Extracellular Vesicles isolated from Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Modulate CD4+ T Lymphocytes Toward a Regulatory Profile.

Franco da Cunha F., Andrade-Oliveira V., Candido de Almeida D., Borges da Silva T., Naffah de Souza Breda C., Costa Cruz M., Faquim-Mauro EL., Antonio Cenedeze M., Ioshie Hiyane M., Pacheco-Silva A., Aparecida Cavinato R., Torrecilhas AC., Olsen Saraiva Câmara N.

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) can generate immunological tolerance due to their regulatory activity in many immune cells. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) release is a pivotal mechanism by which MSCs exert their actions. In this study, we evaluate whether mesenchymal stromal cell extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) can modulate T cell response. MSCs were expanded and EVs were obtained by differential ultracentrifugation of the supernatant. The incorporation of MSC-EVs by T cells was detected by confocal microscopy. Expression of surface markers was detected by flow cytometry or CytoFLEX and cytokines were detected by RT-PCR, FACS and confocal microscopy and a miRNA PCR array was performed. We demonstrated that MSC-EVs were incorporated by lymphocytes in vitro and decreased T cell proliferation and Th1 differentiation. Interestingly, in Th1 polarization, MSC-EVs increased Foxp3 expression and generated a subpopulation of IFN-γ+/Foxp3+T cells with suppressive capacity. A differential expression profile of miRNAs in MSC-EVs-treated Th1 cells was seen, and also a modulation of one of their target genes, TGFbR2. MSC-EVs altered the metabolism of Th1-differentiated T cells, suggesting the involvement of the TGF-β pathway in this metabolic modulation. The addition of MSC-EVs in vivo, in an OVA immunization model, generated cells Foxp3+. Thus, our findings suggest that MSC-EVs are able to specifically modulate activated T cells at an alternative regulatory profile by miRNAs and metabolism shifting.

DOI

10.3390/cells9041059

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2020-04-23T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

9

Keywords

Th1 polarization, extracellular vesicles, mesenchymal stromal cells, metabolism, miRNA, Animals, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Cell Differentiation, Cell Proliferation, Extracellular Vesicles, Forkhead Transcription Factors, Glycolysis, Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Mice, Inbred C57BL, MicroRNAs, Signal Transduction, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory

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