Zhou Yang, Rong Yan
General Medicine Department, Shenzhen Hospital of Southern Medical University, 1333 Xinhu Road, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, 518101, Guangdong, China.
Respiratory Department, Shekou People's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518067, Guangdong, China.
Mol Neurobiol. 2025 Jun 7. doi: 10.1007/s12035-025-05111-0.
As important immune cells in innate immunity, natural killer (NK) cells are closely associated with the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Hypoxia has been considered as a critical factor that influences AD development, but the regulating effects and underlying mechanisms of hypoxic NK cells in AD progression have not been studied. Herein, our study illustrated that hypoxic NK cells-derived exosomes ameliorated AD progression by delivering hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α). Specifically, AD models APP/PS1 mice and β-amyloid (Aβ)-treated HT22 cells were subjected to exosomes from NK cells cultured under normoxic (Nor-exo) or hypoxic (Hyp-exo) conditions. Compared to Nor-exo, Hyp-exo alleviated mice cognition damage, reduced the levels of p-Tau, P16, and P53, and senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-Gal) to suppress cellular senescence, downregulated Bax and upregulated Bcl-2 to suppress apoptotic cell death, and decreased MDA levels and increased GSH/GSSG ratio to initiate anti-oxidant effects in both APP/PS1 mice brain tissues and Aβ-treated HT22 cells. Moreover, antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) obviously mitigated Aβ-triggered senescence and apoptosis in HT22 cells. Interestingly, our mechanical experiments confirmed that HIF-1α was especially enriched in Hyp-exo compared to Nor-exo, and the following rescue experiments verified that Hyp-exo exerted its protective effects in AD models by delivering HIF-1α. In conclusion, Hyp-exo HIF-1α-dependently suppressed oxidative stress-related neuronal cell senescence and apoptosis to mitigate pathogenesis of AD, and our study might provide new theoretical basis for developing treatment methods for AD.
作为固有免疫中重要的免疫细胞,自然杀伤(NK)细胞与阿尔茨海默病(AD)的进展密切相关。缺氧被认为是影响AD发展的关键因素,但缺氧NK细胞在AD进展中的调节作用及潜在机制尚未得到研究。在此,我们的研究表明,缺氧NK细胞来源的外泌体通过递送缺氧诱导因子1α(HIF-1α)改善了AD的进展。具体而言,将AD模型APP/PS1小鼠和经β-淀粉样蛋白(Aβ)处理的HT22细胞分别用在常氧(Nor-exo)或缺氧(Hyp-exo)条件下培养的NK细胞来源的外泌体进行处理。与Nor-exo相比,Hyp-exo减轻了小鼠的认知损伤,降低了p-Tau、P16和P53以及衰老相关β-半乳糖苷酶(SA-β-Gal)的水平以抑制细胞衰老,下调Bax并上调Bcl-2以抑制凋亡性细胞死亡,同时降低APP/PS1小鼠脑组织和Aβ处理的HT22细胞中的丙二醛(MDA)水平并提高谷胱甘肽/氧化型谷胱甘肽(GSH/GSSG)比值以启动抗氧化作用。此外,抗氧化剂N-乙酰-L-半胱氨酸(NAC)明显减轻了Aβ诱导HT22细胞的衰老和凋亡。有趣的是,我们的机制实验证实,与Nor-exo相比,HIF-1α在Hyp-exo中尤其富集,随后进行的挽救实验证实Hyp-exo通过递送HIF-1α在AD模型中发挥其保护作用。总之,Hyp-exo通过HIF-1α依赖性地抑制氧化应激相关的神经元细胞衰老和凋亡来减轻AD的发病机制,我们的研究可能为开发AD治疗方法提供新的理论依据。
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