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FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
卷 5, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00144
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lethal exosomes; transplant tolerance; Epstein-Barr virus; microvesicles,T cell apoptosis; regulatory B cells; killer B cells
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Immune suppression mediated by exosomes is an emerging concept with potentially immense utility for immunotherapy in a variety of inflammatory contexts, including allogeneic transplantation. Exosomes containing the apoptosis-inducing molecule Fas ligand (FasU have demonstrated efficacy in inhibiting antigen-specific immune responses upon adoptive transfer in animal models. We report here that a very high frequency of human B cell-derived lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCL) constitutively produce MHCII(+)FasL(+) exosomes that can induce apoptosis in CD4(+) T cells. All LCL tested for this study (>20 independent cell lines) showed robust expression of FasL, but had no detectable FasL on the cell surface. Given this intracellular sequestration, we hypothesized that FasL in LCL was retained in the secretory lysosome and secreted via exosomes. Indeed, we found both MHCII and FasL proteins present in LCOderived exosomes, and using a bead-based exosome capture assay demonstrated the presence of MHCII(+)FasL(+) exosomes among those secreted by LCL. Using two independent experimental approaches, we demonstrated that LCOderived exosomes were capable of inducing antigen-specific apoptosis in autologous CD4(+) T cells. These results suggest that LCOderived exosomes may present a realistic source of immunosuppressive exosomes that could reduce or eliminate T cell-mediated responses against donor-derived antigens in transplant recipients.
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