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. 1997 Aug;91(4):553–559. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00295.x

Generation of dendritic cells from bone marrow progenitors using GM-CSF, TNF-alpha, and additional cytokines: antagonistic effects of IL-4 and IFN-gamma and selective involvement of TNF-alpha receptor-1.

F Lardon 1, H W Snoeck 1, Z N Berneman 1, V F Van Tendeloo 1, G Nijs 1, M Lenjou 1, E Henckaerts 1, C J Boeckxtaens 1, P Vandenabeele 1, L L Kestens 1, D R Van Bockstaele 1, G L Vanham 1
PMCID: PMC1363875  PMID: 9378494

Abstract

We report the generation of dendritic cells (DC) starting from CD34+ bone marrow (BM) progenitor cells, using a two-stage culture system in which, besides granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), stem-cell factor (SCF) was added during the first 5 days, while interleukin-4 (IL-4) and/or interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) were added during the secondary culture period of 9 days. Addition of IL-4 favoured the outgrowth of CD1a+, HLA-DR+, CD4+, CD40+, CD80+ but CD14- cells with dendritic morphology and strong antigen-presenting capacity. Addition of IFN-gamma selectively induced HLA-DR and CD86 but did not up-regulate CD1a expression or antigen-presenting capacity of the differentiated cells. An antagonism between IL-4 and IFN-gamma could further be confirmed in that, as compared with IL-4 alone, the simultaneous addition of IL-4 and IFN-gamma to GM-CSF plus TNF-alpha during maturation reduced both the phenotypical (CD1a, CD4, CD40) and functional characteristics of DC. Using receptor-specific TNF-alpha mutants, we investigated the relative involvement of TNF-alpha receptors R1 and R2 in the generation of DC. The induction of CD1a and HLA-DR, as well as the increase in allostimulatory capacity were dependent on TNF-R1 triggering, whereas triggering through TNF-R2 had no measurable effect. We conclude first, that the expansion of DC from BM progenitors could most effectively be enhanced in a two-stage culture assay using SCF, GM-CSF, TNF-alpha and IL-4; second, that the effect of TNF-alpha in DC generation involves signalling via the TNF-R1 receptor; and third, that IFN-gamma counteracts some of the effects of IL-4 in DC generation.

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