PMID- 38485913 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240318 LR - 20240318 IS - 1735-5249 (Electronic) IS - 1735-1502 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Feb 11 TI - Exosomes Derived from Heat-shocked Tumor Cells Promote In vitro Maturation of Bone Marrow-derived Dendritic Cells. PG - 97-106 LID - 10.18502/ijaai.v23i1.14957 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs), professional antigen-presenting cells that process and deliver antigens using MHC II/I molecules, can be enhanced in numerous ways. Exosomes derived from heat-shocked tumor cells (HS-TEXs) contain high amounts of heat-shock proteins (HSPs). HSPs, as chaperons, can induce DC maturation. This study aimed to investigate whether HS-TEXs can promote DC maturation. To generate DC, bone marrow-derived cells were treated with Interleukin-4 and GM-CSF. Exosomes were isolated from heat-treated CT-26 cells. The expression level of HSP in exosomes was checked by western blot and the increase in the expression of this protein was observed. Then, HS-TEXs were co-cultured with iDCs to determine DC maturity, and then DCs were co-cultured with lymphocytes to determine DC activity. Our results showed that DCs treated with HS-TEXs express high levels of molecules involved in DC maturation and function including MHCII, CD40, CD83, and CD86. HS-TEXs caused phenotypic and functional maturation of DCs. In addition, flow cytometric results reflected a higher proliferative response of lymphocytes in the iDC / Tex + HSP group. HS-TEXs could be used as a strategy to improve DC maturation and activation. FAU - Heidari, Neda AU - Heidari N AD - Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. nh.he21@yahoo.com. FAU - Abbasi-Kenarsari, Hajar AU - Abbasi-Kenarsari H AD - Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. hajar.abbasi64@yahoo.com. FAU - Niknam, Bahare AU - Niknam B AD - Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. bahare.niknam@yahoo.com. FAU - Asadirad, Ali AU - Asadirad A AD - Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. ali.asadirad@gmail.com. FAU - Amani, Davar AU - Amani D AD - Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Amanid@sbmu.ac.ir. FAU - Mirsanei, Zahra AU - Mirsanei Z AD - Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. sz.mirsanei@gmail.com. FAU - Hashemi, Seyed Mahmood AU - Hashemi SM AD - Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Medical Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. smmhashemi@sbmu.ac.ir. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240211 PL - Iran TA - Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol JT - Iranian journal of allergy, asthma, and immunology JID - 101146178 SB - IM MH - *Exosomes MH - Dendritic Cells MH - Bone Marrow MH - T-Lymphocytes MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Cell Differentiation OTO - NOTNLM OT - Dendritic cell OT - Exosome OT - Heat-shock protein OT - Tumor EDAT- 2024/03/15 06:43 MHDA- 2024/03/18 06:43 CRDT- 2024/03/15 00:25 PHST- 2023/03/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/11/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/18 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/03/15 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/03/15 00:25 [entrez] AID - 10.18502/ijaai.v23i1.14957 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 Feb 11;23(1):97-106. doi: 10.18502/ijaai.v23i1.14957.