Follicular dendritic cells in suspension: identification, enrichment, and initial characterization indicating immune complex trapping and lack of adherence and phagocytic activity - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1985 Mar;134(3):1360-8.

PMID: 3968423

Follicular dendritic cells in suspension: identification, enrichment, and initial characterization indicating immune complex trapping and lack of adherence and phagocytic activity

C T Schnizlein et al. J Immunol. 1985 Mar.

Abstract

Antigen-retaining follicular dendritic cells (FDC) have been identified and studied in sections of lymph nodes and spleen, but studies of these cells in culture have been extremely limited. The purpose of this study was to establish techniques to release these fragile cells from mouse lymph nodes in a viable state and to identify these cells routinely in lymph node cell suspensions. FDC were obtained from passively or actively immunized popliteal lymph nodes of mice injected in the footpads with 125I-labeled human serum albumin (HSA) or horseradish peroxidase (HRP). Lymph nodes were removed 1 hr after the footpads had been injected with collagenase. After another hour of incubation in vitro with collagenase, protease, and deoxyribonuclease, FDC were released by gentle teasing and enriched by centrifugation on a low density bovine serum albumin (BSA) or Percoll gradient. Most FDC with the associated radiolabel floated at densities greater than 1.06 g/ml on BSA or Percoll gradients. Slides of the FDC-enriched fraction were prepared, using a cytobucket which allowed the cells to be affixed to glass slides by centrifugation in a less disruptive manner than by cytocentrifugation. FDC that were air-dried and fixed with 3% glutaraldehyde had a characteristic pink acidophilic cytoplasm after Wright's staining, and had a faintly basophilic euchromatic nucleus frequently with peripherally-clumped chromatin. In addition, these cells were large and irregularly shaped (up to 60 micron long). Fixation of FDC with 0.6% paraformaldehyde/ 0.9% glutaraldehyde on poly-L-lysine-coated slides resulted in a preservation of FDC which made possible visualization of long dendritic processes by Nomarski optics. Antigen presence on the cell surface was confirmed by autoradiography and, in the case of HRP, was also visualized enzymatically using diaminobenzidine. In contrast to resident peritoneal macrophages or some contaminating lymph node macrophages present on the same slides, FDC did not phagocytize opsonized sheep red blood cells (SRBC) or adhere to plastic surfaces although they did form rosettes with opsonized SRBC. Cell marker studies indicated FDC have a distinctive phenotype. They were positive for Ia, Fc receptor, and leukocyte common antigen, but negative for Thy-1, Ly-1, Ly-2, endogenous Ig, Mac-1, Mac-2, Mac-3, and F4/80, and negative to weakly positive for nonspecific esterase. Cultured FDC remained viable and retained radiolabeled antigen-antibody complexes on their surfaces and were significantly enriched for FDC.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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Follicular dendritic cells in suspension: identification, enrichment, and initial characterization indicating immune complex trapping and lack of adherence and phagocytic activity - PubMed (original) (raw)