PMID- 11328373 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010510 LR - 20190513 IS - 0019-2805 (Print) IS - 1365-2567 (Electronic) IS - 0019-2805 (Linking) VI - 102 IP - 4 DP - 2001 Apr TI - Functional and phenotypic characterization of distinct porcine dendritic cells derived from peripheral blood monocytes. PG - 396-404 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are bone marrow-derived antigen-presenting cells that have an exquisite capacity to interact with T cells and modulate their responses. Little is known about porcine DCs despite the fact that they represent an important target in strategies that are aimed at modulating resistance to infection in pigs and may be of major importance in transplantation biology. We generated immature monocyte-derived porcine dendritic cells (MoDCs) directly from adherent peripheral blood cells treated with porcine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin-4 (IL-4). The cells were observed via electron microscopy and their phenotype was characterized using monoclonal antibodies. The functionality of the porcine MoDCs was demonstrated showing that the cells were capable of different specialized functions relevant to antigen capture and were potent stimulators in a primary allo-mixed leucocyte reaction. Treatment of the MoDCs with porcine cell line-derived necrotic factors resulted in the phenotypic and functional maturation of MoDCs. We confirmed also that monocyte-derived DCs were differentially regulated by cytokines, showing that transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) is able to redirect monocytic precursors into the differentiation pathway of Langerhans' cells presenting typical Birbeck granules. Interestingly, and in contrast to the human and murine model, we showed that the monocyte-derived porcine Langerhans'-type cells (MoLCs) were much more potent activators of allogeneic T cells than MoDCs obtained without TGF-beta1. FAU - Paillot, R AU - Paillot R AD - Discovery Research, Merial, 254 rue Marcel Merieux BP 7009, 69 342 Cedex 07, Lyon France. FAU - Laval, F AU - Laval F FAU - Audonnet, J C AU - Audonnet JC FAU - Andreoni, C AU - Andreoni C FAU - Juillard, V AU - Juillard V LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Immunology JT - Immunology JID - 0374672 RN - 0 (TGFB1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - 207137-56-2 (Interleukin-4) RN - 83869-56-1 (Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigen Presentation/immunology MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Cell Differentiation/immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/ultrastructure MH - Female MH - Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/immunology MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Interleukin-4/immunology MH - Langerhans Cells/immunology MH - Lymphocyte Activation/immunology MH - Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed MH - Male MH - Monocytes/*immunology MH - Swine/*immunology MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/immunology MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1 PMC - PMC1783196 EDAT- 2001/05/01 10:00 MHDA- 2001/05/22 10:01 PMCR- 2002/04/01 CRDT- 2001/05/01 10:00 PHST- 2001/05/01 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/05/22 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/05/01 10:00 [entrez] PHST- 2002/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - imm1200 [pii] AID - 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2001.01200.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunology. 2001 Apr;102(4):396-404. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2001.01200.x.