title: Differential inflammasome expression and IL-1β secretion in monocyte-derived dendritic cells differentiated with IL-4 or IFN-α.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  NLRP3-inflammasome activation was evaluated in monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DC) obtained through IL-4 (IL4-DC) or IFN-α (IFN-DC) protocols and pulsed with chemically inactivated HIV-1. Inflammasome' genes expression and IL-1β secretion were compared in DC isolated from 15 healthy subjects (HC) and 10 HIV-1 infected individuals (HIV+).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Whether HIV was able to increased NLRP3-inflammasome genes expression and IL-1β secretion in IL4-DC from HC, the induction of inflammasome appeared significantly reduced in IFN-DC from HC, suggesting a different responsive state of IFN-DC compared to IL4-DC. No inflammasome activation was observed in IL4-DC as well as in IFN-DC derived from HIV + subjects, confirming previous findings on "unresponsive" state of DC derived from HIV + possibly due to chronic inflammatory state of these individuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results showed that IFN-α differently modulates inflammasome expression during monocytes-DC in vitro differentiation. These findings could be of interest considering the on-going research about DC manipulation and therapeutic strategies for HIV + involving DC-based immune-vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Departament of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. pontillo.a@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pontillo
authors.forename: Bruna T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Santillo
authors.forename: Alberto Js
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: Telma M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Oshiro