PMID- 23720369 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140213 LR - 20220409 IS - 1556-679X (Electronic) IS - 1556-6811 (Print) IS - 1556-679X (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 8 DP - 2013 Aug TI - Human monocyte-derived dendritic cells exposed to microorganisms involved in hypersensitivity pneumonitis induce a Th1-polarized immune response. PG - 1133-42 LID - 10.1128/CVI.00043-13 [doi] AB - Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immunoallergic disease characterized by a prominent interstitial infiltrate composed predominantly of lymphocytes secreting inflammatory cytokines. Dendritic cells (DCs) are known to play a pivotal role in the lymphocytic response. However, their cross talk with microorganisms that cause HP has yet to be elucidated. This study aimed to investigate the initial interactions between human monocyte-derived DCs (MoDCs) and four microorganisms that are different in nature (Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula [actinomycetes], Mycobacterium immunogenum [mycobacteria], and Wallemia sebi and Eurotium amstelodami [filamentous fungi]) and are involved in HP. Our objectives were to determine the cross talk between MoDCs and HP-causative agents and to determine whether the resulting immune response varied according to the microbial extract tested. The phenotypic activation of MoDCs was measured by the increased expression of costimulatory molecules and levels of cytokines in supernatants. The functional activation of MoDCs was measured by the ability of MoDCs to induce lymphocytic proliferation and differentiation in a mixed lymphocytic reaction (MLR). E. amstelodami-exposed (EA) MoDCs expressed higher percentages of costimulatory molecules than did W. sebi-exposed (WS), S. rectivirgula-exposed (SR), or M. immunogenum-exposed (MI) MoDCs (P < 0.05, Wilcoxon signed-rank test). EA-MoDCs, WS-MoDCs, SR-MoDCs, and MI-MoDCs induced CD4(+) T cell proliferation and a Th1-polarized immune response. The present study provides evidence that, although differences were initially observed between MoDCs exposed to filamentous fungi and MoDCs exposed to bacteria, a Th1 response was ultimately promoted by DCs regardless of the microbial extract tested. FAU - Bellanger, Anne-Pauline AU - Bellanger AP AD - University of Franche-Comte, Besancon, France. apbellanger@chu-besancon.fr FAU - Pallandre, Jean-Rene AU - Pallandre JR FAU - Borg, Christophe AU - Borg C FAU - Loeffert, Sophie AU - Loeffert S FAU - Gbaguidi-Haore, Houssein AU - Gbaguidi-Haore H FAU - Millon, Laurence AU - Millon L LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130529 PL - United States TA - Clin Vaccine Immunol JT - Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI JID - 101252125 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Receptors, Immunologic) SB - IM MH - Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic/*immunology/*microbiology MH - Bacteria/*immunology MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Fungi/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis MH - Th1 Cells/*immunology PMC - PMC3754498 EDAT- 2013/05/31 06:00 MHDA- 2014/02/14 06:00 PMCR- 2014/02/01 CRDT- 2013/05/31 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/02/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - CVI.00043-13 [pii] AID - 00043-13 [pii] AID - 10.1128/CVI.00043-13 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2013 Aug;20(8):1133-42. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00043-13. Epub 2013 May 29.