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- Title
Enrichment and Characterization of Dendritic Cells from Rat Renal Mesangium.
- Authors
Gieseler, R.; Hoffmann, P. R.; Kuhn, R.; Fayyazi, A.; Stojanovic, T.; Schlemminger, R.; Peters, J. H.
- Abstract
Dendritic cells (DC) initiate primary immune reactions and are distributed throughout most tissues. The most potent DC population of the kidney has long been suggested to reside within the glomerular mesangium. Using LEW.1A rats, we enriched and characterized such low-density cells. Mesangial DC generally exhibited round to oval cell bodies and cytoplasmic veils. Phenotypically, these cells were 100% OX-6++. 45% OX-42++, 35% ED1low, 10% OX-62low, and negative for ED2 and α-naphtylbutyrate esterase. Introducing a new monoclonal antibody, R3, which stains a subset of splenic DC, we showed strong antigen expression on 60% of mesangial DC. Correlating cell populations were detected immunohistochemically. Functionally, mesangial DC potently stimulated allogeneic mixed leucocyte reactions, but did not phagocytose opsonized <em>Escherichia coli</em>. In addition to their striking phenotypic similarity with autologous splenic DC, mesangial DC exhibited 88% of the allostimulatory activity of splenic DC. Calculation indicated approximately two mesangial DC per glomerulum. We suggest that these cells comprise different maturation-dependent subsets. The OX-62 integrin especially appears to be expressed only on mature mesangial DC, which may correlate to lymphoid veiled cells or interdigitating DC. An employment of mesangial DC in experimental models of acute allograft rejection or glomerulonephritis is discussed.
- Subjects
DENDRITIC cells; ANTIGEN presenting cells; KIDNEYS; ESTERASES; ESCHERICHIA coli
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 1997, Vol 46, Issue 6, p587
- ISSN
0300-9475
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-3083.1997.d01-175.x