Functional characterization of SV40-transformed adherent synovial cells from rheumatoid arthritis
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- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical and Experimental Immunology
- Vol. 86 (3) , 387-392
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb02942.x
Abstract
A total of 14 transformed cell clones were obtained by micro-injecting origin-defective SV40 DNA into three types of cloned adherent synovial cells (ASC) (dendritic cells (DCs), macrophage-Iike cells (MCs), and fibroblast-like cells (FCs)) from two rheumatoid arthritis patients (five DC clones (SV40-DCs), five MC clones (SV40-MCs) and four FC clones (SV40-FCs)). All the transformed cell nuclei expressed SV40-specific T antigen. The cells which formed a colony had a few times shorter doubling time than the original cells. IL-1α, IL-lβ and prostaglandin E2 were detected in the culture supernatant from the unstimulated transformed cells like untransformed cells. The SV40-DCs showed the most potent accessory cell function in oxidative mitogenesis assay among the three types of SV40-ASCs. Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulatory factor (GM-CSF) was detected only in the culture supernatant from the SV40-MCs without stimulation. Extensive phenotypic analysis revealed relatively cell-specific markers. SV40-DCs were HLA-DP+ and glial fibrillary acidic protein positive. SV40-MCs stained positive for 5′-nucleotidase and nonspecific esterase. These transformed ASCs retained much of the original cellular physiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ASCs and may be a useful tool for characterizing the role of ASCs in the pathogenesis of RA.Keywords
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