PMID- 18600179 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090407 LR - 20080724 IS - 1537-4513 (Electronic) IS - 1524-9557 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 7 DP - 2008 Sep TI - Minor role of bystander tolerance to fetal calf serum in a peptide-specific dendritic cell vaccine model against autoimmunity: comparison with serum-free cultures. PG - 656-64 LID - 10.1097/CJI.0b013e31818283ef [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are currently considered as promising tools for vaccination against tumors and also autoimmune responses. A major point of concern has been the use of fetal calf serum (FCS) as a source of heterologous antigen in DC cultures. FCS peptides can be presented by the DCs and cause T-cell responses in the recipient. We investigated the role of FCS in an autoimmune model where DC injections can prevent peptide-specifically from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). We show that murine bone marrow-derived DCs generated in FCS-containing or serum-free media resulting in a similar phenotype, maturation potential, and functions. Peptide-specific protection could be achieved similarly with FCS-DC or serum-free DCs. Although FCS-DC induced strong CD4 T cell proliferation and cytokine production against FCS, these T cells lack antigenic recall during EAE. Even if FCS was reinjected, the effect on EAE resulted only in a 3-day delay of disease onset. Together, our data show that presentation of bystander antigens by peptide-specific DC vaccinations may have little influence on T-cell responses in vivo if the bystander antigen cannot be recalled by specific T cells. FAU - Roner, Susanne AU - Roner S AD - Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. FAU - Zinser, Elisabeth AU - Zinser E FAU - Menges, Mauritius AU - Menges M FAU - Wiethe, Carsten AU - Wiethe C FAU - Littmann, Leonie AU - Littmann L FAU - Hanig, Jens AU - Hanig J FAU - Steinkasserer, Alexander AU - Steinkasserer A FAU - Lutz, Manfred B AU - Lutz MB LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Immunother JT - Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997) JID - 9706083 RN - 0 (Blood Proteins) RN - 0 (Culture Media, Serum-Free) RN - 0 (Peptides) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigen Presentation/*immunology MH - Blood Proteins/immunology MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology/immunology/metabolism MH - Cattle MH - Cell Differentiation/*immunology MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Culture Media, Serum-Free MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology/*prevention & control MH - Lymphocyte Activation/*immunology MH - Mice MH - Peptides/immunology MH - T-Cell Antigen Receptor Specificity/drug effects/immunology MH - *Vaccination EDAT- 2008/07/05 09:00 MHDA- 2009/04/08 09:00 CRDT- 2008/07/05 09:00 PHST- 2008/07/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/04/08 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/07/05 09:00 [entrez] AID - 00002371-200809000-00006 [pii] AID - 10.1097/CJI.0b013e31818283ef [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunother. 2008 Sep;31(7):656-64. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0b013e31818283ef.