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Department of Immunology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
In the context of transplantation, dendritic cells (DCs) can sensitize alloreactive T cells via two pathways. The direct pathway is initiated by donor DCs presenting intact donor MHC molecules. The indirect pathway results from recipient DCs processing and presenting donor MHC as peptide. This simple dichotomy suggests that T cells with direct and indirect allospecificity cannot cross-regulate each other because distinct APCs are involved. In this study we describe a third, semidirect pathway of MHC alloantigen presentation by DCs that challenges this conclusion. Mouse DCs, when cocultured with allogeneic DCs or endothelial cells, acquired substantial levels of class I and class II MHC:peptide complexes in a temperature- and energy-dependent manner. Most importantly, DCs acquired allogeneic MHC in vivo upon migration to regional lymph nodes. The acquired MHC molecules were detected by Ab staining and induced proliferation of Ag-specific T cells in vitro. These data suggest that recipient DCs, due to acquisition of donor MHC molecules, may link T cells with direct and indirect allospecificity.
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