title: Developmental regulation by cytokines of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells and epidermal Langerhans cells.
abstract: Dendritic cells (DC) are specialized antigen-presenting cells involved in T cell-mediated immune responses. Differentiation and functional maturation of the DC are now known to be regulated by various cytokines, including TGF-beta1. The experiments of this study examined the effect of other cytokines, such as IL-4, IL-10 and IL-6, on the differentiation and maturation of bone marrow (BM)-derived DC (BM-DC) and epidermal Langerhans cells (LC). When IL-6 or IL-10 was added to cultures of BM cells in the presence of GM-CSF, both cytokines, as in the case of TGF-beta1, suppressed the maturation of DC in terms of the expression of adhesion and costimulatory molecules and T cell-stimulating activity. In contrast, IL-4 was not suppressive but rather supportive for the differentiation of DC. However, these suppressive cytokines hardly counteracted the maturation-inducing activity of TNF-alpha when added to cultures of immature DC. In addition, they appeared to block the overmaturation of DC, which is characterized by a loss of MHC class II molecules. Regarding LC maturation in epidermal cell cultures, IL-6 and IL-10 were inhibitory for the expression of CD86 and CD80 in a dose-dependent fashion. Unlike BM-DC, LC maturation was slightly enhanced by TGF-beta1. The protein antigen-presentation by LC to Th1 clone was not affected by IL-6, but slightly reduced by IL-10. These results suggest that each cytokine contributes to regulate the differentiation and maturation of DC at a different developmental stage.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory, Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd., Takasaki, Gunma, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D007801:Langerhans Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha