腺病毒介导CTLA4Ig基因修饰骨髓间质干细胞体外抑制免疫应答的研究

目的:通过腺病毒载体介导CTLA4Ig在大鼠骨髓间质干细胞(MSC)中的表达,探讨MSC作为基因转移靶细胞的可行性和转染效率,研究其在体外对免疫应答的抑制作用。方法:构建含有CTLA4Ig基因的重组腺病毒载体pAd-CTLA4Ig,按照不同的感染倍率(MOI)转染大鼠MSC,用荧光显微镜和流式细胞仪分析转染效率,流式细胞术、Westernblotting等方法检测目的蛋白CTLA4Ig在MSC中的表达。将转基因MSC加入混合淋巴细胞反应(MLR)体系,观察其抑制淋巴细胞增殖的生物学效应。结果:重组腺病毒载体pAd-CTLA4Ig对MSC的最大转染率为80.7%±4.7%,转基因MSC可检测到目的蛋白的表达。基因修饰的MSC能有效抑制MLR体系中淋巴细胞的增殖,4d达到最大抑制效率51.46％;再次MLR证实这种抑制作用是供者特异性的。结论:MSC是一种较理想的基因转移靶细胞,其表达的转基因产物CTLA4Ig可在体外特异性地抑制免疫应答。

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells modified by adenoviral vector containing CTLA4Ig inhibit immune response ex vivo

AIM: To investigate the feasibility and infection efficiency of MSCs as the target cells of gene delivery mediated by adenoviral vector carrying CTLA4Ig gene, and to study the mechanism of transgenic MSC to inhibit immune response ex vivo. METHODS: The recombinant adenovirus containing CTLA4Ig gene was constructed, by which rat MSCs with various multiplicity of infection (MOI) were conducted. The infection efficiency was analyzed with FACS and fluorescence microscope. The expression of CTLA4Ig protein in transgenic MSCs was detected by FACS and western blot. Co-culturing the transgenic MSCs with mixed lymphocytes, the inhibitory effect of transgenic MSCs on lymphocyte proliferation was also observed. RESULTS: The adenoviral vector delivered CTLA4Ig gene with high efficiency to MSCs. The expression of CTLA4Ig protein was detected in transgenic MSCs. The gene modified MSCs inhibited the proliferation of mixed lymphocytes and maximal inhibition rate was observed on day 4 of MLR. The inhibition induced by CTLA4Ig was donor-specific. CONCLUSION: MSCs is a promising target cell for gene delivery. The expressed CTLA4Ig specifically inhibits the lymphocyte proliferation ex vivo.