PMID- 36156794 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230106 LR - 20230210 IS - 1476-5381 (Electronic) IS - 0007-1188 (Linking) VI - 180 IP - 3 DP - 2023 Feb TI - Targeted delivery of triptolide by dendritic cell-derived exosomes for colitis and rheumatoid arthritis therapy in murine models. PG - 330-346 LID - 10.1111/bph.15958 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Triptolide (TP) elicits a beneficial effect in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, such as ulcerative colitis (UC) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, its multiorgan toxicity needs to be resolved. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the primary target of TP, which induces immunosuppression, and DC-derived exosomes (DEX) can selectively enter DCs in vivo. Here, we encapsulated TP with DEX (DEXTP) to generate TP-targeted delivery to reduce toxicity. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: The effect of DEXTP was evaluated in murine colitis and RA models. Toxicity was examined by haematoxylin and eosin staining and serum biochemical marker detection. Affinity of DEXs for DCs was tracked by fluorescent labelling. The immune environment was evaluated and mimicked in vitro for further analysis of the mechanism. KEY RESULTS: DEXTP effectively carried TP to DCs in vivo, and alleviated local inflammation and damage in colitis and RA mice with no obvious toxicity. Additionally, DEXTP reshaped the immune milieu by decreasing CD4(+) T-cell levels and increasing regulatory T-cell levels in vivo. Furthermore, consistent T-cell differentiation was observed in vitro, and DC activation was inhibited by alterations in surface factors and secrete cytokines, and by induction of apoptosis or other form of death. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Encapsulating TP with DEX is a new method that both reduces the toxicity of TP and induces immunosuppression in UC and RA mice. The underlying immune mechanism involves DEXTP targeting DCs in vivo, to inhibit DC activation and induce DC apoptosis, which further induces T-cell immunosuppression. CI - (c) 2022 British Pharmacological Society. FAU - Rao, Quan AU - Rao Q AD - Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Ma, Guangchao AU - Ma G AD - Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Li, Meng AU - Li M AD - Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Wu, Hao AU - Wu H AD - Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Zhang, Yixi AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Zhang, Congen AU - Zhang C AD - Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Ma, Zhijie AU - Ma Z AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7063-2474 AD - Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Huang, Luqi AU - Huang L AD - Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. LA - eng GR - QML20200104/Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals' Youth Programme/ GR - 81800577/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 82004038/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 7202033/Beijing Natural Science Foundation/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221025 PL - England TA - Br J Pharmacol JT - British journal of pharmacology JID - 7502536 RN - 19ALD1S53J (triptolide) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - *Exosomes MH - *Arthritis, Rheumatoid/drug therapy MH - *Colitis/chemically induced/drug therapy MH - Dendritic Cells OTO - NOTNLM OT - dendritic cell OT - encapsulation OT - exosome OT - rheumatoid arthritis OT - target delivery OT - tolerogenic OT - toxicity OT - triptolide OT - ulcerative colitis EDAT- 2022/09/27 06:00 MHDA- 2023/01/07 06:00 CRDT- 2022/09/26 16:52 PHST- 2022/07/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/02/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/09/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/09/26 16:52 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/bph.15958 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Pharmacol. 2023 Feb;180(3):330-346. doi: 10.1111/bph.15958. Epub 2022 Oct 25.