Department of Pathogen Biology, Basic Medical College, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environment, Nutrition and Public Health, Tianjin 300070, China.
Int Immunopharmacol. 2021 Feb;91:107288. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107288. Epub 2020 Dec 24.
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been investigated in preventing and treating allergic asthma in many reports. Recently, MSC-derived exosomes (MSC-Exo) were showed a promising alternative to stem cell-based therapy in many kinds of diseases. However, the effect of MSC-Exo on allergic asthma has not been investigated thoroughly thus far. Here, we aimed to investigate the immunomodulation effect of MSC-Exo in a murine model of asthma and explore the underlying mechanisms. BALB/c mice were sensitized and challenged by OVA to establish asthma model. MSC-Exo were intranasally delivered before or during challenge and the protective effect were assessed after the last OVA challenge. Allergic airway inflammation elicited by OVA were significantly attenuated by intranasal delivery of MSC-Exo. To explore the protective mechanism of MSC-Exo, lung interstitial macrophages (IMs) and alveolar macrophages (AMs) were analyzed by flow cytometry and the origin of IMs were traced. Lung IMs ratios were significantly enhanced and high level of IL-10 was produced after MSC-Exo intranasal delivery. IMs ratios were not obviously affected by CCR2 inhibitor or Clodronate liposome administration, whereas significantly decreased in splenectomized mice. Cx3cr1 cell specific IL-10 conditionally deficient mice were used to further examine the role of IL-10 producing IMs in allergic asthma. IMs-mediated protection was dependent on IL-10, given that the protection disappeared in Cx3cr1-IL-10mice. In conclusion, intranasal delivery of MSC-Exo could substantially expand lung IL-10-producing IMs, which may originate from spleen, thus contribute to protection against allergic asthma in mice.
间充质干细胞(MSCs)在许多报告中被研究用于预防和治疗过敏性哮喘。最近,MSC 衍生的外泌体(MSC-Exo)在许多疾病中作为基于干细胞治疗的一种有前途的替代方法得到了展示。然而,MSC-Exo 对过敏性哮喘的影响迄今为止尚未得到充分研究。在这里,我们旨在研究 MSC-Exo 在哮喘小鼠模型中的免疫调节作用,并探讨其潜在机制。BALB/c 小鼠通过 OVA 致敏和激发建立哮喘模型。MSC-Exo 在激发前或激发期间鼻内给药,并在最后一次 OVA 激发后评估保护作用。通过鼻内给予 MSC-Exo,明显减轻了 OVA 诱导的过敏性气道炎症。为了探讨 MSC-Exo 的保护机制,通过流式细胞术分析了肺间质巨噬细胞(IMs)和肺泡巨噬细胞(AMs),并追踪了 IMs 的来源。鼻内给予 MSC-Exo 后,肺 IMs 比例明显升高,IL-10 水平升高。CCR2 抑制剂或氯膦酸盐脂质体给药对 IMs 比例没有明显影响,但脾切除小鼠的 IMs 比例明显降低。使用 Cx3cr1 细胞特异性 IL-10 条件性缺陷小鼠进一步研究了产生 IL-10 的 IMs 在过敏性哮喘中的作用。IMs 介导的保护作用依赖于 IL-10,因为在 Cx3cr1-IL-10 小鼠中保护作用消失。总之,鼻内给予 MSC-Exo 可显著增加肺内产生 IL-10 的 IMs,这些 IMs 可能来源于脾脏,从而有助于保护小鼠免受过敏性哮喘的侵害。
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