title: Enhancement of migratory and aggregate activities of human peripheral blood monocyte-derived dendritic cells by stimulation with RANTES.
abstract: We examined the effects of various chemokines on the functional activation of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) plus interleukin-4 (IL-4)-generated human peripheral blood monocyte-derived immature dendritic cells (iDC). Stimulation of iDC with regulated on activation normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) resulted in the promotion of their chemotactic migratory capacity in response to RANTES when compared with that of unstimulated cells. TNF-alpha induced a homotypic aggregated cluster formation of iDC in a dose-dependent manner, whereas the combination of TNF-alpha and RANTES exhibited more potent induction. IDC stimulated with RANTES were more efficient than unstimulated iDC in the production of endogenous RANTES. Treatment of iDC with the combination of TNF-alpha and RANTES was just little effective for the enhancement of allogeneic T-cell stimulatory capacity as compared with that of TNF-alpha treated iDC. These results suggest that endogenous secretions of RANTES from iDC stimulated with RANTES be potentially involved in RANTES-induced changes of properties with respect to morphology and function.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cell Processing, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-kui, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Enomoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagayama
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D002465:Cell Movement; D018946:Chemokine CCL5 / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D018946:Chemokine CCL5; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha