PMID- 26010746 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160930 LR - 20181113 IS - 1440-1711 (Electronic) IS - 0818-9641 (Linking) VI - 94 IP - 1 DP - 2016 Jan TI - Melanoma-derived factors alter the maturation and activation of differentiated tissue-resident dendritic cells. PG - 24-38 LID - 10.1038/icb.2015.58 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are key regulators of host immunity that are capable of inducing either immune tolerance or activation. In addition to their well-characterized role in shaping immune responses to foreign pathogens, DCs are also known to be critical for the induction and maintenance of anti-tumor immune responses. Therefore, it is important to understand how tumors influence the function of DCs and the quality of immune responses they elicit. Although the majority of studies in this field to date have utilized either immortalized DC lines or DC populations that have been generated under artificial conditions from hematopoietic precursors in vitro, we wished to investigate how tumors impact the function of already differentiated, tissue-resident DCs. Therefore, we used both an ex vivo and in vivo model system to assess the influence of melanoma-derived factors on DC maturation and activation. In ex vivo studies with freshly isolated splenic DCs, we demonstrate that the extent to which DC maturation and activation are altered by these factors correlates with melanoma tumorigenicity, and we identify partial roles for tumor-derived transforming growth factor (TGF)beta1 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A in the altered functionality of DCs. In vivo studies using a lung metastasis model of melanoma also demonstrate tumorigenicity-dependent alterations to the function of lung-resident DCs, and skewed production of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines by these tumor-altered cells is associated with recruitment of an immune infiltrate that may ultimately favor tumor immune escape and outgrowth. FAU - Hargadon, Kristian M AU - Hargadon KM AD - Hargadon Laboratory, Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA, USA. FAU - Bishop, Johnathan D AU - Bishop JD AD - Hargadon Laboratory, Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA, USA. FAU - Brandt, John P AU - Brandt JP AD - Hargadon Laboratory, Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA, USA. FAU - Hand, Zachary C AU - Hand ZC AD - Hargadon Laboratory, Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA, USA. FAU - Ararso, Yonathan T AU - Ararso YT AD - Hargadon Laboratory, Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA, USA. FAU - Forrest, Osric A AU - Forrest OA AD - Hargadon Laboratory, Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150526 PL - United States TA - Immunol Cell Biol JT - Immunology and cell biology JID - 8706300 RN - 0 (Chemokines) RN - 0 (Immunologic Factors) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Cell Count MH - *Cell Differentiation MH - Chemokines/genetics/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*pathology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Immunologic Factors/metabolism MH - Lung/*pathology MH - Lymphocyte Activation/immunology MH - Macrophages/metabolism MH - Melanoma, Experimental/genetics/immunology/*pathology MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Spleen/*pathology MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1/metabolism MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism EDAT- 2015/05/27 06:00 MHDA- 2016/10/01 06:00 CRDT- 2015/05/27 06:00 PHST- 2014/12/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/05/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/05/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/05/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/05/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/10/01 06:00 [medline] AID - icb201558 [pii] AID - 10.1038/icb.2015.58 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunol Cell Biol. 2016 Jan;94(1):24-38. doi: 10.1038/icb.2015.58. Epub 2015 May 26.