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. 1995 Apr;100(1):81–89. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1995.tb03607.x

Dendritic cells in synovial fluid of chronic inflammatory arthritis lack CD80 surface expression.

K L Summers 1, P B Daniel 1, J L O'Donnell 1, D N Hart 1
PMCID: PMC1534255  PMID: 7535211

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DC) act as potent primary antigen-presenting cells in many immune responses and therefore may have a role in the initiation and perpetuation of the synovial inflammation in chronic inflammatory arthritis. To examine their function, it is important to isolate fresh DC from arthritic joints without aberrant activation. We have developed a technique using minimal cell manipulation to isolate DC from the synovial fluid of chronic arthritic patients. Using this method, DC were shown to be potent allostimulatory cells, with 63-90% of cells lacking lineage-specific markers (lin-), but positive for MHC class II molecules. Two morphologically distinct populations of these cells were identified in 10 out of 13 DC preparations. Both populations expressed CD40, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), ICAM-2, ICAM-3 and leucocyte function associated antigen-3 (LFA-3), but the predominant population, which was larger and more typical of cultured blood DC, had a higher density of these antigens compared with the minor population, which were smaller and morphologically similar to lymphocytes. Two new MoAbs which label activated human blood DC, HB15 (CD83) and CMRF-44, were tested. CD83 labelled very weakly or not at all, whereas CMRF-44 was positive on the larger cells only. Likewise, the costimulator molecule, B7/BB1 (CD80), was not detected on the surface of either synovial lin- cell population, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) showed little or no CD80 mRNA, and no binding of the CTLA-4Ig fusion protein was found. These results suggest that synovial DC are not, despite the inflammatory environment, in a fully activated state.

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