Department of Pathology, Fuchu Hospital, Izumi, Osaka, Japan.
Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Kansai Medical University, Hitakata, Osaka, Japan.
J Cell Mol Med. 2021 Nov;25(22):10604-10613. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.16993. Epub 2021 Oct 23.
T cells bearing γδ antigen receptors have been investigated as potential treatments for several diseases, including malignant tumours. However, the clinical application of γδT cells has been hampered by their relatively low abundance in vivo and the technical difficulty of inducing their differentiation from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in vitro. Here, we describe a novel method for generating mouse γδT cells by co-culturing HSC-enriched bone marrow cells (HSC-eBMCs) with induced thymic epithelial cells (iTECs) derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). We used BMCs from CD45.1 congenic C57BL/6 mice to distinguish them from iPSCs, which expressed CD45.2. We showed that HSC-eBMCs and iTECs cultured with IL-2 + IL-7 for up to 21 days induced CD45.1 γδT cells that expressed a broad repertoire of Vγ and Vδ T-cell receptors. Notably, the induced lymphocytes contained few or no αβT cells, NK1.1 natural killer cells, or B220 B cells. Adoptive transfer of the induced γδT cells to leukemia-bearing mice significantly reduced tumour growth and prolonged mouse survival with no obvious side effects, such as tumorigenesis and autoimmune diseases. This new method suggests that it could also be used to produce human γδT cells for clinical applications.
γδ 抗原受体阳性 T 细胞已被研究作为治疗多种疾病的潜在方法,包括恶性肿瘤。然而,γδT 细胞的临床应用受到其在体内相对较低丰度的限制,以及体外从造血干细胞 (HSCs) 诱导其分化的技术难度的限制。在这里,我们描述了一种通过共培养富含 HSC 的骨髓细胞 (HSC-eBMC) 和诱导多能干细胞 (iPSCs) 衍生的诱导胸腺上皮细胞 (iTEC) 来产生小鼠 γδT 细胞的新方法。我们使用来自 CD45.1 同基因 C57BL/6 小鼠的 BMC 来区分它们与表达 CD45.2 的 iPSCs。我们表明,在 IL-2 + IL-7 中培养长达 21 天的 HSC-eBMC 和 iTEC 诱导表达广泛 Vγ 和 Vδ T 细胞受体的 CD45.1 γδT 细胞。值得注意的是,诱导的淋巴细胞几乎不含或不含 αβT 细胞、NK1.1 自然杀伤细胞或 B220 B 细胞。将诱导的 γδT 细胞过继转移到患有白血病的小鼠中,可显著减少肿瘤生长并延长小鼠存活期,无明显副作用,如肿瘤发生和自身免疫性疾病。这种新方法表明,它也可用于产生用于临床应用的人类 γδT 细胞。