title: Neural precursor cells inhibit multiple inflammatory signals.
abstract: Intravenous neural precursor cell (NPCs) injection attenuates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by reducing autoreactive T cell encephalitogenicity in lymph nodes in vivo. Here we examined NPC-lymphocyte interactions in vitro. NPCs inhibited the induction of T cell activation marker IL-2-Receptor alpha, ICOS, PD-1 and CTLA-4 and inhibited T cell proliferation. NPCs inhibited T cell activation and proliferation in response to Concavalin-A and to anti-CD3/anti-CD28, which are T cell receptor (TCR)-mediated stimuli, but not in response to phorbol myristate acetate/ionomycin, a TCR-independent stimulus. The suppressive effect was not mediated via downregulation of CD3epsilon or induction of apoptosis. We next examined NPCs effects on inflammatory-cytokine signaling. NPCs impaired IL-2-mediated phosphorylation of JAK3 in lymphocytes, and inhibited IL-6 mediated proliferation of B9 murine hybridoma cells. In conclusion, NPCs ameliorate TCR-mediated T cell activation and inhibit inflammatory cytokines' signaling in immune cells. These findings may underlie the broad anti-inflammatory effects of NPCs in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Agnes Ginges Center of Human Neurogenetics, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, EinKerem, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fainstein
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vaknin
authors.forename: Ofira
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Einstein
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zisman
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Ben Sasson
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baniyash
authors.forename: Tamir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ben-Hur
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D005260:Female; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000276:immunology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000276:immunology; D053616:Janus Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000166:cytology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D015850:Interleukin-6; D053616:Janus Kinase 3