PMID- 15454112 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050815 LR - 20171116 IS - 1567-5769 (Print) IS - 1567-5769 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 13 DP - 2004 Dec 15 TI - Differential expression of dendritic cell markers by all-trans retinoic acid on human acute promyelocytic leukemic cell line. PG - 1587-601 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells (APCs) for naive T cells and play an important role in cancer immunology. All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is known to be a differentiating agent in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). In this study, we investigated whether ATRA can differentiate the retinoic acid (RA)-sensitive promyelocytic leukemic cell line, NB4, to DC-like cells and whether these differentiated cells can activate T cells. NB4 cells were differentiated to myeloid cells by 4, 6, and 8 days of ATRA treatment. NB4 cells up-regulated markers found in DCs, including HLA-DR, costimulatory molecules (CD80 and CD86), adhesion molecules (CD40), and chemokine receptors (CCR6) when cultured for 8 days in the presence of 1 microM ATRA. Upregulation of CD83 was also detected on the surface of ATRA-treated NB4 cells versus untreated cells. The addition of cytokines alone, such as GM-CSF or CD40 ligand, did not affect the expression of CD83 in untreated NB4 cells but they up-regulated CD83 in ATRA-treated cells. CD11b was coexpressed with CD80, CD83, and CD86 in ATRA-treated NB4 cells. In a functional assay, ATRA-treated NB4 cells stimulated T cell proliferation when challenged with Staphylococcus enterotoxin B. These results suggest that the differentiation of NB4 cells by ATRA causes the cells to express DC markers, and that ATRA-differentiated NB4 cells are able to present antigens to T cells. FAU - Park, Hae-Young AU - Park HY AD - Medical Research Center for Cancer Molecular Therapy, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan 602-714, Korea. FAU - Park, Ji-Yeon AU - Park JY FAU - Kim, Ja-Woong AU - Kim JW FAU - Lee, Min-Jung AU - Lee MJ FAU - Jang, Min-Jung AU - Jang MJ FAU - Lee, Sun-Young AU - Lee SY FAU - Baek, Dae-Won AU - Baek DW FAU - Park, Yeong-Min AU - Park YM FAU - Lee, Sang-Wha AU - Lee SW FAU - Yoon, Sik AU - Yoon S FAU - Bae, Yoe-Sik AU - Bae YS FAU - Kwak, Jong-Young AU - Kwak JY LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Int Immunopharmacol JT - International immunopharmacology JID - 100965259 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Antigens, Surface) RN - 0 (B7-1 Antigen) RN - 0 (B7-2 Antigen) RN - 0 (CD11b Antigen) RN - 0 (CD86 protein, human) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 7) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) SB - IM MH - Antigen-Presenting Cells/drug effects/immunology/metabolism MH - Antigens, CD/genetics/metabolism MH - Antigens, Surface/drug effects/genetics/metabolism MH - B7-1 Antigen/genetics/metabolism MH - B7-2 Antigen MH - Blotting, Western/methods MH - CD11b Antigen/drug effects/genetics MH - *Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cytokines/classification/pharmacology MH - Dendritic Cells/*drug effects/immunology/metabolism MH - Flow Cytometry/methods MH - Humans MH - Korea MH - Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/*pathology MH - Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects/immunology MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Phagocytosis/drug effects/physiology MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods MH - T-Lymphocytes/drug effects/immunology MH - Tretinoin/*pharmacology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 7/immunology/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Up-Regulation/*drug effects/*genetics EDAT- 2004/09/30 05:00 MHDA- 2005/08/16 09:00 CRDT- 2004/09/30 05:00 PHST- 2004/02/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/03/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2004/07/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/09/30 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/08/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/09/30 05:00 [entrez] AID - S1567-5769(04)00220-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2004.07.010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Immunopharmacol. 2004 Dec 15;4(13):1587-601. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2004.07.010.