PMID- 12351809 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030312 LR - 20181130 IS - 1066-5099 (Print) IS - 1066-5099 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 5 DP - 2002 TI - Differentiation of immunostimulatory stem-cell- and monocyte-derived dendritic cells involves maturation of intracellular compartments responsible for antigen presentation and secretion. PG - 380-93 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are important for the induction of primary T-cell responses and may serve as "biologic adjuvants" in therapeutic protocols. However, given the "plasticity" of this antigen-presenting cell, it remains unclear which DC type (source, subtype, and stage of differentiation) should be applied clinically. To provide additional insight in this selection process, we have, for the first time, analyzed the in vitro differentiation of CD34(+) precursor-derived and monocyte-derived DCs for ultrastructure, phenotype, and function. The ultrastructural intracytoplasmic differentiation of DCs correlated with increasing T-cell stimulatory activity of these cells. "Early-stage"-DCs proliferate, exhibit high levels of soluble antigen uptake, and moderate T-cell stimulatory capacity, and are characterized by centrally located nuclei and numerous enlarged mitochondria. "Intermediate-stage"-DCs are enlarged cells with enhanced T-cell stimulatory activity and pronounced cytoplasmic protein synthesis machinery. "Late-stage" (LS)-DCs exhibit a mature secretory cell phenotype and low proliferative index. They express high levels of the HLA-DR, CD40L, B7-1, and B7-2 molecules and CD83, a specific marker of mature DCs, and appear maximally stimulatory to T cells. Ultrastructurally, LS-DCs feature an accentric nucleus, an enlarged cytoplasm, containing numerous secretory storage vesicles, along with a fully developed Golgi complex. LS-DCs exhibited numerous multivesicular and multilaminar structures containing major histocompatibility complex class II molecules, consistent with the MIIC (peptide-loading) compartment. In extended studies, cultured CD14(+) monocyte-derived DCs displayed a similar, but accelerated, temporal differentiation staging pattern. FAU - Bykovskaia, Svetlana N AU - Bykovskaia SN AD - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA. Bykovskaias@exchange.upmc.edu FAU - Shurin, Galina V AU - Shurin GV FAU - Graner, Scott AU - Graner S FAU - Bunker, Mark L AU - Bunker ML FAU - Olson, Walter AU - Olson W FAU - Thomas, Ronald AU - Thomas R FAU - Shurin, Michael R AU - Shurin MR FAU - Marks, Stanley AU - Marks S FAU - Storkus, Walter J AU - Storkus WJ FAU - Shogan, Jeffrey AU - Shogan J LA - eng GR - CA 73743/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - Stem Cells JT - Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) JID - 9304532 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (HLA-DR Antigens) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - Antigen Presentation/*immunology MH - Antigens, CD/*immunology MH - Cell Compartmentation/*immunology MH - Cell Differentiation/*immunology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Fetal Blood MH - HLA-DR Antigens/immunology MH - Humans MH - Interferon-gamma/metabolism MH - Lymphocyte Activation/*immunology MH - Microscopy, Electron MH - Monocytes/cytology/immunology MH - Organelles/*immunology/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Stem Cells/cytology/immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes/*immunology EDAT- 2002/09/28 04:00 MHDA- 2003/03/13 04:00 CRDT- 2002/09/28 04:00 PHST- 2002/09/28 04:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/03/13 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/09/28 04:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1634/stemcells.20-5-380 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Stem Cells. 2002;20(5):380-93. doi: 10.1634/stemcells.20-5-380.