Mesenchymal stem cells increase platelet counts in mice with immune-mediated thrombocytopenia and affect T-bet and GATA-3 gene expression
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-5101.2013.11.006
- VernacularTitle:间充质干细胞治疗提升免疫性血小板减少症小鼠的血小板数并影响其外周血单核细胞中 T-bet 和 GATA-3基因表达
- Author:
Min XU
;
Liang WANG
;
Guoqiang LIU
;
Guang LU
;
Huifang DING
;
Jian XING
;
Xia ZHAO
;
Fang HAN
;
Yinghui SHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Mesenchymal stem cells;
Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia;
Mice;
Transcription factor T-bet;
Transcription factor GATA-3
- From:
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
2013;(11):828-832
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the effects of mesenchymal stem cells ( MSC ) treatment on platelet counts in mice with immune-mediated thrombocytopenia ( ITP) and the possible mechanism .Meth-ods ITP was induced by daily intraperitoneal injection of anti-platelet membrane CD 41 antibody (MWReg30) into BALB/c mice.The mice were then divided into experiment and control groups with 20 mice in each.Each mouse in experimental group was injected with 2×107 mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) through the tail vein .The numbers of blood platelets in mice from two groups were counted on days 5, 7 and 14 after MSC injection .Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction ( RT-PCR) was performed to meas-ure T-bet and GATA-3 gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( PBMCs ) at mRNA level on day 14.The levels of IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-4 and IL-10 in serum were detected by ELISA .Results The platelet counts in experimental group were significantly higher than those in control group on days 7 and 14 after MSC injection [(588.0±81.6)×109/L and (623.0±78.9) ×109/L vs.(317.0±90.1) ×109/L and (288.0± 87.8)×109/L ] (P<0.05).On day 14 after MSC injection, the T-bet expression at mRNA level in PBMCs from mice in experimental group was significantly lower than that in control group [(0.04±0.03) vs.(0.27 ±0.05)] (P<0.05), while the GATA-3 expression at mRNA level was higher than those in control group [ (0.14±0.04) vs.(0.07±0.05)] (P<0.05).Compared with control group, the concentrations of Th1 type cytokines such as IFN-γand IL-2 were remarkably down-regulated in experimental group [(3.1±1.7) pg/ml and (3.2±2.1) pg/ml vs.(10.3±4.8) pg/ml and (16.3±5.7) pg/ml](P<0.05), while the con-centrations of Th2 type cytokines such as IL-4 and IL-10 were up-regulated in experimental group [(88.6± 15.2) pg/ml and (38.3±11.8) pg/ml vs.(32.7±5.7) pg/ml and (22.1±3.4) pg/ml ] (P<0.05). Conclusion MSC treatment can effectively increase platelet counts in mice with immune-mediated thrombo-cytopenia, which may be associated with the suppression of Th 1-dominant response mediated by abnormal ex-pression of T-bet and GATA-3.
