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Interaction between Phosphatidylserine and the Phosphatidylserine Receptor Inhibits Immune Responses In Vivo

2005; American Association of Immunologists; Volume: 174; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4049/jimmunol.174.3.1393

1550-6606

Peter R. Hoffmann, Jennifer Kench, Andrea Vondracek, Ellen R. Kruk, David L. Daleke, Michael Jordan, Philippa Marrack, Peter M. Henson, Valerie A. Fadok,

Immune cells in cancer

Abstract Phosphatidylserine (PS) on apoptotic cells promotes their uptake and induces anti-inflammatory responses in phagocytes, including TGF-β release. Little is known regarding the effects of PS on adaptive immune responses. We therefore investigated the effects of PS-containing liposomes on immune responses in mice in vivo. PS liposomes specifically inhibited responses to Ags as determined by decreased draining lymph node tissue mass, with reduced numbers of total leukocytes and Ag-specific CD4+ T cells. There was also a decrease in formation and size of germinal centers in spleen and lymph nodes, accompanied by decreased levels of Ag-specific IgG in blood. Many of these effects were mimicked by an agonistic Ab-specific for the PS receptor. TGF-β appears to play a critical role in this inhibition, as the inhibitory effects of PS were reversed by in vivo administration of anti-TGF-β Ab. PS-containing liposomes did not appear to directly inhibit dendritic cell maturation in vitro in response to a variety of stimuli, nor did it prevent their migration to regional lymph nodes in vivo, suggesting that the inhibitory effects may have resulted from complicated interactions between tissue cells and dendritic cells, subsequently inhibiting their ability to productively activate T lymphocytes.