inhalation of methoxyflurane and placed in a scintillation gamma cam- era (Sigma. 40; Ohio. Nuclear. Inc., Solon, OH). The data were analyzed and visualized in.
Interferon-? Takafumi
Eveline
reduces
Ia4 dendritic cell traffic to the lung
Suda,
J. Callahan,
Departments
Biology
Abstract:
Ronald
Robert
A. Wilkenson,
and
MHC
of Pathology
and
Immunology,
Vrye
lung
increased the lung,
test
sequestration bone marrow
whether
this
ter
the
(i.v.)
IFN-’y,
last
with
dexamethasone saline (PBS).
dose,
they
and for
phometry
in frozen
in
La and
in the
were mice
radioactivity
contrast,
conducted the
increase
on
IFN-T-
was
lung
was
in
the
retained
and
PBSby
an
IFN-y-treated
these observations. macrophages (AM) by administered chlo-
dronate-loaded tribution of
liposomes DC in IFN-y-
not
Serum
of tumor
levels
and
necrosis
factor-a
nitrite/nitrate in IFN-’y-treated those of controls. Inununostaining tric and
oxide
synthase
6-fold
(iNOS),
increase
stained cells IFN-’y-treated
in the mice;
cells was markedly relative to controls. treatment with IFN-y of Kupifer liposomes mice
in
biodistribution beled DC
the
the
ensuing
were
the
biodismice.
(TNF-a)
revealed
number
of
reduced in Dex-treated To test whether the stimulated the cytotoxic
4
and imaging conducted
injected death. days
with After
with studies on the
IFN-y
not
confirmed
with the result that fewer in the lung vasculature.
conclude
IFN-yincreases
that
precursors
the
circulating
519-527;
1996.
Key
biodistribution
in of
not by to the
of Ia
lung
of resident
promoting
the Leukoc.
lung.
J.
bone
marrow
in DC
of these cells We further
number
La expression
and DC
was
by imtreatment
IFN-’y
in circulation, were retained by up-regulating
there detected in those
cytotoxic activity, which, the number of injected
Words:
.
Ia
DC
migration Biol.
of 60:
cells
dendrisic
INTRODUCTION Interferon-? T cells (Thi, the
(IFN-’y), CD8),
a product of natural killer (NK) and has as one of its major physiological
up-regulation
of MHC
mally
do not express
stration
of IFN-’y 1P
they cells
cells
have (DC),
appears
this
protein
results
in
in most
been and
I and
II protein
the
in
MHC
lung,
where
to be macrophages, dendritic II cells [3]. Although IFN-’y
type
their
admini-
increase
including
on
cells, as that nor-
[1, 2]. Parenteral
a striking
tissues
identified alveolar
to increase
class
of immunologically active of MHC class II on cells
number,
tion of DC isolated from similar to that of untreated
to m-
a 1.5-
ered
of
saline;
necrosis ma!
the
accessory
the lungs of controls [4].
the
with mInla. 5th day. After
dendritic
CFSE, methyl
zole;
NK,
killer;
iNOS,
inducible
intratracheal;
medium;
NCS, newborn
FCS,
Boston, Received
Journal
MLR, requests:
Building
IFN-y,
cell
these
func-
animals
Dex, i.v.,
calf HRP, mixed
oxide
is
serum;
BSA,
reaction. M.D.,
General
serum
Eagle’s
mini-
DMSO, ethylcarbaalbumin;
FITC,
Department
Hospital,
alveolar
2-mercaptoethanol;
peroxidase;
leukocyte
tumor
AM,
diester; 3-amino-9
bovine
E. E. Schneeberger,
5, Massachusetts
TNF-a, EMEM,
2-ME,
succinimidyl AEC,
horseradish
GM-CSF, phosphate-buff-
synthase;
intravenous;
calf
serum;
PBS,
dexamethasone;
nitric
fetal
intei{emn-,
factor,
diacetate lipopolysaccharide;
antibody;
isothiocyanate; Cox
natural
carboxyfluorescein sulfoxide; LPS,
Reprint
cells;
colony-stimulating
i.t.,
essential
monoclonal
PBS,
DC,
factor-a;
macrophages;
animals systemic activity
chiodronate treating
Abbreviations: granulocyte-macrophage
positively
or
liposomes,
and
were similar for inducible
and liver, respectively, number of iNOS-expressing
cells, mice were 5 days before the
mice
however,
in
lung
change PBS-injected
of Cell
radioactivity mice but
controls, a finding We conclude that
augmented Kupffer cell turn, effectively reduced
class
mice; imaging studies confirmed Removal of >80% of alveolar pretreatment with intratracheally did
of
Department
chlodronate
the surface of a variety well as the induction
Reduced for
of
of
and
increase in the IFN-y-injected
injected studies.
roles
imag-
accounted liver
no
and DC.
Boston;
90%
PBS-treated DC
1111n-labeled
of
by
thereand
Hospital,
mor-
number
Biodistribution
using in
equivalent
and
x
immu-
reduced
Dex-
(1
by
The
of double-labeled
capillaries.
studies
was
By
double
quantified
of lung.
between
number
in pulmonary treated
were
mice.
difference
intravenously DC
PBSaging
DC
or phoshours af-
-labeled DC,
DC/cm2
IFN.’y-treated
significant
ing
Fl, sections
dual-labeled
animals
injected
4 h later.
to
with granulofactor (GMwere injected with one of the
(Fl)
killed
nostained injected
were
due
of DC to mice were
(Dex), Twenty-four
carboxyfluorescein
106/mouse)
is
and/or trafficking DC from BALB/c
obtained by culturing bone marrow cyte-macrophage colony-stimulating CSF). Recipient BALB/c mice intraperitoneally (i.p.) for 4 days following: phate-buffered
cells
The
a significant the lungs
To
dendritic
General Netherlands
Massachusetts
Amsterdam,
administration
797].
II’
Universiteit,
(DC)
175,
class
Medicine,
Nuclear
increase in number following treatment of animals with interferon-y (IFN-y) [Kradin et a!. (1991) Am. J, Resp. Mol. Biol. 4,210; Gonget al. (1992)J. Exp. Med.
Nico van Rooijen,
E. Schneeberger
di-
mAb,
fluorescein of Pathology,
100
Blossom
Street,
accepted
July
2, 1996.
MA 02114. April
8, 1996;
of Leukocyte
revised
Biology
July
1, 1996;
Volume
60,
October
1996
519
These
observations
prompted
us
to determine
whether
IFN-ypromotes the migration of circulating DC to the lung or alternatively whether it induces expression of MHC class II on 1a DC precursors residing in the lung. Previous biodistribution studies utilizing DC isolated from the spleen indicated that and spleen
these cells predominantly and did not significantly
other nonlymphoid function of specific
tissues homing
fully
DC
differentiated
was unclear. The from bone marrow numbers
of DC
subjecting study
following:
lungs
of mice
The
liver. Ia
marrow-derived
were
to increase
results
by 90%
capillaries
procedures.
of bone the (Dex),
indicate
the number
of the
lung
Pretreatment
Dex,
while
in the lung,
their
these
was not elevated in situ inducible the lung
a 1.5-
and
reduction capillaries
the
of
change
capillaries compared of macrophages by
IFN-y
treatment,
6-fold
increase
nitric oxide synthase and liver, respectively.
phages (AM) by liposome-encapsulated
in the
number
in the
number
of
cells in macro-
(i.t.) administration of did not reverse IFN-y’s
in the number of injected DC lodged or their accumulation in the liver. On
in lung the other
hand, when mice were pretreated with intravenously (i.v.) injected chlodronate liposomes to eliminate Kupffer cells, the amount of radioactivity, from injected “In-labeled DC, in the lung was significantly increased and was accompanied by a reduction in radioactivity IFN-?potentiated the removal ing Kupffer cell cytotoxicity.
dinucleotide,
3-amino-9
AND
in the liver, of the injected
suggesting that DC by increas-
Logan,
from
ICN
Biomedical,
was
mice,
from
Tissue-Tek,
Controlled
weighing
toring
for
18-20 care
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free
access
viral
infections.
Reagents
female
purchased Animals,
from housed
at Massachusetts
to food
and
water
BALB/c Charles
and
Genetics
included 2.2
MS/i
DNAX,
Palo was
rat
culture
reagents
essential
NY).
Fetal calf serum
520
Journal
medium
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liposomes were
Pretreatment
(FCS),
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containing
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rabbit
(CFSE)
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Co., Arcadia,
Horserad-
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polyclonal KY.
biotinylated
(Elkins-Sinn,
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succinimidyl
dexamethasone
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Burlingame,
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antibodies
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diacetate,
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as indicated.
dichioromethylene-bisphosphonate
as described
[8].
of mice
injected or 0.2
mice
intraperitoneally mg
were
of Dex
[7]
(i.p.)
daily
for 4 days
before
injected with 0.1 mL
Bone marrow The
method
tions.
5 x io
with
units
administration
of
of DC.
PBS.
mg/l0
underwent
re-
Hospital,
were
monthly
moni-
culture
developed
Briefly,
femurs Jtm
and pore
lysed
tibias
with
aqueous cells,
they
1.5,
HO
2.2,
B21-2,
were
placed
with
FCS,
50
5%
GM-CSF
jiM
(complete
medium
was
in
medium Laboratories,
and
Eagles Grand
2-mercaptoethanol
Volume
60, October
miniIsland, (2-ME),
1996
24-well
2-ME, with
removed and
as
sion,
on FCS.
x
at 1
1 h.
Nonadherent overnight
2 h. The
viable,
centrifugation
at
were
cells/mL cells in
replated
harvested
determined
106
DC by
and
1000
g,
for
away
medium. was
>90%
at
and
were adherent
next
day
were pure
trypan
room
in complete
The cells
and
mm interface
dish
washed
population
contaminatmAb. Dead
30 the
spent
medium.
and RB6
at
nonadherent
x
1
mL
complete
in a 100-mm
immunostaining
1 h at
units/mL
5, 0.5
harvested lysis using cells
were
of GK for
and
800
complete
lymphocytes
supplemented
1, 3, and
Viable
were
1 h at 37#{176}C.Cells,
of fresh
were
(70
cells
consisting
gentamicin, volume
filter
Red
RPMI-1640
At days
an equal
cultured cells
in
a cell
deplete
0.5
isolated
supernatants
for
j.tg/mL
Histopaque-1077.
plated
for were
culture
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by
with
To cocktail
medium).
At day 6, aggregates and ing neutrophils eliminated were
20
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replaced
chloride.
plates
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with
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cells
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marrow
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were
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et aI. [6] was
anesthetized Bone
Becton
and
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were
weight.
size;
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by Inaba
mice
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collected and
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>90%
dye
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respectively.
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Monoclonal
purified
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Hopkinton,
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IFN-y
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embedding
Human
F4/80 (anti-macrophage, Rockville, MD), and
from
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antibody
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and antibodies
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antibody ish
Inc., Inc.
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Chemical
Hyclone
(BSA),
Mesa,
Francisco,
Sigma
from
colony-stimulating
(anti-CD8, cell, Culture
to 5 Cell
Miles
Institute,
(anti-B Type
from
was
albumin
Costa
(DMSO), NADPH,
N-(1-naphthyl)ethylenediamine were
(NCS)
serum Inc.,
Biochemicals,
nonadherent
C57BL16
River
in restricted General
and
serum
granulocyte-macrophage
collected
to 7-week-old
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permitted
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violet,
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(iNOS)-expressing Removal of alveolar
intratracheal chlodronate
and
Inc.,
production of cytocidal factors, intumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) by the serum level of these two factors
following
showed
the
adenine
Histopaque-1077
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boxyfluorescein
in the
not significantly
the number of injected DC within lung with PBS-injected controls. Stimulation up-regulates the nitric oxide and cells [1]. Although
lodge
trapping
reducing
did
of
(PBS) of IFN-y
DC that
D,
(FITC)
the number
administration
increased
the Ia
saline
of injected
and
with
DC pre-existing
IFN-’y cluding
with
of resident
to reduce
that
this DC to
pretreated
number
DC large In
peroxide,
nomycin
from
without
DC [7], or (3) phosphate-buffered
Ia
reduced
of differentiation
that
a of
tissue
for culturing to obtain
isolation
the ability
DC [2], or (2) dexamethasone as control.
results were or an inability
to nonlymphoid
stages
to lengthy
(1) IFN-’y,
resident
these
to emigrate
at varying
them to the
[5]. That mechanisms
development of methods [6] has made it possible
we examined
home
localized to the liver populate lymph nodes or
hydrogen
solution
x
106
ice;
were
reaction
was
the Labeling
determined
of 2.5
cells/mL,
efficiency by fluorescence
[6, 9] mM
in DMSO
CFSE
incubated stopped was
with by adding
>95%, microscopy
was
5 jiM
and and
stored
CFSE
ice-cold cell
at -20#{176}C.DC, in PBS RPMI-1640,
viability
trypan
blue
was dye
2
mm
for 15
10% >90%, exclusion,
as
respectively.
After
cells/mL,
and
0.25
rinsing,
cells
mL
administered
Mixed leukocyte The
labeling
reaction
BALB/c
mice
cells/well) panned cells/well),
were
a
rad
nylon
MA)
6 h later
was
At timed intervals after injection of DC, mice were anesthetized by inhalation of methoxyflurane and placed in a scintillation gamma camera (Sigma 40; Ohio Nuclear Inc., Solon, OH). The data were analyzed and visualized in an image analyzer (Technicare 560; Technicare, Solon, OH).
using
[3H]TdR
counter (Packard Grove, IL).
mice
50-80
x
(3
of alveolar
mg/kg)
New
(Skatron by
use
Co. Inc., United
AS,
nously
of a
confirmed
Tech-
of CFSE-labeled
and
their
cut on a cryostat nostaining
was
(Miles
(MS/i 14) mAb. HRP-conjugated ated
using
rabbit
0.03%
M5/114
and complex
number
of double-stained
random
fields
a 1 cm2
graticule.
calculated by the
using
a
sections
each
an
of three
Total
of cm2
first
reacted
Reaction
product
was
peroxide.
Sections
kit
were
lung
lobes
using
The
counted.
of injected
DC, the mean cell number
by 0.0025
(1 cm/202).
To obtain per
objective
the
graticule
of tissue
cells
was
numerical square
was
iNOS, 5 pg/mL of affinity-purified polyclonal IgG was applied to 1% paraformaldehyde-fixed sections of liver and detected by the above-described immunoperoxidase niques. Positively stained cells were quantitated as described
DC,
x
at 5 500
with
versity
of
(Becton
MBq/mL, IL)
106
cells/mL, GM-CSF.
or
was
incubated
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sp.
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incubated
temperature. ological
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1.85 with
After
of
centrifugation,
For
saline.
1 mL
Amersham cell
suspension
the
biodistribution
Corp.,
cells
and
cells in 0.2 mL (-10 jiCi/total injected cells) were nously via tail vein. The labeling efficiency was >4.0% was >90% as determined by trypan blue dye exclusion.
of
Biodistribution Mice
were
removed
killed and
lymph
nodes
aortic,
and
(MLN), cervical),
Radioactivity gamma
4 h after
in each 1282
CS;
injection
lung,
spleen,
of DC. liver,
The
as the
Inc.,
Gaithersburg,
MD),
(37
were
plied
by
surface 12.3
area
as body
weight
(g) raised
to the
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and
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in
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as positive
controls.
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with
plate of serum D were
crystal
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and
in a microtiter VT).
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destroyed Sera
cells,
microtiter dilutions
nm
in
L929
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Winooski,
normalized
[13].
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bottom
stained
of serum
bioassay
incubator.
Serial
of 600
Instruments, dilution
were
CO2
overnight.
at a wavelength
highest
from
plate titer
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of the
LPS
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was cells.
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of serum nitrite/nitrate
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in
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mM
of
and was
microplate
reader curve.
incubation and
analysis
Data
analyzed
was
and a
the
a P value
44
10 j.LL each and
nitrate
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for
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wavelength
Software,
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mM
of nitrate
1 h at
mixture
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1%
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to nitrite
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required
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continued at
conversion
mixed
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and
reagent,
converted
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Griess
measured
were
dinucleotide
a 96-well H3PO4
Statistical
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pH
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dark.
in 5%
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buffer,
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wells
after
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M phosphate
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significance
were
Briefly,
Absorbance
standard
as nitrite
measured
[14].
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room
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nm
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Statistical
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in all major
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expressed
Recovery
of total
(blue)
significant.
a-c).
than
Although
radioactivity mals and liver
CFSE (red) (Fig. 3, exclusively in alveolar
in
radioactivity
of
of
the
was in
to controls, than
trachea.
There
was
of the
injected
radiowere
mice The
accounted
de-
for by a
of Dex-injected in radioactivity
difference of the a
was
negligible
aniin the
not statistically
radioactivity
was amount
present of
mm
E::+
6
#{182},
the results (Fig. 5).
a slight increase in the increase in the amount of
the lungs decrease
was
the
bone,
and
an
the 0.1%
blood,
controls.
lung
in liver
there
Less
and dose
>70%
PBS-injected
in the
measured a corresponding
relative
injection injected was
DC,
as the
morphometric measurements, lungs of IFN-y-injected
increase
kidney.
in Ia cells and Ia DC, respectively (Fig. 2). Four hours after injection, bone marrow DC were identified as double-stained cells expressing Ia on their surface cytoplasmic were located
IFN-’y-
in
number
In-labe1ed
as well
4 h after of total
in radioactivity
corresponding
reduc-
of
organs,
measured a percent
as
crease
tion
and containing The injected DC
or in
DC
biodistribution
lung
the
contrast,
reduction in the (Fig. 4).
of 1111n-labeled
in the
after
interstitium
and
surface
criteria,
in the
By
was a 90% to controls
the the
twofold
observed
significance.
mice there DC relative
Confirming counts in
on these
± 4,944
23,609 ± 4,709 cells/well) were co-cultured
airway epithelium. In control mice, the number of injected DC was 900 cells/cm2 of lung tissue. Although somewhat higher in Dex-treated mice (1.2 x 10), the difference did
dose. active
increased
MLR5
123,587
radioactivity
Based
Syngeneic
5
than twofold increase in the number of Ia+ cells in the lung (Fig. 2). These were a mixed population and included alveolar and interstitial macrophages, alveolar type II cells, B cells as well as DC. To enumerate them specifically, DC were identified as large cells with a multi-lobulated nucleus, prominent cell processes, and abundant was
of
Cells
None
Biodistribution resulted
MLR
Function
(CPM) 20,790 ± 8,324
treated injected
IFN-y
Dendritic
(cpm)#{176}’
capillaries
throughout.
for 4 days
Cell
Marrow
with allogeneic CS7BIJ6 or syngeneic BALB/c spleen I cells (nylon wool purified and la cells removed by immunopanning; 3 X i06 cells/well) for 4 days. Data are expressed as mean ± 1 SD of triplicate wells. The counts of allogeneic and syngeneic T cell cultures alone were 625 ± 177 and 1,864 ± 73, respectively.
assay. DC
on resident
Accessory
Bone
Allogeneic
5Bone
at
CFSE.
of the
Cultured
10
1).
were
MLR unlabeled
as a Test
(tiM)
on DC function DC as acces-
syngeneic between
MLR
CFSE
eccen-
(Fig.
cultured
Effect of IFN-y and Dex treatment injected DC Treatment
Although
varied. Appleomorphic
on DC function
in an allogeneic and no significant difference
was
There
few
with CFSE
effect of intra-vital assessed by using cells
pure.
1.
CFSE-Labeled
of differentiation.
of labeling
sory
>90%
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processes characteristic had round to oval,
cells
suggested
stages
was
were Ia+, their morphology of the cells had eccentric,
appearance
varying
respectively,
Ia
celis
DC 4
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2
0 C.)
0 PBS Fig.
1.
Purified
significant were
abundant smaller expression
522
level
a variety
These
bone
marrow-derived
of differentiation. of phenotypes,
ranged
from
mature
cytoplasm, cells,
with
(arrow
Journal
long oval
heads).
of
Leukocyte
DC
were
However, suggesting DC
cell nuclei,
with
Biology
among different
eccentric
processes, no cell
Magnification
all
Ia’,
these
indicating Ia+
degrees
DC,
Fig. 2. Treatment
there
markedly
of maturation.
multi-lobulated
nuclei,
and strongly Ia+ (arrow) processes, and moderate
of these to Ia
60,
October
Dex
controls.
1996
of mice for 4 days with IFN-y, 5 X iO” U/mouse/day the number of resident Ia cells and DC in the lungs
augmented mice.
mg/mouse/day, shown)
x500.
Volume
IFNi’
a
contrast,
there
Data was
By