PMID- 9433467 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19980130 LR - 20190723 IS - 0022-1759 (Print) IS - 0022-1759 (Linking) VI - 208 IP - 2 DP - 1997 Oct 27 TI - IL-13 induces CD34+ cells isolated from G-CSF mobilized blood to differentiate in vitro into potent antigen presenting cells. PG - 117-29 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs), which are antigen presenting cells of potential use in human antitumor vaccination trials, are presently the subject of intense investigation. Many recent studies have reported the possibility of generating ex vivo large numbers of DCs with high antigen presenting capacity by the culture of bone marrow or blood progenitors. In this study, we examined the differentiation into DCs of CD34+ progenitors isolated from the G-CSF mobilized blood of 3 healthy donors and 5 patients with breast cancer and cultured in the presence of GM-CSF + IL-13. The characteristics of the cells were compared to those of cells obtained in the presence of GM-CSF + TNF alpha. By day 15, one third of the bulk cells cultured with IL-13 were CD1a+/CD14- and strongly expressed CD1c, CD40, CD80 and HLA-DR. In contrast, cells obtained with TNF alpha expressed CD1a on one in three cells but with a considerably lower fluorescence intensity than on IL-13-cultured cells and strongly expressed CD14 on more than 50% of cells. CD1a+/CD14- cells emerged in IL-13 cultures at day 5, while in TNF alpha cultures CD14+ cells appeared before CD1a+ cells. Cells grown in the presence of IL-13 had an increased capacity to present antigens to autologous lymphocytes and to stimulate allogeneic T-lymphocytes. This effect was greater than that of cells grown in the presence of TNF alpha. These cells should therefore have greater effector potential in any therapeutic applications in humans. FAU - Lopez, M AU - Lopez M AD - Faculte de Medecine, Inserm U76, Paris, France. FAU - Amorim, L AU - Amorim L FAU - Gane, P AU - Gane P FAU - Cristoph, A AU - Cristoph A FAU - Bardinet, D AU - Bardinet D FAU - Abina, A M AU - Abina AM FAU - Minty, A AU - Minty A FAU - Bernard, J AU - Bernard J LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - J Immunol Methods JT - Journal of immunological methods JID - 1305440 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD1) RN - 0 (Antigens, CD34) RN - 0 (Interleukin-13) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 143011-72-7 (Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigen Presentation/drug effects/immunology MH - Antigens, CD1/immunology MH - Antigens, CD34/*immunology MH - Cell Cycle MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology/*drug effects/immunology MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/*pharmacology MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cells/*cytology/*drug effects/immunology MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-13/*pharmacology MH - Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects/immunology MH - Mice MH - T-Lymphocytes/drug effects/immunology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology EDAT- 1998/01/20 00:00 MHDA- 1998/01/20 00:01 CRDT- 1998/01/20 00:00 PHST- 1998/01/20 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/01/20 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/01/20 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0022-1759(97)00133-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0022-1759(97)00133-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol Methods. 1997 Oct 27;208(2):117-29. doi: 10.1016/s0022-1759(97)00133-6.