Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Department of Anesthesiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Front Immunol. 2021 Sep 10;12:698894. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.698894. eCollection 2021.
Renal fibrosis is inevitable in all progressive chronic kidney diseases (CKDs) and represents a serious public health problem. Immune factors contribute to the progression of renal fibrosis. Thus, it is very possible that immunosuppression cells, such as myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), could bring benefits to renal fibrosis. Herein, this study investigated the antifibrotic and reno-protective effect of MDSCs and the possible mechanisms.
Murine and cell models of unilateral ureter obstruction (UUO) renal fibrosis were used. Bone marrow-induced MDSCs and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) were pretreated before surgery. Kidney weight, pathological injury, extracellular matrix deposition, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition progression were examined. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1)/Smad/Snail signaling pathway involvement was investigated through Western blotting and quantitative PCR (qPCR). Accumulation of MDSC, CD4+ T cell, regulatory T (Treg), and T helper 1 (T1) cell accumulation, and CCL5 and CCR5 expression level in MDSCs and non-MDSCs were evaluated using flow cytometry.
在所有进行性慢性肾脏病(CKD)中,肾纤维化是不可避免的,这代表着一个严重的公共卫生问题。免疫因素促进了肾纤维化的进展。因此,髓系来源的抑制细胞(MDSCs)等免疫抑制细胞很有可能对肾纤维化有益。在此,本研究探讨了 MDSCs 的抗纤维化和肾保护作用及其可能的机制。
使用单侧输尿管梗阻(UUO)肾纤维化的小鼠和细胞模型。在手术前用骨髓诱导的 MDSCs 和粒细胞-巨噬细胞集落刺激因子(GM-CSF)预处理。检查肾脏重量、病理损伤、细胞外基质沉积和上皮-间充质转化进展。通过 Western blot 和定量 PCR(qPCR)研究转化生长因子(TGF)-β1/Smad/Snail 信号通路的参与。通过流式细胞术评估 MDSC、CD4+T 细胞、调节性 T(Treg)和 T 辅助 1(T1)细胞的积累,以及 MDSC 和非 MDSC 中 CCL5 和 CCR5 的表达水平。
-和诱导的 MDSCs 显著改善 UUO 诱导的肾小管间质纤维化,抑制 TGF-β1/Smad/Snail 信号通路,并增强肾脏中 MDSC 和 Treg 的浸润,同时下调 T1 细胞。-和-实验均证实了两种 MDSC 处理组中 CCL5 的升高。
-和-诱导的 MDSCs 通过促进 CCL5-CCR5 轴相互作用和 TGF-β1/Smad/Snail 信号通路抑制来缓解肾纤维化。我们的研究结果为肾纤维化的治疗提供了一种替代方法。