Tanshinone IIA Ameliorates CNS Autoimmunity by Promoting the Differentiation of Regulatory T Cells
Tanshinone IIA Ameliorates CNS Autoimmunity by Promoting the Differentiation of Regulatory T Cells
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丹参酮 IIA 通过促进调节性 T 细胞的分化来改善 CNS 自身免疫。
DOI:
10.1007/s13311-019-00789-2
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发表时间:
2020-04-01
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Yan, Ya-Ping
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作者:
Gong, Ye;Liu, Yuan-Chu;Yan, Ya-Ping
Tanshinone IIA (TSA), an important natural lipophilic diterpene compound from the traditional Chinese herbSalvia miltiorrhizaBunge, has long been widely used for the prevention and treatment of various diseases because of its anti-inflammatory activities; however, the anti-inflammatory mechanism remains unknown. In the present work, we examined the effects of TSA on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a model of autoreactive T/B cell-mediated central nervous system (CNS) autoimmunity. The data showed that TSA significantly attenuates the severity of EAE when administered at the pre-onset and peak of clinical disease.In vivo, the protective effects of TSA on EAE mice are correlated with diminished inflammatory infiltration, demyelination, and GM-CSF-producing CD4(+)T cells in the spinal cord and selectively increased regulatory T (Treg) cell frequencies in both the spinal cord and spleen. We further confirm that TSA can promote the polarization of naive CD4(+)T cells into Treg cells both by targeting dendritic cells (DCs) to drive transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) upregulation and by directly targeting naive CD4(+)T cellsin vitro. Most importantly, we showed that TSA-induced Treg cells display an effective suppressive activity at a level comparable to TGF-beta 1-polarized Treg Cellsin vitroandin vivo. Taken together, our data provide evidence that TSA can promote Treg cell differentiation, and TSA may have a promising application as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of neuroinflammatory diseases.