Culture of Dendritic Cells from Human Umbilical Cord Blood using Umbilical Cord Serum instead of Fetal Calf Serum

Objective To investigate the effect of umbilical cord serum(UCS)during induction of dendritic cells derived from umbilical cord blood. Methods Umbilical cord blood was collected aseptically and interface cells were collected with density gradient centrifugation method,CD34 +cells were purified and collected with Mini-MACS technique. Pro-DC were obtained and were divided into 3 groups:①cultured in RPMI-1640 medium with 10%UCS and cytokine,②cultured in RPMI-1640 medium with 10%FCS and cytokine③cultured in RPMI-1640 medium with 10%FCS .Interleukin-4(IL-4),granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor(GM-CSF)and tumor necrosis factor(TNF-a)were used in the first 2 groups, but not in control group (group 3). Some cells were collected on the 8th d for phenotypes analysis. Results The expression of CD80 ,CD54 and HLA-DR on the surface of DC cultured in UCS medium had no significant difference compared with that of DC cultured in FCS medium. The expression of surface molecules in UCS-DC group and FCS-DC group were both enhanced compared with the control group. Conclusion Mature DC could be induced from pro-DC derived from umbilical cord blood when cultured with UCS instead of FCS. That provides a new approach for the clinical application of DC.