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. 1988 Apr;63(4):697–700.

Induction of delayed-type hypersensitivity responses to PPD: dendritic cells in synergy with 5-hydroxytryptamine can substitute for macrophages.

D Roberts 1, D R Katz 1, S Mukherjee 1, G A Rook 1
PMCID: PMC1454801  PMID: 3366473

Abstract

We describe the use of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) as an adjuvant in the induction of the delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to purified protein derivative (PPD). Based upon our previous studies with antigen-pulsed macrophages (M phi), we have shown that both the Day 2 early (2 hr) reaction and the Day 3 (24 hr) reaction are augmented if 5HT is incorporated into the priming injection. Furthermore, we have confirmed that in contrast to M phi, antigen-pulsed dendritic cells (DC) fail to prime the early (2 hr) component of DTH. However, DC do prime the early response if injected along with 5HT. A peripheral 5HT antagonist, ICS 205-930, inhibits both the M phi-mediated and the 5HT/DC-primed reactions. These findings support the hypothesis that DTH reactions require a cascade of both inflammatory and immunological signals, and that in mice vascular permeability mediated via 5HT is important in the early phase of the reaction.

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