PMID- 20626386 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101115 LR - 20230124 IS - 1600-6143 (Electronic) IS - 1600-6135 (Print) IS - 1600-6135 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 8 DP - 2010 Aug TI - Rapamycin-conditioned donor dendritic cells differentiate CD4CD25Foxp3 T cells in vitro with TGF-beta1 for islet transplantation. PG - 1774-84 LID - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03199.x [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) conditioned with the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor rapamycin have been previously shown to expand naturally existing regulatory T cells (nTregs). This work addresses whether rapamycin-conditioned donor DCs could effectively induce CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) Tregs (iTregs) in cell cultures with alloantigen specificities, and whether such in vitro-differentiated CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) iTregs could effectively control acute rejection in allogeneic islet transplantation. We found that donor BALB/c bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) pharmacologically modified by the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin had significantly enhanced ability to induce CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) iTregs of recipient origin (C57BL/6 (B6)) in vitro under Treg driving conditions compared to unmodified BMDCs. These in vitro-induced CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) iTregs exerted donor-specific suppression in vitro, and prolonged allogeneic islet graft survival in vivo in RAG(-/-) hosts upon coadoptive transfer with T-effector cells. The CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) iTregs expanded and preferentially maintained Foxp3 expression in the graft draining lymph nodes. Finally, the CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) iTregs were further able to induce endogenous naive T cells to convert to CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) T cells. We conclude that rapamycin-conditioned donor BMDCs can be exploited for efficient in vitro differentiation of donor antigen-specific CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) iTregs. Such in vitro-generated donor-specific CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) iTregs are able to effectively control allogeneic islet graft rejection. FAU - Pothoven, K L AU - Pothoven KL AD - Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. FAU - Kheradmand, T AU - Kheradmand T FAU - Yang, Q AU - Yang Q FAU - Houlihan, J L AU - Houlihan JL FAU - Zhang, H AU - Zhang H FAU - Degutes, M AU - Degutes M FAU - Miller, S D AU - Miller SD FAU - Luo, X AU - Luo X LA - eng GR - DP2 DK083099/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 RR025741/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS026543/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - K08 DK070029/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - 1K08DK070029-01/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DP2DK083099-01/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100712 PL - United States TA - Am J Transplant JT - American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons JID - 100968638 RN - 0 (CD4 Antigens) RN - 0 (Forkhead Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Foxp3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Il2ra protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD4 Antigens/*immunology MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects/immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/drug effects/*immunology MH - Forkhead Transcription Factors/*immunology MH - Graft Rejection/immunology MH - Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit/*immunology MH - Islets of Langerhans Transplantation/immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Sirolimus/*pharmacology MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/*immunology MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1/pharmacology PMC - PMC3995630 MID - NIHMS570662 COIS- Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2010/07/16 06:00 MHDA- 2010/11/16 06:00 PMCR- 2014/04/22 CRDT- 2010/07/15 06:00 PHST- 2010/07/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/07/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/11/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/04/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1600-6135(22)14391-1 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03199.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Transplant. 2010 Aug;10(8):1774-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03199.x. Epub 2010 Jul 12.