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Transduction of dendritic cells (DCs) with genes encoding tumor-associated antigen or with other genes that enhance immune reaction has been theorized to be potentially useful for enhancing the efficiency of DC-based immunotherapy. However, gene transduction of DCs generated from human peripheral blood monocytes has been of limited use because of the low efficiency. Here, we report that the efficiency of in vitro adenovirus-mediated gene transduction into human monocyte-derived DCs can be dramatically enhanced by centrifugation. The best conditions for centrifugal gene transduction were determined to be as follows: 2000 x g at 37 degrees C for 2 hr at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 10 or greater. By this centrifugal method, approximately 88 and 70% of DCs were gene transducible at an MOI of 50 and 10, respectively. Functional analysis showed that DCs transduced with human interleukin 12 (IL-12)-expressing adenoviral vector under the optimal conditions of centrifugation stably produced IL-12 protein at high levels (8.1 ng/10(6) cells/48 hr). IL-12 gene-modified DCs (DC/IL-12) displayed a more mature phenotype than nontransduced DCs, as judged by decreased expression of CD1a and increased expression of CD83, B7.1 (CD80), B7.2 (CD86), and MHC class I and II molecules. DC/IL-12 showed a high phagocytic ability similar to nontransduced DCs and were significantly superior to control DCs in the stimulation of autologous and allogeneic T lymphocyte responses. The centrifugal transduction method with adenoviral vector might be useful for efficient generation of gene-modified DCs because it is very simple, highly efficient, reproducible, and not cytopathic. IL-12 gene-modified human DCs may be therapeutically useful as a good adjuvant in DC-based immunotherapy.
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PMID:Enhanced efficiency by centrifugal manipulation of adenovirus-mediated interleukin 12 gene transduction into human monocyte-derived dendritic cells. 1124 26

Suppression of interleukin 12 (IL-12) production by dendritic cells (DCs) has been hypothesized to be a principal mechanism underlying the biological action of interferon (IFN)-beta used for treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system with possible autoimmune origin. How IFN-beta interacts with DCs to inhibit IL-12 production remains unclear. In this study, we found that DCs derived from human blood monocytes, upon culture in the presence of IFN-beta with granulocyte-macrophage colony- stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and IL-4, differentiated into a population expressing CD14- CD1a- HLA-DR+. This population expressed CD123 (IL-3Ralpha). IFN-beta dose-dependently increased IL-3Ralpha+ DCs and decreased CD1a+ DCs. After 7 days' culture with IFN-beta at a concentration of 10 000 U/ml, more than 40% of DCs expressed IL-3Ralpha. IFN-beta, together with GM-CSF and IL-4, also induced maturation of IL-3Ralpha-expressing cells, as reflected by upregulation of HLA-DR and of the costimulatory molecules CD40, CD80 and CD86. In contrast to control DCs, IFN-beta-treated DCs produced predominantly IL-10 but only low levels of IL-12p40. Correspondingly, IFN-beta-treated DCs strongly suppressed IFN-gamma production but enhanced IL-10 production by allogeneic blood mononuclear cells. Our data suggest that IFN-beta in vitro can induce the development of DC2, which provide a permissive environment for Th2 differentiation. This finding represents a novel mechanism for action of IFN-beta in MS.
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PMID:Interferon-beta induces the development of type 2 dendritic cells. 1124 4

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) reportedly inhibit the mixed lymphocyte reaction. Whether this effect is mediated by dendritic cells (DCs) is still unknown. In this study, we used an in vitro model to observe the effects of MSCs and their supernatants on the development of monocyte-derived DCs. Phenotypes and the endocytosic ability of harvested DCs were determined by flow cytometry; interleukin 12 (IL-12) secreted by DCs was evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); and the antigen-presenting function of DCs was evaluated by MLR. Our results show that MSCs inhibit the up-regulation of CD1a, CD40, CD80, CD86, and HLA-DR during DC differentiation and prevent an increase of CD40, CD86, and CD83 expression during DC maturation. MSCs supernatants had no effect on DCs differentiation, but they inhibited the up-regulation of CD83 during maturation. Both MSCs and their supernatants interfered with endocytosis of DCs, decreased their capacity to secret IL-12 and activate alloreactive T cells. Thus, effects of MSCs on DCs contribute to immunoregulation and development.
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PMID:Effects of mesenchymal stem cells on differentiation, maturation, and function of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells. 1518 22