The effect of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation on B cell activating factor and B cell activation in MRL/Ipr mouse / 中华风湿病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect and mechanism of murine bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BM-MSCs)transplantation on B-cell activating factor(BAFF)expression and B cell activation of MRL/Ipr mice.Methods Eighteen female MRL/Ipr mice were divided into the treatment group and the control group.Five female BAL B/C mice were used as negative controls.At the age of 18 weeks,the treatment group was transplanted with 1×10~6 murine BM-MSCs through vena caudalis,the control group was treated with 0.5ml sodium chloride.Enzyme linked immunoserbent assay(ELISA)was used to measure the level of the BAFF,IFN-γ,IL-2 and IL-10 in the serum.The percentage and numbers of Marginal zone,T1 and T2 B cells in spleen were detected by flow cytometry.Results①Eight weeks after transplantation,the level of BAFF [(32±14)ng/ml]in serum of the treatment group decreased significantly than the control group[(47±13)ng/ml](P＜0.05)as well as the level of serum IL- 10,IFN-γ and IL-2 levels[(19±7)vs(40±13)pg/ml](P＜0.01)[(25±20)pg/ml vs(38±25)pg/ml][(73±10)pg/ml vs(80±15)pg/ml].② Eight weeks after trans-plantation,the mice in the treatment group had lower percentages of marginal zone B cells[(15±4)% vs (21±5)%],and the numbers of marginal zone B cells were significantly decreased in the treatment group as compared with the control group[(9±6)×10~6 vs(19±10)×10~6,P＜0.05].③ Eight weeks after transplantation,the mice in the treatment group had lower percentages of T1 and T2 B cells[(3.4±2.1)% vs(7.3±4.0)%][(2.6+1.4)%vs(4.8±2.7)%],and the numbers of T1[(2.7±1.7)×10~6 vs(5.1±2.0)×10~6,P＜0.05]and T2 B cells[(2.0±1.2)×10~6 vs(3.7±1.7)×10~6,P＜0.05]were both significantly decreased in the treatment group as compared with the control group.Conclusion BM-MSCs transplantation decreases the expression of BAFF in association with the diminished production of the pathogenic cytokines IFN-γ and IL-10.Inhibition of BAFF also results in decreased numbers of T1 and T2 B cells and MZ B cells.