Open AccessFunctional characterization of SV40‐transformed adherent synovial cells from rheumatoid arthritis
Author(s) -
GOTO M.,
OKAMOTO M.,
SASANO M.,
NISHIZAWA K.,
AOTSUKA S.,
YAMAGUCHI N.,
OBINATA M.,
IKEDA K.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical & experimental immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.329
H-Index - 135
eISSN - 1365-2249
pISSN - 0009-9104
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb02942.x
Subject(s) - biology , immunology , granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor , fibroblast , macrophage , microbiology and biotechnology , cell culture , in vitro , cytokine , biochemistry , genetics
SUMMARY 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 E 2 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.