International Immunology, Vol. 15, No. 8, pp. 1007-1015,
August 2003
© 2003 Japanese Society for Immunology
Effect of CXC chemokine platelet factor 4 on differentiation and function of monocyte-derived dendritic cells
1 Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Correspondence to: K. J. Kao, Departments of Pathology and Research, Koo Foundation SYS Cancer Center, 125 Lih-Der Road, Pei-Tou District, Taipei, Taiwan. E-mail: kjkao{at}synpacnc.com
Transmitter editor: S. Koyasu
Platelet factor 4 (PF4) is a CXC chemokine secreted by activated platelets. PF4 has been shown to promote monocyte survival and induce the differentiation of monocytes into macrophages. However, the effect of PF4 on differentiation of monocytes into dendritic cells (DC) has yet to be determined. As reported previously, monocytes cultured in RPMI medium containing FCS, granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor and IL-4 differentiated into CD1a+ DC. When PF4 was added, the expression of CD1a on DC was inhibited. This inhibitory effect was not observed with the other platelet-derived CXC chemokine, ß-thromboglobulin. The relative number of CD1a– DC increased from17 to 92% when the PF4 concentration was increased from 0 to 10 µg/ml. The inhibitory effect of PF4 on CD1a expression was reversed by 50 U/ml heparin. DC developed in the PF4-containing media appeared more adhesive to plastic culture wells and had higher light side scatter by flow cytometry. Immunophenotypically, monocyte-derived DC in the presence of increasing concentrations of PF4 proportionally expressed higher CD86 and lower HLA-DR. The levels of CD11c, CD40 and CD80 remained unchanged with or without PF4. Both CD1a+ DC and CD1a– DC were negative for CD14, CD68 and CD83. Functionally, DC developed in the presence of PF4 had their secretion of tumor necrosis factor-
and IL-12 reduced by 75 ± 10 and 79 ± 13% respectively when they were stimulated by 100 ng/ml lipopolysaccharide and 50 ng/ml IFN-
. CD1a– DC developed in the presence of PF4 were not as active as the control CD1a+ DC in stimulating allogeneic T cells to proliferate. In addition, CD1a– DC were less potent in priming naive CD4+ T cells to secrete both type 1 and 2 cytokines. These results indicate that PF4 can influence differentiation and function of monocyte-derived DC.
Keywords: CD1a, dendritic cell, monocyte, platelet factor 4
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