scholarly journals Mast cells acquire MHCII from dendritic cells during skin inflammation

2017 ◽  
Vol 214 (12) ◽  
pp. 3791-3811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Dudeck ◽  
Anna Medyukhina ◽  
Julia Fröbel ◽  
Carl-Magnus Svensson ◽  
Johanna Kotrba ◽  
...  

Mast cells (MCs) and dendritic cells (DCs) are essential innate sentinels populating host-environment interfaces. Using longitudinal intravital multiphoton microscopy of DCGFP/MCRFP reporter mice, we herein provide in vivo evidence that migratory DCs execute targeted cell-to-cell interactions with stationary MCs before leaving the inflamed skin to draining lymph nodes. During initial stages of skin inflammation, DCs dynamically scan MCs, whereas at a later stage, long-lasting interactions predominate. These innate-to-innate synapse-like contacts ultimately culminate in DC-to-MC molecule transfers including major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII) proteins enabling subsequent ex vivo priming of allogeneic T cells with a specific cytokine signature. The extent of MHCII transfer to MCs correlates with their T cell priming efficiency. Importantly, preventing the cross talk by preceding DC depletion decreases MC antigen presenting capacity and T cell–driven inflammation. Consequently, we identify an innate intercellular communication arming resident MCs with key DC functions that might contribute to the acute defense potential during critical periods of migration-based DC absence.

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (0) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Szczygieł ◽  
Elżbieta Pajtasz-Piasecka

Dendritic cells (DCs), as a link between innate and adaptive immunity, play a pivotal role in maintaining homeostasis of the immune system. The DC population is characterized by heterogeneity; it consists of many subpopulations which, despite their phenotypic and localization differences, play an essential function – they are professional antigen presenting cells. Due to their role, DCs can be utilized in a new cancer treatment strategy. Their main purpose is to generate an anticancer response leading to the elimination of cancer cells. The tumor microenvironment, abundant in immunosuppressive factors (e.g. IL-10, TGF-β, Arg1, IDO), impairs the proper function of DCs. For this reason, various strategies are necessary for ex vivo preparation of DC-based vaccines and for the support of in vivo DCs to fight against tumors. DC-based vaccines are combined with other forms of immunotherapy (e.g. blockade of immune checkpoint molecules, e.g. PD-1 or CTLA-4) or conventional types of therapies (e.g. chemotherapy). Despite the enormous progress that has been made in anticancer therapy in the past two decades, there are still many unresolved issues regarding the effectiveness of the DCs usage. In this paper we described, in both a mouse and a human subject, a series of DC subpopulations, differentiating in normal conditions or under the influence of cancer microenvironment. We listed factors affecting the quality of the in vivo and ex vivo generations of antitumoral responses, significant from a therapeutic point of view. Moreover, the most important strategies for the use of DCs in anticancer therapies, as well as further developments on this field, have been discussed.


F1000Research ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1909 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Branch Moody ◽  
Sara Suliman

The human cluster of differentiation (CD)1 system for antigen display is comprised of four types of antigen-presenting molecules, each with a distinct functional niche: CD1a, CD1b, CD1c, and CD1d. Whereas CD1 proteins were thought solely to influence T-cell responses through display of amphipathic lipids, recent studies emphasize the role of direct contacts between the T-cell receptor and CD1 itself. Moving from molecules to diseases, new research approaches emphasize human CD1-transgenic mouse models and the study of human polyclonal T cells in vivo or ex vivo in disease states. Whereas the high genetic diversity of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-encoded antigen-presenting molecules provides a major hurdle for designing antigens that activate T cells in all humans, the simple population genetics of the CD1 system offers the prospect of discovering or designing broadly acting immunomodulatory agents.


2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 544-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald R. Drake ◽  
Mandy L. Shawver ◽  
Annette Hadley ◽  
Eric Butz ◽  
Charles Maliszewski ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Dendritic cells are pivotal antigen-presenting cells for generating adaptive T-cell responses. Here, we show that dendritic cells belonging to either the myeloid-related or lymphoid-related subset are permissive for infection by mouse polyomavirus and, when loaded with a peptide corresponding to the immunodominant anti-polyomavirus CD8+T-cell epitope or infected by polyomavirus, are each capable of driving expansion of primary polyomavirus-specific CD8+ T-cell responses in vivo.


1992 ◽  
Vol 175 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Bhardwaj ◽  
S M Friedman ◽  
B C Cole ◽  
A J Nisanian

Dendritic cells are a small subset of human blood mononuclear cells that are potent stimulators of several T cell functions. Here we show they are 10-50-fold more potent than monocytes or B cells in inducing T cell responses to a panel of superantigens. Furthermore, dendritic cells can present femtomolar concentrations of superantigen to T cells even at numbers where other antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are inactive. Although dendritic cells express very high levels of the major histocompatibility complex products that are required to present superantigens, it is only necessary to pulse these APCs for 1 hour with picomolar levels of one superantigen, staphylococcal enterotoxin B, to maximally activate T cells. Our results suggest that very small amounts of superantigen will be immunogenic in vivo if presented on dendritic cells.


2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumyabrata Roy ◽  
Shyamal Goswami ◽  
Anamika Bose ◽  
Krishnendu Chakraborty ◽  
Smarajit Pal ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTMyeloid-derived dendritic cells (DCs) generated from monocytes obtained from stage IIIB cervical cancer (CaCx IIIB) patients show dysfunctional maturation; thus, antitumor T cell functions are dysregulated. In an objective to optimize these dysregulated immune functions, the present study is focused on the ability of neem leaf glycoprotein (NLGP), a nontoxic preparation of the neem leaf, to induce optimum maturation of dendritic cells from CaCx IIIB patients.In vitroNLGP treatment of immature DCs (iDCs) obtained from CaCx IIIB patients results in upregulated expression of various cell surface markers (CD40, CD83, CD80, CD86, and HLA-ABC), which indicates DC maturation. Consequently, NLGP-matured DCs displayed balanced cytokine secretions, with type 1 bias and noteworthy functional properties. These DCs displayed substantial T cell allostimulatory capacity and promoted the generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). Although NLGP-matured DCs derived from CaCx monocytes are generally subdued compared to those with a healthy monocyte origin, considerable revival of the suppressed DC-based immune functions is notedin vitroat a fairly advanced stage of CaCx, and thus, further exploration ofex vivoandin vivoDC-based vaccines is proposed. Moreover, the DC maturating efficacy of NLGP might be much more effective in the earlier stages of CaCx, where the extent of immune dysregulation is less and, thus, the scope of further investigation may be explored.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganapathy Sriram ◽  
Lauren Milling ◽  
Jung-Kuei Chen ◽  
Wuhbet Abraham ◽  
Erika D. Handly ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTInhibition of immune checkpoints has shown promising results in the treatment of certain tumor types. However, the majority of cancers do not respond to immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) treatment, indicating the need to identify additional modalities that enhance the response to immune checkpoint blockade. In this study, we identified a tumor-tailored approach using ex-vivo DNA damaging chemotherapy-treated tumor cells as a live injured cell adjuvant. Using an optimized ex vivo system for dendritic cell-mediated T-cell IFN-γ induction in response to DNA-damaged tumor cells, we identified specific dose-dependent treatments with etoposide and mitoxantrone that markedly enhance IFN-γ production by T-cells. Unexpectedly, the immune-enhancing effects of DNA damage failed to correlate with known markers of immunogenic cell death or with the extent of apoptosis or necroptosis. Furthermore, dead tumor cells alone were not sufficient to promote DC cross-presentation and induce IFN-γ in T-cells. Instead, the enhanced immunogenicity resided in the fraction of injured cells that remained alive, and required signaling through the RIPK1, NF-kB and p38MAPK pathways. Direct in vivo translation of these findings was accomplished by intra-tumoral injection of ex vivo etoposide-treated tumor cells as an injured cell adjuvant, in combination with systemic anti-PD1/CTLA4 antibodies. This resulted in increased intra-tumoral CD103+ dendritic cells and circulating tumor antigen-specific CD8+ T-cells, leading to enhanced anti-tumor immune responses and improved survival. The effect was abrogated in BATF3-deficient mice indicating that BATF3+ DCs are required for appropriate T-cell stimulation by live but injured DNA-damaged tumor cells. Notably, injection of the free DNA-damaging drug directly into the tumor failed to elicit such an enhanced anti-tumor response as a consequence of simultaneous damage to dendritic cells and T-cells. Finally, the DNA damage induced injured cell adjuvant and systemic ICI combination, but not ICI alone, induced complete tumor regression in a subset of mice who were then able to reject tumor re-challenge, indicating induction of a long-lasting anti-tumor immunological memory by the injured cell adjuvant treatment in vivo.


2005 ◽  
Vol 167 (5) ◽  
pp. 1321-1331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph H. Schimmelpfennig ◽  
Stephan Schulz ◽  
Caroline Arber ◽  
Jeanette Baker ◽  
Ingo Tarner ◽  
...  

1993 ◽  
Vol 178 (6) ◽  
pp. 1893-1901 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Paglia ◽  
G Girolomoni ◽  
F Robbiati ◽  
F Granucci ◽  
P Ricciardi-Castagnoli

Dendritic cells (DC) can provide all the known costimulatory signals required for activation of unprimed T cells and are the most efficient and perhaps the critical antigen presenting cells in the induction of primary T cell-mediated immune responses. It is now shown that mouse cell lines with many of the features of DC can be generated using the MIB phi 2-N11 retroviral vector transducing a novel envAKR-mycMH2 fusion gene. The immortalized dendritic cell line (CB1) displays most of the morphologic, immunophenotypic, and functional attributes of DC, including constitutive expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules, costimulatory molecules B7/BB1, heat stable antigen, intracellular adhesion molecule 1, and efficient antigen-presenting ability. Granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) proved to be effective in increasing MHC class II molecule expression and in enhancing presentation of native protein antigens. In comparison with macrophages, CB1 dendritic cells did not exhibit phagocytic and chemotactic activity in response to various stimuli and lipopolysaccharide activation was ineffective in inducing tumor necrosis factor alpha or interleukin 1 beta production. CB1 cells, pulsed with haptens in vitro and injected into naive mice were able to induce delayed-type hypersensitivity responses, further increased with pretreatment with GM-CSF, indicating that these cells may represent an immature, rather than a mature DC. The ability of CB1 to prime T cells in vivo could provide a tool to design novel immunization strategies.


Blood ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 2033-2033
Author(s):  
Hilit Levy-Barazany ◽  
Liat Pinkas ◽  
Galina Rodionov ◽  
Nitzan Marelly ◽  
Michal Tzadok ◽  
...  

Abstract Graft versus host disease (GvHD) proceeds to be the Achilles' heel of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, with clinicians continue facing a classic conflict: too much GvHD and the patient is at risk for transplant-related mortality and decreased quality of life; too little GvHD and the patient is at increased risk of relapse of their malignant disease. T cells and antigen presenting cells (APCs) are major components of the hematopoietic G-CSF mobilized peripheral blood cells (PBCs) graft. While GvHD is T cell mediated, the APCs are required for the initiation and maintenance of the GvHD. To reduce the risk for GvHD, grafts are sometimes depleted of their T cells, however, while preventing GvHD, the critically important attributes of graft versus leukemia (GvL) effect and engraftment are reduced significantly. Novel strategies that aim to abrogate or ameliorate GvHD, while preserving engraftment and GvL are of great need. A short incubation (2hr) of G-CSF mobilized PBCs with multimeric Fas ligand (i.e. ApoGraft) selectively induces apoptosis in T cell subsets and APCs (Panels A and B), but not in CD34+ progenitor cells (data not shown). FasL treatment preferentially induces apoptosis in mature T cell subsets which express high levels of Fas (CD95), such as T stem cell memory (TSCM), T central memory (TCM), and T effector memory (TEM) cells, as well as the pro-inflammatory T cell subtypes TH1 and TH17 cells, while no apoptotic signal is detected in the non-expressing CD95 naïve T cells (Panel A). The expression of T cells and APCs activation markers; CD25 and HLA-DR, respectively, is significantly reduced following apoptotic challenge in vitro (Panel C), as well as in transplanted mice (data not shown). Furthermore, upon an activation stimulus with anti CD3/CD28 beads in vitro, ApoGraft derived T cells secrete lower levels of IFN-γ, than G-CSF mobilized PBCs derived T cells (Panel D). To gain deeper understanding of the kinetics of GvHD development in vivo, NSG mice were transplanted with ApoGraft or G-CSF mobilized PBCs. Homing, expansion and differentiation of human leukocytes subtypes within the mice bone marrow, spleen and blood, were monitored 3, 7 and 14 days post transplantation. Decreased levels of T and B cells infiltration and expansion were detected in the spleen (Panels E and F), suggesting reduced formation of allo-reactive T cell clones. Reduced proliferation of these cells was associated with lower levels of IFN-γ secreted to the plasma (Panel H) and was in correlation with reduced GvHD and prolonged survival of the ApoGraft transplanted mice (Panel G). Importantly, we have previously demonstrated both in-vitro and in-vivo that ApoGraft has similar GvL and stem cell engraftment capabilities, compared to control G-CSF mobilized PBCs (data not shown). In conclusion, in contrast to conventional T- cell depletion methods, ApoGraft, an ex-vivo FasL-treated graft, affects both the T-cells and APCs, leading to reduced GvHD, while maintaining GvL and engraftment potential (Panel I). ApoGraft is currently being evaluated in a Phase I/II clinical trial (NCT02828878) in subjects with hematologic malignancies undergoing matched related allo-HSCT. Figure. Figure. Disclosures Levy-Barazany: Cellect Biotherapeutics Ltd: Employment. Pinkas:Cellect Biotherapeutics Ltd: Employment. Rodionov:Cellect Biotherapeutics Ltd: Employment. Marelly:Cellect Biotherapeutics Ltd: Employment. Tzadok:Cellect Biotherapeutics Ltd: Employment. Bakimer:Cellect Biotherapeutics Ltd: Employment. Yarkoni:Cellect Biotherapeutics Ltd: Employment. Peled:Cellect Biotherapeutics Ltd: Consultancy. Zuckerman:Cellect Biotherapeutics Ltd: Consultancy.


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