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- Title
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Thalidomide Inhibits Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Production and Antigen Presentation by Langerhans Cells.
- Authors
Liang Deng, Geoffrey; Wanhong Ding, Geoffrey; Granstein, Richard D.
- Abstract
Thalidomide is an effective treatment for several inflammatory and autoimmune disorders including erythema nodosum leprosum, Behcet's syndrome, discoid lupus erythematosus, and Crohn's disease. Thalidomide is believed to exert its anti-inflammatory effects, at least in part, by inhibiting tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) production by monocytes. We studied the effects of thalidomide on epidermal Langerhans cells (LC). LCs are epidermal antigen-presenting dendritic cells that play important roles in skin immune responses. Using the murine epidermis-derived dendritic cell lines, XS106A from A/J mice and XS52 from BALB/c mice as surrogates for LC, we found that thalidomide inhibited TNF-α production in a concentration-dependent manner. Northern blot analysis revealed that thalidomide significantly decreased the peak-induced mRNA level of TNF-α in XS106A cells and XS52 cells. We then examined the effect of thalidomide on fresh LC enriched to ∼98% using positive selection of Ia+ cells with antibodies conjugated to magnetic microspheres. TNF-α production was reduced by 67.7% at a thalidomide concentration of 200 μg per mL. Thalidomide also had a profound inhibitory effect on the ability of LC to present antigen to a responsive TH1 clone. Thalidomide inhibits TNF-α production and the antigen-presenting ability of epidermal LCs. These mechanisms may contribute to the therapeutic effects observed with this agent.
- Subjects
LANGERHANS cells; THALIDOMIDE; EPIDERMIS
- Publication
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2003, Vol 121, Issue 5, p1060
- ISSN
0022-202X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12565.x