Bone marrow-generated dendritic cells pulsed with a class I-restricted peptide are potent inducers of cytotoxic T lymphocytes

Angel Porgador, Eli Gilboa

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Abstract

It has previously been shown that bone marrow-generated dendritic cells (DC) are potent stimulators in allogeneic mixed leukocyte reactions and are capable of activating naive CD4+ T cells in situ in an antigen-specific manner. In this study we have investigated whether bone marrow-generated DC are capable of inducing antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses in vivo. Initial attempts to induce specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses in mice injected with bone marrow-generated DC pulsed with ovalbumin (OVA) peptide were frustrated by the presence of high levels of nonspecific lyric activity, which obscured, though not completely, the presence of Ag-specific CTL. Using conditions that effectively differentiate between antigen-specific and nonspecific lyric activity, we have shown that bone marrow-generated DC pulsed with OVA peptide are potent inducers of OVA-specific CTL responses in vivo, compared with splenocytes or RMA-S cells pulsed with OVA peptide, or compared with immunization with free OVA peptide mixed with adjuvant. Antibody-mediated depletion experiments have shown that the cytotoxic effector cells consist primarily of CD8+ cells, and that induction of CTL in vivo is dependent on CD4+ as well as on CD8+ T cells. These results provide the basis for exploring the role of bone marrow-generated DC in major histocompatibility class I-restricted immune responses, and they provide the rationale for using bone marrow-generated DC in CTL-mediated immunotherapy of cancer and infectious diseases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)255-260
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Experimental Medicine
Volume182
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 1995
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology

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