PMID- 23383203 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130717 LR - 20220316 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2013 TI - Novel mechanism of inhibition of dendritic cells maturation by mesenchymal stem cells via interleukin-10 and the JAK1/STAT3 signaling pathway. PG - e55487 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0055487 [doi] LID - e55487 AB - Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can suppress dendritic cells (DCs) maturation and function, mediated by soluble factors, such as indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)), and nitric oxide (NO). Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a common immunosuppressive cytokine, and the downstream signaling of the JAK-STAT pathway has been shown to be involved with DCs differentiation and maturation in the context of cancer. Whether IL-10 and/or the JAK-STAT pathway play a role in the inhibitory effect of MSCs on DCs maturation remains controversial. In our study, we cultured MSCs and DCs derived from rat bone marrow under different culturing conditions. Using Transwell plates, we detected by ELISA that the level of IL-10 significantly increased in the supernatants of MSC-DC co-cultures at 48 hours. The cell immunofluorescence assay suggested that the MSCs secreted more IL-10 than the DCs in the co-cultures. Adding exogenous IL-10 to the DCs monoculture or MSC-DC co-cultures stimulated IL-10 and led to a decrease in IL-12, and lower expression of the DCs surface markers CD80, CD86, OX62, MHC-II and CD11b/c. Supplementing the culture with an IL-10 neutralizing antibody (IL-10NA) showed precisely the opposite effect of adding IL-10. Moreover, we demonstrated that the JAK-STAT signaling pathway is involved in inhibiting DCs maturation. Both JAK1 and STAT3 expression and IL-10 secretion decreased markedly after adding a JAK inhibitor (AG490) to the co-culture plate. We propose that there is an IL-10 positive feedback loop, which may explain our observations of elevated IL-10 and enhanced JAK1 and STAT3 expression. Overall, we demonstrated that MSCs inhibit the maturation of DCs through the stimulation of IL-10 secretion, and by activating the JAK1 and STAT3 signaling pathway. FAU - Liu, Wen-hua AU - Liu WH AD - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Province Heilongjiang, China. FAU - Liu, Jing-jin AU - Liu JJ FAU - Wu, Jian AU - Wu J FAU - Zhang, Lu-lu AU - Zhang LL FAU - Liu, Fang AU - Liu F FAU - Yin, Li AU - Yin L FAU - Zhang, Mao-mao AU - Zhang MM FAU - Yu, Bo AU - Yu B LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Retracted Publication DEP - 20130130 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (STAT3 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Tyrphostins) RN - 0 (alpha-cyano-(3,4-dihydroxy)-N-benzylcinnamide) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Janus Kinase 1) SB - IM RIN - PLoS One. 2018 Mar 14;13(3):e0194455. PMID: 29538460 MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Dendritic Cells/cytology/drug effects/immunology/*metabolism MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Interleukin-10/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Interleukin-12/metabolism MH - Janus Kinase 1/*metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/immunology MH - Male MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Rats MH - STAT3 Transcription Factor/*metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction MH - Tyrphostins/pharmacology PMC - PMC3559548 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2013/02/06 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/19 06:00 PMCR- 2013/01/30 CRDT- 2013/02/06 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/12/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/02/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/01/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-12-24603 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0055487 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e55487. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055487. Epub 2013 Jan 30.