PMID- 28169322 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181030 LR - 20240324 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 7 DP - 2017 Feb 7 TI - Collagen scaffold microenvironments modulate cell lineage commitment for differentiation of bone marrow cells into regulatory dendritic cells. PG - 42049 LID - 10.1038/srep42049 [doi] LID - 42049 AB - The microenvironment plays a pivotal role for cell survival and functional regulation, and directs the cell fate determination. The biological functions of DCs have been extensively investigated to date. However, the influences of the microenvironment on the differentiation of bone marrow cells (BMCs) into dendritic cells (DCs) are not well defined. Here, we established a 3D collagen scaffold microenvironment to investigate whether such 3D collagen scaffolds could provide a favourable niche for BMCs to differentiate into specialised DCs. We found that BMCs embedded in the 3D collagen scaffold differentiated into a distinct subset of DC, exhibiting high expression of CD11b and low expression of CD11c, co-stimulator (CD40, CD80, CD83, and CD86) and MHC-II molecules compared to those grown in 2D culture. DCs cultured in the 3D collagen scaffold possessed weak antigen uptake ability and inhibited T-cell proliferation in vitro; in addition, they exhibited potent immunoregulatory function to alleviate allo-delay type hypersensitivity when transferred in vivo. Thus, DCs differentiated in the 3D collagen scaffold were defined as regulatory DCs, indicating that collagen scaffold microenvironments probably play an important role in modulating the lineage commitment of DCs and therefore might be applied as a promising tool for generation of specialised DCs. FAU - Fang, Yongxiang AU - Fang Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agricultural Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China. FAU - Wang, Bin AU - Wang B AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Zhao, Yannan AU - Zhao Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Xiao, Zhifeng AU - Xiao Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Li, Jing AU - Li J AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Cui, Yi AU - Cui Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. AD - Reproductive and Genetic Center of National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing 100191, China. FAU - Han, Sufang AU - Han S AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Wei, Jianshu AU - Wei J AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Chen, Bing AU - Chen B AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Han, Jin AU - Han J AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Meng, Qingyuan AU - Meng Q AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Hou, Xianglin AU - Hou X AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Luo, Jianxun AU - Luo J AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agricultural Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China. FAU - Dai, Jianwu AU - Dai J AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Jing, Zhizhong AU - Jing Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Agricultural Ministry, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170207 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (CD11b Antigen) RN - 0 (CD11c Antigen) RN - 0 (Collagen Type I) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/genetics/immunology MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Bone Marrow Cells/cytology/drug effects/*immunology MH - CD11b Antigen/genetics/immunology MH - CD11c Antigen/genetics/immunology MH - Cattle MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Collagen Type I/isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Dendritic Cells/cytology/drug effects/*immunology/transplantation MH - Gene Expression MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/genetics/immunology MH - Hypersensitivity, Delayed/immunology/pathology/*therapy MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - T-Lymphocytes/cytology/immunology MH - Tendons/chemistry MH - *Tissue Scaffolds PMC - PMC5294561 COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interests. EDAT- 2017/02/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/31 06:00 PMCR- 2017/02/07 CRDT- 2017/02/08 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/01/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/02/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/02/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/02/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - srep42049 [pii] AID - 10.1038/srep42049 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 7;7:42049. doi: 10.1038/srep42049.