细胞膜表达的HLA-G诱导免疫耐受性树突状细胞的产生

Induction of Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells by Membrane-Bound HLA-G In Vitro

为了探讨体外诱导免疫耐受性树突状细胞(dendritic cell,DC)产生的方法及其机制,利用人HLA-G1真核表达载体转染K562细胞并与DC共培养后,用流式细胞术检测DC表面CD80、CD86、ILT3和ILT4分子表达情况,同时采用氚胸腺嘧啶核苷(3H-TdR)掺入法检测DC对T细胞功能的影响。结果表明,膜表达的HLA-G1分子与树突状细胞作用后,DC表面免疫共刺激分子CD80、CD86表达下调,而抑制性分子ILT3、ILT4表达上调。HLA-G1作用后DC异基因抗原诱导淋巴细胞增殖的活性明显下降。结论:HLA-G1分子可以在体外条件下,下调DC表面免疫共刺激分子水平,促进ILT3、ILT4表达,诱导免疫耐受性树突状细胞产生。

In order to study how to induce tolerogenic dendritic cells in vitro and its mechanism, the K562 cells transduced with HLA-G construct were used to co-culture with DC. Then their related immunological changes, such as membrane molecules CD80, CD86, ILT3 and ILT4 expression levels were detected by flow cytometry. Allogeneic proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells （PBMNC） was detected by mixed lymphocyte reaction. The results showed that CD80 and CD86 expressions on DC were downregulated, while ILT3 and ILT4 expressions were upregulated after co-culturing with K562-HLA-G cells. The DCs were less able to stimulate the allogenic PBMNC. It is concluded that the membrane-bound HLA-G can upregulate expression of inhibitory receptors ILT3 and ILT4, inducing tolerogenic DC in vitro, which may provide a novel strategy for transplant tolerance induction.