PMID- 20357831 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101210 LR - 20121115 IS - 1476-5462 (Electronic) IS - 0969-7128 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 8 DP - 2010 Aug TI - Cytokine gene-modulated dendritic cells protect against allergic airway inflammation by inducing IL-10(+)IFN-gamma(+)CD4(+) T cells. PG - 1011-21 LID - 10.1038/gt.2010.39 [doi] AB - Asthma is characterized by allergen-induced airway inflammation orchestrated by Th2 cells. Dendritic cells (DCs) were found to efficiently prime naive T-helper cells. Thus, modification of DC function may be used as an ideal tool to treat allergic asthma by changing CD4(+) T-cell differentiation or suppressing Th2 development. In this study, we examined whether a DC-based vaccine can be applied to DCs modified with interleukin (IL)-10- and IL-12-expressing adenoviruses to prevent ovalbumin (OVA)-induced asthma in mice. Herein, we show that these modified DCs efficiently moderated the characteristics of asthma, including expressions of OVA-specific antibodies, airway hyperresponsiveness, eosinophilic airway inflammation, and Th2 cytokines production. Additionally, IL-10 and IL-12 gene-modified DCs enhanced the development of both T-helper type 1 (Th1) and IL-10(+)IFN-gamma(+) (interferon-gamma) double-positive T cells in vivo. In vitro-generated OVA-specific IL-10(+)IFN-gamma(+)CD4(+) T cells inhibited the proliferation of naive CD4(+) T cells, and this suppressive effect was a cell contact-dependent mechanism. Furthermore, we showed that combined cytokine-modulated DCs could alleviate established allergic airway inflammation. Taken together, these results suggest that IL-10 and IL-12 gene-modulated DCs are effective in suppressing asthmatic airway inflammation through both immune deviation and immune suppression and are a potential therapeutic approach for asthma. FAU - Hsu, C-Y AU - Hsu CY AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Leu, S-J AU - Leu SJ FAU - Chiang, B-L AU - Chiang BL FAU - Liu, H E AU - Liu HE FAU - Su, H-C AU - Su HC FAU - Lee, Y-L AU - Lee YL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100401 PL - England TA - Gene Ther JT - Gene therapy JID - 9421525 RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) RN - 9006-59-1 (Ovalbumin) SB - IM MH - Adenoviridae/genetics MH - Animals MH - Asthma/chemically induced/immunology/*therapy MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*metabolism/virology MH - Female MH - *Genetic Therapy MH - Immunoglobulin E/blood MH - Immunoglobulin G/blood MH - Inflammation/genetics/immunology/therapy MH - Interferon-gamma/*genetics/metabolism MH - Interleukin-10/*genetics/metabolism MH - Interleukin-12/genetics/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Ovalbumin/*immunology MH - Th2 Cells/immunology EDAT- 2010/04/02 06:00 MHDA- 2010/12/14 06:00 CRDT- 2010/04/02 06:00 PHST- 2010/04/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/04/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/12/14 06:00 [medline] AID - gt201039 [pii] AID - 10.1038/gt.2010.39 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gene Ther. 2010 Aug;17(8):1011-21. doi: 10.1038/gt.2010.39. Epub 2010 Apr 1.