Cytokine Production in Response to Stimulation with Tetanus Toxoid, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Influenza Antigens in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and T Cell Lines from Healthy Elderlies

1997 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Bodnár ◽  
M.M. Steger ◽  
M. Saurwein-Teissl ◽  
C. Maczek ◽  
B. Grubeck-Loebenstein
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Tetanus Toxoid ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Cytokine Production ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
T Cell Lines

scholarly journals EOS, an Ikaros family zinc finger transcription factor, interacts with the HTLV-1 oncoprotein Tax and is downregulated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HTLV-1-infected individuals, irrespective of clinical statuses

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadasuke Naito ◽  
Hiroshi Ushirogawa ◽  
Takuya Fukushima ◽  
Yuetsu Tanaka ◽  
Mineki Saito
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
Proinflammatory Cytokines ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
T Cell Lines ◽  
Mrna Load

Abstract Background EOS plays an important role in maintaining the suppressive function of regulatory T cells (Tregs), and induces a regulated transformation of Tregs into T helper-like cells, which are capable of secreting proinflammatory cytokines in response to specific inflammatory signals. Meanwhile, significant reduction in Treg activity along with production of proinflammatory cytokines has been reported in patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Methods In this study, to examine whether there is an alteration in EOS expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) derived from HTLV-1-infected individuals especially HAM/TSP, we investigated the expression of HTLV-1 tax genotype, proviral load (PVL), and the mRNA expression of tax, HBZ and EOS in HTLV-1 infected individuals including adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL), HAM/TSP, or asymptomatic carriers. The expression levels of EOS mRNA and protein in various HTLV-1-infected or uninfected human T-cell lines were also investigated. Results EOS was highly expressed at the protein level in most HTLV-1 infected T-cell lines, and was augmented after the HTLV-1 regulatory factor Tax was induced in a Tax-inducible JPX-9 cell line. Immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated a physical interaction between EOS and the viral regulatory protein Tax, but not HBZ. Meanwhile, there was a significant decrease in EOS mRNA levels in PBMCs of HTLV-1 infected individuals irrespective of their clinical statuses. We found an inverse correlation between EOS mRNA levels and HTLV-1 PVL in ATL patients, and positive correlations between both EOS mRNA load and PVL, and EOS and HBZ mRNA load in HAM/TSP patients, whereas this correlation was not observed in other clinical statuses. Conclusions These findings suggest that both Tax and HBZ can alter the expression of EOS through undetermined mechanisms, and dysregulated expression of EOS in PBMCs of HTLV-1 infected individuals may contribute to the pathological progression of HTLV-1-associated diseases, such as ATL and HAM/TSP.

scholarly journals Direct Generation of Immortalized Erythroid Progenitor Cell Lines from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 523
Author(s):  
Abhirup Bagchi ◽  
Aneesha Nath ◽  
Vasanth Thamodaran ◽  
Smitha Ijee ◽  
Dhavapriya Palani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Lines ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Progenitor Cell ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Erythroid Progenitor ◽  
Erythroid Progenitor Cell ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells

Reliable human erythroid progenitor cell (EPC) lines that can differentiate to the later stages of erythropoiesis are important cellular models for studying molecular mechanisms of human erythropoiesis in normal and pathological conditions. Two immortalized erythroid progenitor cells (iEPCs), HUDEP-2 and BEL-A, generated from CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors by the doxycycline (dox) inducible expression of human papillomavirus E6 and E7 (HEE) genes, are currently being used extensively to study transcriptional regulation of human erythropoiesis and identify novel therapeutic targets for red cell diseases. However, the generation of iEPCs from patients with red cell diseases is challenging as obtaining a sufficient number of CD34+ cells require bone marrow aspiration or their mobilization to peripheral blood using drugs. This study established a protocol for culturing early-stage EPCs from peripheral blood (PB) and their immortalization by expressing HEE genes. We generated two iEPCs, PBiEPC-1 and PBiEPC-2, from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) of two healthy donors. These cell lines showed stable doubling times with the properties of erythroid progenitors. PBiEPC-1 showed robust terminal differentiation with high enucleation efficiency, and it could be successfully gene manipulated by gene knockdown and knockout strategies with high efficiencies without affecting its differentiation. This protocol is suitable for generating a bank of iEPCs from patients with rare red cell genetic disorders for studying disease mechanisms and drug discovery.

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