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Regulation of human dendritic cells by a novel specific nuclear factor-kappaB inhibitor, dehydroxymethylepoxyquinomicin.
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PMID:  20573582     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Regulation of antigen-presenting cells (APC) is crucial in controlling allograft rejection. Dendritic cells (DC) are the most potent APC and must mature to present antigens to T-cell receptors. During DC maturation, nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is a key transcriptional factor. We synthesized dehydroxymethylepoxyquinomicin (DHMEQ), which specifically inhibits the final step of nuclear translocation of activated NF-kappaB proteins and examined its immunoregulatory effects on human monocyte-derived DC (Mo-DC). Regulatory Mo-DC were generated by pretreatment with DHMEQ before LPS stimulation, which were termed dl-DC. DHMEQ pretreatment (5 microg/ml) completely inhibited nuclear translocation of activated NF-kappaB. DHMEQ significantly inhibited DC production of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-alpha, and IL-12 p70) in a dose-dependent manner. IL-12 was most potently inhibited. However, IL-10 production by dl-DC was only moderately affected by DHMEQ. Although CD40 and the expression of HLA-DR (HLA-DR) expression on dl-DC was downregulated, CD80 and CD86 expression was moderately upregulated. Induction of T helper 1 cell responses was efficiently impaired by dl-DC. This confirmed that DHMEQ-treated Mo-DC exhibited immunoregulatory effects. These findings suggest that DHMEQ has potential as an immunosuppressive drug for human immune cells.
Authors:
Kazunobu Shinoda; Ken Nakagawa; Takeo Kosaka; Nobuyuki Tanaka; Takahiro Maeda; Hidaka Kono; Ryuichi Mizuno; Eiji Kikuchi; Akira Miyajima; Kazuo Umezawa; Mototsugu Oya
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Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-05-24
Journal Detail:
Title:  Human immunology     Volume:  71     ISSN:  1879-1166     ISO Abbreviation:  Hum. Immunol.     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-19     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8010936     Medline TA:  Hum Immunol     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  763-70     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright 2010 American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Urology, Keio University, School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. kshino49@yahoo.co.jp
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