PMID- 23582781 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140108 LR - 20130607 IS - 1878-3279 (Electronic) IS - 0171-2985 (Linking) VI - 218 IP - 8 DP - 2013 Aug TI - Ageing impairs the T cell response to dendritic cells. PG - 1077-84 LID - S0171-2985(13)00039-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.imbio.2013.02.002 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are critical in priming adaptive T-cell responses, but the effects of ageing on interactions between DCs and T cells are unclear. This study investigated the influence of ageing on the maturation of and cytokine production by human blood-enriched DCs, and the impact on T cell responses in an allogeneic mixed leucocyte reaction (MLR). DCs from old subjects (65-75 y) produced significantly less TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma than young subjects (20-30 y) in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), but expression of maturation markers and co-stimulatory molecules was preserved. In the MLR, DCs from older subjects induced significantly restricted proliferation of young T cells, activation of CD8+ T cells and expression of IL-12 and IFN-gamma in T cells compared with young DCs. T cells from older subjects responded more weakly to DC stimulation compared with young T cells, regardless of whether the DCs were derived from young or older subjects. In conclusion, the capacity of DCs to induce T cell activation is significantly impaired by ageing. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. FAU - You, Jialu AU - You J AD - Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights PO Box 226, Reading RG6 6AP, UK. FAU - Dong, Honglin AU - Dong H FAU - Mann, Elizabeth R AU - Mann ER FAU - Knight, Stella C AU - Knight SC FAU - Yaqoob, Parveen AU - Yaqoob P LA - eng GR - BB/H00470X/1/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130301 PL - Netherlands TA - Immunobiology JT - Immunobiology JID - 8002742 RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aging/*immunology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis MH - Interleukin-12/biosynthesis MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear/*immunology MH - Lipopolysaccharides MH - Lymphocyte Activation/*immunology MH - Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2013/04/16 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/09 06:00 CRDT- 2013/04/16 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/02/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/02/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/04/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/09 06:00 [medline] AID - S0171-2985(13)00039-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.imbio.2013.02.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunobiology. 2013 Aug;218(8):1077-84. doi: 10.1016/j.imbio.2013.02.002. Epub 2013 Mar 1.