Trichosanthin-derived peptide Tk-PQ attenuates immune rejection in mouse tracheal allotransplant model by suppressing PI3K-Akt and inducing type II immune polarization

Ectopic tracheal transplant; Immune rejection; PI3K-Akt pathway; Th2/Treg cell; Tk-PQ LabEX支持文献
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Lin Zhou,Yafei Hou,Xufeng Pan,Xue Wang,Haizhen Jin , Xiaohua Yang , Kefan Wang,Xuping Ding,Kai Wang , Minfang Zhu,Yan Pan,Weimin Wang,Liming Lu

  • 上海交通大学医学院
  • 路丽明
  • Int Immunopharmacol
  • 2023
  • 4.7
  • 2023 Dec;125(Pt A)
  • Human
  • MSD
  • 免疫/内分泌
  • 血清
  • 免疫/内分泌
  • 支气管炎
  • 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.111081

Abstract

Obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) is one of the main complications affecting long-term survival of post-lung transplantation patients. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of Tk-PQ (a peptide derived from trichosanthin) in alleviating OB in a mouse ectopic tracheal transplant model. We found that post-transplantation treatment of Tk-PQ significant ameliorated OB symptoms including luminal occlusion, epithelial cells loss and fibrosis in the allograft. In addition, Tk-PQ promoted immune suppressive environment by inducing Th2 polarization and increasing Treg population which in turn led to elevated levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-4, IL-10, IL-33 and decreased levels of pro-inflammatory IL-1β. Mechanistically, we used transcriptome analysis of splenic T cells from allografted mice to show that Tk-PQ treatment down-regulated the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway. Indeed, the immune suppression phenotypes of Tk-PQ was recapitulated by a PI3K inhibitor LY294002. Taken together, Tk-PQ regulates post-transplantation immuno-rejection by modulating the balance of T cell response via the PI3K-Akt pathway, making it a promising peptide based immune rejection suppressant for patients receiving allotransplant.

Keywords: Ectopic tracheal transplant; Immune rejection; PI3K-Akt pathway; Th2/Treg cell; Tk-PQ.

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