title: Induction of recipient cell-specific donor T-cell anergy by UV-C-irradiated recipient immature monocyte-derived dendritic cells.
abstract: The induction of donor T-cell anergy to recipient cells for reducing GVHD could be one way of expanding donor candidates for HLA-mismatched hematopoietic SCT. The present study was designed to clarify whether recipient cell-specific T-cell anergy could be induced by priming donor lymphocytes with recipient monocyte-derived DCs (mo-DCs) irradiated with ultraviolet-C (UV-C). By irradiation of mo-DCs with UV-C, the expression of DC-associated surface phenotypes such as CD83, CD80, CD86 and CD40 was reduced and the antigen-presenting ability of UV-C-irradiated mo-DCs was clearly decreased. By co-culturing normal donor 1 lymphocytes with UV-C-irradiated donor 2 immature mo-DCs, the response of the lymphocytes to donor 2 mature mo-DCs was markedly reduced as compared with that of the lymphocytes prestimulated with non-irradiated donor 2 immature mo-DCs or UV-C-irradiated mo-DCs derived from a different individual donor 3. The present study demonstrated that recipient cell-specific T-cell anergy could be induced by priming donor lymphocytes with UV-C-irradiated recipient immature mo-DCs in hematopoietic SCT. These data suggest the applicability of donor graft cells, which have been prestimulated with UV-C-irradiated recipient immature mo-DCs, for expanding donor candidates in HLA-mismatched hematopoietic SCT.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tochiki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narita
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toba
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fuse
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aizawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D017635:Clonal Anergy / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed / Q000379:methods*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000379:methods*