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- Title
Effect of Short Peptides of Pregnancy-Specific β1-Glycoprotein on Differentiation of Human Regulatory T Cells In Vitro and on Their Cytokine Profile.
- Authors
Timganova, V. P.; Bochkova, M. S.; Shardina, K. Yu.; Rayev, M. B.; Lyubimov, A. V.; Zamorina, S. A.
- Abstract
Pregnancy-specific β1-glycoprotein (PSG), one of the most important proteins of pregnancy, has a pronounced immunosuppressive effect. Short peptides of PSG, the so-called SLiMs (short linear motifs), are promising molecules for mild immunosuppression. We studied in vitro effect of short PSG peptides (YACS, YQCE, YVCS, and YECE) on differentiation and cytokine profile of human T-regulatory lymphocytes (Treg). T helpers isolated from the peripheral blood and polarized into the Treg phenotype with a T-cell activator (anti-CD2/3/28) and the cytokines IL-2 and transforming grown factor β (TGFβ) were used. PSG peptides were shown to have no direct modulatory effect on Treg differentiation in a culture of CD4+ cells polarized to the Treg phenotype. At the same time, PSG peptides had no effect on the viability and number of CD4+ cells in the in vitro culture. PSG peptides also had no effect on the levels of TNFα, IL-8, IL-2, macrophage inflammatory protein 1β, IL-17, IL-10, IL-6, granulocyte-macrophage CSF, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, IL-13, IL-5, IL-7, IL-12(p70), IL-1β, granulocyte CSF, IL-4, but decreased IFNγ levels. The observed ability of the YQCE peptide to reduce the production of this proinflammatory Th1 cytokine by T helper cells can be interpreted as a positive effect. Our findings can be used for further development of safe peptide drugs based on SLiMs sequences.
- Subjects
REGULATORY T cells; T cells; T helper cells; SUPPRESSOR cells; MACROPHAGE inflammatory proteins; PREGNANCY proteins; MONOCYTE chemotactic factor; T cell receptors
- Publication
Bulletin of Experimental Biology & Medicine, 2024, Vol 177, Issue 1, p124
- ISSN
0007-4888
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10517-024-06143-7