In vitro production of immunoglobulins of various classes and subclasses by cord blood B cells in African neonates: modeling and assessment of determination

Cord blood B cells obtained from neonates of healthy Senegalese mothers were assayed in vitro for their capacity to fully differentiate and secrete immunoglobulins (Ig) of various classes and subclasses. Stimulation of mononuclear cells with SAC particles or anti-micro antibodies in the presence of IL-4, or with IL-2 and IL-10 induced a strong production of IgG, provided that an additional CD40/CD40L signal was present, in contrast to adult cell cultures. Cord blood mononuclear cells differentially stimulated with various cytokines in order to lead to Ig heavy chain switching and production of the various classes/subclasses consistently produced IgG1, IgG3, IgG4, IgE and IgA. This system has been applied to immune cells from African neonates that have not been extensively studied previously. Estimation of Ig production as OD ratios could be applied to cultures where cord blood B cells are stimulated with defined antigens of human pathogens to which the fetus immune system was primed in utero.     

In vitro and in vivo interactions of cells with biomaterials

The biocompatibility of materials at an implant site involves a complex interaction of cells and tissues with the biomaterial. This cell-cell and cell-polymer interaction evokes the release of mediators such as chemotactic and growth factors that elicit and sustain inflammatory responses at the implant site. In this review, we summarize the interaction of cells with biomaterials in vitro and in vivo.     

In vitro and in vivo production of chemotactic inhibitors by tumor cells.

The ascites fluid or peritoneal washings of DBA/2 mice bearing the P815 mastocytoma have been found to contain a chemotactic factor inactivator (CFI) which inactivates the bacterial chemotactic factor as well as the chemotactic activity associated with the C3 and C5 fragments when assayed on rabbit neutrophils. The amount of CFI is proportional to the number of tumor cells in the peritoneal exudate. The inactivator is also found in tumor cell hemogenates as well as in culture fluid from tumor cells growing in vitro. The activity is heat-labile but is not affected by protease inhibitors. Its molecular weight is greater than 50,000 daltons, based on Sephadex chromatography and sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation studies. In C57BL/6 mice, which reject the mastocytoma, CFI levels decrease in proportion to the decreasing numbers of tumor cells.     

In vitro and in vivo production of interleukin-6 by fetal mononuclear cells

We examined the functional activity of cord mononuclear cells (MNCs) to produce interleukin (IL)-6 in vitro and in vivo. We stimulated fetal T-cell, B-cell, and macrophage fractions with mitogens. The supernatant of each stimulated cord cell fraction contained a comparable amount of IL-6 to that of each adult cell fraction activated similarly, suggesting functional maturity of cord MNCs' ability to produce IL-6. We then examined fetal cells' activities to produce IL-6 in response to perinatal infections, especially to intraamniotic infections (IAI). Among the cord MNCs from fetuses with IAI, macrophages were major cells producing IL-6. The serum IL-6 level in the fetuses with IAI was elevated, but it decreased to normal levels after antibiotic treatment; this finding indicates that IL-6-mediated host defense mechanisms by cord MNCs are triggered by perinatal infections.     

激动型CD40单克隆抗体体外抑制结肠癌细胞增殖的实验研究

目的 探讨激动型CD40单克隆抗体在体外对结肠癌细胞增殖的抑制作用.方法 树突状细胞(DCs)经结肠癌冻融抗原致敏后予以不同条件激活,分为激动型CD40单克隆抗体组、阴性对照组及肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)阳性对照组,诱导培养至第7天,用流式细胞仪检测各组DCs表面分化相关抗原CD80、CD83、CD86和HLA-DR的表达,酶联免疫吸附测定法检测DCs培养液上清中白细胞介素-12(IL-12)的质量浓度,噻唑蓝比色法检测DCs体外刺激T淋巴细胞增殖的能力,进而检测DCs所诱导的肿瘤特异性细胞毒性T淋巴细胞(CTL)对人结肠癌细胞HCT116的杀伤作用.结果 与阴性对照组相比,激动型CD40单克隆抗体组活化的DCs表面抗原CD80、CD83、CD86和HLA-DR的表达率均显著升高(均P＜0.05),DCs上清中IL-12的质量浓度亦显著升高((716.80±53.43) pg/ml比(405.51±12.17) pg/ml,P＜0.05),活化的DCs具有更强的刺激T淋巴细胞增殖的能力(刺激指数2.006 2±0.438 3比1.365 0±0.209 8,P＜0.05),活化的DCs所诱导的CTL对HCT116细胞具有更强的杀伤作用(抑制率(66.08±0.41)％比(46.60±1.10)％,P＜0.05);而与TNF-α阳性对照组相比,其差异均无统计学意义(均P＞0.05).结论 激动型CD40单克隆抗体在体外可促进DCs的活化与成熟,进而诱导肿瘤特异性CTL的产生,从而抑制人结肠癌细胞HCT116的增殖.     

In vivo generation and function of B cells in the presence of a monoclonal anti-IgM antibody: implications for B cell tolerance

C57BL/6 mice were chronically treated with milligram doses of the noncytotoxic monoclonal anti-mu b antibody MB86 (IgG1, kappa) from birth or from fetal life. The spleens of the manipulated animals contained large numbers (25% as compared to control mice) of B lineage cells which expressed IgMb on the surface after overnight incubation in vitro. The spleens also contained B cells whose surface IgM was unreactive with antibody MB86. A few such cells were immortalized by cell fusion. They included cells secreting mu together with lambda 2 chains which apparently prevent recognition by antibody MB86, and a point mutant in the first constant domain of the mu chain, changing the b to the a allotype. Cells expressing MB86- surface IgM did not selectively expand under MB86 treatment over the first few months of life. Serum Ig levels in the manipulated mice were normal except for IgM which was undetectable in most instances. In some animals low levels of MB86- IgM molecules were produced. At 7 weeks of age, mice treated with MB86 from birth produced normal-size IgG anti-(4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)acetyl (NP) responses with the usual predominance of lambda 1 chain-bearing IgG1 antibodies. At the age of 5-6 months, and also in young mice treated with MB86 from fetal life, the responses were variable and presumably oligoclonal, with a tendency towards the production of antibodies with gamma 3 heavy and lambda 2 or lambda 3 light chains. We interpret these results to mean that B cells hit by antibody MB86 from the time of their generation become unresponsive to T cell-dependent stimulation, but are still able to expand. Occasionally, they escape functional suppression through class switching (to IgG3) upon mitogenic stimulation. At birth, C57BL/6 mice contain a mature B cell population which mediates normal immune responses under MB86 treatment and eventually dies out. Taken as a model of tolerance induction in B cells, the data provide evidence for "tolerant" cells and support the concept of an early phase of sensitivity to tolerance induction in B cell differentiation. The anti-NP response under MB86 treatment differed profoundly from control responses in idiotypic terms, but became normal as the animals recovered from suppression. This may reflect blockade by MB86 of idiotypic selection within the B cell population.     

In vitro and in vivo inhibition of renin by fatty acids

Circulating neutral lipids inhibit the in vitro renin reaction. To identify the inhibitor(s), free fatty acids were added to human renin and homologous substrate. Capric, lauric, palmitoleic, linoleic, and arachidonic acids each inhibited the rate of angiotensin I production in vitro (P less than 0.01). Inhibition by polysaturated fatty acids (linoleic and arachidonic) was less (P less than 0.01) after catalytic hydrogenation of the double bonds. To evaluate an in vivo effect of renin inhibition intra-arterial blood pressure responses to infusions of renin and angiotensin II (5.0 microgram) were measured in anephric rats (n = 6) before and after infusion of linoleic acid (10 mg iv). Mean increase of blood pressure to angiotensin II before (75 mmHg +/- 9) and after (90 +/- 12) linoleic acid did not differ (P greater than 0.05). However, the pressor response to renin after linoleic acid (18 +/- 3) was less (P less than 0.00)) than that before (102 +/- 13). In summary, several fatty acids inhibit the in vitro renin reaction, and in part inhibition is dependent on unsaturation. Linoleic acid also inhibits the in vivo pressor response to renin. These results suggest that fatty acids may modify the measurement of plasma renin activity and may also affect angiotensin production in vivo.     

In vivo and in vitro binding of iodinated monoclonal antibody A2B5 to RIN insulinoma cells

Monoclonal antibody A2B5 reacts with the cell surface of a series of amine precursor uptake decarboxylation (APUD) cells and their tumors in many vertebrate species including chicken, rat, mouse, and man. We have studied the in vivo and in vitro binding of iodinated monoclonal antibody A2B5 to rat insulinoma cells. In vitro, radiolabeled A2B5 binds specifically to RINm5F insulinoma cells and the binding of 125I-A2B5 is inhibited by unlabeled A2B5 or a ganglioside extract of RINm5F cells. In vivo, scintigrams taken Day 0 to Day 5 after injection of 131I-labeled A2B5 showed a striking localization of 131I-A2B5 in transplanted RIN tumors grown in syngeneic rats. Other control radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies did not concentrate in the tumors. 131I-labeled A2B5 did not concentrate in other transplantable tumors (colon adenocarcinoma, osteosarcoma, renal cell carcinoma, and bladder transitional cell carcinoma) grown in nude mice. The tumor/blood ratio detected 5 days after antibody injection, was approximately two to 12 times higher in the insulinoma compared to other organs and only in the insulinoma did 131I-A2B5 show a higher concentration than control antibody 125I-P3X63.     

In vitro modulation of viral cell surface glycoproteins by anti-viral antibody in the presence of complement

In the presence of optimal concentrations of both anti-viral IgG and complement, cells persistently infected with either measles virus (DS6-PI) or canine distemper virus (CDV-PI) could be lysed. In contrast, in the presence of adequate concentrations of anti-viral IgG but no complement the viral antigens expressed on the cell surface of DS6-PI and CDV-PI cells were lost, i.e. the cells were modulated. It was however possible to show that with critical concentrations of anti-viral IgG but with only moderately depressed levels of complement, modulation of the cells rather than lysis could occur. The implication that this may have in the generation of persistent viral infections in vivo is discussed.     

In vitro activation of mouse lymphocytes in serum-free medium: effect of T and B cell mitogens on proliferation and antibody synthesis

Mouse spleen cells were successfully activated by mitogens in serum-free medium. The T cell mitogen, concanavalin A (ConA), was found to activate DNA synthesis in the presence or absence of serum to the same extent, although the dose response curve was shifted. Thus, concentrations ten times lower were optimally stimulating in serum-free medium. The strain differences existing with regard to Con A activation were the same whether serum was present or not. B cell mitogens, such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and purified protein derivative (PPD) of tuberculin, were equally active in the presence or absence of serum with regard to dose response curves and kinetics for the induction of DNA synthesis. When added to normal spleen cells in culture in the absence of serum, Con A also activated antibody synthesis against a variety of antigens and haptens. It had no such effect on spleen cells from nude animals, indicating that it exerted its B cell-activating effect via T cells. It was also effective when DNA synthesis in the lymphocytes had been suppressed with mitomycin. LPS and PPD activated antibody synthesis to haptens in normal and nude spleen cells, the response in nude animals being markedly stronger. Since there is virtually no background antibody synthesis in unstimulated cultures in the absence of serum, but a substantial background in serum, it follows that the factor of activation caused by T and B cell mitogens is more pronounced in the absence of serum.     

曲古抑菌素A体内外杀伤卵巢癌细胞

目的 探讨组蛋白去乙酰化酶(HDAC)抑制剂曲古抑菌素A(TSA)在卵巢癌靶向治疗中的作用及机制.方法 以2种正常卵巢上皮细胞系IOSE-29和IOSE-329及3种卵巢癌细胞系ES-2、SKOV-3和OVCAR-8为研究对象,应用XTT法和流式细胞术检测TSA对卵巢癌细胞的抗增殖及诱导凋亡作用,并观察其体内疗效.结果 对比正常卵巢上皮,卵巢癌及其细胞系中HDAC6蛋白呈强阳性表达,其抑制剂TSA对ES-2,SKOV-3和OVCAR-8卵巢癌细胞系有明显杀伤作用,但正常卵巢上皮细胞对TSA不敏感,TSA处理组的卵巢癌细胞凋亡率和死亡率较未处理组高.体内实验表明:TSA处理组的ES-2裸鼠体内移植瘤生长速度较未处理组慢.结论 TSA可在体内外有效杀伤卵巢癌细胞,其机制部分是通过抑制HDAC6而实现的.     

Modulation of immune response in vitro and in vivo by human granulocyte factors

The adherence of granulocytes induces secretion of specific granule contents. The secreted proteins were termed granulocyte factors (GF). The experiments in vivo provide evidence that GF play an essential role in the stimulation of PFC in BALB/c mice immunized with SRBC when applied before challenge three times (5 micrograms per mouse), but 50 micrograms per mouse given in the same way diminishes the response. To elucidate this discrepancy, the effect of GF on the generation of suppressor cells (SC) and helper cells (HC) in vitro has been investigated. Antigen specific nonadherent SC or HC were induced in vitro using CBA mice spleen cells incubated with 100 micrograms/ml or 0.1 mg/ml of TNP-KLH, respectively, for 4 days. GF in concentrations of 0.1 to 1 microgram/ml abolish antigen specific SC generation. SC and HC activity was tested in cooperative cultures. Antigen specific SC in delayed hypersensitivity (DTH) to BCG were induced in an in vitro system as above using normal BALB/c spleen cells and 100 micrograms/ml PPD. Nonadherent suppressor cells were transferred intravenously into cyclophosphamide (CY)-treated syngeneic recipients. The recipients were immunized to BCG immediately after the cell transfer. DTH was measured by foot-pad reaction. This reaction was positive to PPD in CY treated mice immunized to BCG, while it was suppressed by the transfer of in vitro induced SC. When the SC were induced in the presence of 1 microgram/ml GF, the suppression was abrogated. The higher GF concentrations stimulated SC activities when they were measured in response to a nonrelated antigen and in specific anti-PPD response, but the HC inhibition could not be excluded.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Isotype and antibody specificity of spontaneously formed immunoglobulins in pig fetuses and germ-free piglets: production by CD5- B cells.

Pig fetuses, colostrum-deprived newborns and germ-free (GF) piglets, animals in which B-cell development is not influenced by maternal regulatory factors, were employed to study the occurrence and specificity of natural antibodies (NAb). Serum immunoglobulins of all isotypes were found in 44-day-old fetuses (the gestation period in pigs lasts 114 days) and their level, with predominating IgM, was increased during fetal ontogeny. In sera of fetuses at the end of embryonic life as well as of newborns and older GF piglets, antibody activity against autoantigens (thyroglobulin, hormones, ssDNA), phylogenetically conserved proteins (myosin), haptens (trinitrophenyl; TNP) and bacterial components (Escherichia coli O86, tetanic anatoxin) was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The antigen-biding activity of IgM NAb increased after isolation of the serum immunoglobulins on a Staphylococcus Protein A (SPA)-Sepharose column. IgM reactivity similar to that detected in serum was found in supernatants from polyclonally stimulated cultures of spleen of 8- and 12-day-old GF piglets. Pig fetal liver IgM+ B cells, which were able to produce IgM after polyclonal stimulation, did not express the CD5 molecule. Our results indicate that pig preimmune repertoire is comparable to that described in humans and mice, although in contrast to these species pig B-1 cells do not express CD5.     

人树突状细胞体外直接抑瘤作用研究

目的：诱导获得人外周血树突状细胞(DCs)，研究其体外直接抑瘤作用及机制。方法：自正常人外周血分离获得单核细胞，体外rhGM-CSF和rhIL-4联合诱导培养，观察细胞形态并检测其相关表型；利用MTT法检测所诱导DCs及其培养上清对不同肿瘤细胞系的体外直接抑瘤效应。结果：诱导5—7天后的悬浮细胞具有典型的DCs形态，流式分析显示HLA-DR表达率为64．02％，CD14表达率为2．34％；抑瘤实验显示：DCs对HT29、Hela及HepG2．2．15三种肿瘤细胞系的生长具有明显抑制，其抑制率分别为20．16％，25．44％，75．41％，而对Lovo和HepG2两种肿瘤细胞系，则无明显的抑制作用。DCs培养上清均未见明显的抑瘤效应。结论：人类DCs可对某些肿瘤细胞的生长产生直接抑制作用，但对不同的肿瘤细胞其作用不同。此作用可能由DCs与肿瘤细胞的直接接触而触发，而与DCs分泌的细胞因子关系不大。     

Role of metabolic waste products in the control of cell proliferation and antibody production by mouse hybridoma cells.

In order to determine the factors limiting the proliferation and productivity of mouse hybridoma cells in batch/fed-batch cultures, we tested the influence of various environmental parameters on the growth of a model cell line VO 208. We observed that, among the major metabolic waste products, ammonium ions at concentrations superior to that present in the medium at the end of a batch culture do not exert a significant toxic effect on cell growth, whereas in contrast, lactic acid is cytotoxic at concentrations reached in cultures. Feeding of fructose instead of glucose during the stationary phase of the culture markedly prolongs the life span of the culture and enhances the antibody secretion accordingly. However, we failed to observe a satisfactory proliferation pattern in cultures grown in a glucose-free fructose-supplemented medium. We also noted that vitamin supply may be limiting in fed-batch cultures. It thus appears that thorough examination of the cell metabolic needs allows the designing of a culture regimen which significantly improves cell growth and secretion.     

Nucleostemin特异性RNA干扰对HeLa细胞体内外增殖能力的影响

目的：检测肿瘤细胞Nucleostemin（NS）的表达，研究NS特异性RNA干扰对HeLa细胞体内外增殖的影响。方法：提取6种肿瘤细胞总RNA，用 RT-PCR和Northern blot方法检测NS的表达。用NS特异性siRNA表达载体转染HeLa细胞，观察转染的HeLa细胞（简称NS-siRNA-HeLa细胞）体内外增殖的变化。结果：6种肿瘤细胞中NS明显高表达。体外培养的NS-siRNA-HeLa细胞中NS表达显著低于对照组，G0/G1期细胞百分率显著升高。体内致瘤实验显示，NS-siRNA-HeLa细胞在裸鼠体内增殖显著低于对照组。结论： NS在肿瘤细胞中高表达具有普遍性。NS特异性RNA干扰使HeLa细胞进入S期受阻，并可明显降低HeLa细胞体内外的增殖能力。     

Immunosuppressive role of semaphorin-3A on T cell proliferation is mediated by inhibition of actin cytoskeleton reorganization

Timely negative regulation of the immune system is critical to allow it to perform its duty while maintaining it under tight control to avoid overactivation. We previously reported that the neuronal receptor neuropilin-1 (NP-1) is expressed in human lymph nodes. However, the role of NP-1 interaction with its physiological ligand semaphorin-3A (Sema-3A) on immune cells remains elusive. Here we show that Sema-3A is expressed by activated DC and T cells, and that its secretion in DC/T cell cocultures is delayed. Sema-3A/NP-1 interaction down-modulated T cell activation since addition of Sema-3A in DC/T cell cocultures dramatically inhibited allogeneic T cell proliferation. More importantly, neutralization by blocking antibodies or by antagonist peptide of endogenous Sema-3A produced by DC/T cell cocultures resulted in a 130% increase in T cell proliferation. Sema-3A acted directly on T cells, since it could block anti-CD3/CD28-stimulated proliferation of T cells. Finally, immunomodulatory functions of Sema-3A relied on the blockage of actin cytoskeleton reorganization, affecting TCR polarization and interfering with early TCR signal transduction events such as ZAP-70 or focal adhesion kinase phosphorylation. Therefore, we propose that Sema-3A secretion and the resulting NP-1/Sema-3A interaction are involved in a late negative feedback loop controlling DC-induced T cell proliferation.     

In vitro systems for investigating group B streptococcal: host cell and extracellular matrix interactions

Streptococcus agalactiae or group B streptococci (GBS) are gram-positive diplococci and are the leading bacterial cause of pneumoniae, sepsis, and meningitis in neonates. Neonatal GBS infections may occur prior to or during birth. GBS have been cultured from the chorioamnionic membrane of pregnant women and have therefore been associated with chorioamnionitis and premature labor. A potential route for GBS to establish infection of a neonate would be to penetrate the placental membrane of colonized pregnant women. In our laboratory, we have constructed in vitro systems to emulate certain events during the colonization and invasion of host epithelial cell tissues by GBS. By utilizing techniques to grow primary cultures of both chorion cells and amnion cells isolated from human C-section placentas, we have established a relevant model to investigate certain aspects of GBS adherence and invasion into the placental membrane. To identify relevant molecules required for GBS to colonize the multiple tissues it encounters during an infection, we have applied a variety of biochemical approaches with host cell membrane preparations as well as purified extracellular matrix proteins. These techniques are enabling us to further characterize the pathogenic mechanisms utilized by GBS.     

In vivo and in vitro inhibition of hepatic microsomal drug metabolism by ketoconazole

Ketoconazole (KC), a broad spectrum antifungal drug, has been recognized recently as a cause of hepatic injury. The mechanism of the adverse reaction remains unclear: a metabolic idiosincrasy has been suggested. However as a substituted imidazole, KC might be expected to interfere with the hepatic microsomal mixed function oxidases. Ethylmorphine N-demethylase (E-DM) and aniline hydroxylase (A-OH) activities were determined in rat liver microsomes in the presence of increasing amounts of KC. Both were inhibited in an exponential fashion. The E-DM inhibition was almost complete at concentrations greater than 250 microM and was of the mixed type. A much weaker effect was observed for A-OH. A significant inhibition of E-DM was also observed when KC was administered in vivo to rats either orally for 7 days at the dose of 100 mg/kg/day (P less than 0.02) or intraperitoneally for 4 days at the dose of 50 or 100 mg/kg day (P less than 0.01 or P less than 0.001 respectively). A-OH activity was significantly reduced (P less than 0.01) only after ip administration of 100 mg/kg/day of the drug for 4 days. Neither the amount of cytochrome P-450 nor NADPH cytochrome c reductase activity were affected at the doses considered. These data show that KC interferes with hepatic oxidative drug metabolism and suggest that this mechanism might be involved in the unwanted side effects of therapy with KC.