Decreases in human dendritic cell-dependent TH2-like responses after acute in vivo IgE neutralization

John T. Schroeder, Anja P. Bieneman, Kristin L. Chichester, Robert G. Hamilton, Hui Qing Xiao, Sarbjit S. Saini, Mark C. Liu

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Abstract

Background: Dendritic cells (DCs) and other professional antigen-presenting cells express a variant of the high-affinity IgE receptor known as αγ2, which, on the basis of in vitro findings, has long been implicated to function in facilitating allergen uptake and presentation to TH cells. Objectives: To use omalizumab as an in vivo tool to neutralize IgE binding to circulating dendritic cells and to assess whether this results in altered DC-dependent T-cell responsiveness to allergen ex vivo. Methods: Subjects with cat allergy were enrolled in a 3.5-month, double blind, randomized (3.5:1), placebo-controlled trial of omalizumab using standard dosing for allergic asthma. Blood plasmacytoid and myeloid DCs were assessed at baseline and posttreatment for expression of surface IgE, Fcε{lunate}RIα, and induction of CD4+T-cell proliferation and cytokine responses to cat allergen. Results: IgE expression on plasmacytoid and myeloid DCs from omalizumab-treated subjects (n = 12) decreased by ≥95% posttreatment (P = .0005), whereas Fcε{lunate}RIα expression decreased by 66% and 48%, respectively (P = .0005). Cat allergen-induced proliferation in DC/T-cell cocultures observed at baseline was suppressed ∼20% to 40% postomalizumab treatment (P = .001). Multiplexing for cytokines in plasmacytoid DC/T-cell cocultures also showed decreases in IL-5, IL-13, and IL-10 (P < .05), whereas IL-2 and IFN-γ were unaltered or slightly increased. These changes were not evident in placebo-control subjects (n = 4). Conclusion: IgE likely facilitates allergen presentation by dendritic cells in vivo and is also important in regulating DC-dependent T-cell cytokines during effector phases of allergic disease.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)896-901.e6
JournalJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume125
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2010

Keywords

  • Dendritic cells
  • IgE
  • antigen presentation
  • cytokine
  • receptor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology

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