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Vaccination with circulating exosomes in autoimmune uveitis prevents recurrent intraocular inflammation

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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
卷 49, 期 9, 页码 1069-1077

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.13990

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autoimmune disease; exosomes; immunoregulation; inflammation; uveitis

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  1. Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)
  2. Commonwealth of Kentucky Research Challenge Trust Fund

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Circulating exosomes have immunoregulatory functions in autoimmune uveitis, selectively inhibiting immune responses of specific T cells and reducing the incidence of recurrent uveitis in an antigen-specific manner. This suggests the potential for circulating exosomes to be a novel treatment for recurrent autoimmune uveitis.
Background Exosomes participate in intercellular communication and act as important molecular vehicles in the regulation of numerous physiological and pathological processes, including autoimmune development. The role of circulating exosomes in the development of autoimmune uveitis is unknown. In this study, using the rat model of experimental autoimmune uveitis, which has clinical and histological features of pan uveitis in man, we evaluated the immunoregulatory function of circulating exosomes. Methods Experimental autoimmune uveitis was induced in Lewis rats either immunised with interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein R16 peptides or injected with activated R16-specific T cells. The disease incidence and severity were examined by indirect fundoscopy and flow cytometry. Circulating exosomes were isolated from peripheral blood of naive and Day 14 R16 immunised Lewis rats. The effect of exosomes on specific T cells was evaluated by R16-specific T cell proliferation, cytokine production and recurrent uveitis induction. Results Circulating exosomes derived from active immunised uveitis rats selectively inhibited immune responses of R16-specific T cells in vitro. Vaccination of naive rats with these exosomes reduced the incidence of recurrent uveitis in an antigen-specific manner. Antigen-specific uveitogenic T cells reduced IFN-gamma production and increased IL-10 after vaccination. Conclusions Circulating exosomes in autoimmune uveitis have the potential to be a novel treatment for recurrent autoimmune uveitis.

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