Transcription profiling of human plasmacytoid dentritic cells co-cultured with activated conventional dendritic cells
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ABSTRACT: Two well-characterized blood dendritic cell populations, conventional (cDC) and plasmacytoid (pDC), exhibit multiple phenotypic, migratory and functional differences that suggest specialized and may be complementary and coordinated functions. To study this possible coordination, cDCs and pDCs from healthy blood donors were sorted and cDCs were stimulated either with LPS or R848 whereas pDCs were CFSE-labelled and maintained in IL3. Then, CFSE labelled-pDCs and stimulated-cDCs were mixed and co-cultured. Following this "conditioning", CFSE-pDCs were sorted again and further analyzed. Conditioned pDCs showed moderate phenotypic maturation and acquired allostimulatory capacity. Microarray and RT-PCR analyses showed the induction of different genes including chemokines and proinflammatory cytokines that were dependent on the stimulation received from the "conditioner" cDC. Additionally, the differential pattern of conditioning was confirmed by protein secretion analyses with the production of specific chemokines and cytokines by conditioned pDCs. Importantly, conditioning of pDCs by activated cDCs required cell-cell contact.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Francesc Borras
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2555 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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