PMID- 23582182 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150514 LR - 20220409 IS - 1555-3892 (Electronic) IS - 0963-6897 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 9 DP - 2014 TI - Adult human hepatocytes promote CD4(+) T-cell hyporesponsiveness via interleukin-10-producing allogeneic dendritic cells. PG - 1127-42 LID - 10.3727/096368913X666421 [doi] AB - The success of liver cell therapy remains closely dependent on how well the infused cells can be accepted after transplantation and is directly related to their degree of immunogenicity. In this study, we investigated the in vitro immunogenic properties of isolated human hepatocytes (hHeps) and adult-derived human liver progenitor cells (ADHLPCs), an alternative cell candidate for liver cell transplantation (LCT). The constitutive expression of immune markers was first analyzed on these liver-derived cells by flow cytometry. Human liver-derived cells were then cocultured with allogeneic human adult peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), and the resulting activation and proliferation of PBMCs was evaluated, as well as the cytokine levels in the coculture supernatant. The effect of liver-derived cells on monocyte-derived dendritic cell (MoDC) properties was further analyzed in a secondary coculture with naive CD4(+) T-cells. We report that hHeps and ADHLPCs expressed human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and Fas but did not express HLA-DR, Fas ligand, and costimulatory molecules. hHeps and ADHLPCs did not induce T-cell activation or proliferation. Moreover, hHeps induced a cell contact-dependent production of interleukin (IL)-10 that was not observed with ADHLPCs. The IL-10 was produced by a myeloid DC subset characterized by an incomplete mature state. Furthermore, hHep-primed MoDCs induced an antigen-independent hyporesponsiveness of naive CD4(+) T lymphocytes that was partially reversed by blocking IL-10, whereas nonprimed MoDCs (i.e., those cultured alone) did not. hHeps and ADHLPCs present a low immunogenic phenotype in vitro. Allogeneic hHeps, but not ADHLPCs, promote a cell contact-dependent production of IL-10 by myeloid DCs, which induces naive CD4(+) T-cells antigen-independent hyporesponsiveness. FAU - Sana, Gwenaelle AU - Sana G AD - Universite Catholique de Louvain and Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Laboratory of Pediatric Hepatology and Cell Therapy, Brussels, Belgium. FAU - Lombard, Catherine AU - Lombard C FAU - Vosters, Olivier AU - Vosters O FAU - Jazouli, Nawal AU - Jazouli N FAU - Andre, Floriane AU - Andre F FAU - Stephenne, Xavier AU - Stephenne X FAU - Smets, Francoise AU - Smets F FAU - Najimi, Mustapha AU - Najimi M FAU - Sokal, Etienne M AU - Sokal EM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Cell Transplant JT - Cell transplantation JID - 9208854 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology/*immunology MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Child MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology/metabolism MH - Female MH - Hepatocytes/*cytology MH - Humans MH - Infant MH - Interleukin-10/*metabolism MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear/cytology MH - Liver/cytology/metabolism MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Monocytes/cytology MH - Stem Cells/cytology MH - Transplantation, Homologous EDAT- 2013/04/16 06:00 MHDA- 2015/05/15 06:00 CRDT- 2013/04/16 06:00 PHST- 2013/04/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/05/15 06:00 [medline] AID - content-cog_09636897_ct0617sana [pii] AID - 10.3727/096368913X666421 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Transplant. 2014;23(9):1127-42. doi: 10.3727/096368913X666421.