PMID- 20350561 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100628 LR - 20211020 IS - 1096-0333 (Electronic) IS - 0041-008X (Print) IS - 0041-008X (Linking) VI - 246 IP - 1-2 DP - 2010 Jul TI - Functional and phenotypic effects of AhR activation in inflammatory dendritic cells. PG - 18-28 LID - 10.1016/j.taap.2010.03.013 [doi] AB - Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activation by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induces immune suppression. Dendritic cells (DCs) are key antigen presenting cells governing T cell activation and differentiation. However, the consequences of AhR activation in DCs are not fully defined. We hypothesized that AhR activation alters DC differentiation and generates dysfunctional DCs. To test this hypothesis, inflammatory bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) from C57Bl/6 mice were generated in the presence of vehicle or TCDD. TCDD decreased CD11c expression but increased MHC class II, CD86 and CD25 expression on the BMDCs. The effects of TCDD were strictly AhR-dependent but not exclusively DRE-mediated. Similar effects were observed with two natural AhR ligands, 6-formylindolo[3,2-b]carbazole (FICZ) and 2-(1H-Indol-3-ylcarbonyl)-4-thiazolecarboxylic acid (ITE). TCDD increased LPS- and CpG-induced IL-6 and TNF-alpha production by BMDCs but decreased their NO production. TCDD decreased CpG-induced IL-12p70 production by BMDCs but did not affect their secretion of IL-10. TCDD downregulated LPS- and CpG-induced NF-kB p65 levels and induced a trend towards upregulation of RelB levels in the BMDCs. AhR activation by TCDD modulated BMDC uptake of both soluble and particulate antigens. Induction of indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and TGF-beta3 has been implicated in the generation of regulatory T cells following AhR activation. TCDD increased IDO1, IDO2 and TGF-beta3 mRNA levels in BMDCs as compared to vehicle. Despite the induction of regulatory mediators, TCDD-treated BMDCs failed to suppress antigen-specific T cell activation. Thus, AhR activation can directly alter the differentiation and innate functions of inflammatory DCs without affecting their ability to successfully interact with T cells. CI - 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Bankoti, Jaishree AU - Bankoti J AD - Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA. FAU - Rase, Ben AU - Rase B FAU - Simones, Tom AU - Simones T FAU - Shepherd, David M AU - Shepherd DM LA - eng GR - P20 RR017670-040012/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 ES013784/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - RR017670/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - RR015583/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 RR015583-09/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 RR017670/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 ES013784-03/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 RR015583/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - ES013784/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20100327 PL - United States TA - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol JT - Toxicology and applied pharmacology JID - 0416575 RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Dendritic Cells/chemistry/*drug effects/metabolism/physiology MH - Immunity, Innate/drug effects/physiology MH - Inflammation/physiopathology MH - Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Mutant Strains MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide/analysis MH - Phenotype MH - Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/pharmacology MH - Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/biosynthesis/*drug effects MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - T-Lymphocytes/drug effects PMC - PMC2885531 MID - NIHMS193267 EDAT- 2010/03/31 06:00 MHDA- 2010/06/29 06:00 PMCR- 2011/07/01 CRDT- 2010/03/31 06:00 PHST- 2009/11/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/03/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/03/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/03/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/06/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0041-008X(10)00110-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.taap.2010.03.013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2010 Jul;246(1-2):18-28. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2010.03.013. Epub 2010 Mar 27.