title: Neem leaf glycoprotein matures myeloid derived dendritic cells and optimizes anti-tumor T cell functions.
abstract: In an objective to find out an effective, nontoxic dendritic cell (DC) maturating agent for human use, CD14(+) monocytes were differentiated with GMCSF/IL-4 and matured with neem leaf glycoprotein (NLGP). NLGP matured DCs (NLGP-DCs) show upregulated expression of CD83, CD80, CD86, CD40 and MHCs, in a comparable extent of control, LPS. NLGP-DCs secrete high amount of IL-12p70 with low IL-10. NLGP upregulates the expression of crucial transcription factor, ikaros, indicating maturation towards DC1 phenotype. Increased expression of CD28 and CD40L on T cells following co-culture with NLGP-DCs was noticed to promote DC-T interactions. As a result, T cells secrete high amount of IFN gamma with low IL-4 and generates anti-tumor type 1 immune microenvironment. Such NLGP-DCs present carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) effectively to T cells to increase T cell mediated cytotoxicity of CEA(+) tumor cells in vitro and in vivo. With emergence of the NLGP as a promising DC maturating agent, NLGP-DCs can be used as a candidate vaccine tool for antigen specific cancer immunotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunoregulation and Immunodiagnostics, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), 37, S. P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700026, India.
authors.forename: Shyamal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goswami
authors.forename: Anamika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bose
authors.forename: Koustav
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Soumyabrata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Tathagata
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: Utpal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sanyal
authors.forename: Rathindranath
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baral
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology; D031601:Azadirachta; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000276:immunology; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D018515:Plant Leaves; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D006023:Glycoproteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D016753:Interleukin-10; D018664:Interleukin-12