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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
Ethylcarbodiimide (ECDI) couples soluble antigens (Ag) to lymphoid cells bestowing tolerizing potential. We examined whether ECDI-treated allogeneic dendritic cells (DC) could promote Ag-specific T cell unresponsiveness and prolong graft survival. Exposure of murine myeloid DC to ECDI did not affect surface immunophenotype but reduced their ability to cluster with T cells, enhanced their apoptotic death, and markedly reduced their allostimulatory activity. Anti-donor proliferative and cytotoxic T cell responses of mice primed with ECDI-treated DC were markedly inhibited. Secretion of both Th1 (IFNgamma) and Th2 cytokines (IL-5, IL-10) was suppressed. Cardiac allograft survival in mice preconditioned with a single injection of ECDI-DC was prolonged significantly. These results indicate that ECDI-treated DC promote T cell unresponsiveness to donor alloAgs and prolong transplant survival. The effects are not associated with sparing of Th2 responses, but may reflect inhibitory effects of apoptotic donor DC on host immune reactivity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1521-6616
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
190-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Antigen Presentation, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Clonal Anergy, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Cross-Linking Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Ethyldimethylaminopropyl Carbodiimide, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Heart Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Interleukin-10, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Interleukin-5, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Isoantigens, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:14499242-T-Lymphocytes
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Alloantigen presentation by ethylcarbodiimide-treated dendritic cells induces T cell hyporesponsiveness, and prolongs organ graft survival.
pubmed:affiliation
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.