低强度振动作为一种新的策略,用于正常化与年龄相关的T细胞增殖,激活和功能缺陷
Christopher P Ashdown1,2,3, Ankur Sikder1, Andreas G Kaimis1
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-5280, USA.
Scientific reports
|February 17, 2026
概括
低强度振动 (LIV) 在衰老中增强T细胞功能. 这种非侵入性机械刺激促进T细胞增殖和免疫反应,为与年龄相关的免疫衰退提供了一种新的治疗策略.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 与年龄相关的T细胞数量,激活和功能的下降有助于免疫功能障碍.
- 众所周知,运动在衰老过程中促进免疫功能,可能是通过对免疫细胞的直接机械作用.
- T细胞对机械信号具有天生的敏感性,这表明运动诱导的免疫益处有直接途径.
研究的目的:
- 调查非侵入性低强度振动 (LIV) 是否可以增加老年人T细胞扩张和功能.
- 确定LIV是否可以改善与衰老相关的功能障碍T细胞的状态.
- 评估LIV在老化和免疫反应的动物模型中的体内疗效.
主要方法:
- 在体外:来自老年人和年轻人的T细胞被暴露在LIV (30Hz,0.7g) 中2小时.
- 在体内:18个月大的小鼠接受了LIV治疗 (30分钟/天4周),随后感染了流感A病毒.
- 测量包括T细胞增殖,激活标记 (CD25,CD69),促炎性细胞因子产生 (IL-2) 和病毒感染结果 (体重减轻).
主要成果:
- 与对照人群相比,LIV在老年人群中显著增加了59%的T细胞增殖.
- 在老年小鼠中,LIV增强了T细胞激活标志物 (CD25增加102%,CD69增加44.2%) 和IL-2产量 (+25%).
- 与对照组相比,接受LIV治疗的老年小鼠表现出改善的抗病毒功能,在流感A感染后体重减轻了18%.
结论:
- 低强度振动 (LIV) 有效地增加T细胞扩张和激活,特别是在老年,功能障碍的免疫系统中.
- LIV显示出作为一种非药物治疗策略的潜力,以抵消与年龄相关的免疫衰退.
- 这些发现突出了机械刺激在调节免疫细胞功能中的作用,并建议一种新的方法来增强衰老中的免疫力.
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