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Dendritic cells derived from peripheral monocytes express endothelial markers and in the presence of angiogenic growth factors differentiate into endothelial-like cells.

Abstract：

:CD14-positive monocytes obtained from human peripheral blood were cultured with GM-CSF and IL-4. During the early culture phase immature dendritic cells (DCs) developed which not only expressed CD1a, HLA-DR and CD86, but also expressed the endothelial cell markers von Willebrand factor (vWF), VE-cadherin and VEGF receptors Flt-1 and Flt-4. Further maturation of DCs was achieved by prolonged cultivation with TNFalpha. These cells showed typical DC morphology and like professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs) expressed CD83 and high levels of HLA-DR and CD86. However, if immature DCs were grown with VEGF, bFGF and IGF-1 on fibronectin/vitronectin-coated culture dishes, a marked change in morphology into caudated or oval cells occurred. In the presence of these angiogenic growth factors the cultured cells developed into endothelial-like cells (ELCs), characterized by increased expression of vWF, KDR and Flt-4 and a disappearance of CD1a and CD83. Addition of IL-4 and Oncostatin M also increased VE-cadherin expression, and the loosely adherent cells formed clusters, cobblestones and network-like structures. vWF- expressing ELCs mainly originated from CD1a-positive cells, and VEGF was responsible for the decrease in the expression of the DC markers CD1a and CD83. In mixed leukocyte cultures, mature DCs were more potent APCs than ELCs. Moreover, Ac-LDL uptake, and the formation of tubular structures on a plasma matrix was restricted to ELCs. These results suggest that in the presence of specific cytokines immature DCs have the potential to differentiate along different lineages, i.e. into a cell type resembling ELCs.

journal_name

Eur J Cell Biol

journal_title

European journal of cell biology

authors

Fernandez Pujol B,Lucibello FC,Zuzarte M,Lütjens P,Müller R,Havemann K

doi

10.1078/0171-9335-00136

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-01-01 00:00:00

pages

99-110

issue

eissn

0171-9335

issn

1618-1298

pii

S0171-9335(04)70122-3

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Dendritic cells derived from peripheral monocytes express endothelial markers and in the presence of angiogenic growth factors differentiate into endothelial-like cells.