Analysis of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 production in different major histocompatability complex-restricted antigen presentation systems.

Clin Immunol

Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam, 1081 BT, The Netherlands.

Published: October 2001

In the present study the production of the CC chemokine monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) in several MHC II-restricted antigen presentation systems was investigated in vitro. To assess which type of antigen-presenting cell (APC) influences MCP-1 production during antigen presentation, cultures enriched for different APC populations were prepared and MCP-1 production was determined. Our results showed that APCs that effectively induce a T cell response also produce elevated amounts of MCP-1. The MCP-1 production is highest in the memory-driven secondary response against a single antigen. Despite a massive T cell proliferation, low MCP-1 concentrations are found in Con A-induced cultures. These results suggest that T cell proliferation alone is not sufficient for MCP-1 production and that stimulation of the APC during the process of antigen presentation results in MCP-1 production. Based on our results and the literature, we propose a model for MCP-1 as an enhancer of the adaptive immune response.

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