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2010.03312.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are important effectors of both innate and adaptive immune responses. Although human and mouse NK cells are extensively characterized, much less is known about the rat cells, partly because of the current lack of reliable isolation techniques. We aimed to develop a method for isolating highly pure 'untouched' rat NK cells by negative selection from splenocytes. Thereafter, we characterized them phenotypically and functionally in comparison with those isolated by positive selection targeting the NKR-P1 receptor. Our novel method isolated highly pure untouched NK cells reproducibly with 97 ± 0.7% (n = 7), 96.6 ± 0.8% (n = 3) and 88.3 ± 1.5% (n = 9) in LEWIS, Fischer and athymic nude rats, respectively. The positively selected NK cells were less homogeneous and exhibited undesired method-related activation profiles. Resting negatively selected NK cells were less proliferative and less robust compared with positively selected NK cells. Although resting positively selected NK cells were more cytotoxic, interleukin-2 (IL-2) activation increased the cytotoxicity of negatively selected cells three-fold. The negatively selected NK cells responded to cross-linking of the NKR-P1 receptor by calcium mobilization from intracellular stores. However, combined IL-2 and IL-12 activation resulted in significantly more interferon-γ release from positively selected NK cells. This new NK-cell isolation method will allow a deeper insight into rat NK-cell phenotypes and the roles of their receptors in the biology of these cells.
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- Aurélie Poli
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Allergology, CRP-Santé, Luxembourg
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Childs CE, Romijn T, Enke U, Hoile S, Calder PC. Maternal diet during pregnancy has tissue-specific effects upon fetal fatty acid composition and alters fetal immune parameters. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2010; 83:179-84. [PMID: 20817424 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2010.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2010] [Revised: 08/13/2010] [Accepted: 08/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Both animal and human studies demonstrate that the docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) content of plasma and/or tissue lipids is increased during pregnancy. We hypothesised that increasing the α-linolenic acid (ALA) or longer chain (n-3) PUFA content of the maternal diet during pregnancy influences fetal fatty acid composition and the fetal immune system. Pregnant rats were fed a low-fat (LF) soybean oil diet, or high-fat (HF) soybean, linseed, salmon or sunflower oil diets from conception to 20d gestation. The ALA-rich Linseed-HF diet resulted in an equivalent eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) status in fetal immune tissues and an equivalent DHA status in the fetal brain to that achieved with the Salmon-HF diet. An (n-3) rich maternal diet during pregnancy associated with the highest expression of CD3 (Salmon-HF) and CD8 (Linseed-HF and Salmon-HF) on fetal thymic CD3(+)CD8(+) cells. The Linseed-HF diet resulted in the highest proportion of CD161(+) cells within the fetal thymus, which correlated with the production of IL-4. These data indicate that dietary ALA supplementation may confer some of the benefits of LC (n-3) PUFA during pregnancy. This should be examined in suitably designed human studies.
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- Caroline E Childs
- Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 226, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AP, United Kingdom.
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Fraszczak J, Trad M, Janikashvili N, Cathelin D, Lakomy D, Granci V, Morizot A, Audia S, Micheau O, Lagrost L, Katsanis E, Solary E, Larmonier N, Bonnotte B. Peroxynitrite-dependent killing of cancer cells and presentation of released tumor antigens by activated dendritic cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 184:1876-84. [PMID: 20089706 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs), essential for the initiation and regulation of adaptive immune responses, have been used as anticancer vaccines. DCs may also directly trigger tumor cell death. In the current study, we have investigated the tumoricidal and immunostimulatory activities of mouse bone marrow-derived DCs. Our results indicate that these cells acquire killing capabilities toward tumor cells only when activated with LPS or Pam3Cys-SK4. Using different transgenic mouse models including inducible NO synthase or GP91 knockout mice, we have further established that LPS- or Pam3Cys-SK4-activated DC killing activity involves peroxynitrites. Importantly, after killing of cancer cells, DCs are capable of engulfing dead tumor cell fragments and of presenting tumor Ags to specific T lymphocytes. Thus, upon specific stimulation, mouse bone marrow-derived DCs can directly kill tumor cells through a novel peroxynitrite-dependent mechanism and participate at virtually all levels of antitumor immune responses, which reinforces their interest in immunotherapy.
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- Jennifer Fraszczak
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 866, Institut de Recherche Fédératif 100, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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Larmonier N, Fraszczak J, Lakomy D, Bonnotte B, Katsanis E. Killer dendritic cells and their potential for cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2010; 59:1-11. [PMID: 19618185 PMCID: PMC11031008 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-009-0736-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2009] [Accepted: 07/01/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Known for years as the principal messengers of the immune system, dendritic cells (DC) represent a heterogeneous population of antigen presenting cells critically located at the nexus between innate and adaptive immunity. DC play a central role in the initiation of tumor-specific immune responses as they are endowed with the unique ability to take up, process and present tumor antigens to naïve CD4(+) or CD8(+) effector T lymphocytes. By virtue of the cytokines they produce, DC also regulate the type, strength and duration of T cell immune responses. In addition, they can participate in anti-tumoral NK and NKT cell activation and in the orchestration of humoral immunity. More recent studies have documented that besides their primary role in the induction and regulation of adaptive anti-tumoral immune responses, DC are also endowed with the capacity to directly kill cancer cells. This dual role of DC as killers and messengers may have important implications for tumor immunotherapy. First, the direct killing of malignant cells by DC may foster the release and thereby the immediate availability of specific tumor antigens for presentation to cytotoxic or helper T lymphocytes. Second, DC may participate in the effector phase of the immune response, potentially augmenting the diversity of the killing mechanisms leading to tumor elimination. This review focuses on this non-conventional cytotoxic function of DC as it relates to the promotion of cancer immunity and discusses the potential application of killer DC (KDC) in tumor immunotherapy.
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- Nicolas Larmonier
- Department of Pediatrics, Steele Children’s Research Center, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., PO Box 245073, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073 USA
- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 USA
- BIO5 Institute and Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, INSERM UMR 866, IFR 100, Dijon, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Steele Children’s Research Center, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., PO Box 245073, Tucson, AZ 85724-5073 USA
- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 USA
- BIO5 Institute and Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724 USA
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Pompach P, Man P, Kavan D, Hofbauerová K, Kumar V, Bezouska K, Havlícek V, Novák P. Modified electrophoretic and digestion conditions allow a simplified mass spectrometric evaluation of disulfide bonds. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2009; 44:1571-1578. [PMID: 19551705 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Proper formation of disulfide bonds in proteins is a prerequisite to their stability and function. Information on disulfide pattern may therefore serve as an indication of the proper folding of recombinant proteins, and can also be used in protein homology modeling for the purpose of structure refinement. Protein handling and digestion at basic pH leads to disulfide bond scrambling. That is why the samples are usually treated and digested at low pH where no scrambling occurs. Unfortunately, the specific proteases used in protein research are active at high pH values. Here, we present a complete sample handling protocol, which allows processing of disulfide containing proteins at basic pH. We modified the standard SDS gel electrophoresis and protein digestion conditions by the addition of an oxidative agent, cystamine. This modification prevented disulfide scrambling, which we otherwise observed in the samples handled according to the general protocol. Lysozyme from hen egg was used as a model protein for the development of the method. We then applied our protocol to human leukocyte antigen CD69, for which the disulfide bonding is known, but only for its monomeric form. In addition, the disulfide arrangement was then 'de novo' identified in the recombinant murine leukocyte receptor NKR-P1A and in the larger glycosylated proteins beta-N-acetylhexosaminidases from Aspergillus oryzae and Penicillium oxalicum.
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- Petr Pompach
- Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Terme M, Mignot G, Ullrich E, Bonmort M, Minard-Colin V, Jacquet A, Schultze JL, Kroemer G, Leclerc C, Chaput N, Zitvogel L. The dendritic cell-like functions of IFN-producing killer dendritic cells reside in the CD11b+ subset and are licensed by tumor cells. Cancer Res 2009; 69:6590-7. [PMID: 19679551 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-4473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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IFN producing killer dendritic cells (IKDC) were originally defined as CD11c(int) B220(+)NK1.1(+) (or CD49b(+)) cells that exert a potent tumoricidal activity in animals lacking B, T, and conventional natural killer effectors. MHC class II expression on tumor infiltrating IKDC prompted us to investigate their putative antigen presenting function. Here, we show that tumor cells license IKDC to acquire the properties of antigen presenting cells, i.e., expression of MHC class II and costimulatory CD86 molecules. We show that the CD11b(+) subset of IKDC are able to prime naïve CD4(+) T cells and cross-prime naïve CD8(+) T lymphocytes. Licensing of IKDC by tumor cells was mandatory for the full differentiation of T cells into polarized effectors. IKDC could engulf and process soluble Ova protein in a CD206-dependent manner. Finally, we show that CD11b(+)IKDC is selectively endowed with CTLA4Ig-inhibitable antigen presenting capacities and that targeting this subset with the detoxified adenylate cyclase toxin of Bordetella pertussis fused to antigen resulted in efficient cross-presentation of antigen by IKDC to specific TCR transgenic CD8(+)T cells in vivo. Collectively, our data indicate that upon exposure to tumor cells, IKDC subserve DC-like functions.
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- Magali Terme
- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Villejuif, France
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Moore ML, Newcomb DC, Parekh VV, Van Kaer L, Collins RD, Zhou W, Goleniewska K, Chi MH, Mitchell D, Boyce JA, Durbin JE, Sturkie C, Peebles RS. STAT1 negatively regulates lung basophil IL-4 expression induced by respiratory syncytial virus infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:2016-26. [PMID: 19587017 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IL-4 contributes to immunopathology induced in mice by primary respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. However, the cellular source of IL-4 in RSV infection is unknown. We identified CD3(-)CD49b(+) cells as the predominant source of IL-4 in the lungs of RSV-infected BALB/c mice. We ruled out T cells, NK cells, NKT cells, mast cells, and eosinophils as IL-4 expressors in RSV infection by flow cytometry. Using IL4 GFP reporter mice (4get) mice, we identified the IL-4-expressing cells in RSV infection as basophils (CD3(-)CD49b(+)FcepsilonRI(+)c-kit(-)). Because STAT1(-/-) mice have an enhanced Th2-type response to RSV infection, we also sought to determine the cellular source and role of IL-4 in RSV-infected STAT1(-/-) mice. RSV infection resulted in significantly more IL-4-expressing CD3(-)CD49b(+) cells in the lungs of STAT1(-/-) mice than in BALB/c mice. CD49b(+)IL-4(+) cells sorted from the lungs of RSV-infected STAT1(-/-) mice and stained with Wright-Giemsa had basophil characteristics. As in wild-type BALB/c mice, IL-4 contributed to lung histopathology in RSV-infected STAT1(-/-) mice. Depletion of basophils in RSV-infected STAT1(-/-) mice reduced lung IL-4 expression. Thus, we show for the first time that a respiratory virus (RSV) induced basophil accumulation in vivo. Basophils were the primary source of IL-4 in the lung in RSV infection, and STAT1 was a negative regulator of virus-induced basophil IL-4 expression.
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- Martin L Moore
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN37232, USA
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Guimont-Desrochers F, Cappello ZJ, Chagnon M, McDuffie M, Lesage S. Cutting edge: genetic characterization of IFN-producing killer dendritic cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2009; 182:5193-7. [PMID: 19380763 PMCID: PMC2697453 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The combined phenotypic expression of CD11c(low)B220(+)CD122(+)DX5(+) has been used to define a novel cell type termed IFN-producing killer dendritic cells (IKDC). IKDC readily produce IFN-gamma and demonstrate spontaneous cytotoxic activity toward tumors, suggesting that a modulation of IKDC number may be beneficial in cancer treatment. We examined various mouse strains and found that IKDC number was highly variable between the different strains. A linkage analysis associated the distal arm of chromosome 7 with variations in IKDC number. The genetic contribution of chromosome 7 to the regulation of IKDC number was confirmed through the use of congenic mice. We further demonstrate that IKDC proportion is regulated by intrinsic hematopoietic factors. We discuss the role of various candidate genes in the regulation of this newly described cell type and its implication in therapy.
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- Fanny Guimont-Desrochers
- Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Montreal and Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Research Center
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- Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Univeristy of Montreal
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- Dept. of Microbiology, University of Virginia
- Dept. of Medicine, University of Virginia
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- Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Montreal and Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Research Center
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A subset of myeloid dendritic cells derived from peripheral blood monocytes represented a predominant subset characterized by their potential tumor-inhibiting activity. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2009; 45:398-404. [DOI: 10.1007/s11626-009-9187-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2008] [Accepted: 01/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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On the basis of experimental models and some human data, we can assume that tumor outgrowth results from the balance between immunosurveillance (the extrinsic tumor suppressor mechanisms) and immunosubversion dictated by transformed cells and/or the corrupted surrounding microenvironment. Cancer immunosurveillance relies mainly upon conventional lymphocytes exerting either lytic or secretory functions, whereas immunosubversion results from the activity of regulatory T or suppressor myeloid cells and soluble mediators. Although specific tools to target or ablate dendritic cells (DCs) became only recently available, accumulating evidence points to the critical role of the specialized DC system in dictating most of the conventional and regulatory functions of tumor-specific T lymphocytes. Although DC can be harnessed to silence tumor development, tumors in turn can exploit DC to evade immunity. Indeed, DCs harbor defects in their differentiation and stimulatory functions in cancer-bearing hosts and can actively promote T-cell tolerance to self-tumor antigens. In this review, we will focus on the dual role of DC during tumor progression and discuss pharmacoimmunological strategies to harness DC against cancer.
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Roux S, Apetoh L, Chalmin F, Ladoire S, Mignot G, Puig PE, Lauvau G, Zitvogel L, Martin F, Chauffert B, Yagita H, Solary E, Ghiringhelli F. CD4+CD25+ Tregs control the TRAIL-dependent cytotoxicity of tumor-infiltrating DCs in rodent models of colon cancer. J Clin Invest 2008; 118:3751-61. [PMID: 18830416 DOI: 10.1172/jci35890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2008] [Accepted: 08/20/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Tumors that progress do so via their ability to escape the antitumor immune response through several mechanisms, including developing ways to induce the differentiation and/or recruitment of CD4(+)CD25(+) Tregs. The Tregs, in turn, inhibit the cytotoxic function of T cells and NK cells, but whether they have an effect on the cytotoxic function of tumor-infiltrating DCs (TIDCs) has not been determined. Here we have shown, in 2 rodent models of colon cancer, that CD4(+)CD25(+) Tregs inhibit the ability of CD11b(+) TIDCs to mediate TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-induced (TRAIL-induced) tumor cell death. In both models of cancer, combination treatment with Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), which activates the innate immune system via TLR2, TLR4, and TLR9, and cyclophosphamide (CTX), which depletes Tregs, eradicated the tumors. Further analysis revealed that the treatment led to a marked increase in the number of CD11b(+) TIDCs that killed the tumor cells via a TRAIL-dependent mechanism. Furthermore, acquisition of TRAIL expression by the CD11b(+) TIDCs was induced by BCG and dependent on signaling through TLR2, TLR4, and TLR9. In vivo transfer of Tregs abrogated the ability of BCG to induce CD11b(+) TIDCs to express TRAIL and thereby nullified the efficacy of the CTX-BCG treatment. Our data have therefore delineated what we believe to be a novel mechanism by which Tregs inhibit the antitumor immune response.
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Wang J, Xing F. A novel cell subset: interferon-producing killer dendritic cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 51:671-5. [PMID: 18677594 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-008-0084-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2007] [Accepted: 05/16/2008] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Recent reports introduce a novel cell subset of DCs with antigenic phenotypes shared by both NK cells and B cells, but without surface markers of pDCs and T cells, appearing to be a chimera of NK cells and DCs, namely interferon-producing killer dendritic cells (IKDCs). IKDCs not only secret type I and type II interferons to recognize and kill tumor cells effectively, but also express MHC-II molecules to present antigens. Thus, IKDCs are considered as important immunosurveilance cells for tumors, providing a link between innate and adaptive immunity.
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- Jiongkun Wang
- Institute of Tissue Transplantation and Immunology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Chauvin C, Josien R. Dendritic cells as killers: mechanistic aspects and potential roles. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 181:11-6. [PMID: 18566364 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.1.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DC) are professional APC endowed with the unique capacity to activate naive T cells. DC also have important effector functions during the innate immune response, such as pathogen recognition and cytokine production. In fact, DC represent the crucial link between innate and adaptive immune responses. However, DC are quite heterogeneous and various subsets endowed with specific pathogen recognition mechanisms, locations, phenotypes, and functions have been described both in rodents and in humans. A series of studies indicated that rodent as well as human DC could also mediate another important innate function, i.e., cell-mediated cytotoxicity, mostly toward tumor cells. In this article, we will review the phenotypes of these so-called killer DC, their killing mechanism, and putative implication in the immune response.
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- Camille Chauvin
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 643, Nantes, France
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Shi J, Ikeda K, Maeda Y, Shinagawa K, Ohtsuka A, Yamamura H, Tanimoto M. Identification of CD123+ myeloid dendritic cells as an early-stage immature subset with strong tumoristatic potential. Cancer Lett 2008; 270:19-29. [PMID: 18555589 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.04.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2007] [Revised: 12/20/2007] [Accepted: 04/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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CD123 has been identified as a specific surface marker for plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs). However, CD123 has recently been shown to be expressed on freshly isolated or in vitro generated myeloid dendritic cells (MDCs). In this article, we investigated whether the expression of CD123 on monocyte-derived MDCs was related to their function, especially to tumor-inhibiting potential. MDCs were induced from cord blood CD14+ monocytes with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) for 7 days, and then CD123+ cells were isolated by positive immunomagnetic cell selection. We observed that CD123+ cells lost monocyte CD14 expression, acquired immature myeloid dendritic cell phenotype and morphology. They exerted more significant endocytosis and less antigen-presenting function than CD123(-)MDCs which are often referred to as typical MDCs. Meanwhile, CD123+ MDCs exhibited more significant tumor-inhibiting activity toward hematological tumor cell lines of U937 and Jurkat even at a low effector:target ratio. CD123+ MDCs expressed higher level of cytoplasmic TNF-alpha-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), but no detectable surface TRAIL and very little soluble TRAIL. Pretreatment with recombinant human TRAIL receptor 2:Fc fusion protein significantly reduced the tumor-inhibiting effect of CD123+ MDCs, but not of CD123(-) MDCs. Overall, our data demonstrated that CD123+ MDCs were an early-stage immature DC subset, with a significant tumor-inhibiting activity partially via involvement of enhanced cytoplasmic TRAIL.
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- Jun Shi
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama, Japan
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Bonmort M, Dalod M, Mignot G, Ullrich E, Chaput N, Zitvogel L. Killer dendritic cells: IKDC and the others. Curr Opin Immunol 2008; 20:558-65. [PMID: 18554881 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2008.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 04/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Tumors can regress as a result of invading myeloid and lymphoid cells that act in concert. Although the myeloid cells are widely recognized as antigen presenters and lymphoid cells as classical effectors, recent evidence revealed the capacity of dendritic cells (DC) to kill tumor cells. The functional concept of 'natural killer (NK) myeloid DC' is supported by mouse and human in vitro data that may be clinically relevant because human killer DC can contribute to tumor shrinking during topical therapy with toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists. Whether tumor killing by DC is a 'catalyzing' step for efficient crosspresentation and/or a promoting step for an immunogenic cell death pathway remains an open question. We also discuss how interferon-producing killer DC (IKDC) may participate in the control of tumor progression.
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Moghaddami M, Cleland LG, Radisic G, Mayrhofer G. Recruitment of dendritic cells and macrophages during T cell-mediated synovial inflammation. Arthritis Res Ther 2008; 9:R120. [PMID: 18028548 PMCID: PMC2246239 DOI: 10.1186/ar2328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2007] [Revised: 10/08/2007] [Accepted: 11/20/2007] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Adoptive transfer of adjuvant-induced arthritis was used in this study to examine local macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) during T cell-mediated synovial inflammation. We studied the influx of CD11b+CD11c+ putative myeloid DCs and other non-lymphoid CD45+ cells into synovium-rich tissues (SRTs) of the affected hind paws in response to a pulse of autoreactive thoracic duct cells. Cells were prepared from the SRTs using a collagenase perfusion-digestion technique, thus allowing enumeration and phenotypic analysis by flow cytometry. Numbers of CD45+ cells increased during the first 6 days, with increases in CD45+MHC (major histocompatibility complex) II+ monocyte-like cells from as early as day 3 after transfer. In contrast, typical MHC II- monocytes, mainly of the CD4- subset, did not increase until 12 to 14 days after cell transfer, coinciding with the main influx of polymorphonuclear cells. By day 14, CD45+MHC IIhi cells constituted approximately half of all CD45+ cells in SRT. Most of the MHC IIhi cells expressed CD11c and CD11b and represented putative myeloid DCs, whereas only approximately 20% were CD163+ macrophages. Less than 5% of the MHC IIhi cells in inflamed SRT were CD11b-, setting a maximum for any influx of plasmacytoid DCs. Of the putative myeloid DCs, a third expressed CD4 and both the CD4+ and the CD4- subsets expressed the co-stimulatory molecule CD172a. Early accumulation of MHC IIhiCD11c+ monocyte-like cells during the early phase of T cell-mediated inflammation, relative to typical MHC II- blood monocytes, suggests that recruited monocytes differentiate rapidly toward the DC lineage at this stage in the disease process. However, it is possible also that the MHC IIhiCD11c+ cells originate from a specific subset of DC-like circulating mononuclear cells.
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- Mahin Moghaddami
- Arthritis Research Laboratory, Hanson Research Institute, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Frome Road, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia.
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Reschner A, Hubert P, Delvenne P, Boniver J, Jacobs N. Innate lymphocyte and dendritic cell cross-talk: a key factor in the regulation of the immune response. Clin Exp Immunol 2008; 152:219-26. [PMID: 18336590 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03624.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells (DC) are specialized in the presentation of antigens and the initiation of specific immune responses. They have been involved recently in supporting innate immunity by interacting with various innate lymphocytes, such as natural killer (NK), NK T or T cell receptor (TCR)-gammadelta cells. The functional links between innate lymphocytes and DC have been investigated widely and different studies demonstrated that reciprocal activations follow on from NK/DC interactions. The cross-talk between innate cells and DC which leads to innate lymphocyte activation and DC maturation was found to be multi-directional, involving not only cell-cell contacts but also soluble factors. The final outcome of these cellular interactions may have a dramatic impact on the quality and strength of the down-stream immune responses, mainly in the context of early responses to tumour cells and infectious agents. Interestingly, DC, NK and TCR-gammadelta cells also share similar functions, such as antigen uptake and presentation, as well as cytotoxic and tumoricidal activity. In addition, NK and NK T cells have the ability to kill DC. This review will focus upon the different aspects of the cross-talk between DC and innate lymphocytes and its key role in all the steps of the immune response. These cellular interactions may be particularly critical in situations where immune surveillance requires efficient early innate responses.
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- A Reschner
- Department of Pathology, GIGA-GAMCA/I3, B35, University of Liege, CHU of Liège, B4000 Liege, Belgium
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Ciesek S, Liermann H, Hadem J, Greten T, Tillmann HL, Cornberg M, Aslan N, Manns MP, Wedemeyer H. Impaired TRAIL-dependent cytotoxicity of CD1c-positive dendritic cells in chronic hepatitis C virus infection. J Viral Hepat 2008; 15:200-11. [PMID: 18233993 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00930.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) play a central role in antiviral immunity. Conflicting data on DC function have been reported for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In addition to antigen presentation and cytokine secretion, a subset of human DCs displays direct cytotoxic activity. It has been suggested that measles virus and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may enhance cytotoxicity of DCs potentially leading to apoptosis of activated T cells and subsequent down-regulation of antiviral immune responses. We demonstrate that CD1c-positive myeloid DCs, but not BDCA-4-positive plasmacytoid DCs, are able to kill different target cells mainly via tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. The ability of CD1c+ DCs to lyze target cells was found to be completely impaired in patients with chronic hepatitis C (10 chronic HCV patients vs 10 healthy controls; P < 0.001) but not in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. Successful antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis C rescued the cytotoxicity of DCs. Myeloid DCs of HCV patients and healthy controls had a similar phenotype and endocytotic activity, however, the frequency of mDCs in the peripheral blood was lower (P = 0.004) and the allostimulatory function was weaker (P < 0.001) in chronic hepatitis C. Thus, in contrast to HIV and measles virus studies on monocyte-derived DCs, freshly isolated myeloid DCs of patients with hepatitis C do not show an increased but a completely abolished cytotoxic activity. The impaired DC cytotoxicity could represent a novel mechanism for the increased prevalence of autoimmunity in HCV infection.
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- S Ciesek
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Baba T, Iwasaki S, Maruoka T, Suzuki A, Tomaru U, Ikeda H, Yoshiki T, Kasahara M, Ishizu A. Rat CD4+CD8+Macrophages Kill Tumor Cells through an NKG2D- and Granzyme/Perforin-Dependent Mechanism. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:2999-3006. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.5.2999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Bode U, Lörchner M, Ahrendt M, Blessenohl M, Kalies K, Claus A, Overbeck S, Rink L, Pabst R. Dendritic cell subsets in lymph nodes are characterized by the specific draining area and influence the phenotype and fate of primed T cells. Immunology 2007; 123:480-90. [PMID: 18028375 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02713.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DC) are important in differential T-cell priming. Little is known about the local priming by DC in the microenvironment of different lymph nodes and about the fate of the imprinted T cells. Therefore, freshly isolated rat DC from mesenteric lymph nodes (mLN) and axillary lymph nodes (axLN) were phenotyped and cultured with blood T cells in the presence of the superantigen Mycoplasma arthritidis mitogen (MAM). The phenotype, proliferation and apoptosis of the primed T cells were analysed. Our data show that a common DC population exists in both mLN and axLN. In addition, region-specific DC with an organotypical marker expression imprinted by the drained area were found. Coculture of T cells with DC from mLN or axLN resulted in a distinct shift in the CD4 and CD8 expression of T cells and their phenotype. Furthermore, when these differentially primed mLN and axLN T cells were injected into recipients, mLN-primed T cells survived longer in other lymphoid organs. The results show that the region-specific DC have a unique phenotype and an impact on the ratio of CD4 : CD8 T cells during an immune response in vivo.
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- Ulrike Bode
- Functional and Applied Anatomy, Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
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Ullrich E, Bonmort M, Mignot G, Kroemer G, Zitvogel L. Tumor stress, cell death and the ensuing immune response. Cell Death Differ 2007; 15:21-8. [PMID: 17992190 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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A cornucopia of physiological and pathological circumstances including anticancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy can induce cell death. However, the immunological consequences of tumor cell demise have remained largely elusive. The paradigm opposing 'apoptosis versus necrosis' as to their respective immunogenicity does not currently hold to predict long-term immunity. Moreover, the notion that tumor cells may be 'stressed' before death to be recognized by immune cells deserves to be underlined. 'Eat-me', 'danger' and 'killing' signals released by stressed tumor under the pressure of cytotoxic compounds may serve as links between the chemotherapy-elicited response of tumor cells and subsequent immune responses. This review will summarize the state-of-the-art of cancer immunity and describe how tumor cell death dictates the links between innate and acquired immunity.
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- E Ullrich
- INSERM U805, Institut Gustave Roussy, Pavillon de Recherche 1, 39 rue Camille Desmoulins, Villejuif, France
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Caminschi I, Ahmet F, Heger K, Brady J, Nutt SL, Vremec D, Pietersz S, Lahoud MH, Schofield L, Hansen DS, O'Keeffe M, Smyth MJ, Bedoui S, Davey GM, Villadangos JA, Heath WR, Shortman K. Putative IKDCs are functionally and developmentally similar to natural killer cells, but not to dendritic cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 204:2579-90. [PMID: 17923506 PMCID: PMC2118479 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20071351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Interferon-producing killer dendritic cells (IKDCs) have been described as possessing the lytic potential of NK cells and the antigen-presenting capacity of dendritic cells (DCs). In this study, we examine the lytic function and antigen-presenting capacity of mouse spleen IKDCs, including those found in DC preparations. IKDCs efficiently killed NK cell targets, without requiring additional activation stimuli. However, in our hands, when exposed to protein antigen or to MHC class II peptide, IKDCs induced little or no T cell proliferation relative to conventional DCs or plasmacytoid DCs, either before or after activation with CpG, or in several disease models. Certain developmental features indicated that IKDCs resembled NK cells more than DCs. IKDCs, like NK cells, did not express the transcription factor PU.1 and were absent from recombinase activating gene-2–null, common γ-chain–null (Rag2−/−Il2rg−/−) mice. When cultured with IL-15 and -18, IKDCs proliferated extensively, like NK cells. Under these conditions, a proportion of expanded IKDCs and NK cells expressed high levels of surface MHC class II. However, even such MHC class II+ IKDCs and NK cells induced poor T cell proliferative responses compared with DCs. Thus, IKDCs resemble NK cells functionally, and neither cell type could be induced to be effective antigen-presenting cells.
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- Irina Caminschi
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, 3050, Australia.
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Nicolas A, Cathelin D, Larmonier N, Fraszczak J, Puig PE, Bouchot A, Bateman A, Solary E, Bonnotte B. Dendritic cells trigger tumor cell death by a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:812-8. [PMID: 17617571 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.2.812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are well known for their capacity to induce adaptive antitumor immune response through Ag presentation and tumor-specific T cell activation. Recent findings reveal that besides this role, DCs may display additional antitumor effects. In this study, we provide evidence that LPS- or IFN-gamma-activated rat bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) display killing properties against tumor cells. These cytotoxic BMDCs exhibit a mature DC phenotype, produce high amounts of IL-12, IL-6, and TNF-alpha, and retain their phagocytic properties. BMDC-mediated tumor cell killing requires cell-cell contact and depends on NO production, but not on perforin/granzyme or on death receptors. Furthermore, dead tumor cells do not exhibit characteristics of apoptosis. Thus, intratumoral LPS injections induce an increase of inducible NO synthase expression in tumor-infiltrating DCs associated with a significant arrest of tumor growth. Altogether, these results suggest that LPS-activated BMDCs represent powerful tumoricidal cells which enforce their potential as anticancer cellular vaccines.
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- Alexandra Nicolas
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unit Mixte de Recherche 866, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 100, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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Hubert P, Herman L, Maillard C, Caberg JH, Nikkels A, Pierard G, Foidart JM, Noel A, Boniver J, Delvenne P. Defensins induce the recruitment of dendritic cells in cervical human papillomavirus-associated (pre)neoplastic lesions formed in vitro and transplanted in vivo. FASEB J 2007; 21:2765-75. [PMID: 17470569 DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-7646com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In addition to their direct antimicrobial activity, defensins might also influence adaptive immunity by attracting immature dendritic cells (DC). As these cells have been shown to be deficient in uterine cervix carcinogenesis, we evaluated the ability of alpha-defensin (HNP-2, human neutrophil defensin 2) and beta-defensin (HbetaD2, human beta defensin 2) to stimulate their migration in human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated (pre)cancers. We first observed, using RT-PCR and immunohistology, that HbetaD2 is absent in HPV-transformed keratinocytes and that it is weakly expressed in cervical (pre)neoplastic lesions in comparison with normal keratinocytes. We next demonstrated that defensins exert a chemotactic activity for DC in a Boyden Chamber assay and stimulate their infiltration in an in vitro-formed (pre)neoplastic epithelium (organotypic culture of HPV-transformed keratinocytes). To evaluate the ability of defensins also to recruit DC in vivo, we developed a model of immunodeficient mice grafted with organotypic cultures of HPV+ keratinocytes, which form an epithelium similar to a high-grade neoplastic lesion, with tumoral invasion and neovascularization. Intravenously injected human DC were able to infiltrate grafts of HPV+ keratinocytes after administration of HNP-2 in the transplantation chamber. Taken together, these results suggest that defensins could reverse a frequent immune alteration observed in cancer development.
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- Pascale Hubert
- Department of Pathology B35, University Hospital of Liège, CHU Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
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Gao D, Mondal TK, Lawrence DA. Lead effects on development and function of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells promote Th2 immune responses. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2007; 222:69-79. [PMID: 17512567 PMCID: PMC2744586 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2007.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2007] [Revised: 04/02/2007] [Accepted: 04/03/2007] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Although lead (Pb) has significant effects on the development and function of macrophages, B cells, and T cells and has been suggested to promote allergic asthma in mice and humans, Pb modulation of bone marrow (BM)-derived dendritic cells (DCs) and the resultant DC effects on Th1 and Th2 development have not been examined. Accordingly, we cultured BM cells with murine granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (mGM-CSF)+/-PbCl(2). At day 10, culture supernatant (SN) and non-adherent cells were harvested for analysis. Additionally, day 10 non-adherent BM-DCs were harvested and recultured with mGM-CSF+LPS+/-Pb for 2 days. The day 10 Pb exposure significantly inhibited BM-DC generation, based on CD11c expression. Although fewer DCs were generated with Pb, the existing Pb-exposed DCs had significantly greater MHC-II expression than did the non-Pb-exposed DCs. However, these differences diminished upon LPS stimulation. After LPS stimulation, CD80, CD86, CD40, CD54, and MHC-II were all up-regulated on both Pb-DCs and DCs, but Pb-DCs expressed significantly less CD80 than did DCs. The CD86:CD80 ratio suggests a Pb-DC potential for Th2 cell development. After LPS stimulation, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12 (p70), and TNF-alpha levels significantly increased with both Pb-DCs and DCs, but Pb-DCs produced significantly less cytokines than did DCs, except for IL-10, which further supports Pb-DC preferential skewing toward type-2 immunity. In vitro studies confirm that Pb-DCs have the ability to polarize antigen-specific T cells to Th2 cells. Pb-DCs also enhanced allogeneic and autologous T cell proliferation in vitro, and in vivo studies suggested that Pb-DCs inhibited Th1 effects on humoral and cell-mediated immunity. The Pb effect was mainly on DCs, rather than on T cells, and Pb's modification of DC function appears to be the main cause of Pb's promotion of type-2-related immunity, which may relate to Pb's enhanced activation of the Erk/MAP kinase pathway.
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- Corresponding author: Dr. David A. Lawrence, Biggs Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201-0509, Phone: 518-402-5684, Fax: 518-474-1412,
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Chen L, Calomeni E, Wen J, Ozato K, Shen R, Gao JX. Natural killer dendritic cells are an intermediate of developing dendritic cells. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 81:1422-33. [PMID: 17332372 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1106674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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NK dendritic cells (DCs; NKDCs) appear to emerge as a distinct DC subset in humans and rodents, which have the functions of NK cells and DCs. However, the developmental relationship of NKDCs (CD11c(+)NK1.1(+)) to CD11c(+)NK1.1(-) DCs has not been addressed. Herein, we show that NKDCs exist exclusively in the compartment of CD11c(+)MHC II(-) cells in the steady state and express variable levels of DC subset markers, such as the IFN-producing killer DC marker B220, in a tissue-dependent manner. They can differentiate into NK1.1(-) DCs, which is accompanied by the up-regulation of MHC Class II molecules and down-regulation of NK1.1 upon adoptive transfer. However, NK cells (NK(+)CD11c(-)) did not differentiate into NK1.1(+)CD11c(+) cells upon adoptive transfer. Bone marrow-derived Ly6C(+) monocytes can be a potential progenitor of NKDCs, as some of them can differentiate into CD11c(+)NK1.1(+) as well as CD11c(+)NK1.1(-) cells in vivo. The steady-state NKDCs have a great capacity to lyse tumor cells but little capability to present antigens. Our studies suggest that NKDCs are an intermediate of developing DCs. These cells appear to bear the unique surface phenotype of CD11c(+)NK1.1(+)MHC II(-) and possess strong cytotoxic function yet show a poor ability to present antigen in the steady state. These findings suggest that NKDCs may play a critical role in linking innate and adaptive immunity.
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- Li Chen
- Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, 129 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Ghiringhelli F, Apetoh L, Housseau F, Kroemer G, Zitvogel L. Links between innate and cognate tumor immunity. Curr Opin Immunol 2007; 19:224-31. [PMID: 17303400 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2007.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2006] [Accepted: 02/01/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cancer results from a tumor cell intrinsic dysregulation of oncogenes, tumor suppressor and stability genes as well as from the avoidance of immunosurveillance. A complex network of cellular interactions allows one to mount cognate anti-tumor immune responses. Recently, discoveries have been made regarding the links between innate and cognate antitumor immunity eliciting protective T-cell responses. The intricate differentiation pathway, whereby dendritic cells can efficiently mature in the tumor microenvironment, appears crucial for the priming of T cells. Transformed cells might deliver danger signals directly to the dendritic cell. Alternatively, other cell types belonging to the innate immune system can sense transformed cells through a specific set of receptors and then interact with dendritic cells to modulate their activation state. A novel subset of innate effector cells called interferon-producing killer dendritic cells are multitasking chimeras that can recognize and kill transformed cells, and undergo a maturation state of antigen presentation. Also, evidence has been produced suggesting that cell death promoted by conventional chemotherapy or radiotherapy might elicit interactions between the innate and the cognate immune system that result in anti-tumor immune responses.
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- François Ghiringhelli
- U805 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Institut Gustave Roussy, 39 rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif Cedex, France
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Accumulating data suggest a potential for substantial overlap in phenotypic and functional characteristics between natural killer and dendritic cells. Thus, their identification, lineage commitment, and in vivo relevance may need a closer look.
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- Hergen Spits
- Department of Immunology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
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Chang SR, Wang KJ, Lu YF, Yang LJ, Chen WJ, Lin YH, Chang HH, Wang SL. Characterization of early gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) expression during murine listeriosis: identification of NK1.1+ CD11c+ cells as the primary IFN-gamma-expressing cells. Infect Immun 2006; 75:1167-76. [PMID: 17158904 PMCID: PMC1828594 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01026-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Though it is well established that gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) is crucial to the early innate defense of murine listeriosis, its sources remain controversial. In this study, intracellular cytokine staining of IFN-gamma-expressing splenocytes early after Listeria monocytogenes infection revealed that NK1.1(+), CD11c(+), CD8(+) T, and CD4(+) T cells expressed IFN-gamma 24 h after infection. Contrary to the previous report, most IFN-gamma(+) dendritic cells (DC) were CD8alpha(-) DC. Unexpectedly, almost all CD11c(+) IFN-gamma-expressing cells also expressed NK1.1. These NK1.1(+) CD11c(+) cells represented primary IFN-gamma-expressing cells after infection. In situ studies showed these NK1.1(+) CD11c(+) cells were recruited to the borders of infectious foci and expressed IFN-gamma. A significant NK1.1(+) CD11c(+) population was found in uninfected spleen, lymph node, blood, and bone marrow cells. And its number increased significantly in spleen, lymph node, and bone marrow after L. monocytogenes infection. Using interleukin-12 (IL-12) p40(-/-) mice, IFN-gamma expression was found to be largely IL-12 p40 dependent, and the number of IFN-gamma-expressing cells was only about one-third of that of wild-type mice. Moreover, the IFN-gamma expression was absolutely dependent on live L. monocytogenes infection, as no IFN-gamma was detected after inoculation of heat-killed L. monocytogenes. Our findings not only provide an insight into IFN-gamma expression after in vivo infection but may also change the current perceptions of DC and natural killer cells.
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- Shu-Rung Chang
- Department of Public Health, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan
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Innate immunity was believed originally to serve simply as the first-line defense against infection and malignancy, with adaptive immunity imposing specificity and ensuring that appropriate responses are mounted against chronic or reoccurring challenges. In this model of immunity, innate and adaptive immune responses are sequential, essentially non-overlapping, and interactions between components of each response limited or non-existent. Over the last 5 years, it has become increasingly evident that interactions between elements of the innate and adaptive immune systems are common. Indeed, it is now clear that the generation and maintenance of effective immunity require an extensive array of interactions between multiple components of the immune system. This review discusses recent advances in this area with particular emphasis on the role of natural killer cells in shaping the adaptive immune response to viral infection.
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- Christopher E Andoniou
- Immunology and Virology Program, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, the University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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Vremec D, O'Keeffe M, Hochrein H, Fuchsberger M, Caminschi I, Lahoud M, Shortman K. Production of interferons by dendritic cells, plasmacytoid cells, natural killer cells, and interferon-producing killer dendritic cells. Blood 2006; 109:1165-73. [PMID: 17038535 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-05-015354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The capacity of mouse spleen conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) to produce interferon-γ (IFN-γ) or IFN-α was assessed, and compared with that of natural killer (NK) cells and the recently identified interferon-producing killer dendritic cells (IKDCs), both of which are frequent contaminants in DC preparations. Fully developed cDCs or pDCs, if free of NK cells or IKDCs, showed little capacity for IFN-γ production. However, an early developmental form of the CD4−8+ cDC subtype, and the Ly6C− Ly49Q− pDC subtype, both were able to produce moderate amounts of IFN-γ, although less than IKDCs. In response to toll-like receptor 9 stimuli, both the Ly6C+ Ly49Q+ and the Ly6C− Ly49Q− pDC subtypes were effective producers of IFN-α. However, IKDCs, which efficiently produced IFN-γ and showed immediate cytotoxicity on NK target cells, did not produce IFN-α un-der these conditions.
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- David Vremec
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Pêche H, Renaudin K, Beriou G, Merieau E, Amigorena S, Cuturi MC. Induction of tolerance by exosomes and short-term immunosuppression in a fully MHC-mismatched rat cardiac allograft model. Am J Transplant 2006; 6:1541-50. [PMID: 16827854 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01344.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Exosomes are MHC-bearing vesicles secreted by a wide array of cells. We have previously shown that donor-haplotype exosomes from bone marrow dendritic cells (DCs) injected before transplantation significantly prolong heart allograft survival in congenic and fully MHC-mismatched Lewis rats. Here we show that donor exosomes administered after transplantation are similarly able to prolong allograft survival, however, without inducing tolerance. We therefore tested the effect of exosomes combined with short-term LF 15-0195 (LF) treatment, which blocks the maturation of DCs, so that donor-MHC antigens from exosomes could be presented in a more tolerogenic environment. LF treatment does not preclude the development of a strong antidonor cellular response, and while LF, but not exosome, treatment inhibits the antidonor humoral response and decreases leukocyte graft infiltration, allografts from LF-treated recipients were either acutely or strongly chronically rejected. Interestingly, when combined with LF treatment, exosomes induced a donor-specific allograft tolerance characterized by a strong inhibition of the antidonor proliferative response. This donor-specific tolerance was transferable to naïve allograft recipients. Moreover, exosomes/LF treatment prevented or considerably delayed the appearance of chronic rejection. These results suggest that under LF treatment, presentation of donor-MHC antigens (from exosomes) can induce regulatory responses that are able to modulate allograft rejection and to induce donor-specific allograft tolerance.
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- H Pêche
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unit 643 and Institut de Transplantation et de Recherche en Transplantation (ITERT), Nantes, Cedex 1 France.
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- Mark J Smyth
- Cancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Bogdan C, Schleicher U. Production of interferon-gamma by myeloid cells--fact or fancy? Trends Immunol 2006; 27:282-90. [PMID: 16698319 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2006.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2006] [Revised: 03/17/2006] [Accepted: 04/20/2006] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Myeloid cells are usually viewed as targets rather than producers of interferon (IFN)-gamma. However, since 1993 several studies have suggested that macrophages and dendritic cells can also secrete IFN-gamma in response to various stimuli, which led to the idea of autocrine myeloid-cell activation in innate immunity. Here, we review this concept in the light of recent findings that illustrate the necessity of specific cell markers, cell purity, sensitive single-cell cytokine detection methods, and of further insights into the developmental origin of myeloid and lymphoid cell lineages. We also discuss the possible function of intracellular IFN-gamma in macrophages and the evidence for a protective role of myeloid IFN-gamma in vivo.
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- Christian Bogdan
- Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 11, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Chaudhry UI, Katz SC, Kingham TP, Pillarisetty VG, Raab JR, Shah AB, DeMatteo RP. In vivo
overexpression of Flt3 ligand expands and activates murine spleen natural killer dendritic cells. FASEB J 2006; 20:982-4. [PMID: 16571772 DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-5411fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Natural killer dendritic cells (NKDC) are a unique class of murine immune cells that possess the characteristics of both natural killer (NK) cells and dendritic cells (DC). Because NKDC are able to secrete IFN-gamma, directly lyse tumor cells, and present antigen to naïve T cells, they have immunotherapeutic potential. The relative paucity of NKDC, however, impedes their detailed study. We have found that in vivo, overexpression of the hematopoietic cytokine Flt3 ligand (Flt3L) expands NKDC in various organs from 2-18 fold. Flt3L expanded splenic NKDC retain the ability to lyse tumor cells and become considerably more potent at activating naïve allogeneic and antigen-specific T cells. Compared to normal splenic NKDC, Flt3L-expanded splenic NKDC have a more mature phenotype, a slightly increased ability to capture and process antigen, and a similar cytokine profile. In vivo, we found that Flt3L-expanded splenic NKDC are more effective than normal splenic NKDC in stimulating antigen-specific CD8 T cells. Additionally, we show that NKDC are able to cross-present antigen in vivo. The ability to expand NKDC in vivo using Flt3L will facilitate further analysis of their unique biology. Moreover, Flt3L-expanded NKDC may have enhanced immunotherapeutic potential, given their increased ability to stimulate T cells.
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- Umer I Chaudhry
- Hepatobiliary Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Box 203, 1275 York Ave., New York, New York 10021, USA
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Pozo D, Valés-Gómez M, Mavaddat N, Williamson SC, Chisholm SE, Reyburn H. CD161 (Human NKR-P1A) Signaling in NK Cells Involves the Activation of Acid Sphingomyelinase. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:2397-406. [PMID: 16455998 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.4.2397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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NK and NKT cells play a major role in both innate immunity and in influencing the development of adaptive immune responses. CD161 (human NKR-P1A), a protein encoded in the NK gene complex, is a major phenotypic marker of both these cell types and is thought to be involved in the regulation of NK and NKT cell function. However, the mechanisms of action and signaling pathways of CD161 are poorly understood. To identify molecules able to interact with the cytoplasmic tail of human CD161 (NKR-P1A), we have conducted a yeast two-hybrid screen and identified acid sphingomyelinase as a novel intracellular signaling pathway linked to CD161. mAb-mediated cross-linking of CD161, in both transfectants and primary human NK cells, triggers the activation of acid, but not neutral sphingomyelinase. The sphingomyelinases represent the catabolic pathway for N-acyl-sphingosine (ceramide) generation, an emerging second messenger with key roles in the induction of apoptosis, proliferation, and differentiation. These data therefore define a novel signal transduction pathway for the CD161 (NKR-P1A) receptor and provide fresh insights into NK and NKT cell biology.
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- David Pozo
- Immunology Division, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK
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