PMID- 29569981 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200526 LR - 20200901 IS - 1559-7016 (Electronic) IS - 0271-678X (Print) IS - 0271-678X (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 9 DP - 2019 Sep TI - Regulatory T-cells within bone marrow-derived stem cells actively confer immunomodulatory and neuroprotective effects against stroke. PG - 1750-1758 LID - 10.1177/0271678X18766172 [doi] AB - Regulatory T-cells (T(regs)) may exert a neuroprotective effect on ischemic stroke by inhibiting both inflammation and effector T-cell activation. Transplantation of human bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs) in ischemic stroke affords neuroprotection that results in part from the cells' anti-inflammatory property. However, the relationship between T(regs) and BMSCs in treatment of ischemic stroke has not been fully elucidated. Here, we tested the hypothesis that T(regs) within the BMSCs represent active mediators of immunomodulation and neuroprotection in experimental stroke. Primary rat neuronal cells were subjected to an oxygen-glucose deprivation and reperfusion (OGD/R) condition. The cells were re-perfused and co-cultured with T(regs) and/or BMSCs. We detected a minority population of T(regs) within BMSCs with both immunocytochemistry (ICC) and flow cytometry identifying cells expressing phenotypic markers of CD4, CD25, and FoxP3 protein. BMSCs with the native population of T(regs) conferred maximal neuroprotection compared to the treatment conditions containing 0%, 10%, and 100% relative ratio T(regs). Increasing the T(reg) population resulted in increased IL6 secretion and decreased FGF-beta secretion by BMSCs. This study shows that a minority population of T(regs) exists within the therapeutic BMSC population, which serves as robust mediators of the immunomodulatory and neuroprotective effect provided by BMSC transplantation. FAU - Neal, Elliot G AU - Neal EG AD - 1 Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, USF Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA. FAU - Acosta, Sandra A AU - Acosta SA AD - 1 Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, USF Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA. FAU - Kaneko, Yuji AU - Kaneko Y AD - 1 Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, USF Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA. FAU - Ji, Xunming AU - Ji X AD - 2 Cerebrovascular Research Center, XuanWu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Borlongan, Cesario V AU - Borlongan CV AD - 1 Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, USF Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 NS071956/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS090962/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 NS089851/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 NS094087/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20180323 PL - United States TA - J Cereb Blood Flow Metab JT - Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism JID - 8112566 RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Adaptive Immunity MH - Animals MH - Brain Ischemia/immunology/therapy MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytokines/immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunomodulation MH - Male MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*immunology MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neuroprotection MH - Rats MH - Stroke/immunology/*therapy MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/*immunology PMC - PMC6727132 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adaptive immunity OT - foxp3 OT - immunotherapy OT - ischemia EDAT- 2018/03/24 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/27 06:00 PMCR- 2020/09/01 CRDT- 2018/03/24 06:00 PHST- 2018/03/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1177_0271678X18766172 [pii] AID - 10.1177/0271678X18766172 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2019 Sep;39(9):1750-1758. doi: 10.1177/0271678X18766172. Epub 2018 Mar 23.