目的:观察鼻咽癌病人树突状细胞(DC)经体外分离诱导分化后表型变化和呈递功能的情况。方法:在体外分离并诱导成熟HLA—A2基因型鼻咽癌病人自身的DC,运用流式细胞仪检测DC的表型变化,然后分别负载EB病毒抗原LMP-2的HLA—A2限制型两个表位肽段CLGGLLTMV(CLG)和LTAGFIFL(LTA),诱导自身的CD8^+T细胞。培养两周后,运用酶联免疫斑点法(ELISPOT)检测经DC诱导后CD8^+T细胞的免疫应答情况。结果:分离鼻咽癌患者外周血DC,培养7d后用流式细胞仪检测DC的各项表型:CD80、CD86、CD83、HLA-DR等,呈现分化成熟的表型特征。上述各种表型的细胞百分率分别为(33.92±21.42)%、(90.20±12.10)%、(32.89±23.47)%、(90.37±12.82)%,并且与正常人的DC的表达无明显差异。培养成熟的DC呈递肽段CLG及LTA给自身CD8^+T细胞,T细胞识别肽段并能应答的细胞数增加,呈递前分别为(2.67±1.97)2×10^4CD8^+T细胞和(5.33±1.86)2×10^4CD8^+T细胞,呈递后为(42.67±33.79)2×10^4CD8^+T细胞和(25.67±18.25)2×10^4CD8^+T细胞,呈递前、后比较差异有统计学意义(P〈0.05)。同时与正常T细胞的应答能力无明显差别。结论:鼻咽癌病人外周血DC可经外周血分离培养,诱导扩增后能分化成熟并能有效呈递肿瘤抗原肽段,产生特异性CTL,对鼻咽癌病人的免疫治疗具有潜在的应用价值。
Objective:To study the change of the epitope and function of dendritic cell in peripheral blood from Nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Methods: DCs were isolated from HLA-A2 peripheral blood of NPC patients and cultured with cytokine. Membrane marks of DCs were detected by flow cytometry after 7-day culture. Then DCs were stimulated by peptides CLGGLLTMV (CLG) and LTAGFIFL(LTA)that are the HLA-A2 restricted epitope peptides from LMP-2 protein. After 2-week culture, autologous CD8^+ T was pulsed with the DCs, and the frequency of CD8^+ T cells that secret IFN-garmma in response to the DCs were detected in Elispot assay. Result: The percentages of CD80^+ DCs, CD86^+ DCs, CD83^+ DCs and HLA-DR^+ DCs were (33.92±21.42)% ,(90. 20±12.10)% ,(32. 89±23.47)% and(90.37±12.82)% respectively, and there was no difference compared with the normal control group. The number of T cells that can recognize and respond to the peptides CLG and LTA are (2.67± 1.97)per 2 × 10^4 CD8^+ T cells and (5.33±1.86) per 2× 10^4 CD8^+ T cells before their presence, and after their presence are (42.67±33.79) per 2× 10^4 CD8^+ T cells and (25.67±18. 25) per 2 × 10^4 CD8^+ T cells. There are differences compared with pre-presence and pro-presence ( P 〈0.05). But there are not any difference compared with the normal control group. The result shows the DCs have the ability to present the peptides CLG and LTA to CD8^+T cells. Conclusion:The DCs in NPC patients can be separated and cultured from peripheral blood. After cultured in mature, DCs loaded with the epitope peptides of LMP-2 from EBV can induce the CD8^+ T cell to cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL), and this result is very useful for immunological therapy for NPC.