PMID- 18981145 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081212 LR - 20190516 IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 181 IP - 10 DP - 2008 Nov 15 TI - Dendritic cells genetically engineered to express IL-10 induce long-lasting antigen-specific tolerance in experimental asthma. PG - 7230-42 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional APCs that have a unique capacity to initiate primary immune responses, including tolerogenic responses. We have genetically engineered bone marrow-derived DCs to express the immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10 and tested the ability of these cells to control experimental asthma. A single intratracheal injection of OVA-pulsed IL-10-transduced DCs (OVA-IL-10-DCs) to naive mice before OVA sensitization and challenge prevented all of the cardinal features of airway allergy, namely, eosinophilic airway inflammation, airway hyperreactivity, and production of mucus, Ag-specific Igs, and IL-4. OVA-IL-10-DCs also reversed established experimental asthma and had long-lasting and Ag-specific effects. We furthermore showed, by using IL-10-deficient mice, that host IL-10 is required for mediating the immunomodulatory effects of OVA-IL-10-DCs and demonstrated a significant increase in the percentage of OVA-specific CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+)IL-10(+) regulatory T cells in the mediastinal lymph nodes of OVA-IL-10-DC-injected mice. Finally, adoptive transfer of CD4(+) mediastinal lymph node T cells from mice injected with OVA-IL-10-DCs protected OVA-sensitized recipients from airway eosinophilia upon OVA provocation. Our study describes a promising strategy to induce long-lasting Ag-specific tolerance in airway allergy. FAU - Henry, Emmanuelle AU - Henry E AD - Laboratoire de Physiologie Animale, Institut de Biologie et de Medecine Moleculaires, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium. FAU - Desmet, Christophe J AU - Desmet CJ FAU - Garze, Virginie AU - Garze V FAU - Fievez, Laurence AU - Fievez L FAU - Bedoret, Denis AU - Bedoret D FAU - Heirman, Carlo AU - Heirman C FAU - Faisca, Pedro AU - Faisca P FAU - Jaspar, Fabrice J AU - Jaspar FJ FAU - Gosset, Philippe AU - Gosset P FAU - Jacquet, Alain P A AU - Jacquet AP FAU - Desmecht, Daniel AU - Desmecht D FAU - Thielemans, Kris AU - Thielemans K FAU - Lekeux, Pierre AU - Lekeux P FAU - Moser, Muriel AU - Moser M FAU - Bureau, Fabrice AU - Bureau F LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Antigens) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 9006-59-1 (Ovalbumin) SB - IM MH - Adoptive Transfer MH - Animals MH - Antigens/immunology MH - Apoptosis/immunology MH - Asthma/immunology/*metabolism/therapy MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dendritic Cells/immunology/*metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Genetic Engineering/*methods MH - *Immune Tolerance MH - Immunotherapy/methods MH - Interleukin-10/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Ovalbumin/immunology MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology MH - Transduction, Genetic EDAT- 2008/11/05 09:00 MHDA- 2008/12/17 09:00 CRDT- 2008/11/05 09:00 PHST- 2008/11/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/12/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/11/05 09:00 [entrez] AID - 181/10/7230 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.181.10.7230 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2008 Nov 15;181(10):7230-42. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.10.7230.