Journal article
Size-dependent uptake of particles by pulmonary antigen-presenting cell populations and trafficking to regional lymph nodes
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Vol.49(1), pp.67-77
2013
Abstract
The respiratory tract is an attractive target organ for novel diagnostic and therapeutic applications with nano-sized carriers, but their immune effects and interactions with key resident antigen-presenting cells (APCs) such as dendritic cells (DCs) and alveolar macrophages (AMs) in different anatomical compartments remain poorly understood. Polystyrene particles ranging from 20 nm to 1,000 nm were instilled intranasally in BALB/c mice, and their interactions with APC populations in airways, lung parenchyma, and lung-draining lymph nodes (LDLNs) were examined after 2 and 24 hours by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. In the main conducting airways and lung parenchyma, DC subpopulations preferentially captured 20-nm particles, compared with 1,000-nm particles that were transported to the LDLNs by migratory CD11b(low) DCs and that were observed in close proximity to CD3(+) T cells. Generally, the uptake of particles increased the expression of CD40 and CD86 in all DC populations, independent of particle size, whereas 20-nm particles induced enhanced antigen presentation to CD4(+) T cells in LDLNs in vivo. Despite measurable uptake by DCs, the majority of particles were taken up by AMs, irrespective of size. Confocal microscopy and FACS analysis showed few particles in the main conducting airways, but a homogeneous distribution of all particle sizes was evident in the lung parenchyma, mostly confined to AMs. Particulate size as a key parameter determining uptake and trafficking therefore determines the fate of inhaled particulates, and this may have important consequences in the development of novel carriers for pulmonary diagnostic or therapeutic applications.
Details
- Title
- Size-dependent uptake of particles by pulmonary antigen-presenting cell populations and trafficking to regional lymph nodes
- Authors/Creators
- F. Blank (Author/Creator)P.A. Stumbles (Author/Creator)E. Seydoux (Author/Creator)P.G. Holt (Author/Creator)A. Fink (Author/Creator)B. Rothen-Rutishauser (Author/Creator)D.H. Strickland (Author/Creator)C. von Garnier (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Vol.49(1), pp.67-77
- Publisher
- American Thoracic Society
- Identifiers
- 991005544939807891
- Copyright
- © 2013 by the American Thoracic Society
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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