DCs são células especializadas na apresentação de antígenos (Ags) para linfócitos T virgens e indução de respostas imunes primárias. Deficiências no processo de eliminação de células apoptóticas relacionam-se com desenvolvimento de doenças auto-imunes. Para avaliar o efeito de células apoptóticas sobre os processos de maturação e atividade funcional de DCs derivadas in vitro de monócitos aderentes de doadores saudáveis, células não aderentes obtidas após uma 2ª etapa de aderência por 3 dias foram submetidas a aquecimento e/ou irradiação. 48h após, células somente irradiadas (37i) apresentaram maior porcentagem de apoptose que células aquecidas e irradiadas (43i), sugerindo que o calor protege da apoptose induzida. Na cocultura com iDCs ou mDCs (iDC+TNF), iDC+37i apresentaram aumento de CD1a, correlacionado com altos níveis de IL-10 e inibição de autoestimulação linfocitária. mDC+43i apresentaram níveis de CD1a semelhantes a iDC, baixos níveis de IL-10, altos níveis de IL-12p70 e altos índices de auto e aloestimulação linfocitária. Concluímos que o fenótipo e função de DCs é modulado diferencialmente na presença de 43i, que induzem ativação in vitro, enquanto 37i induzem DCs com características moduladoras dependente de lipídios. / DCs are specialized in presenting Ags to naïve lymphocytes, inducing primary immune responses or immunological peripheral tolerance, through tissue turnover by scavenging dying cells. Works with human cells are scarcer and controversial about the latter. Then, the aim of this work was to investigate the effect of apoptotic cells (Nadhs) on maturation and function of human monocyte-derived DCs in vitro. The results suggest that heating Nadhs before irradiation (43i) seems to protect them from apoptosis induced by irradiation (37i). DCs were cocultured with 37i or 43i, simultaneously to TNF-a addition in the 5th day of culture. In the 7th day, there was an association between high levels of CD1a, IL-10, low levels of IL-12p70 and decreased allostimulation induced by iDC+37i. mDC+43i had high levels of IL-12p70, CD86 and proliferation index, associated with low levels in CD1a expression. We conclude that DCs phenotype and function are differentially modulated in the presence of 43i, which induce DCs activation, or 37i, which induce regulatory phenotype and function in DCs. We suggest that these protocols for DCs activation with 43i or 37i could be used, respectively, as models of in vitro auto-reactivity or homeostatic immunomodulation of DCs in vitro.

Orientador: Wirla Maria da Silva Cunha Tamashiro / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T14:47:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernandes_LuisGustavoRomani_D.pdf: 7008087 bytes, checksum: 909b9df6a6e3bfa7deab2ef94bb01541 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: As células dendríticas (DCs) desempenham um papel central na iniciação de respostas de células T. Neste trabalho, investigamos os efeitos de células dendríticas derivadas da medula óssea (BMDC) sobre a resposta imune de camundongos BALB/c e DO11. 10. Observou-se que a modulação de BMDCs com LPS+TNF-? elevou a expressão de CD80, CD86 e CD40 e com IL-10+TGF-? aumentou a expressão de CD86 e CD40. BMDCs moduladas com LPS+TNF-? induziram a produção de citocinas TH1 e TH2 em TCD4+ de linfonodos mesentéricos (LNM) de todos os grupos de BALB/c e DO11. 10, bem como de células T reguladoras CD25+Foxp3+ (Tregs) em DO11. 10 e BALB/c imunizados por via i.p. A transferência adotiva de BMDCs moduladas com LPS+TNF-? aumentou a produção de anticorpos em camundongos BALB/c, bem como a proliferação e produção de IFN-? por células TCD4+ de DO11. 10. BMDCs moduladas com IL-10+TGF-? elevaram a proliferação, bem como a expansão de Tregs, em células TCD4+ de DO11. 10 e BALB/c imunizados, mas reduziu significativamente a produção de citocinas TH1 e TH2. A transferência adotiva de BMDCs moduladas com IL-10+TGF-? para camundongos BALB/c elevou a níveis de anti-OVA, mas não teve efeito sobre a proliferação de células TCD4+ de camundongos tolerizados ou imunizados. Em DO11. 10, a transferência de BMDCs moduladas com IL-10+TGF-? não alterou os níveis de anticorpos, mas reduziu a proliferação de células T esplênicas dos transgênicos imunizados, bem como a produção de IL-2 e INF-? nessas culturas. O tratamento de BMDCs com L-NAME elevou a expressão de CD80 e reduziu a de CD40, enquanto a NOHA elevou a expressão CD80 e CD86, mas reduziu CD40. BMDCs tratadas com L-NAME não alteraram a proliferação de células TCD4+ de BALB/c e DO11. 10, mas as BMDCs tratadas com NOHA reduziram a proliferação e produção de citocinas por células TCD4+ de ambas as linhagens. A expressão CD28 e CTLA-4 não se modificou em células TCD4+ de BALB/c e DO11. 10 co-cultivados com BMDCs moduladas com os inibidores. A freqüência de Tregs aumentou pelo cultivo de células TCD4+ de BALB/c imunizados com BMDCs moduladas ou não. A freqüência de Tregs foi mais elevada quando as células TCD4+ de camundongos DO11. 10 foram co-cultivadas com BMDCs não moduladas. A transferência adotiva de BMDCs moduladas com L-NAME para camundongos BALB/c elevou os níveis de anticorpos séricos, enquanto a de BMDCs moduladas com NOHA diminuiu a resposta proliferativa das células T esplênicas, mas não afetou a proliferação de células TCD4+ de LNM e nem a produção de citocinas TH1 e TH2. Em DO11. 10, a transferência adotiva de BMDCs modulada com os inibidores não teve efeito sobre os níveis de anticorpos, bem como sobre a proliferação e produção de citocinas in vitro por células T esplênicas e de LNM. Embora a administração de L-NAME e NOHA não tenha resultado em nenhuma alteração na expressão de CD80, CD86 e CD40 nas DCs esplênicas de ambos BALB/c e DO11. 10, notamos uma redução significativa da produção de anticorpos nesses animais, mas teve menos efeitos in vitro sobre a resposta proliferativa e produção de citocinas por células T esplênicas. / Abstract: Dendritic cells (DCs) play a central role in the initiation of T cell responses. In this study, we investigated the effects of dendritic cells derived from bone marrow (BMDC) on the immune response of BALB/c and DO11. 10. It was observed that the modulation of BMDCs with LPS+TNF-? increased the expression of CD80, CD86 and CD40 and IL-10 +TGF-? increased the expression of CD86 and CD40. BMDCs modulated with LPS+ TNF-? induced the production of TH1 and TH2 cytokines in CD4+ T cells of mesenteric lymph nodes (LNM) of all groups of BALB/c and DO11. 10, as well as regulatory T cells CD25+Foxp3+ (Tregs) in DO11.10 and BALB/c mice immunized by i.p. route. The adoptive transfer of BMDCs modulated with LPS+TNF-? increased the production of antibodies in BALB/c, as well as the proliferation and IFN-? production by T CD4+ cells from DO11. 10. BMDCs modulated with IL-10+TGF-? increased the proliferation and expansion of Tregs in TCD4+ cells from DO11.10 and BALB/c mice immunized, but significantly reduced the production of TH1 and TH2 cytokines. The adoptive transfer of BMDCs modulated IL-10+TGF-? to BALB/c mice increased the levels of anti-OVA, but had no effect on the proliferation of TCD4+ cells from mice tolerized or immunized. In DO11.10, the adoptive transfer of BMDCs modulated IL-10+TGF-? did not alter the levels of antibodies, but reduced the proliferation of splenic T cells of immunized transgenic mice, as well as the production of IL-2 and INF-? in these cultures. Treatment of BMDCs with L-NAME increased the expression of CD80 and reduced CD40, while treatment with NOHA increased the expression of CD80 and CD86, but reduced CD40. BMDCs treated with L-NAME did not alter the proliferation of TCD4+ cells from BALB/c and DO11.10, but BMDCs treated with NOHA reduced proliferation and cytokine production by TCD4+ cells from both strains. The expression CD28 and CTLA-4 did not change in TCD4+ cells from BALB/c and DO11.10 co-cultured with BMDCs modulated with inhibitors. The frequency of Tregs increased by the cultivation of TCD4+ cells from immunized BALB/c mice with BMDCs modulated or not. The frequency of Tregs was higher when the TCD4+ cells from DO11. 10 mice were co-cultured with BMDCs non modulated. The adoptive transfer of BMDCs modulated with L-NAME to BALB/c mice increased the serum antibody levels, whereas the BMDCs modulated with NOHA decreased the proliferative response of splenic T cells but did not affect the proliferation of TCD4+ cells of LNM and neither production of TH1 and TH2 cytokines. In DO11. 10, the adoptive transfer of BMDCs modulated with the inhibitors had no effect on antibody levels, as well as on the proliferation and cytokine production in vitro by T cells from spleen and LNM. Although the administration of L-NAME and NOHA has not resulted in change in the expression of CD80, CD86 and CD40 on splenic DCs from both BALB/c DO11. 10 led to a significant reduction in the production of antibodies in these animals, but had less effects in vitro on the proliferative response and cytokine production by splenic T cells. / Doutorado / Imunologia / Doutor em Genetica e Biologia Molecular

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Rationale: Tissue remodeling and complement activation are asthma hallmarks. Type V collagen [col(V)], a cryptic antigen, becomes exposed during lung remodeling. IL-17 is key to anti-col(V) immunity, and regulates complement activation. We have reported that col(V)-induced tolerance down regulates IL-17 and prevents immune-mediated lung diseases. Objectives: Determine a role for anti-col(V) immunity in asthma. Methods: Serum anti-col(V) antibodies were measured in asthma patients, and immunohistochemistry utilized to detect interstitial col(V) in fatal asthma. Balb/c mice were tolerized with col(V) prior to sensitization with ovalbumin (OVA), and subsequent OVA intranasal challenge. Airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) to methacholine was measured; and RT-PCR utilized to determine local Il17 transcripts. Bronchoalveolar lavage levels of C3a¸ C5a and OVA-specific IgE were measured; and immunohistochemistry utilized to detect expression of complement regulatory proteins, expression, CD46/Crry and CD55, in lung tissue. Results: Compared to normal subjects, anti-col(V) antibodies were increased in asthmatics; and interstitial col(V) was over expressed in fatal asthma. OVA-induced AHR up regulated anti-col(V) antibodies systemically, and increased OVA-specific IgE and C3a in BAL, and parenchymal Il17 transcripts. Col(V)-induced tolerance abrogated AHR, down regulated OVA-induced T cell proliferation, as well as total and OVA-specific IgE, C3a, IL-17 expression and tracheal smooth muscle contraction. Crry/CD46 and CD55, key to preventing complement activation, were down regulated on goblet cells in murine allergic airway disease. Conclusions: Anti-col(V) immunity correlates with asthma pathogenesis, and col(V)-induced tolerance may be a novel therapeutic for asthma. Decreased expression of Crry/CD46 and CD55 on goblet cells may in part account for complement activation in asthma.

La première étape de la réponse immune est réalisée par des cellules "sentinelles": les cellules dendritiques (DC). Elles ont à la fois un rôle de surveillance de l’organisme et une capacité unique à alerter les lymphocytes T naïfs. Leur efficacité à présenter des antigènes rencontrés en périphérie à des lymphocytes résidant dans les organes lymphoïdes résulte d’une spécialisation de fonction au cours du temps. A l’état immature, elles capturent et apprêtent les antigènes protéiques au niveau de divers organes, mais ont une faible capacité stimulatrice. Par contre, à l’état mature, elles perdent la capacité de capturer des antigènes, acquièrent celle de sensibiliser des lymphocytes T et migrent vers les organes lymphoïdes. <p>Cependant, des DC immatures sont présentes dans les organes lymphoïdes en contact avec les cellules T laissant supposer qu’elles pourraient jouer d’autres rôles que celui de sentinelles. <p><p>L’immunisation de souris par injection de DC immatures ou matures nous a permis de mettre en évidence un rôle potentiel des DC immatures. Ces dernières induisent en effet une prolifération des cellules T CD4 et leur différenciation en cellules de mémoire en absence de réponse primaire effectrice (absence d’IFN-& / Doctorat en sciences, Spécialisation biologie moléculaire / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished