title: Recruitment of monocyte derived dendritic cells ex vivo from SIV infected and non-infected cynomolgus monkeys.
abstract: This study shows that characteristic dendritic, antigen presenting cells, can be generated from adherent peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)/monocytes of uninfected and SIVsm-infected cynomolgus monkeys after stimulation in vitro with granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin (IL)-4. The recruitment of monocyte derived dendritic cells (MDDC) was usually possible irrespective of the level of immunodeficiency (CD4-level) and viremia. The cynomolgus MDDC closely resembled their human counterpart (immature MDDC) with regard to capacity to upregulate CD1a, CD40, CD86 and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR and develop dendrites and veiled processes. Such MDDC also increased their capacity for antigen uptake (dextran endocytoses/macropinocytosis) and for induction of T-cell proliferation in mixed leukocyte reaction (MLR) assays. However, although no clear difference with regard to phenotype and morphology was seen between MDDC from SIV-infected and uninfected monkeys, a reduction in MLR responsiveness in MDDC from SIV infected monkeys was consistently detected within each experiment.
authors.affiliation: Immunopathology Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Söderlund
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ekman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Walther
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gaines
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biberfeld
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Biberfeld
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000821:virology; D003911:Dextrans / Q000378:metabolism; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010873:Pinocytosis / Q000276:immunology; D016097:Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D003911:Dextrans