Dose-Response Immunomodulatory Effects of Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Culture-Conditioned Media in Acute Graft-versus-Host-Disease
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Background
Mesenchymal stem cell-based therapy faces challenges that have driven interest in MSCs-derived culture-conditioned media (CCM) as a cell-free alternative. Our study aims to optimize the dose, and collection timing of CCM to enhance its therapeutic efficacy in aGVHD, while also standardizing co-culture conditions for CD3 + T-cell interaction with CCM.
Material and Methods
Human MSCs were isolated from BM and WJ and subsequently preconditioned under hypoxic conditions (1% O 2 ) for 24 hours in a tri-gas incubator. Culture-conditioned media (CCM) was collected from both naive and hypoxia-preconditioned MSCs at 24, 48, and 72 hours and filtered using a 0.2 μm membrane filter. CD3+ T-cell were isolated from PBMNCs derived from aGVHD patients. These T-cell were co-cultured at varying densities (2*10 6 , 5*10 6 , and 10*10 6 cells/ml) with different concentrations of CCM (25%, 50%, and 100%), and cell proliferation was assessed using the MTS assay. Furthermore, CD3+ T-cell proliferation and activation status were evaluated in a 2D co-culture model of CD3+ T-cell and CCM using flow cytometry.
Results
Our findings revealed that CCM collected at 48 hours, at a 50% concentration, exerted the most pronounced inhibitory effect on CD3+ T-cell proliferation, particularly at a density of 5*10 6 cells/ml, irrespective of the MSCs source. Hypoxia preconditioning significantly enhanced the immunomodulatory effects, with WJ-MSCs HYP -CCM demonstrating superior efficacy in suppressing T-cell proliferation, increasing the CD4+/CD8+ T-cell ratio, and reducing CD4+ T-cell activation compared to BM-MSCs HYP -CCM.
Conclusion
These results emphasize the critical role of optimizing CCM collection timing and concentration to maximize therapeutic potential. Our study paves the way for the development of standardized, scalable, and effective cell-free therapies for aGVHD.
Graphical Abstract
Optimum conditions for CCM dose, collection time point, and CD3 + T-cell dose for effective immunomodulatory effect of MSCs-derived CCM in aGVHD. (created using Biorender.com )
