The effects of suplatast tosilate (IPD-1151T) on innate immunity and antigen-presenting cells

Li Wen Hsu, Chin Hsiang Yang, Shigeru Goto, Toshiaki Nakano, Chia Yun Lai, Yu Chun Lin, Ying Hsien Kao, Shu Hui Chen, Yu Fan Cheng, Bruno Jawan, King Wah Chiu, Fu Kai Tsao, Chao Long Chen*

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Abstract

We previously demonstrated that the anti-allergic drug, suplatast tosilate (IPD-1151T), prolonged rat survival after heterotopic heart transplantation (HHT) and suppressed mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). In the present study, we investigated the effects of suplatast on T cells, lipopolysaccharides (LPS), or peptidoglycan (PGN)-stimulated cells and dendritic cells (DCs). The addition of suplatast to concanavalin A (ConA) blasts inhibited the proliferation of cells in which the gene expression of T-helper-1 (Th1) and T-helper-2 (Th2) cytokines including interferon (IFN)-γ, interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, and IL-10 were down-regulated with decreased concentration of the IFN-γ and IL-10 in the supernatants of ConA blast cells. Suplatast also showed down-regulation of the toll-like receptor (TLR)2, TLR4, and CD14 gene expressions on splenocytes stimulated by LPS and PGN, TLR2 or TLR4 agonist, respectively. DCs treated with suplatast expressed lower levels of CD40, CD80, and CD86 and reduced IL-12 production. These results suggest that suplatast may modulate the TLRs on antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and thus block the pathway of Th1/Th2 cytokine production.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)108-114
Number of pages7
JournalTransplant Immunology
Volume18
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 2007

Keywords

  • Antigen-presenting cells
  • Dendritic cells
  • Suplatast tosilate
  • T-helper cytokines
  • Toll-like receptor

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