Calcineurin inhibitors block MHC-restricted antigen presentation in vivo |
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Authors: | Lee Young-Hee Lee Young-Ran Im Sun-A Park Sun-Im Kim Ki-Hyang Gerelchuluun Turmunkh Song Sukgil Kim Kyungjae Lee Chong-Kil |
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Institution: | College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea. |
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Abstract: | APCs, like T cells, are affected by calcineurin inhibitors. In this study, we show that calcineurin inhibitors efficiently block MHC-restricted exogenous Ag presentation in vivo. Mice were injected with clinical doses of tacrolimus (FK-506) followed by soluble OVA, and dendritic cells (DCs) were isolated from lymph nodes and spleens. The efficacy of OVA peptide presentation by DCs was evaluated using OVA-specific CD8 and CD4 T cells. Tacrolimus inhibited both class I- and class II-restricted DC presentation of OVA to T cells. Tacrolimus also inhibited both class I- and class II-restricted presentation of OVA in peritoneal macrophages isolated from mice injected with tacrolimus followed by soluble OVA. Tacrolimus-treated peritoneal macrophages, however, were able to present synthetic OVA peptide, SIINFEKL. Inclusion of cyclosporine A to biodegradable microspheres containing OVA greatly reduced their capacity to induce OVA-specific CTL response in mice. These findings provide novel insight into the mode of action of calcineurin inhibitors and have important implications for clinical immunosuppression regimens. |
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