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缺氧环境下调节性T细胞对血管内皮细胞的调控作用

The Regulatory Role of Regulatory T Cells on Vascular Endothelial Cells in Hypoxic Environments

  • 摘要: 组织修复的本质是多系统高度协调的生物学过程,血管网络的有序重建是关键环节之一。既往研究集中关注天然免疫细胞对内皮细胞的调控以促进血管再生,近年来研究者们发现适应性免疫细胞在调控组织修复有重要作用,然而适应性免疫细胞与血管内皮细胞间的互作研究较少,其中调节性T细胞(Regulatory T cell, Treg)是缺氧微环境中关键的功能执行者,深入了解两者互作可能有助于明晰组织修复过程中适应性免疫系统调控的血管重建过程。本研究构建低氧模型模拟损伤后缺氧微环境,上调Jurkat T细胞中HIF-1α的表达,并促进Jurkat T 的FOXP3表达,呈现Treg细胞表型。通过与内皮细胞共培养能够显著增强内皮细胞迁移与成管能力。后通过转录组测序揭示缺氧原代Treg细胞通过激活VEGF等信号通路重塑内皮功能。进一步揭示了Treg细胞调控内皮细胞潜在的作用机制,为免疫-血管协同治疗提供新靶点。

     

    Abstract: The essence of tissue repair is a highly coordinated multisystem biological process, with the orderly reconstruction of the vascular network being one of its critical components. Previous research has focused on the regulation of endothelial cells by innate immune cells to promote vascular regeneration. In recent years, researchers have discovered that adaptive immune cells play an important role in regulating tissue repair. However, interactions between adaptive immune cells and vascular endothelial cells remain understudied. Among these, regulatory T cells (Tregs) serve as key functional executors in hypoxic microenvironments. Deepening our understanding of their interactions may clarify how the adaptive immune system regulates vascular reconstruction during tissue repair. This study established a hypoxia model to simulate the hypoxic microenvironment following injury. It upregulated HIF-1α expression in Jurkat T cells and promoted FOXP3 expression in Jurkat T cells, resulting in a Treg phenotype. Co-culture with endothelial cells significantly enhanced endothelial cell migration and tubule formation capabilities. Transcriptome sequencing subsequently revealed that hypoxia-induced primary Treg cells remodeled endothelial function by activating signaling pathways such as VEGF. These findings further elucidate the potential mechanisms by which Treg cells regulate endothelial cells, providing novel therapeutic targets for immune-vascular synergistic therapies.

     

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