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Bone Marrow Transplantation Platform to Investigate the Role of Dendritic Cells in Graft-versus-Host Disease
Published on: March 17, 2020
IL-10 gene-modified dendritic cells-induced type 1 T regulatory cells inhibit graft-versus-host disease while
Jiangbo Wan1, Fang Huang1, Weiwei Hu1
1Department of Hematology, Xinhua Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medcine, Shanghai 200092, PR China.
To explore the role of type 1 regulatory T (Tr1) cells in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT), we generated Tr1 cells from naïve CD4+ T cells in donor mice that were subjected to stimulation of recipient interleukin (IL)-10 gene-modified dendritic cells (DCs). In animal models, the severity of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in the group co-infused with DC-induced Tr1 cells was markedly milder than that in the groups without infusion of Tr1 cells. Moreover, the co-infusion Tr1 cells significantly prolonged the leukemia-free survival in tumor-bearing mice. Besides, Tr1-induced cells mediated the shift from T helper (Th)1 to Th2 cytokines in allo-BMT recipients. In Conclusions, our findings suggest that IL-10 gene-modified DC-induced Tr1 cells could inhibit GVHD while maintaining Graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) through mediating the shift of Th1/Th2 cytokines in an allo-BMT mice model.
To explore the role of type 1 regulatory T (Tr1) cells in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT), we generated Tr1 cells from naïve CD4+ T cells in donor mice that were subjected to stimulation of recipient interleukin (IL)-10 gene-modified dendritic cells (DCs). In animal models, the severity of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in the group co-infused with DC-induced Tr1 cells was markedly milder than that in the groups without infusion of Tr1 cells. Moreover, the co-infusion Tr1 cells significantly prolonged the leukemia-free survival in tumor-bearing mice. Besides, Tr1-induced cells mediated the shift from T helper (Th)1 to Th2 cytokines in allo-BMT recipients. In Conclusions, our findings suggest that IL-10 gene-modified DC-induced Tr1 cells could inhibit GVHD while maintaining Graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) through mediating the shift of Th1/Th2 cytokines in an allo-BMT mice model.
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