Increased Suppressor Activity of Ex Vivo Transformed Regulatory T Cells in Comparison with Unstimulated Cells of the Same Donor

— Regulatory T cells CD4 + CD25 + FoxP3 + СD127 low (Tregs) play a key role in the maintenance of tolerance to autoantigens, inhibit the function of effector T and B lymphocytes, and provide a balance between effector and regulatory arms of immunity. Patients with autoimmune diseases are characteriz...

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Published in:Biochemistry (Moscow). Supplement. Series B, Biomedical chemistry Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 225 - 237
Main Authors: Blinova, V. G., Gladilina, Y. A., Eliseeva, D. D., Lobaeva, T. A., Zhdanov, D. D.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.09.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Adoptive immunotherapy
Autoantigens
Autografts
Autoimmune diseases
Bioorganic Chemistry
CD25 antigen
CD4 antigen
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Cyclin B1
Demethylation
Foxp3 protein
Immune system
Immunological tolerance
Immunoregulation
Immunotherapy
Lymphocytes
Lymphocytes B
Lymphocytes T
Medicinal Chemistry
Peripheral blood
Phenotypes
Transplantation
Tumor necrosis factor-α
γ-Interferon
regulatory T cells
cell markers
suppression activity
promoter methylation
FoxP3
ex vivo transformation
ISSN:1990-7508, 1990-7516
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Summary:— Regulatory T cells CD4 + CD25 + FoxP3 + СD127 low (Tregs) play a key role in the maintenance of tolerance to autoantigens, inhibit the function of effector T and B lymphocytes, and provide a balance between effector and regulatory arms of immunity. Patients with autoimmune diseases are characterized by decreased Treg numbers and impaired suppressive activity. Replacement therapy with autologous Tregs transformed ex vivo could restore the destroyed balance of the immune system. We developed a method for the cultivation of Treg precursor cells. Using this method, we were able to grow up to 300−400 million Treg cells from 50 mL of peripheral blood during a week. In this study, we demonstrated that 90−95% of ex vivo-transformed Tregs had the phenotype CD4 + CD25 + FoxP3 + СD127 low and increased the transcription of the FoxP3 and Helios genes. Ex vivo-transformed Tregs were characterized by increased demethylation of the FoxP3 promoter and activation of the proliferation gene markers cyclin B1, Ki67 and LGALS 1. Ex vivo-transformed Tregs had increased suppressive activity, and up to 80–90% of these cells secreted the cytokines TNFα and IFNγ. Our data suggest that ex vivo-transformed autologous Tregs have genetic, immunophenotypic and functional characteristics of regulatory T cells. In the future, they can be used for adoptive immunotherapy of autoimmune diseases and inhibition of transplantation immunity.
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ISSN:1990-7508
1990-7516
DOI:10.1134/S1990750822030039