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Enforced mesenchymal stem cell tissue colonization counteracts immunopathology. NPJ Regen Med 2022; 7:61. [PMID: 36261464 PMCID: PMC9582223 DOI: 10.1038/s41536-022-00258-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are distributed within all tissues of the body. Though best known for generating connective tissue and bone, these cells also display immunoregulatory properties. A greater understanding of MSC cell biology is urgently needed because culture-expanded MSCs are increasingly being used in treatment of inflammatory conditions, especially life-threatening immune diseases. While studies in vitro provide abundant evidence of their immunomodulatory capacity, it is unknown whether tissue colonization of MSCs is critical to their ability to dampen/counteract evolving immunopathology in vivo. To address this question, we employed a murine model of fulminant immune-mediated inflammation, acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD), provoked by donor splenocyte-enriched full MHC-mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplant. aGvHD induced the expression of E-selectin within lesional endothelial beds, and tissue-specific recruitment of systemically administered host-derived MSCs was achieved by enforced expression of HCELL, a CD44 glycoform that is a potent E-selectin ligand. Compared to mice receiving HCELL− MSCs, recipients of HCELL+ MSCs had increased MSC intercalation within aGvHD-affected site(s), decreased leukocyte infiltrates, lower systemic inflammatory cytokine levels, superior tissue preservation, and markedly improved survival. Mechanistic studies reveal that ligation of HCELL/CD44 on the MSC surface markedly potentiates MSC immunomodulatory activity by inducing MSC secretion of a variety of potent immunoregulatory molecules, including IL-10. These findings indicate that MSCs counteract immunopathology in situ, and highlight a role for CD44 engagement in unleashing MSC immunobiologic properties that maintain/establish tissue immunohomeostasis.
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Timganova VP, Zamorina SA, Litvinova LS, Todosenko NM, Bochkova MS, Khramtsov PV, Rayev MB. The effects of human pregnancy-specific β1-glycoprotein preparation on Th17 polarization of CD4 + cells and their cytokine profile. BMC Immunol 2020; 21:56. [PMID: 33126863 PMCID: PMC7602336 DOI: 10.1186/s12865-020-00385-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pregnancy-specific β1-glycoproteins are capable of regulating innate and adaptive immunity, exerting predominantly suppressive effects. In this regard, they are of interest in terms of their pharmacological potential for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and post-transplant complications. The effect of these proteins on the main pro-inflammatory subpopulation of T lymphocytes, IL-17-producing helper T cells (Th17), has not been comprehensively studied. Therefore, the effects of the native pregnancy-specific β1-glycoprotein on the proliferation, Th17 polarization and cytokine profile of human CD4+ cells were assessed. RESULTS Native human pregnancy-specific β1-glycoprotein (PSG) at а concentration of 100 μg/mL was shown to decrease the frequency of Th17 (RORγτ+) in CD4+ cell culture and to suppress the proliferation of these cells (RORγτ+Ki-67+), along with the proliferation of other cells (Ki-67+) (n = 11). A PSG concentration of 10 μg/mL showed similar effect, decreasing the frequency of Ki-67+ and RORγτ+Ki67+ cells. Using Luminex xMAP technology, it was shown that PSG decreased IL-4, IL-5, IL-8, IL-12, IL-13, IL-17, MIP-1β, IL-10, IFN-γ, TNF-α, G-CSF, and GM-CSF concentrations in Th17-polarized CD4+ cell cultures but did not affect IL-2, IL-7, and MCP-1 output. CONCLUSIONS In the experimental model used, PSG had а mainly suppressive effect on the Th17 polarization and cytokine profile of Th17-polarized CD4+ cell cultures. As Th17 activity and a pro-inflammatory cytokine background are unfavorable during pregnancy, the observed PSG effects may play a fetoprotective role in vivo.
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- Valeria P Timganova
- Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences - branch of the Perm Federal Research Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Goleva str., 13, Perm, Russian Federation, 614081.
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- Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences - branch of the Perm Federal Research Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Goleva str., 13, Perm, Russian Federation, 614081
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- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, A. Nevsky str., 14, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation, 236016
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- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, A. Nevsky str., 14, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation, 236016
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- Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences - branch of the Perm Federal Research Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Goleva str., 13, Perm, Russian Federation, 614081
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- Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences - branch of the Perm Federal Research Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Goleva str., 13, Perm, Russian Federation, 614081.,Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, A. Nevsky str., 14, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation, 236016
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- Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences - branch of the Perm Federal Research Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Goleva str., 13, Perm, Russian Federation, 614081
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Takami M, Cunha C, Motohashi S, Nakayama T, Iwashima M. TGF-β suppresses RasGRP1 expression and supports regulatory T cell resistance against p53-induced CD28-dependent T-cell apoptosis. Eur J Immunol 2018; 48:1938-1943. [PMID: 30298904 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201847587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Thymus-derived regulatory T cells (tTregs) play pivotal roles in immunological self-tolerance and homeostasis. A majority of tTregs are reactive to self-antigens and are constantly exposed to antigenic stimulation. Despite this continuous stimulation, tTreg and conventional T-cell populations remain balanced during homeostasis, but the mechanisms controlling this balance are unknown. We previously reported a form of activation-induced cell death, which is dependent on p53 (p53-induced CD28-dependent T-cell apoptosis, PICA). Under PICA-inducing conditions, tTregs survive while a majority of conventional T cells undergo apoptosis, suggesting there is a survival mechanism that protects tTregs. Here, we report that the expression of RasGRP1 (Ras guanyl-releasing protein 1) is required for PICA, as conventional T cells isolated from RasGRP1-deficient mice become resistant to PICA. After continuous stimulation, tTregs express a substantially lower amount of RasGRP1 compared to conventional T cells. This reduced expression of RasGRP1 is dependent on TGF-β, as addition of TGF-β to conventional T cells reduces RasGRP1 expression. Conversely, RasGRP1 expression in tTregs increases when TGF-β signaling is inhibited. Together, these data show that RasGRP1 expression is repressed in tTregs by TGF-β signaling and suggests that reduced RasGRP1 expression is critical for tTregs to resist apoptosis caused by continuous antigen exposure.
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- Mariko Takami
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA.,Van Kampen Cardio Pulmonary Research Laboratory, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Medical Immunology, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA.,Van Kampen Cardio Pulmonary Research Laboratory, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Ho MSH, Mei SHJ, Stewart DJ. The Immunomodulatory and Therapeutic Effects of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis. J Cell Physiol 2015; 230:2606-17. [PMID: 25913273 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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It is increasingly recognized that immunomodulation represents an important mechanism underlying the benefits of many stem cell therapies, rather than the classical paradigm of transdifferentiation and cell replacement. In the former paradigm, the beneficial effects of cell therapy result from paracrine mechanism(s) and/or cell-cell interaction as opposed to direct engraftment and repair of diseased tissue and/or dysfunctional organs. Depending on the cell type used, components of the secretome, including microRNA (miRNA) and extracellular vesicles, may be able to either activate or suppress the immune system even without direct immune cell contact. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), also referred to as mesenchymal stem cells, are found not only in the bone marrow, but also in a wide variety of organs and tissues. In addition to any direct stem cell activities, MSCs were the first stem cells recognized to modulate immune response, and therefore they will be the focus of this review. Specifically, MSCs appear to be able to effectively attenuate acute and protracted inflammation via interactions with components of both innate and adaptive immune systems. To date, this capacity has been exploited in a large number of preclinical studies and MSC immunomodulatory therapy has been attempted with various degrees of success in a relatively large number of clinical trials. Here, we will explore the various mechanism employed by MSCs to effect immunosuppression as well as review the current status of its use to treat excessive inflammation in the context of acute lung injury (ALI) and sepsis in both preclinical and clinical settings.
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- Mirabelle S H Ho
- Sinclair Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
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- Sinclair Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario
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- Sinclair Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
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Chen X, Wakefield LM, Oppenheim JJ. Synergistic antitumor effects of a TGFβ inhibitor and cyclophosphamide. Oncoimmunology 2014; 3:e28247. [PMID: 25050195 PMCID: PMC4063140 DOI: 10.4161/onci.28247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In a mouse model of breast carcinoma, the combination of cyclophosphamide and transforming growth factor β1,2,3 (TGFβ1,2,3)-targeting antibody achieved superior antineoplastic effects. This novel paradigm of synergistic chemoimmunotherapy promises to improve the clinical outcome of cancer patients with micrometastases, and thus deserves further investigation.
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- Xin Chen
- Basic Science Program; Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.; Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research; Frederick, MD USA ; Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation; Cancer Inflammation Program; Center for Cancer Research; National Cancer Institute; Frederick, MD USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics; Center for Cancer Research; National Cancer Institute; Frederick, MD USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation; Cancer Inflammation Program; Center for Cancer Research; National Cancer Institute; Frederick, MD USA
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Emami N, Diamandis EP. Potential role of multiple members of the kallikrein-related peptidase family of serine proteases in activating latent TGF beta 1 in semen. Biol Chem 2010; 391:85-95. [PMID: 19919178 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2010.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF beta 1) has been implicated as a key contributor of immunosuppression in seminal plasma. The biochemical mechanisms that lead to production of active seminal TGF beta 1 are not fully understood. It is plausible that TGF beta 1 activation is partly induced simultaneously with the release of motile spermatozoa following liquefaction of the semen coagulum. Several members of the kallikrein-related peptidase (KLK) family are involved in the regulation of semen liquefaction. This study examines the involvement of these KLKs in TGF beta 1 activation in vitro and ex vivo, in seminal plasma. Latent TGF beta 1 was rapidly activated by KLK14. The latency-associated propeptide (LAP) was shown to be cleaved by KLK14 into small peptide fragments, providing a possible mechanism for TGF beta 1 activation. KLK14 also cleaved the latent TGFbeta binding protein 1 (LTBP1). KLK1, 2, and 5 might also contribute to TGF beta 1 activation by nicking the LAP motif and inducing conformational changes that aid in subsequent processing of LAP or through LTBP1 cleavage. Our study provides strong evidence for the involvement of multiple members of the seminal KLK cascade in activation of latent TGF beta 1 in seminal plasma. These findings might have clinical implications in infertility treatment of cases with concurrent delayed liquefaction and TGF beta 1-related semen antigenicity.
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- Nashmil Emami
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 1L5, Ontario, Canada
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The role of dendritic cells and regulatory T cells in the regulation of allergic asthma. Pharmacol Ther 2009; 125:1-10. [PMID: 19686776 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2009.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2009] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Airways hyperresponsiveness (AHR) is one of the major clinical features of allergic airways disease including allergic asthma, however the immunological mechanisms leading to the induction and regulation of this disorder are not fully understood. In this review we will summarise the evidence of a number of studies, principally in murine models of AHR, suggesting a central role for respiratory tract dendritic cells (RTDC) in the induction of AHR through the generation of lung-homing, allergen-specific effector T cells. We will also summarise the evidence supporting a role for regulatory T cells in the attenuation of AHR and will propose that, as a counterpoint to their capacity to induce AHR, RTDC may also play a role in the attenuation of AHR through the generation of regulatory T cells (T(reg)). A better understanding of the relationship between the physiological and immunological responses to allergen-induced AHR attenuation, and particularly the role of RTDC and T(reg) in this process, will be essential for the development of new treatments and therapies.
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Akbache A, Lamiot É, Moroni O, Turgeon S, Gauthier SF, Pouliot Y. Use of membrane processing to concentrate TGF-β2 and IGF-I from bovine milk and whey. J Memb Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Burchell JT, Wikstrom ME, Stumbles PA, Sly PD, Turner DJ. Attenuation of allergen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness is mediated by airway regulatory T cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2008; 296:L307-19. [PMID: 19028981 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00521.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Understanding the mechanisms involved in respiratory tolerance to inhaled allergens could potentially result in improved therapies for asthma and allergic diseases. Airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) is a major feature of allergic asthma, thus the aim of the current study was to investigate mechanisms underlying suppression of allergen-induced AHR during chronic allergen exposure. Adult BALB/c mice were systemically sensitized with ovalbumin (OVA) in adjuvant and then challenged with a single 3 or 6 wk of OVA aerosols. Airway and parenchymal responses to inhaled methacholine (MCh), inflammatory cell counts, cytokines, OVA-specific IgE and IgG(1), parenchymal histology, and numbers of airway CD4(+)69(+) activated and CD4(+)25(+)FoxP3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells were assessed 24 h after the final aerosol. Single OVA challenge resulted in AHR, eosinophilia, increased serum OVA-specific IgE, and T helper 2 (Th2) cytokines in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) but no difference in numbers of Treg compared with control mice. Three weeks of OVA challenges resulted in suppression of AHR and greater numbers of airway Treg cells and increased transforming growth factor-beta(1) (TGFbeta(1)) compared with control mice despite the presence of increased eosinophilia, OVA-specific IgE and IgG(1), and airway remodeling. Six weeks of OVA challenges restored AHR, whereas airway Treg numbers, TGFbeta(1), BAL eosinophilia, and Th2 cytokines returned to control levels. Partial in vivo depletion or adoptive transfer of Treg cells restored or inhibited AHR, respectively, but did not affect TGFbeta(1) or Th2 cytokine production. In conclusion, AHR suppression is mediated by airway Treg cells and potentially via a paracrine induction of TGFbeta(1) in the airways.
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Thakkinstian A, Dmitrienko S, Gerbase-DeLima M, McDaniel DO, Inigo P, Chow KM, McEvoy M, Ingsathit A, Trevillian P, Barber WH, Attia J. Association between cytokine gene polymorphisms and outcomes in renal transplantation: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2008; 23:3017-3023. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Taylor AW, Alard P, Yee DG, Streilein JW. Aqueous humor induces transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)-producing regulatory T-cells. 1997. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2007; 15:215-24. [PMID: 17613836 DOI: 10.1080/09273940701382234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Manakil JF, Seymour GJ, Bartold PM. Effect of cytokine and antigen stimulation on peripheral blood lymphocyte syndecan-1 expression. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 22:272-6. [PMID: 17600540 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302x.2007.00356.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Cytokines are not only produced by activated lymphocytes but also interact with a number of cell-surface molecules on the same cells. Syndecan-1 is one such cell-surface molecule, which has the capacity to bind a variety of growth factors as well as cytokines. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-2, IL-4, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Porphyromonas gingivalis and tetanus toxoid on syndecan-1 expression by B and T lymphocytes. METHODS B and T lymphocytes were obtained from the peripheral blood of healthy donors. Following exposure to the above growth factors, cytokines and antigens, syndecan-1 expression was determined by flow cytometry. RESULTS Subjects could be categorized as high or low expressors of syndecan-1. In the high-responder group TGF-beta1 alone resulted in a significant increase in syndecan-1 expression by both B and T cells. None of the other cytokines and antigens produced a significant response. When analysed in combination, TGF-beta1 in combination with IL-2, IL-4, P. gingivalis LPS and tetanus toxoid all produced significant increases in syndecan-1 expression by B cells. For T cells, combinations of TGF-beta1 with IL-2 and tetanus toxoid resulted in increased syndecan-1 expression. CONCLUSIONS Both B and T lymphocytes synthesize the cell-surface proteoglycan syndecan-1 and its expression can be modulated by TGF-beta1, either alone or in combination with IL-2, IL-4 and LPS from P. gingivalis and tetanus toxoid. While these may reflect general responses under inflammatory conditions their biological significance requires further investigation.
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- J F Manakil
- Department of Dentistry, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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Zheng SG, Wang J, Wang P, Gray JD, Horwitz DA. IL-2 is essential for TGF-beta to convert naive CD4+CD25- cells to CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells and for expansion of these cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:2018-27. [PMID: 17277105 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.4.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 454] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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IL-2 and TGF-beta both have important roles in the induction and maintenance of immunologic tolerance, but whether these cytokines act separately or together to achieve this effect is poorly understood. Although others have reported that IL-2 can directly enhance forkhead box protein P3 (Foxp3) transcription factor expression by natural CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells, in this study, we report that the role of IL-2 on the generation of peripheral regulatory CD4(+) cells is indirect. Ab neutralization studies and experiments with IL-2-deficient mice have revealed that IL-2 is required for TGF-beta to induce naive CD4(+)CD25(-) cells to become CD25(+) and express Foxp3, and develop the characteristic properties of CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory cells. This effect of IL-2 on the generation and expansion of these adaptive Foxp3(+) regulatory cells is nonredundant, but IL-4, IL-7, and IL-15, other common gamma-chain cytokines, could sustain Foxp3 expression. Because subjects with autoimmune diseases often have defects in the production of IL-2 and/or TGF-beta, the generation of autologous T regulatory cells ex vivo with these cytokines for transfer in vivo may have considerable therapeutic potential.
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- Song Guo Zheng
- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Cheng ML, Chen HW, Tsai JP, Lee YP, Shih YC, Chang CM, Ting CC. Clonal restriction of the expansion of antigen-specific CD8+ memory T cells by transforming growth factor-{beta}. J Leukoc Biol 2006; 79:1033-42. [PMID: 16478921 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0805474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Recent evidence showed that transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) regulates the global expansion of CD8+ T cells, which are CD44hi, a marker for memory cells. However, it is not clear whether this regulatory mechanism also applies to the antigen-specific CD8+ memory cells. By using a murine mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) model, we examined the effect of TGF-beta on antigen-specific CD8+ memory cells [cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)]. We found that the secondary CTL response in CD8+ memory cells from untreated MLC was not affected by TGF-beta but augmented by interleukin (IL)-2, whereas the CD8+ memory cells from TGF-beta-pretreated MLC (MLC-TGF-beta) failed to mount a significant, secondary CTL response, even when IL-2 was added. In exploring this dichotomy, in combination with flow cytometry analysis, we found that prolonged exposure to TGF-beta reduces the CTL activity in CD8+ memory cells. The increase by IL-2 and the reduction by TGF-beta of the CTL responses were clonal-specific. TGF-beta did not affect the CTL response to a third-party antigen or polyclonal T cell activation. Experiments performed with transgenic 2C cells gave similar results. Cell-cycle study performed with adoptive transfer of the cell tracker-labeled MLC cells revealed that the in vivo expansion of CD8+ memory cells from MLC-TGF-beta was restricted severely, and the restriction was clonal-specific, thus offering direct evidence to show that TGF-beta induces clonal restriction of CD8+ memory cell expansion.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Surface/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Clonal Anergy/immunology
- Clone Cells/drug effects
- Clone Cells/immunology
- Coculture Techniques
- Down-Regulation/drug effects
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Epitopes/drug effects
- Epitopes/immunology
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Immunity, Cellular/drug effects
- Immunity, Cellular/immunology
- Immunologic Memory/drug effects
- Immunologic Memory/immunology
- Interleukin-2/immunology
- Interleukin-2/pharmacology
- Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/drug effects
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/immunology
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/pharmacology
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- Mei-Lien Cheng
- Immunology Group, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan, ROC
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Zhao RC, Liao L, Han Q. Mechanisms of and perspectives on the mesenchymal stem cell in immunotherapy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 143:284-91. [PMID: 15122172 DOI: 10.1016/j.lab.2003.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are an important cell population in the bone-marrow microenvironment and are considered to be engaged mainly in the support of hematopoiesis. Recent work has shown that MSCs also have profound immunomodulatory function, both in vitro and in vivo. Because MSCs can be expanded rapidly to the numbers required for clinical application, several preclinical and clinical studies have been performed in the areas of immune diseases and bone-marrow transplantation. In this review we discuss the mechanisms underlying the MSC's immunomodulating properties and its potential applications.
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- Robert Chunhua Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
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Wiercińska-Drapalo A, Flisiak R, Jaroszewicz J, Prokopowicz D. Increased plasma transforming growth factor-beta1 is associated with disease progression in HIV-1-infected patients. Viral Immunol 2004; 17:109-13. [PMID: 15018667 DOI: 10.1089/088282404322875502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Transforming growth factor-beta(1) (TGF-beta(1)) is a pleiotropic cytokine with a variety of effects on a wide range of cells in the immune system. Evidence suggests that TGF-beta(1) is also involved in the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infections. The aim of this study was to explore possible relationships between circulating TGF-beta(1) and immune as well as clinical HIV infection parameters with special impact on disease progression. TGF-beta(1) concentrations were measured by ELISA in the plasma of 66 patients in different stages of HIV infection and 20 healthy controls. HIV infection resulted in a significant increase of plasma TGF-beta(1) concentration compared to healthy individuals (11.4 +/- 6.8 vs. 6.1 +/- 1.5 ng/mL, p < 0.01). TGF-beta(1) values showed a significant negative correlation with CD4 cells count (r = -0.42, p = 0.001), as well as with CD8 cells count (r = -0.031, p < 0.05). Moreover, patients with the symptomatic phase of HIV infection presented an almost twofold increase of plasma TGF-beta(1) concentration in comparison to asymptomatic patients and healthy individuals. Our results demonstrate the relationship between TGF-beta(1) concentrations and HIV infection advancement with marked elevation in the late stages of the disease. These findings support in vitro observations suggesting an important, immunosuppressive role of TGF-beta(1) in HIV infection pathogenesis.
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Rautava S, Ruuskanen O, Ouwehand A, Salminen S, Isolauri E. The hygiene hypothesis of atopic disease--an extended version. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2004; 38:378-88. [PMID: 15085015 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200404000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The hygiene hypothesis of atopic disease suggests that environmental changes in the industrialized world have lead to reduced microbial contact at an early age and thus resulted in the growing epidemic of atopic eczema, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and asthma. The epidemiological findings have been combined with the Th1/Th2 paradigm of immune responsiveness to provide a coherent theory. Recent advances in epidemiology and immunology demonstrate, however, that the hygiene hypothesis may need to be extended in three respects. First, the importance of infections in causing immune deviance may be outweighed by other sources of microbial stimulation, perhaps most importantly by the indigenous intestinal microbiota. Second, immunomodulatory and suppressive immune responses complement the Th1/Th2 paradigm. Third, in addition to protection against atopy, protection against infectious, inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases may also depend upon healthy host-microbe interactions implicated in the hygiene hypothesis.
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- Samuli Rautava
- Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland.
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Mizobuchi T, Yasufuku K, Zheng Y, Haque MA, Heidler KM, Woods K, Smith GN, Cummings OW, Fujisawa T, Blum JS, Wilkes DS. Differential expression of Smad7 transcripts identifies the CD4+CD45RChigh regulatory T cells that mediate type V collagen-induced tolerance to lung allografts. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 171:1140-7. [PMID: 12874199 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.3.1140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Regulatory T cells (Tregs) induced by oral tolerance may suppress immunity by production of TGF-beta that could also enhance Treg activity. However, all cells that are phenotypically Tregs in rats (CD4(+)CD45RC(high)-RC(high)) may not have regulatory function. Because Smad7 expression in T cells is associated with inflammation and autoimmunity, then lack of Smad7 may identify those cells that function as Tregs. We reported that feeding type V collagen (col(V)) to WKY rats (RT1(l)) induces oral tolerance to lung allografts (F344-RT1(lvl)) by T cells that produce TGF-beta. The purpose of the current study was to identify the Tregs that mediate col(V)-induced tolerance, and determine Smad7 expression in these cells. RC(high) cells from tolerant rats were unresponsive to allogeneic stimulation and abrogated rejection after adoptive transfer. In contrast, CD4(+)CD45RC(low) (RC(low)) cells from tolerant rats and RC(high) or RC(low) cells from normal rats or untreated allograft recipients proliferated vigorously in response to donor Ags, and did not suppress rejection after adoptive transfer. TGF-beta enhanced proliferation in response to col(V) presented to tolerant RC(high), but not other cells. In contrast to other cells, only RC(high) cells from tolerant rats did not express Smad7. Collectively, these data show that the Tregs that mediate col(V)-induced tolerance to lung allografts do not express SMAD7 and, therefore, are permissive to TGF-beta-mediated signaling.
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- Teruaki Mizobuchi
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Levéen P, Larsson J, Ehinger M, Cilio CM, Sundler M, Sjöstrand LJ, Holmdahl R, Karlsson S. Induced disruption of the transforming growth factor beta type II receptor gene in mice causes a lethal inflammatory disorder that is transplantable. Blood 2002; 100:560-8. [PMID: 12091349 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v100.2.560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Recent studies in mouse models deficient in transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) signaling have documented TGF-beta as one of the major regulators of immune function. TGF-beta1-null animals demonstrated massive autoimmune inflammation affecting multiple organs, but attempts to transfer the phenotype to normal animals by bone marrow transplantation only resulted in minor inflammatory lesions. We wanted to ask whether a lethal inflammatory phenotype would develop following transplantation of bone marrow deficient for the TGF-beta type II receptor (TbetaRII) gene to normal recipient animals. The TbetaRII-null mutation would generate a cell autonomous phenotype that cannot be reverted by the influence of endocrine or paracrine TGF-beta derived from the recipient animal. We have generated conditional knockout mice in which the TbetaRII gene is disrupted upon induction with interferon-alphabeta or polyI:polyC. We show that induction of TbetaRII gene disruption in these mice by polyI:polyC results in a lethal inflammatory disease. Importantly, bone marrow from conditional knockout mice transferred to normal recipent mice caused a similar lethal inflammation, regardless of whether induction of TGF-beta receptor deficiency occurred in donor animals before, or in recipient animals after transplantation. These results show that TGF-beta signaling deficiency within cells of hematopoietic origin is sufficient to cause a lethal inflammatory disorder in mice. This animal model provides an important tool to further clarify the pathogenic mechanisms in animals deficient for TGF-beta signaling and the importance of TGF-beta to regulate immune functions.
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- Per Levéen
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Lund University, Sweden
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Schmidt-Weber CB, Kunzmann S, Blaser K. TGF-beta-mediated control of allergen-specific T-cell responses. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2002; 2:259-62. [PMID: 11918869 DOI: 10.1007/s11882-002-0028-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Control of allergen-specific response by suppressive cytokines involves several layers of regulation, including secretion of the cytokine, deviation of cytokine expression by altered T-cell differentiation, immediate (de-) phosphorylation events upon binding of suppressive cytokines, and laterations in susceptibility of suppression.
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Sanni LA, Allsopp CEM, Reubsaet L, Sanni A, Newbold C, Chauhan VS, Langhorne J. Cellular responses to Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1: use of relatively conserved synthetic peptide pools to determine CD4 T cell responses in malaria-exposed individuals in Benin, West Africa. Malar J 2002; 1:7. [PMID: 12057026 PMCID: PMC111505 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-1-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2002] [Accepted: 04/26/2002] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1, a variant antigen of the malaria parasite, is potentially a target for the immune response. It would be important to determine whether there are CD4 T cells that recognise conserved regions. However, within the relatively conserved region, there is variation. It is not possible to test T cell responses from small field samples with all possible peptides. METHODS We have aligned sequences that are relatively conserved between several PfEMP1 molecules, and chosen a representative sequence similar to most of the PfEMP1 variants. Using these peptides as pools representing CIDRalpha, CIDRbeta and DBLbeta-delta domains, DBLalpha domain, and EXON 2 domain of PfEMP1, we measured the CD4 T cell responses of malaria-exposed donors from Benin, West Africa by a FACS based assay. RESULTS All the three peptide pools elicited a CD4 T cell response in a proportion of malaria-exposed and non-exposed donors. CD4 T cell proliferation occurs at a relatively higher magnitude to peptide pools from the DBLalpha and EXON 2 in the malaria-exposed donors living in Benin than in the UK malaria-unexposed donors. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that an immunological recall response to conserved peptides of a variant antigen can be measured. Further testing of individual peptides in a positive pool will allow us to determine those conserved sequences recognised by many individuals. These types of assays may provide information on conserved peptides of PfEMP1 which could be useful for stimulating T cells to provide help to P. falciparum specific B cells.
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- Latifu A Sanni
- Division of Parasitology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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- Division of Parasitology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
- Molecular Parasitology Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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- Division of Parasitology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
- Molecular Parasitology Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National University of Benin, Cotonou, Benin
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- Molecular Parasitology Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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- International Centre for Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Division of Parasitology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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Bessa X, Elizalde JI, Mitjans F, Piñol V, Miquel R, Panés J, Piulats J, Piqué JM, Castells A. Leukocyte recruitment in colon cancer: role of cell adhesion molecules, nitric oxide, and transforming growth factor beta1. Gastroenterology 2002; 122:1122-32. [PMID: 11910362 DOI: 10.1053/gast.2002.32369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS A deficient leukocyte recruitment has been suggested in tumor vasculature, but little is known about the underlying molecular mechanism. To characterize leukocyte-endothelium interaction in experimental colon cancer, quantify the main endothelial cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), and evaluate the effect of tumor-derived products. METHODS Leukocyte recruitment was assessed by intravital videomicroscopy in mice bearing HT29-derived tumors. Endothelial CAMs were measured using the dual-radiolabeled antibody technique. The role of molecules mediating leukocyte rolling (P-, E-, and L-selectin) or adhesion (intercellular adhesion molecule 1 [ICAM-1] and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 [VCAM-1]) carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), and transforming growth factor (TGF) beta1 was assessed through immunoblockade, whereas participation of nitric oxide (NO) and cyclooxygenase (COX) metabolites were evaluated by means of nonselective and selective inhibition. RESULTS Basal and lipopolysaccharide-stimulated leukocyte rolling and adhesion were markedly reduced in tumor vasculature. ICAM-1 immunoblockade prevented leukocyte adhesion in both tumor and nontumor microvessels. Neither baseline nor LPS-induced endothelial ICAM-1, P-, and E-selectin expression in tumors were reduced with respect to nontumor vasculature. Although VCAM-1 expression was reduced in tumor endothelium, immunoneutralization of VCAM-1 failed to reverse LPS-induced leukocyte recruitment in this setting. CEA immunoblockade and COX inhibition did not modify the deficient leukocyte rolling. Nonselective NO inhibition partially reversed the defective adhesion response in tumor microvessels. Finally, TGF-beta1 immunoblockade partially and selectively restored impaired leukocyte rolling and adhesion in tumor microvessels. CONCLUSIONS Impaired leukocyte recruitment in tumor vasculature cannot be attributed to a depressed expression of the main CAMs. Selective restoration after NO inhibition and TGF-beta1 immunoblockade suggests involvement of both molecules in this phenomenon.
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- Xavier Bessa
- Gastroenterology Department, Institut de Malalties Digestives, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Agust Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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The human thymus is required for establishment of a normal T cell repertoire in fetal development, as children born without a thymus (DiGeorge Syndrome) lack thymus-derived (T) and T cell immunity. While the function of the thymus in children for production of new T cells is clear, it has not been obvious that the adult thymus can produce significant numbers of new T cells. Until recently, no assays were available to directly evaluate postnatal thymic function. This paper reviews work on human thymic aging at Duke University School of Medicine and discusses the relevance of this work to devising new strategies for T cell immune reconstitution in man.
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- B F Haynes
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Arthritis Center, Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
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Yamagiwa S, Gray JD, Hashimoto S, Horwitz DA. A role for TGF-beta in the generation and expansion of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells from human peripheral blood. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:7282-9. [PMID: 11390478 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.12.7282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 415] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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An elusive goal in transplanting organs across histocompatibility barriers has been the induction of specific tolerance to avoid graft rejection. A considerable body of evidence exists that the thymus produces regulatory T cells that suppress the response of other T cells to antigenic stimulation. We report that TGF-beta can induce certain CD4+ T cells in the naive (CD45RA+RO-) fraction in human peripheral blood to develop powerful, contact-dependent suppressive activity that is not antagonized by anti-TGF-beta or anti-IL-10 mAbs. The costimulatory effects of TGF-beta on naive CD4+ T cells up-regulated CD25 and CTLA-4 expression, increased their transition to the activated phenotype, but decreased activation-induced apoptosis. Suppressive activity was concentrated in the CD25+ fraction. These CD4+CD25+ regulatory cells prevented CD8+ T cells from proliferating in response to alloantigens and from becoming cytotoxic effector cells. Moreover, these regulatory cells exerted their suppressive activities in remarkably low numbers and maintained these effects even after they are expanded. Once activated, their suppressive properties were Ag nonspecific. Although <1% of naive CD4+ T cells expressed CD25, depletion of this subset before priming with TGF-beta markedly decreased the generation of suppressive activity. This finding suggests that CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells induced ex vivo are the progeny of thymus-derived regulatory T cells bearing a similar phenotype. The adoptive transfer of these regulatory T cells generated and expanded ex vivo has the potential to prevent rejection of allogeneic organ grafts.
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- S Yamagiwa
- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Sempowski GD, Hale LP, Sundy JS, Massey JM, Koup RA, Douek DC, Patel DD, Haynes BF. Leukemia inhibitory factor, oncostatin M, IL-6, and stem cell factor mRNA expression in human thymus increases with age and is associated with thymic atrophy. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:2180-7. [PMID: 10657672 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.4.2180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The roles that thymus cytokines might play in regulating thymic atrophy are not known. Reversing thymic atrophy is important for immune reconstitution in adults. We have studied cytokine mRNA steady-state levels in 45 normal human (aged 3 days to 78 years) and 34 myasthenia gravis thymuses (aged 4 to 75 years) during aging, and correlated cytokine mRNA levels with thymic signal joint (sj) TCR delta excision circle (TREC) levels, a molecular marker for active thymopoiesis. LIF, oncostatin M (OSM), IL-6, M-CSF, and stem cell factor (SCF) mRNA were elevated in normal and myasthenia gravis-aged thymuses, and correlated with decreased levels of thymopoiesis, as determined by either decreased keratin-positive thymic epithelial space or decreased thymic sjTRECs. IL-7 is a key cytokine required during the early stages of thymocyte development. Interestingly, IL-7 mRNA expression did not fall with aging in either normal or myasthenia gravis thymuses. In vivo administration of LIF, OSM, IL-6, or SCF, but not M-CSF, i.p. to mice over 3 days induced thymic atrophy with loss of CD4+, CD8+ cortical thymocytes. Taken together, these data suggest a role for thymic cytokines in the process of thymic atrophy.
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- G D Sempowski
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Bellone G, Turletti A, Artusio E, Mareschi K, Carbone A, Tibaudi D, Robecchi A, Emanuelli G, Rodeck U. Tumor-associated transforming growth factor-beta and interleukin-10 contribute to a systemic Th2 immune phenotype in pancreatic carcinoma patients. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 1999; 155:537-47. [PMID: 10433946 PMCID: PMC1866873 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65149-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In this study, we report coexpression of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) in pancreatic carcinoma tissue associated with significantly elevated levels of both cytokines in the sera of pancreatic carcinoma patients. Using conditioned media (CM) of pancreatic carcinoma cells, we further demonstrate that tumor cell-derived TGF-beta and IL-10 inhibited in an additive fashion both proliferation and the development of Th1-like responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) preparations derived from normal donors. The antiproliferative and Th1-suppressive activities contained in CM of pancreatic carcinoma cells were due primarily to IL-10 and/or TGF-beta, as shown by the capacity of cytokine-specific neutralizing antibodies to reverse these effects. Finally, as compared to normal controls, PBMC derived from pancreatic carcinoma patients displayed a Th2-like cytokine expression pattern upon activation with either anti-CD3 antibody or Staphylococcus aureus strain Cowan I. Taken together, these results suggest that aberrant production of TGF-beta and IL-10 in pancreatic tumor patients skews T-cell cytokine production patterns in favor of a Th2 immunophenotype.
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- University
of Torino, Torino, Italy; and the Institute of Molecular Medicine and
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- Thomas Jefferson University,
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Yusa S, Ohnishi S, Onodera T, Miyazaki T. AIM, a murine apoptosis inhibitory factor, induces strong and sustained growth inhibition of B lymphocytes in combination with TGF-beta1. Eur J Immunol 1999; 29:1086-93. [PMID: 10229074 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199904)29:04<1086::aid-immu1086>3.0.co;2-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Lymphocyte proliferation is stimulated by differential combinations of various cytokines, antigens and adhesion molecules. However, mechanisms of negative regulation in lymphocytes are poorly understood despite their potential importance in controlling the balance of lymphocyte proliferation, particularly at inflammatory sites. We recently reported a novel murine soluble protein, termed AIM, which inhibits apoptosis of a variety of cell types including CD4/CD8 double-positive thymocytes. AIM is secreted specifically by macrophages and belongs to the macrophage scavenger receptor cysteine-rich domain superfamily. Here we show that in addition to the apoptosis-inhibitory effect, AIM induces strong, long-term inhibition of B lymphocyte proliferation in combination with transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1 in vitro), resulting in almost complete block of proliferation and immunoglobulin secretion. The function of AIM as a cell growth inhibitor requires pretreatment of B cells with TGF-beta1 which appears to increase expression of the AIM receptor on the B cell surface. Thus B lymphocyte proliferation is dramatically down-regulated by sequential exposition to TGF-beta1 followed by AIM. Like many cytokines, AIM has different functions depending on the types of target cells and the combination with other cytokines.
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- S Yusa
- Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland
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Viruses and the immune system have been competitors throughout their co-evolution. It is therefore not surprising that the viruses in circulation today possess a variety of strategies to counteract those aspects of the immune system that are involved in virus clearance. Examination of these virus encoded functions provides an important view of immune function and an appreciation of the complexity of the virus-host interaction. It is clear that viruses, seeking to subvert the immune system, have become adept in blocking the communication channels of the immune system. There are numerous examples of viral proteins that target the cytokine networks, disrupting the processes by which the delicately balanced immune system is regulated. This review focuses on the gene products of poxviruses, adenoviruses and herpesviruses that function primarily as immune-modulators.
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- E M Wall
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Horwitz DA, Gray JD, Ohtsuka K, Toro B, Stimmler MM, Hsu L. Natural Killer Cells and CD8+ T Cells in the Downregulation of Antibody Production in Healthy Subjects and SLE. Lupus 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59259-703-1_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Asselin-Paturel C, Pardoux C, Gay F, Chouaib S. Failure of TGF beta1 and IL-12 to regulate human FasL and mTNF alloreactive cytotoxic T-cell pathways. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1998; 51:242-9. [PMID: 9550324 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb03098.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The effect of TGFbeta1 and IL-12 on calcium-independent cytotoxic pathways was investigated. We have previously demonstrated that the regulatory effect of TGFbeta1 and IL-12 on human alloreative CTL activity was associated with regulation of perforin and granzyme B gene expression. To determine the effect of both cytokines on the alternative cytotoxic pathway involving FasL and mTNF, we first investigated the expression of both molecules on human primary alloactivated T cells. Our results show that human allostimulated T lymphocytes express FasL. Cell lysis experiments demonstrate that the FasL cytotoxic pathway is involved in the killing of specific target cells mediated by human alloreactive CTL. In addition, allogeneic stimulation induced significant mTNF expression on both CD4+ and CD8+ responder T cells. Using TNF-sensitive target cells, we also demonstrate that the mTNF-mediated cytotoxic pathway is involved in the cytotoxic activity of human primary allostimulated T lymphocytes. Neither TGFbeta1 nor IL-12 had an effect on FasL or mTNF expression. Furthermore, addition of TGFbeta1 or IL-12 at the initiation of the MLR had no significant effect on Fas- and mTNF-mediated cytotoxicity. Taken together, our results provide a novel insight into the differences between regulation by cytokines of perforin-dependent and -independent cytotoxic mechanisms. Unlike their role in the perforin/granzyme B pathway, TGFbeta1 and IL-12 do not appear to mediate any regulatory effect on FasL and mTNF cytotoxic pathways used by human alloreactive primary CTL.
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- C Asselin-Paturel
- Laboratoire Cytokines et Immunologie des tumeurs, U 487, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Gray JD, Hirokawa M, Ohtsuka K, Horwitz DA. Generation of an Inhibitory Circuit Involving CD8+ T Cells, IL-2, and NK Cell-Derived TGF-β: Contrasting Effects of Anti-CD2 and Anti-CD3. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.5.2248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Although the phenomenon of immunosuppression is well established, the mechanisms involved in the generation of lymphocytes with down-regulatory activity are poorly understood. Unlike anti-CD3 antibodies, mitogenic combinations of anti-CD2 antibodies do not stimulate human PBL to produce IgM or IgG. In determining the reason for this difference, we have found that anti-CD2 triggers an inhibitory circuit facilitated by TGF-β provided by NK cells. Stimulation of PBL with anti-CD2, but not anti-CD3, generated substantial amounts of active TGF-β. NK cells were found to be a significant source of TGF-β and were the only lymphocyte population that constitutively produced this cytokine. Anti-CD2 enhanced the production of active TGF-β by purified NK cells. TGF-β. After the removal of NK cells or the addition of anti-TGF-β, anti-CD2 could stimulate Ig production. Anti-TGF-β had to be added within the first 24 h for a maximal effect. Moreover, a short, overnight exposure of CD8+ T cells to TGF-β could prime them for suppressor activity provided that IL-2 was also present. Thus, the presence of active TGF-β coincident with CD8+ T cell activation can condition these cells to mediate down-regulatory activity, and NK cells can serve as the source of this cytokine.
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- J. Dixon Gray
- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033
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Horwitz DA, Gray JD, Ohtsuka K, Hirokawa M, Takahashi T. The immunoregulatory effects of NK cells: the role of TGF-beta and implications for autoimmunity. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1997; 18:538-42. [PMID: 9386350 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(97)01149-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The cytotoxic activities of natural killer (NK) cells--important in innate immunity--have received considerable attention, but NK cells also regulate T- and B-cell functions as well as hematopoiesis. Here, David Horwitz and colleagues focus on the capacity of NK cells to regulate antibody production positively and negatively, and in particular on the role of NK-cell transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) in downregulation of B-cell activity.
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- D A Horwitz
- Dept of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
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Kanto T, Takehara T, Katayama K, Ito A, Mochizuki K, Kuzushita N, Tatsumi T, Sasaki Y, Kasahara A, Hayashi N, Hori M. Neutralization of transforming growth factor beta 1 augments hepatitis C virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte induction in vitro. J Clin Immunol 1997; 17:462-71. [PMID: 9418186 DOI: 10.1023/a:1027367626317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, TGF-beta 1 is upregulated in the liver and may be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic liver disease. TGF-beta 1 is also produced by activated T cells and acts as a potent immunosuppressor. The aim of this study was to investigate the roles of TGF-beta 1 in HCV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) induction and enhance their killer activity by TGF-beta 1 modulation. We generated anti-HCV CTL from peripheral blood mononuclear cells from HLA-A2 patients under stimulation with the HCV-core peptide having the HLA-A2.1 binding motif. The lytic activities of CTL or precursor frequency (CTLpf) generated with or without anti-TGF-beta antibody were compared. To optimize the IL-2 dose for CTL induction, low (50 U/ml) and high (500 U/ml) doses were tested and the lytic activities were compared. TGF-beta 1 amounts in the supernatants were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and by their growth inhibitory effect on mink lung epithelial cells. CTL activity was enhanced by anti-TGF-beta antibody in a dose-dependent manner but CTLpf did not significantly change. A high dose of IL-2 reduced the activity to 45% of that observed with a low dose, whereas TGF-beta 1 increased as the dose of IL-2 increased. Exogenous IL-10 reversed the inhibitory effect of a high dose of IL-2 on the killing activity by reducing TGF-beta 1 mRNA expression in T cells and its production. These results demonstrated that endogenous TGF-beta 1 is an autocrine suppressor in CTL induction in vitro. Therefore, the blockade of endogenous TGF-beta 1 could enhance the killing potential of anti-HCV CTL.
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- T Kanto
- First Department of Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan
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Takeuchi M, Kosiewicz MM, Alard P, Streilein JW. On the mechanisms by which transforming growth factor-beta 2 alters antigen-presenting abilities of macrophages on T cell activation. Eur J Immunol 1997; 27:1648-56. [PMID: 9247573 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830270709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) incubated with antigen in the presence of transforming growth factor-(TGF)-beta 2 selectively suppress delayed hypersensitivity and IgG2a antibody production when injected intravenously into naive syngeneic recipients. In this study, we have examined in vitro the effects of TGF-beta 2 on the antigen presenting abilities of PEC to activate DO11.10 T cells that express a transgenic T cell receptor that recognizes ovalbumin peptide fragment 323-339 in the context of I-Ad. PEC were pretreated overnight with TGF-beta 2, washed extensively, then co-cultured with DO11.10 T cells in the presence of native OVA or P323-339. We found that TGF-beta 2-treated PEC induced the production of the T helper type 2 (Th2) cytokine, interleukin-4 (IL-4), but unlike untreated PEC, were unable to stimulate the Th1 cytokines, IL-2 and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). Furthermore, TGF-beta 2 was produced in an autocrine fashion by TGF-beta 2-treated PEC and was responsible for this shift to a Th2 response. This conclusion was supported by the following results. First, TGF-beta 2-treated PEC were found to express much more TGF-beta 1 and TGF-beta 2 mRNA than untreated PEC. Second, TGF-beta 2-treated PEC secreted large amounts of TGF-beta including its mature form. Third, addition of neutralizing anti-TGF-beta 2 antibodies, but not neutralizing anti-TGF-beta 1 antibodies, restored the ability of antigen-pulsed, TGF-beta 2-pretreated PEC to stimulate DO11.10 T cells to secrete IL-2 and IFN-gamma. These results indicate that antigen-presenting cells that encounter antigen in a TGF-beta-enriched environment (e.g., in the eye) shift responding native T cells toward Th2 responses by producing TGF-beta during antigen presentation.
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- M Takeuchi
- Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Gilbert KM, Thoman M, Bauche K, Pham T, Weigle WO. Transforming growth factor-beta 1 induces antigen-specific unresponsiveness in naive T cells. Immunol Invest 1997; 26:459-72. [PMID: 9246566 DOI: 10.3109/08820139709022702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) is a cytokine with complex immunomodulatory effects including the ability to inhibit the onset or severity of autoimmune disease. This study was designed to test the possibility that one mechanism by which TGF-beta 1 exerts its immunosuppressive effects is by inducing antigen (Ag)-specific unresponsiveness in CD4+ cells. TGF-beta 1 was shown here to inhibit the Ag-specific proliferation of naive CD4+ cells from T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mice. More importantly, the naive CD4+ cells exposed to TGF-beta 1 and Ag, but not to TGF-beta 1 alone, in primary cultures were unable to proliferate or secrete IL-2 in response to a subsequent Ag challenge following removal of TGF-beta 1 from the cultures. Anti-CD28 mAb partially blocked the Ag-specific inactivation induced by TGF-beta 1 in naive CD4+ cells. The inhibitory effects of TGF-beta 1 on CD4+ cells are not mediated by alterations in APC costimulation since TGF-beta 1 did not inhibit the Ag-induced expression of MHC class II molecules, CD80 or CD86 on splenic APC. Taken together, the results suggest that the immunosuppressive activities of TGF-beta 1 encompass direct induction of Ag-specific unresponsiveness in naive CD4+ cells.
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- K M Gilbert
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205, USA
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Jeon YJ, Han SH, Yang KH, Kaminski NE. Induction of liver-associated transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) mRNA expression by carbon tetrachloride leads to the inhibition of T helper 2 cell-associated lymphokines. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1997; 144:27-35. [PMID: 9169066 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Acute treatment of B6C3F1 mice with a hepatotoxic dose (500 mg/kg) of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) produced a marked but transient increase in transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) mRNA expression in the liver within 24 hr. We have previously shown that an identical dose of CCl4 also produces a marked increase in serum TGF-beta 1 concentrations which peak at 48 hr and produce a marked inhibition of the anti-sRBC IgM antibody forming cell (AFC) response. Similar increases in TGF-beta 1 transcripts scripts in the liver were also induced by an acute hepatotoxic dose (600 mg/kg) of acetaminophen. No increase in TGF-beta 1 mRNA expression was detected in the spleen following treatment with either agent. Direct addition of TGF-beta 1 (0.05-1.0 ng/ml) to naive splenocyte cultures produced a marked and dose-related inhibition of the anti-sRBC IgM AFC response. Under the same conditions, TGF-beta 1 induced a marked decrease in IL-4 and IL-5 mRNA expression in sRBC-sensitized splenocytes. Concomitantly, TGF-beta 1 induced a rapid increase in NF-kappa B/Rel trans-acting factor binding within the first 24 hr post-sRBC sensitization of splenocytes. Conversely, NF-kappa B/Rel binding activity was inhibited on Days 2 through 4 in sRBC-sensitized splenocytes in the presence of TGF-beta 1. The increase in NF-kappa B/Rel binding within 24 hr following sRBC sensitization is consistent with the positive influence TGF-beta 1 exerts on Th1 cytokines such as IL-2 and IFN-gamma. Conversely the decrease in NF-kappa B/Rel binding at the later time period during the AFC response (Days 2-4) coincides with the inhibitory effects TGF-beta 1 exerted on IgM production by B cells.
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- Y J Jeon
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
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Xiao BG, Zhang GX, Ma CG, Link H. Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta1)-mediated inhibition of glial cell proliferation and down-regulation of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) are interrupted by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). Clin Exp Immunol 1996; 103:475-81. [PMID: 8608649 PMCID: PMC2200371 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1996.tb08305.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/08/1995] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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We utilized a model of myelin basic protein (MBP) activation in vivo and MBP-stimulated cultures in vitro to study the influence of TGF-beta1 on glial cell proliferation and ICAM-1/leucocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) expression, and to observe the antagonistic effects of TGF-beta1 and IFN-gamma. TGF-beta1 inhibited MBP-stimulated and MBP-activated glial cell proliferation, especially in MBP-stimulated separated microglia and astrocytes, and down-regulated the expression of ICAM-1 on MBP-stimulated glial cells and separated microglia. ICAM-1 expression on MBP-activated glial cells was intensely suppressed, whereas its expression on MBP-stimulated astrocytes was not influenced. TGF-beta1 had no effect on LFA-1 expression. In contrast, IFN-gamma up-regulated ICAM-1 expression, but inhibited proliferative response on MBP-stimulated glial cells when cultured without TGF-beta1. Examination of TGF-beta1 and IFN-gamma interactions revealed that TGF-beta1-mediated inhibition of proliferation and down-regulation of ICAM-1 on glial cells were prevented by IFN-gamma. The suppressive effect was re-established with high doses of TGF-beta1 in cultures, indicating that biological effects of TGF-beta1 vary depending on nitric oxide (NO) production, its concentration in the microenvironment and regulation of the cytokine network.
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- B G Xiao
- Division of Neurology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Weller M, Fontana A. The failure of current immunotherapy for malignant glioma. Tumor-derived TGF-beta, T-cell apoptosis, and the immune privilege of the brain. BRAIN RESEARCH. BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 1995; 21:128-51. [PMID: 8866671 DOI: 10.1016/0165-0173(95)00010-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Human malignant gliomas are rather resistant to all current therapeutic approaches including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy as well as antibody-guided or cellular immunotherapy. The immunotherapy of malignant glioma has attracted interest because of the immunosuppressed state of malignant glioma patients which resides mainly in the T-cell compartment. This T-cell suppression has been attributed to the release by the glioma cells of immunosuppressive factors like transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and prostaglandins. TGF-beta has multiple effects in the immune system, most of which are inhibitory. TGF-beta appears to control downstream elements of various cellular activation cascades and regulates the expression of genes that are essential for cell cycle progression and mitosis. Since TGF-beta-mediated growth arrest of T-cell lines results in their apoptosis in vitro, glioma-derived TGF-beta may prevent immune-mediated glioma cell elimination by inducing apoptosis of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in vivo. T-cell apoptosis in the brain may be augmented by the absence of professional antigen-presenting cells and of appropriate costimulating signals. Numerous in vitro studies predict that tumor-derived TGF-beta will incapacitate in vitro-expanded and locally administered lymphokine-activated killer cells (LAK-cells) or tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. Thus, TGF-beta may be partly responsible for the failure of current adoptive cellular immunotherapy of malignant glioma. Recent experimental in vivo studies on non-glial tumors have corroborated that neutralization of tumor-derived TGF-beta activity may facilitate immune-mediated tumor rejection. Current efforts to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy for malignant glioma include various strategies to enhance the immunogenicity of glioma cells and the cytotoxic activity of immune effector cells, e.g., by cytokine gene transfer. Future strategies of cellular immunotherapy for malignant glioma will have to focus on rendering glioma cell-targeting immune cells resistent to local inactivation and apoptosis which may be induced by TGF-beta and other immunosuppressive molecules at the site of neoplastic growth. Cytotoxic effectors targeting Fas/APO-1, the receptor protein for perforin-independent cytotoxic T-cell killing, might be promising, since Fas/APO-1 is expressed by glioma cells but not by untransformed brain cells, and since Fas/APO-1-mediated killing in vitro is not inhibited by TGF-beta.
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- M Weller
- Neurologische Klinik der Universität Tübingen, Germany
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Nørgaard P, Hougaard S, Poulsen HS, Spang-Thomsen M. Transforming growth factor beta and cancer. Cancer Treat Rev 1995; 21:367-403. [PMID: 7585661 DOI: 10.1016/0305-7372(95)90038-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- P Nørgaard
- Section for Radiation Biology, Finsen Center, Righospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Miller-Graziano CL, De AK, Kodys K. Altered IL-10 levels in trauma patients' M phi and T lymphocytes. J Clin Immunol 1995; 15:93-104. [PMID: 7559913 DOI: 10.1007/bf01541737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Trauma results in concomitant immunosuppression and elevated monocyte (M phi) inflammatory cytokine levels. The augmenting or ameliorating effect of IL-10 in septic complications after trauma is controversial. Here, IL-10 levels of trauma patients' and normals' PBMC, isolated M phi, and isolated T cells were assessed and correlated to their PBMC mitogen responses, their T-cell proliferation in an APC independent system, and their M phi production of elevated TNF-alpha levels. Trauma patients with depressed PBMC responses to PHA stimulation also had significantly decreased IL-10 levels in their stimulated PBMC supernates (P = 0.0022) and their MDP-stimulated isolated M phi population (P = 0.0004). However, patients with depressed PHA responses could have either normal or depressed T-cell proliferation in an anti-CD3-, anti-CD4-stimulated system. If APC-independent T-cell proliferation was depressed, induced IL-10 levels were suppressed (P = 0.007). However, if APC-independent T-cell proliferation was normal or elevated, IL-10 levels could be normal or elevated (P = 0.018). Decreased IL-10 levels correlated with depressed mitogen responses and depressed T-cell proliferation. IL-10, therefore, could not be inducing trauma patients' immunosuppression. Patients with elevated M phi TNF-alpha levels had depressed M phi IL-10 levels.
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- C L Miller-Graziano
- Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655, USA
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Nowell PC, Moore JS, Fox FE, Capocasale RJ, Kant JA, Besa EC. Richter's syndrome associated with loss of response to transforming growth factor-beta. Leuk Res 1994; 18:85-9. [PMID: 8107492 DOI: 10.1016/0145-2126(94)90123-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia developed a large cell lymphoma apparently derived from the same neoplastic B-cell clone (Richter's syndrome). At the same time, mitogen-stimulated proliferation of the patient's circulating leukemic B-cells was no longer inhibited by the regulatory cytokine transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), suggesting that such loss of inhibition might be contributing to the clinical and biological progression of the disease.
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- P C Nowell
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6082
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