Project description:Human monocyte derived dendritic cells matured via galectin-1 or LPS. Experiment Overall Design: 4 conditions with 3 replicates of each include control or intreated immature MDDCS, galectin-1 treated MDDCs, LPS treated MDDCs, and vehicle control MDDCs. (each replicate is from a distinct DONOR). Dendritic cells (DCs) are potent mediators of the immune response, and can be activated by exogenous pathogen components. Galectin-1 is a member of the conserved beta-galactoside-binding lectin family that binds galactoside residues on cell surface glycoconjugates. Galectin-1 is known to play a role in immune regulation via action on multiple immune cells. However, its effects on human DCs are unknown. In this study, we show that galectin-1 induces a phenotypic and functional maturation in human monocyte-derived DCs (MDDCs) similar to but distinct from the activity of the exogenous pathogen stimuli, LPS. Immature human MDDCs exposed to galectin-1 up-regulated cell surface markers characteristic of DC maturation (CD40, CD83, CD86, and HLA-DR), secreted high levels of IL-6 and TNF-alpha, stimulated T cell proliferation, and showed reduced endocytic capacity, similar to LPS-matured MDDCs. However, unlike LPS-matured DCs, galectin-1-treated MDDCs did not produce the Th1-polarizing cytokine IL-12. Microarray analysis revealed that in addition to modulating many of the same DC maturation genes as LPS, galectin-1 also uniquely up-regulated a significant subset of genes related to cell migration through the extracellular matrix (ECM). Indeed, compared with LPS, galectin-1-treated human MDDCs exhibited significantly better chemotactic migration through Matrigel, an in vitro ECM model. Our findings show that galectin-1 is a novel endogenous activator of human MDDCs that up-regulates a significant subset of genes distinct from those regulated by a model exogenous stimulus (LPS). One unique effect of galectin-1 is to increase DC migration through the ECM, suggesting that galectin-1 may be an important component in initiating an immune response.
Project description:We investigated the influence of SCFAs on human, monocyte derived DCs that represent a reliable in vitro model to study circulating DCs, one of the key regulators of our immune system. We studied the individual effect exerted by SCFA, the main metabolic end-products of fermentation by anaerobic bacteria in the gut, on the gene expression of immature and mature DC, exploring the potential of circulating bacterial metabolites to directly influence immune system cells. We found that SCFAs have little effect on the transcriptome of immature DC, whereas the transcriptome of mature DC was highly perturbed especially by butyrate and propionate. Our findings show an overall down-regulation of LPS-induced inflammatory responses and provide new insights into host-microbiome interactions. In this dataset, we include the expression data obtained from immature and matured (via lipopolysaccharide, LPS) human monocyte-derived dendritic cells untreated and treated with 1mM of acetate, butyrate, or propionate.
Project description:Little is known about the early transcriptional events in innate immune signaling in immature and tolerogenic monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs), the professional antigen-presenting cells of our immune system. TLR ligands usually induce a proinflammatory transcriptional response, whereas IL10 and/or dexamethasone induce a more tolerogenic phenotype. We used Affymetrix microarrays to obtain detailed information underlying pro- and anti-inflammatory transcriptional responsesand transcriptional networks in DCs A pilot experiment was performed in which monocyte-derived DCs were either treated with TLR4 ligand LPS, or IL10 and dexamethason. Furthermore, IL10/dexamethason treated cells were also stimulated with LPS for an additional 6 hr. All samples were then subjected to global gene expression analysis using Affymetrix technology.
Project description:Little is known about the early transcriptional events in innate immune signaling in immature and tolerogenic monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs), the professional antigen-presenting cells of our immune system. TLR ligands usually induce a proinflammatory transcriptional response, whereas IL10 and/or dexamethasone induce a more tolerogenic phenotype. We used Affymetrix microarrays to obtain detailed information underlying pro- and anti-inflammatory transcriptional responsesand transcriptional networks in DCs
Project description:We report the application of single-molecule-based sequencing technology for high-throughput profiling of histone modifications in human monocyte devried DCs. By obtaining about 15 million mapped reads for each sample from chromatin immunoprecipitated DNA, we generated genome-wide chromatin-state maps of human monocytes and monocyte-derived DCs. This study provides a framework for the application of comprehensive chromatin profiling towards characterization of diverse mammalian cell populations.
Project description:To identify the functional non-coding RNAs in human DC development, we explored the gene expression profiles during DC development from peripheral monocytes. Using RNA-seq, we identified many annotated lncRNAs with markedly altered expressions during human DC differentiation and maturation. RNA samples from human peripheral blood monocytes and monocyte-derived DCs were collected. RNAs from 3 donors were pooled together to form monocyte sample or DC sample and then these two samples were subjected to RNA-seq and analysis.
Project description:In order to detect the microRNA expression profile of in vitro generated dendritic cells , purified monocytes from PBMCs were used as dendritic cell (DCs) precursors and were cultured in medium with cocktail for differentiation and maturation to immature dendritic cells (iDCs) and mature dendritic cells (mDCs). microRNA samples were isolated from precursor, iDCs and mDCs and used for microarray-based microRNAs expression profiles. To generate enough amount of immature DC (iDCs) and mature DCs (mDCs), monocytes were differentiated with GM-CSF and rhIL-4 for 2 days and maturated in the presence of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 and PGE2 for another 2 days. With the anticipation to insight developmental-stage-specific microRNAs with potential functions related to monocyte derived DCs, global microRNAs expression profiling was set using microarray technology.microRNA expression profiles were performed in triplicate independent experiments starting for 3 groups of precursor, iDC and mDC generated from different blood donors.
Project description:In order to detect the gene expression profile of in vitro generated dendritic cells , purified monocytes from PBMCs were used as dendritic cell (DCs) precursors and were cultured in medium with cocktail for differentiation and maturation to immature dendritic cells (iDCs) and mature dendritic cells (mDCs). Total RNA samples were isolated from precursor, iDCs and mDCs and used for microarray-based gene expression profiles. To generate enough amount of immature DC (iDCs) and mature DCs (mDCs), monocytes were differentiated with GM-CSF and rhIL-4 for 2 days and maturated in the presence of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 and PGE2 for another 2 days. With the anticipation to insight developmental-stage-specific genes with potential functions related to monocyte derived DCs, global gene expression profiling was set using microarray technology.gene expression profiles were performed in triplicate independent experiments starting for 3 groups of precursor, iDC and mDC generated from different blood donors.
Project description:The transcription factor β-catenin has been shown to be active in different types of dendritic cells (DCs) with ability to induce tolerogenic or anti-inflammatory features. Monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs) have been widely used in dendritic cell-based cancer therapy, but so far with limited clinical efficacy. It is possible that aberrant differentiation or induction of dual pro- and anti-inflammatory features may decrease the moDCs efficiency to stage the immune attack on cancer cells. Here we show, using moDCs derived from healthy buffycoats, that β-catenin is detectable in both immature and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-matured DCs.