期刊
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS
卷 339, 期 2, 页码 153-164出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2008.09.009
关键词
Peripheral blood dendritic cells; Myeloid dendritic cells; Plasmacytoid dendritic cells; Intracellular cytokines; Toll-like receptors; Multiparametric flow cytometry
资金
- MIUR [2006065944-002]
- Fondazione Cariplo [1055/ 104878-2005]
Analysis of peripheral blood dendritic cells (PBDCs) is increasingly reaching clinical relevance in a wide range of pathologies, in which investigating the capacity of DC subsets to respond adequately to specific stimuli may aid the comprehension of underlying immunopathologic mechanisms. The evaluation of PBDC responses directly challenged in whole blood (WB) samples offers many advantages over other methods that require DC isolation and culture, but it is limited in multiparametric analysis, currently based on 3- or 4-color assays. Therefore, in this study we developed a 6-color assay dedicated to the analysis of PBDC responses upon WB stimulation. We incubated WB samples with ligands to toll-like receptors (TLRs) with a clear-cut distribution on myeloid DCs (mDCs) or plasmacytoid (pDCs) and analyzed DC responses in terms of upregulation of activation/maturation markers, as well as production of a wide range of regulatory cytokines. Four colors were used to gate on mDCs and pDCs that were identified as lineage-/HLA-DR+ICD11c+ and lineage-/HLA-DR+/CD123+, respectively, and two further colors were used to analyze either the surface expression of CD80, CD86, CD40 or CD83, or the intracellular accumulation of IL-12, tumor-necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interferon (IFN)-alpha, IL-6, IL-10 or IL-4. With this method, we could directly compare in the same flow cytometric tube the responses of mDCs and pDCs to TLR stimulation, and investigate the reciprocal coexpression of distinct activation markers or regulatory cytokines. We suggest that the 6-color WB assay presented here may represent a novel tool for investigating the complex biology of DCs. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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