PMID- 21200384 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110627 LR - 20240323 IS - 2042-0226 (Electronic) IS - 1672-7681 (Print) IS - 1672-7681 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2011 Jan TI - Estrogen enhances the functions of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells that suppress osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption in vitro. PG - 50-8 LID - 10.1038/cmi.2010.54 [doi] AB - Cross-talk has been shown to occur between the immune system and bone metabolism pathways. In the present study, we investigated the impact of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells on osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption. Treg cells that were isolated and purified from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of healthy adults inhibited both the differentiation of osteoclasts (OCs) from human embryo bone marrow cells (BMCs) and the pit formation in a dose-dependent manner. In cell cocultures, the production levels of both interleukin-10 (IL-10) and transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta1) were proportionally upregulated as the ratio of Treg cells to BMCs was increased, and the inhibition of OC differentiation and bone resorption by Treg cells was completely reversed by anti-IL-10 and anti-TGF-beta1 antibodies. Treatment of BMC and Treg cell cocultures with 17beta-estradiol (E2) at concentrations between 10(-)(7) and 10(-)(9) mol/l suppressed OC differentiation and bone resorption more efficiently than it did in cultures of BMCs alone; this enhanced suppression occurred via the stimulation of Treg cell IL-10 and TGF-beta1 expression. These data suggest that Treg cells suppress OC differentiation and bone resorption by secreting IL-10 and TGF-beta1. E2 enhances the suppressive effects of Treg cells on OC differentiation and bone resorption by stimulating IL-10 and TGF-beta1 secretion from these cells. Therefore, Treg cell-derived IL-10 and TGF-beta1 are likely involved in the regulation of E2 on bone metabolism and represent potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO). FAU - Luo, C Y AU - Luo CY AD - Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Hospital and Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China. FAU - Wang, L AU - Wang L FAU - Sun, C AU - Sun C FAU - Li, D J AU - Li DJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20101206 PL - China TA - Cell Mol Immunol JT - Cellular & molecular immunology JID - 101242872 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Antigens, CD/immunology MH - Bone Marrow Cells/cytology/drug effects/physiology MH - *Bone Resorption/metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation/immunology/physiology MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Embryo, Mammalian MH - *Estradiol/pharmacology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Interleukin-10/immunology/metabolism MH - Osteoclasts MH - Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/prevention & control/therapy MH - Receptor Cross-Talk/immunology/physiology MH - *T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/cytology/immunology/metabolism MH - *Transforming Growth Factor beta1/immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC4002989 EDAT- 2011/01/05 06:00 MHDA- 2011/06/28 06:00 PMCR- 2011/01/01 CRDT- 2011/01/05 06:00 PHST- 2011/01/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/01/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/06/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cmi201054 [pii] AID - 10.1038/cmi.2010.54 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Mol Immunol. 2011 Jan;8(1):50-8. doi: 10.1038/cmi.2010.54. Epub 2010 Dec 6.