Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (1): 12-17.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.01.003

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T-cell immune tolerance of HLA haploidentical donor induced by CTLA4Ig-modified bone marrow stromal cells

Wang Ji-gang, Zhou Fan, Liu Yan-qin, Bai Ying, Liu Jing-hua, Zhang Hai-ting, Li Min-yan   

  1. Department of Hematology, the General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning Province, China
  • Revised:2014-12-06 Online:2015-01-01 Published:2015-01-01
  • Contact: Zhou Fan, Master, Chief physician, Department of Hematology, the General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning Province, China
  • About author:Wang Ji-gang, M.D., Associate chief physician, Department of Hematology, the General Hospital of Shenyang Military Command, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: CTLA-4Ig as a tolerance-induction agent is a potential strategy in graft-versus-host disease prevention.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of CTLA4Ig-gene-modified bone marrow stromal cells mediated by adenovirus to induce T-cell tolerance of haploidentical donors.
METHODS: The bone marrow stromal cells isolated culture from the bone marrow of HLA haploidentical donors were transfected by recombinant adenovirus encoding CTLA4IgcDNA (AdCTLA4Ig) at a multiplicity of infection=50 for 72 hours. The expression rate and the location of CTLA4Ig in the transfected cells were detected by fluorescence microscope after immunofluorescence staining. CTLA4Ig-modified bone marrow stromal cells (2×104, 4×104 and 8×104) were respectively co-cultured with 105 T cells from the peripheral blood of HLA haploidentical donors and 105 peripheral blood mononuclear cells from recipients. The proliferative inhibition rate was determined by MTT assay, and the level of interleukin-2 in the supernatant was detected by ELISA. The bone marrow mononuclear cells (1×105/well) were co-cultured with CTLA4Ig-modified bone marrow stromal cell layers 
constructed in 6-well plates. The number of bone marrow mononuclear cells and colony-forming unit-granulocyte macrophages were calculated after 5-day culture.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The expression rate of CTLA4Ig at the multiplicity of infection=50 was as high as 85%, and the immunofluorescence signals of CTLA4Ig were distributed unevenly in the cytoplasm. The inhibition rates of 2×104, 4×104, and 8×104 CTLA4Ig-modified bone marrow stromal cells on proliferation of T cells were higher than that of untransfected cells. The levels of interluekin-2 in the corresponding cell groups were significantly lower than that in the untransfected cells (P < 0.05). At 5 days of culture, there was no significant difference in the number of bone marrow mononuclear cells and colony-forming unit-granulocyte macrophages between the transfected and untransfected cell groups (P > 0.05). These findings indicate that CTLA4Ig-modified bone marrow stromal cells mediated by adenovirus can induce immune tolerance of T-lymphocyte from HLA haploidentical donors in vitro.


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Key words: Graft vs Host Disease, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Haploidy, Immune Tolerance

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