PMID- 32499535 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210319 LR - 20210604 IS - 2041-4889 (Electronic) VI - 11 IP - 6 DP - 2020 Jun 4 TI - Hypoxia-induced shift in the phenotype of proteasome from 26S toward immunoproteasome triggers loss of immunoprivilege of mesenchymal stem cells. PG - 419 LID - 10.1038/s41419-020-2634-6 [doi] LID - 419 AB - Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are immunoprivileged and are being investigated in phase I and phase II clinical trials to treat different degenerative and autoimmune diseases. In spite of encouraging outcome of initial trials, the long-term poor survival of transplanted cells in the host tissue has declined the overall enthusiasm. Recent analyses of allogeneic MSCs based studies confirm that after transplantation in the hypoxic or ischemic microenvironment of diseased tissues, MSCs become immunogenic and are rejected by recipient immune system. The immunoprivilege of MSCs is preserved by absence or negligible expression of cell surface antigen, human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRalpha. We found that in normoxic MSCs, 26S proteasome degrades HLA-DRalpha and maintains immunoprivilege of MSCs. The exposure to hypoxia leads to inactivation of 26S proteasome and formation of immunoproteasome in MSCs, which is associated with upregulation and activation of HLA-DRalpha, and as a result, MSCs become immunogenic. Furthermore, inhibition of immunoproteasome formation in hypoxic MSCs preserves the immunoprivilege. Therefore, hypoxia-induced shift in the phenotype of proteasome from 26S toward immunoproteasome triggers loss of immunoprivilege of allogeneic MSCs. The outcome of the current study may provide molecular targets to plan interventions to preserve immunoprivilege of allogeneic MSCs in the hypoxic or ischemic environment. FAU - Abu-El-Rub, Ejlal AU - Abu-El-Rub E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9217-2560 AD - Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R2H2A6, Canada. FAU - Sareen, Niketa AU - Sareen N AD - Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R2H2A6, Canada. FAU - Yan, Weiang AU - Yan W AD - Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R2H2A6, Canada. FAU - Alagarsamy, Keshav Narayan AU - Alagarsamy KN AD - Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R2H2A6, Canada. FAU - Rafieerad, Alireza AU - Rafieerad A AD - Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R2H2A6, Canada. FAU - Srivastava, Abhay AU - Srivastava A AD - Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R2H2A6, Canada. FAU - Desiderio, Vincenzo AU - Desiderio V AD - Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138, Naples, Italy. FAU - Dhingra, Sanjiv AU - Dhingra S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2664-7633 AD - Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R2H2A6, Canada. sdhingra@sbrc.ca. LA - eng GR - PJT156148/CIHR/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200604 PL - England TA - Cell Death Dis JT - Cell death & disease JID - 101524092 RN - 0 (HLA-DR alpha-Chains) RN - 0 (Protein Subunits) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) RN - EC 3.4.99.- (ATP dependent 26S protease) SB - IM MH - Cell Hypoxia/immunology MH - Down-Regulation MH - HLA-DR alpha-Chains/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*immunology/*pathology MH - Phenotype MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/*immunology MH - Protein Subunits/metabolism MH - Proteolysis MH - Up-Regulation PMC - PMC7272449 COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/06/06 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/20 06:00 PMCR- 2020/06/04 CRDT- 2020/06/06 06:00 PHST- 2019/12/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/05/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/05/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/06/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41419-020-2634-6 [pii] AID - 2634 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41419-020-2634-6 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cell Death Dis. 2020 Jun 4;11(6):419. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-2634-6.