Delivery of antigen in allogeneic cells preferentially generates CD(4+) Th1 cells.

Agrewala, J N and Suvas, S and Singh, V and Vohra, H (2003) Delivery of antigen in allogeneic cells preferentially generates CD(4+) Th1 cells. Clinical and experimental immunology, 134 (1). pp. 13-22. ISSN 0009-9104

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Abstract

We have examined the possibility of evoking antigen-specific T cell immune response by using allogeneic cells as a source of adjuvant and also as a vehicle to deliver antigen. The mice were immunized with different preparations of antigen-pulsed allogeneic and syngeneic splenocytes. It was observed during the study that the animals immunized with antigen-pulsed mitomycin C treated allogeneic cells elicited antigen specific CD(4+) Th1 cell response. Predominant release of IL-2, interferon (IFN)-gamma and IgG2a-isotype also occurred. In contrast, mice immunized with antigen-pulsed syngeneic cells chiefly enhanced the production of interleukin (IL)-4 and IgG1-isotype. Further, allogeneic macrophages induced better T cell response than B cells or splenocytes and prominently induced the expression of B7-1 and B7-2. Immunization with antigen-pulsed macrophages provided better recall responses compared to B cells. This was manifested by the high LFA-1alpha and low CD45RB expression on T cells. Because it is already known that mitomycin C-treated cells undergo apoptosis and dendritic cells engulf apoptotic cells, we therefore propose that generation of T cell response using antigen-pulsed allogeneic cells may be due to the engulfment of these cells by dendritic cells, which may then process and present antigen entrapped in allogeneic cells to activate naive CD(4+) T cells and differentiate them to Th1 cells. This study therefore provides a rational basis for manipulating antigen-specific responses by immunizing with antigen-pulsed allogeneic cells.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Wiley.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	allogeneic stimulation IFNg IL-4 memory T cells Th1 cells Th2 cells
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology
Depositing User:	Dr. K.P.S.Sengar
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2012 14:57
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2012 14:57
URI:	http://crdd.osdd.net/open/id/eprint/234

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