title: Dendritic cells produce eicosanoids, which modulate generation and functions of antigen-presenting cells.
abstract: Eicosanoids have been shown to be potent immunoregulatory arachidonic acid (AA) metabolites. AA is the precursor of prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) and leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) which are able to modulate both inflammation and the immune response. Dendritic cells process and present antigens to T lymphocytes. They are highly specialized antigen-presenting cells (APC) and usually considered as 'professional APC'. In the present paper, we report some data on the biosynthetic capacity of murine APC from the bone marrow (BM-DCs) to produce AA metabolites. Using an ELISA we have observed that BM-DCs spontaneously produce both PGE(2) and LTB(4) whose production increased in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS). In addition we found that LTB(4) production was twice as high when both COX pathways were blocked with selective COX-inhibitors. We have also investigated the effect of PGE(2) and LTB(4) on the in vitro generation of the so-called BM-DCs. Exogenous PGE(2) and LTB(4) added to bone marrow cultures inhibit and promote, respectively, BM-DC generation. PGE(2) added to the maturing BM-DCs reduces their MHC class-II expression.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'lmmunologie, CNRS-UMR 5540, Universite Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harizi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gualde
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation / Q000276:immunology*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D039521:CD11c Antigen / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D039521:CD11c Antigen; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D016207:Cytokines; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D015232:Dinoprostone