TY - JOUR
T1 - DnIKK2-transfected dendritic cells induce a novel population of inducible nitric oxide synthase-expressing CD4+CD25- cells with tolerogenic properties
AU - Aiello, Sistiana
AU - Cassis, Paola
AU - Cassis, Linda
AU - Tomasoni, Susanna
AU - Benigni, Ariela
AU - Pezzotta, Anna
AU - Cavinato, Regiane A.
AU - Cugini, Daniela
AU - Azzollini, Nadia
AU - Mister, Marilena
AU - Longaretti, Lorena
AU - Thomson, Angus W.
AU - Remuzzi, Giuseppe
AU - Noris, Marina
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - BACKGROUND. We previously documented that rat bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DCs), transfected with an adenovirus encoding a dominant negative form of IKK2 (dnIKK2), have impaired allostimulatory capacity and generate CD4 T cells with regulatory function. Here we investigate the potency, the phenotype, and the mechanism of action of dnIKK2-DC-induced regulatory cells and we evaluated their tolerogenic properties in vivo. METHODS. Brown Norway (BN) transfected dnIKK2-DCs were cultured with Lewis (LW) lymphocytes in primary mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). CD4 T cells were purified from primary MLR and incubated in secondary coculture MLR with LW lymphocytes. Phenotypic characterization was performed by fluorescence-activated cell sorting and real-time polymerase chain reaction. The tolerogenic potential of CD4 T cells pre-exposed to dnIKK2-DCs was evaluated in vivo in a model of kidney allotransplantation. RESULTS. CD4 T cells pre-exposed to dnIKK2-DCs were CD4CD25 and expressed interleukin (IL)-10, transforming growth factor-beta, interferon-gamma, IL-2, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). These cells (dnIKK2-Treg), cocultured (at up to 1:10 ratio) with a primary MLR, suppressed T-cell proliferation to alloantigens. The regulatory effect was cell-to-cell contact-independent since it was also observed in a transwell system. A nitric oxide synthase inhibitor significantly reverted dnIKK2-Treg-mediated suppression, whereas neutralizing antibodies to IL-10 and TGF-beta had no significant effect. DnIKK2-Treg given in vivo to LW rats prolonged the survival of a kidney allograft from BN rats (the donor rat strain used for generating DCs). CONCLUSIONS. DnIKK2-Treg is a unique population of CD4CD25 T cells expressing high levels of iNOS. These cells potently inhibit T-cell response in vitro and induce prolongation of kidney allograft survival in vivo.
AB - BACKGROUND. We previously documented that rat bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DCs), transfected with an adenovirus encoding a dominant negative form of IKK2 (dnIKK2), have impaired allostimulatory capacity and generate CD4 T cells with regulatory function. Here we investigate the potency, the phenotype, and the mechanism of action of dnIKK2-DC-induced regulatory cells and we evaluated their tolerogenic properties in vivo. METHODS. Brown Norway (BN) transfected dnIKK2-DCs were cultured with Lewis (LW) lymphocytes in primary mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). CD4 T cells were purified from primary MLR and incubated in secondary coculture MLR with LW lymphocytes. Phenotypic characterization was performed by fluorescence-activated cell sorting and real-time polymerase chain reaction. The tolerogenic potential of CD4 T cells pre-exposed to dnIKK2-DCs was evaluated in vivo in a model of kidney allotransplantation. RESULTS. CD4 T cells pre-exposed to dnIKK2-DCs were CD4CD25 and expressed interleukin (IL)-10, transforming growth factor-beta, interferon-gamma, IL-2, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). These cells (dnIKK2-Treg), cocultured (at up to 1:10 ratio) with a primary MLR, suppressed T-cell proliferation to alloantigens. The regulatory effect was cell-to-cell contact-independent since it was also observed in a transwell system. A nitric oxide synthase inhibitor significantly reverted dnIKK2-Treg-mediated suppression, whereas neutralizing antibodies to IL-10 and TGF-beta had no significant effect. DnIKK2-Treg given in vivo to LW rats prolonged the survival of a kidney allograft from BN rats (the donor rat strain used for generating DCs). CONCLUSIONS. DnIKK2-Treg is a unique population of CD4CD25 T cells expressing high levels of iNOS. These cells potently inhibit T-cell response in vitro and induce prolongation of kidney allograft survival in vivo.
KW - Dendritic cells
KW - Inducible nitric oxide synthase
KW - Rat kidney allotransplantation
KW - T-regulatory cells
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U2 - 10.1097/01.tp.0000251808.91901.c3
DO - 10.1097/01.tp.0000251808.91901.c3
M3 - Article
C2 - 17318081
AN - SCOPUS:33947538039
VL - 83
SP - 474
EP - 484
JO - Transplantation
JF - Transplantation
SN - 0041-1337
IS - 4
ER -