title: Functional deficiencies of spleen dendritic cells in autoimmune MRL/lpr mice.
abstract: We investigated functional aspects of splenic dendritic cells (DC) obtained from MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr (MRL/l) mice, and their normal counterparts, MRL/MpJ-+/+ (MRL/+) mice. In vitro antigen-presenting activity of DC obtained from MRL/l mice was impaired compared with that of DC from MRL/+ mice. Another major functional aspect of DC, i.e., stimulator cell activity in the allogeneic mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR), was also found to be impaired in MRL/l mice. MRL/l mice and MRL/+ mice were also examined for co-operation between macrophages (M luminal diameter) and DC. We found peritoneal resident M luminal diameter obtained not only from MRL/+ mice but also from MRL/l mice released a soluble factor which enhanced the activity of DC from the respective mice. Furthermore, DC from both MRL/l and MRL/+ mice responded to the culture supernatant of a mouse macrophage hybridoma clone, S44, which releases a factor that enhances the antigen-presenting activity of DC, and their activity as stimulator cells in the allogeneic MLR was enhanced. However, the degree of enhancement was less in MRL/l mice than in MRL/+ mice.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemical Toxicology and Immunochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000276:immunology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007375:Interleukin-1