Latchumanan VK, Singh B, Sharma P, Natarajan K. Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens induce the differentiation of dendritic cells from bone marrow.
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002;
169:6856-64. [PMID:
12471118 DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.169.12.6856]
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Abstract
We show in this study that incubation of freshly isolated bone marrow cells with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) secretory Ag (MTSA), in the absence of any growth or differentiation-inducing factor, differentiates them into dendritic cell (DC)-like APCs. These DCs expressed moderate to high levels of various markers typical of DCs. These included T cell costimulatory molecules CD80, CD86, CD40, and CD54 and high levels of surface MHC class I and II on CD11c(+) cells. The levels and the kinetics of up-regulation of these molecules were comparable with those of GM-CSF-differentiated DCs. Furthermore, these DCs exhibited morphology characteristics to DCs like the presence of dendritic processes. These DCs were also potent stimulators of allogeneic T cells and preferentially induced the secretion of IFN-gamma over IL-10 from the interacting T cells. Interestingly, the differentiation of bone marrow cells into DC-like APCs was obtained with many other M. tb Ags, including whole cell extract of M. tb. Further characterization of MTSA-differentiated DCs showed that they were immature in nature, as stimulation of these DCs with TNF-alpha, anti-CD40, or LPS further up-regulated the surface levels of various molecules together with an increase in their T cell stimulatory capacity. The Ag-specific T cell responses of MTSA-differentiated DCs were mainly contributed by the CD4(+) subset, indicating that MTSA was largely MHC II restricted. Furthermore, stimulation of bone marrow cells with MTSA induced the nuclear translocation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB, thereby indicating its role during MTSA-induced differentiation of DCs.
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