Th1/Th2 xenogenic antibody responses are associated with recipient dendritic cells.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
We characterized dendritic cells (DC) phenotypically and functionally between C57BL/6 (Th1-prone) and BALB/c (Th2-prone) mouse recipients in an in vivo sensitization model. Two strains of mice were presensitized with Lewis rat splenocytes as xenogeneic antigens. We found that BALB/c recipients mounted a significantly higher total IgG response to the xeno-antigens when compared with C57BL/6 recipients, 10 days after rat splenocyte infusion. A Th2-mediated antibody response with high ratio of IgG1/IgG2a was seen in the BALB/c recipients, while a Th1 antibody response with low ratio of IgG1/IgG2a was detected in C57BL/6 recipients. CD11c(+)DC isolated from C57BL/6 recipients possessed increased expression of CD8alpha(+) (DC-1 type). The administration of bone marrow derived-DC from IL-12 knockout mice into C57BL/6 recipients induced a shift of Th-mediated anti-xenogeneic antibody responses from Th1 to Th2 domain. Our findings suggest that DC could play an important role to regulate the balance of Th1/Th2 cytokine profiles and rejection patterns in xenotransplantation.
Medical subject headings
- Dendritic Cells
- Immunoglobulin G
- Th1 Cells
- Th2 Cells
- Transplantation, Heterologous