PMID- 21978263 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120127 LR - 20211020 IS - 1471-2172 (Electronic) IS - 1471-2172 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2011 Oct 6 TI - DC-STAMP knock-down deregulates cytokine production and T-cell stimulatory capacity of LPS-matured dendritic cells. PG - 57 LID - 10.1186/1471-2172-12-57 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Dendritic cells (DCs) are the highly specialized antigen presenting cells of the immune system that play a key role in regulating immune responses. DCs can efficiently initiate immune responses or induce tolerance. Due to this dual function, DCs are studied in the context of immunotherapy for both cancer and autoimmune diseases. Characterization of DC-specific genes, leading to better understanding of DC immunobiology, will help to guide their use in clinical settings. We previously identified DC-STAMP, a multi-membrane spanning protein preferentially expressed by DCs. DC-STAMP resides in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of immature DCs and translocates towards the Golgi compartment upon maturation. In this study we knocked down DC-STAMP in mouse bone marrow-derived DCs (mBMDCs) to determine its function. RESULTS: We demonstrate that DC-STAMP knock-down mBMDCs secrete less IL-6, IL-12, TNF-alpha and IL-10 while IL-1 production is enhanced. Moreover, LPS-matured DC-STAMP knock-down mBMDCs show impaired T cell activation potential and induction of Th1 responses in an alloreaction. CONCLUSIONS: We show that DC-STAMP plays an important role in cytokine production by mBMDCs following LPS exposure. Our results reveal a novel function of DC-STAMP in regulating DC-initiated immune responses. FAU - Sanecka, Anna AU - Sanecka A AD - Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. FAU - Ansems, Marleen AU - Ansems M FAU - Prosser, Amy C AU - Prosser AC FAU - Danielski, Katharina AU - Danielski K FAU - Warner, Kathrin AU - Warner K FAU - den Brok, Martijn H AU - den Brok MH FAU - Jansen, Bastiaan J H AU - Jansen BJ FAU - Eleveld-Trancikova, Dagmar AU - Eleveld-Trancikova D FAU - Adema, Gosse J AU - Adema GJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111006 PL - England TA - BMC Immunol JT - BMC immunology JID - 100966980 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (DC-STAMP protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow/pathology MH - Cell Differentiation/genetics/immunology MH - Cell Line MH - Cytokines/genetics/immunology/*metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/immunology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/genetics/immunology MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Humans MH - Lipopolysaccharides/immunology/metabolism MH - Lymphocyte Activation/genetics MH - Membrane Proteins/genetics/immunology/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Microscopy, Confocal MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/immunology/*metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/genetics MH - T-Lymphocytes/*metabolism/pathology PMC - PMC3199277 EDAT- 2011/10/08 06:00 MHDA- 2012/01/28 06:00 PMCR- 2011/10/06 CRDT- 2011/10/08 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/10/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/10/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/01/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/10/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1471-2172-12-57 [pii] AID - 10.1186/1471-2172-12-57 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Immunol. 2011 Oct 6;12:57. doi: 10.1186/1471-2172-12-57.