scholarly journals Lymphocyte reactivity in rheumatoid arthritis. Mixed lymphocyte culture.

1975 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
E M Caperton ◽  
D R Baker ◽  
R A King
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Mixed Lymphocyte Culture ◽  
Lymphocyte Culture ◽  
Lymphocyte Reactivity

scholarly journals POS0673 TOLEROGENIC DENDRITIC CELLS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS: NEWS AND PROMISES

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 581.2-581
Author(s):  
Y. Kurochkina ◽  
E. Chernykh ◽  
A. Sizikov
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
T Cells ◽  
Dendritic Cells ◽  
Mixed Lymphocyte Culture ◽  
Lymphocyte Culture ◽  
Moderate Activity ◽  
Blood Monocytes ◽  
Gm Csf ◽  
Hla Dr ◽  
Enhanced Expression

Background:Dendritic cells (DCs) are known to contribute to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) through presentation of cartilage glycoprotein, production of proinflammatory cytokines and activation of Th1/Th17 responses. Along with stimulating activity, DCs may exhibit suppressive functions via capacity to induce T cell apoptosis/anergy and to generate regulatory T cells. Since these DCs have potential to control autoreactive T-lymphocytes, the enhancing of tolerogenic properties of DCs seems to be a new important strategy in treatment of RA. Dexamethasone is widely used in clinical practice and can be used as a tolerogenic substance. Therefore, the properties of DCs generated in presence of dexamethasone are of great clinical interests.Objectives:The aim of our study is to describe the properties of tolerogenic DCs, generated with dexamethasone in patients with RA and their influence on autologous T-cells.Methods:Sixty five patients with RA with high and moderate activity of disease were recruited in this study. All patients follow ACR/EULAR criteria (2010). All studies were performed after receiving informed consent. All patients received conventional synthetic DMARDs. DCs were generated from blood monocytes culturing for 5 days with GM-CSF and IFN-α in the presence dexamethasone (dexDCS), applied on third day. LPS as maturation stimuli was added on fourth day. The expression of CD14, CD83, HLA-DR, TLR-2 on the surface of DCs was measured by flow cytometry. The functions of DCs were evaluated by measuring cytokine production and DCs allostimulatory activity in mixed lymphocyte culture. Mature DCs generated in absence of dexamethasone used as control.Results:We revealed that dexDCs are characterized by enhanced expression of CD14+cells and decreased number of CD83+cells but percent of HLA-DR+cells were constant (about 85). DexDCs show high expression of TLR-2 is seen as tolerogenic molecule (75%vs51%, p=0.05 compared to control). DexDCs also have marked prominent increase of TNFα/IL-10 ratio in contrast to control (0.59 vs 1.8, p=0.03). DexDCs suppressed proliferation of allogenic T-cells (2005 vs 7980 cpm, p=0.0002). To assess the stability of the DC in the proinfflamatory micro-environment after assessing stimulatory activity dexDCs were then cultivated with LPS and allostimulatory activity were evaluated one more. The stimulation activity dexDCs after incubation with LPS were not increase (4692 vs 6053 cpm, p=0.7). Also earlier we showed possibility of dexDCs induse apoptosis of autologous T-cells, activation of CD4+IL10+Tr1 and possession of antigen-specific suppression.Conclusion:The data obtained indicate that dexDCs from RA patients have the main tolerogenic features and stable in inflammatory environment that proves their potential in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.Disclosure of Interests:None declared

scholarly journals MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTIVITY AGAINST NORMAL CELLS BY SPLENIC LYMPHOCYTES FROM TUMOR-BEARING MICE

1974 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 224-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Devlin ◽  
J. D. McCurdy ◽  
P. E. Baronowsky
Keyword(s):  
Parental Strain ◽  
Mixed Lymphocyte Culture ◽  
Lymphocyte Culture ◽  
Spleen Cells ◽  
Tumor Bearing ◽  
Normal Spleen ◽  
Immune Attack ◽  
Transplantable Leukemia ◽  
Cellular Immune ◽  
Lymphocyte Reactivity

The establishment of an intimate connection between autoimmunity and neoplasia would require the demonstration of an experimentally induced, tumor-dependent autoimmune process. For this reason, we have studied cellular immune reactions of mice bearing a transplantable leukemia (L1210). Spleen cells from hybrid BDF1 mice bearing the L1210 tumor (BDFt) reacted vigorously in mixed lymphocyte culture with mitomycin-treated, normal spleen cells from mice of the parental strain from which the L1210 tumor was derived (DBA/2). Spleen cells from nontumor-bearing BDF1 mice reacted only weakly with these parental cells. The BDFt cells likewise did not respond when cultured with mitomycin-treated spleen cells from the other parental strain (C57B1/6). The vigorous mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) by BDFt cells against normal parental cells of the same strain as the tumor was not due to a double exposure of the reacting cells to histocompatibility antigens shared by tumor cells and normal parental cells. The response of cells from tumor-bearing F1 mice against normal parental cells seen in these experiments suggests the possibility of the induction of an autoimmune-like process against host lymphocytes by spleen cells from leukemic mice. Theoretically such a phenomenon would considerably reduce an animal's ability to mount an immune attack against malignant cells.

scholarly journals Coupled complementation of immune response genes controlling responsiveness to the H-2.2 alloantigen.

1977 ◽  
Vol 146 (2) ◽  
pp. 571-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
M E Dorf ◽  
J H Stimpfling
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Immune Responses ◽  
Humoral Response ◽  
Mixed Lymphocyte Culture ◽  
Lymphocyte Culture ◽  
F1 Hybrids ◽  
Gene Control ◽  
Low Responder ◽  
Resistant Strains ◽  
High Level

The ability of various B10 congenic resistant strains to respond to the alloantigen H-2.2 was tested. High and low antibody-producing strains were distinguished by their anti-H-2.2 hemagglutinating respones. However, these strains do not differ in their ability to respond to these antigenic differences in the mixed lymphocyte culture. The humoral response to the H-2.2 alloantigen was shown to be controlled by two interacting genes localized within the H-2 complex. Thus, F1 hybrids prepared between parental low responder strains could yield high level immune responses. In addition, strains bearing recombinant H-2 haplotypes were used to map the two distinct genes controlling the immune response. The alleles at each locus were shown to be highly polymorphic as evidenced by the asymmetric complementation patterns observed. The restricted interactions of specific alleles was termed coupled complementation. The significance of the results in the terms of mechanisms of Ir gene control are discussed.

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