Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Suppress T-Cell-Mediated Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity via ALCAM-CD6 Interaction.

ABSTRACT: Mounting evidence suggests mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) suppress CD4+ T-cell activation, but whether MSCs directly regulate activation and expansion of allogeneic T cells has not been fully deciphered. Here, we identified that both human and murine MSCs constitutively express ALCAM, a cognate ligand for CD6 receptors on T cells, and investigated its immunomodulatory function using in vivo and in vitro experiments. Our controlled coculture assays demonstrated that ALCAM-CD6 pathway is critical for MSCs to exert its suppressive function on early CD4+CD25- T-cell activation. Moreover, neutralizing ALCAM or CD6 results in the abrogation of MSC-mediated suppression of T-cell expansion. Using a murine model of delayed-type hypersensitivity response to alloantigen, we show that ALCAM-silenced

SUBMITTER: Cho WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10108723 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature