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Accumulation of macrophages with dendritic cell characteristics in the pulmonary response to Listeria.

Pulmonary immunity reflects a balance between proinflammatory and immunosuppressive factors in the lung. To determine the immune activities of exudate macrophages in the pulmonary immune response, Lewis rats were injected intratracheally with heat-killed Listeria (HKL), labeled ex vivo with the lipophilic dye PKH-26. At 24 h, macrophages from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were purified on the basis of their surface membrane expression of RMA, a macrophage-specific antigen, which is brightly expressed by resident alveolar macrophages but dimly expressed by monocytes. Pulmonary macrophages were analyzed for uptake of PKH-26-HKL, and RMA(bright/dim) macrophages sorted by FACS were compared for cytokine expression, nitric oxide (NO) release, and APC activities. RMA(bright) macrophages were OX-62(-), B7(-), and factor XIIIa(-); they were the dominant mediators of phagocytosis when low doses of HKL were administered intratracheally but did not support the proliferation of T lymphocytes. RMA(dim) exudate macrophages were OX-62(+), B7(+), and factor XIIIa(+). They expressed more IL-1 and TNF, but less nitric oxide, than did RMA(bright) macrophages; they were excellent APCs for T cell responses. We conclude that a subset of RMA(dim) exudate macrophages shows phenotypic and functional evidence of dendritic cell differentiation.