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SCIENCE ADVANCES
Volume 7, Issue 26, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abh3693
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- NIH [R01 DE013349, DP3DK108224]
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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Chronic inflammation plays a role in muscular dystrophies, with anti-inflammatory cytokine treatment shown to increase T-reg recruitment, muscle fiber area, contraction force, and velocity, offering potential benefits for diverse muscular dystrophies.
Chronic inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of all muscular dystrophies. Inflammatory T cells damage muscle, while regulatory T cells (T-regs) promote regeneration. We hypothesized that providing anti-inflammatory cytokines in dystrophic muscle would promote proregenerative immune phenotypes and improve function. Primary T cells from dystrophic (mdx) mice responded appropriately to inflammatory or suppressive cytokines. Subsequently, interleukin-4 (IL-4)- or IL-10-conjugated gold nanoparticles (PA4, PA10) were injected into chronically injured, aged, mdx muscle. PA4 and PA10 increased T cell recruitment, with PA4 doubling CD4(+)/CD8(-) T cells versus controls. Further, 50% of CD4(+)/CD8(-) T cells were immunosuppressive T-regs following PA4, versus 20% in controls. Concomitant with T-reg recruitment, muscles exhibited increased fiber area and fourfold increases in contraction force and velocity versus controls. The ability of PA4 to shift immune responses, and improve dystrophic muscle function, suggests that immunomodulatory treatment may benefit many genetically diverse muscular dystrophies, all of which share inflammatory pathology.
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