PMID- 12353229 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20021107 LR - 20171116 IS - 0020-7136 (Print) IS - 0020-7136 (Linking) VI - 102 IP - 1 DP - 2002 Nov 1 TI - Human dendritic cells induce tumor-specific apoptosis by soluble factors. PG - 20-8 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen producing cells (APCs) for initiation of immune responses including anti-tumor immune responses. In previous reports, it has been shown that DCs efficiently take up and process apoptotic or necrotic bodies of tumor cells. It has also been shown that DCs pulsed with tumor cell apoptotic bodies, lysates or peptides generate potent anti-tumor immune responses. Direct interactions between DCs and viable tumor cells, however, have not been clearly elucidated. We report that monocyte-derived, CD1a+ immature DCs (iDCs) significantly inhibit the growth of breast tumor cells in coculture and transwell experiments in the presence of soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L), LPS or both. The growth inhibition effects correlated with cell cycle arrest and apoptosis of breast tumor cells. The effects were associated with morphological changes of tumor cells from a round shape to a flat, spindle shape. In contrast, no inhibition of proliferation or morphological changes was observed on normal PBMC, K562 or breast fibroblasts. Interestingly, iDCs undergoing maturation induced by sCD40L+LPS induced a much stronger growth inhibitory effect than iDCs alone or mature DCs treated with sCD40L+LPS. Fractionation of supernatants showed the anti-tumor effects were mediated by a TNF-alpha-dependent and -independent mechanism. Soluble FasL and TRAIL were not involved. Our findings suggest that maturing DCs have the intrinsic ability to induce cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis of breast tumor cells through soluble factors, but not normal cells, in addition to their Ag presentation function. CI - Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc. FAU - Joo, Hong-Gu AU - Joo HG AD - Department of Surgery and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. FAU - Fleming, Timothy P AU - Fleming TP FAU - Tanaka, Yoshiyuki AU - Tanaka Y FAU - Dunn, Toby J AU - Dunn TJ FAU - Linehan, David C AU - Linehan DC FAU - Goedegebuure, Peter S AU - Goedegebuure PS FAU - Eberlein, Timothy J AU - Eberlein TJ LA - eng GR - 2 T32 CA09621/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA68500/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Int J Cancer JT - International journal of cancer JID - 0042124 RN - 0 (Annexin A5) RN - 0 (Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins) RN - 0 (CD40 Antigens) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand) RN - 0 (TNFSF10 protein, human) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 147205-72-9 (CD40 Ligand) SB - IM MH - Annexin A5/metabolism MH - Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology MH - *Apoptosis MH - Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins MH - Breast Neoplasms/*pathology MH - CD40 Antigens/metabolism MH - CD40 Ligand/pharmacology MH - Cell Cycle/physiology MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Dendritic Cells/drug effects/*physiology MH - Fibroblasts/pathology MH - Humans MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/pharmacology MH - Monocytes/metabolism MH - Necrosis MH - RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis MH - T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured/pathology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics/metabolism/pharmacology EDAT- 2002/09/28 04:00 MHDA- 2002/11/26 04:00 CRDT- 2002/09/28 04:00 PHST- 2002/09/28 04:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/11/26 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/09/28 04:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/ijc.10656 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Cancer. 2002 Nov 1;102(1):20-8. doi: 10.1002/ijc.10656.