PMID- 22294105 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120813 LR - 20211021 IS - 1573-4978 (Electronic) IS - 0301-4851 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 6 DP - 2012 Jun TI - Functional study of immature dendritic cells co-transfected with IL-10 and TGF-beta 1 genes in vitro. PG - 6633-9 LID - 10.1007/s11033-012-1468-4 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DC) have important functions in T cell immunity and T cell tolerance. Previous studies suggest that immature dendritic cells (imDCs) might be involved in the induction of peripheral T cell tolerance. While interleukin-10 (IL-10) functions at different levels of the immune response, transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) is considered to be a key factor in immune tolerance. In this study, we investigated the effects of immature DC (imDC) co-transfected with IL-10 and TGF-beta 1 genes (IL-10-TGF-beta 1-imDC) on inducing immune tolerance. Moreover, we compared the effects of IL-10-TGF-beta 1-imDC with IL-10 transfected imDC (IL-10-imDC) and TGF-beta 1-transfected imDC (TGF-beta 1-imDC), respectively. IL-10-TGF-beta 1-imDC resulted in the down-regulation of MHC class II, CD80 and CD86. IL-10-TGF-beta 1-imDC could induce T cell hyporesponsiveness, and was reluctant to proliferate. IL-10-TGF-beta 1-imDC was more effective than IL-10-imDC and TGF-beta 1-imDC, respectively. In summary, co-expression of IL-10 and TGF-beta 1 affected the immunity of imDCs and enhanced their tolerogenicity. It might be a promising therapy for donor-specific tolerance after organ transplantation. FAU - Chen, Lihong AU - Chen L AD - Department of Pathology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China. FAU - Qiu, Minglian AU - Qiu M FAU - He, Wubing AU - He W FAU - Huang, Aimin AU - Huang A FAU - Liu, Jingfeng AU - Liu J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Mol Biol Rep JT - Molecular biology reports JID - 0403234 RN - 0 (B7-1 Antigen) RN - 0 (B7-2 Antigen) RN - 0 (Cd86 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - B7-1 Antigen/genetics/metabolism MH - B7-2 Antigen/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dendritic Cells/metabolism/*physiology MH - Gene Expression MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/genetics/metabolism MH - Immunomodulation/genetics MH - Interleukin-10/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Male MH - Rats, Inbred Lew MH - Recombinant Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics MH - T-Lymphocytes/physiology MH - Transfection MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1/*biosynthesis/genetics EDAT- 2012/02/02 06:00 MHDA- 2012/08/14 06:00 CRDT- 2012/02/02 06:00 PHST- 2011/12/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/01/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/02/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/02/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/08/14 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s11033-012-1468-4 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Biol Rep. 2012 Jun;39(6):6633-9. doi: 10.1007/s11033-012-1468-4.