Reconstitution of Natural Killer cells after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is facilitated by Huiyang-Guben decoction through activating the Smad7/Stat3 signal pathway
Natural Killer (NK) cell is the first batch of re-constructed cell populations after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), and its delayed reconstitution inevitably causes poor outcome. The traditional Chinese medicine Huiyang-Guben decoction (HYGB) has been clinically used in patients undergoing allo-HSCT, but its effect on NK cell reconstruction is still unclear. 40 patients with allo-HSCT therapy were randomly divided into the control group and the HYGB group, and were given oral administration of normal saline or HYGB for 4 weeks before allo-HSCT, respectively. NK cells were cultured and treated with transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and HYGB in vitro, and cell viability, cell apoptosis, and the function of NK cells were evaluated. Functional verification experiments were performed by knocking down signal transduction molecule 7 (Smad7) in NK cells before TGF-beta and HYGB treatment. Clinical data suggested that HYGB intervention decreased the incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease after allo-HSCT, and increased the proportion of NK cell population. Meanwhile, HYGB improved cell viability, restrained apoptotic cell death, and enhanced cell killing activity of NK cells in patients with allo-HSCT. Notably, we found that HYGB significantly increased the expression level of Smad7 and the phosphorylation level of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) in NK cells from patients with allo-HSCT. Moreover, HYGB alleviated TGF-beta-induced NK cell impairment and re-activated the Smad7/Stat3 signaling in vitro, while silencing Smad7 reversed the protective effect of HYGB on TGF-beta-treated NK cells. HYGB promotes NK cell reconstruction and improves NK cell function after allo-HSCT through activating the Smad7/Stat3 signaling pathway.
基金:
This project was funded by Open Project of Yunnan Clinical Medical Center (No. 2021LCZXXF-XY01, NO. 2020LCZXKFXY12, NO. 2021LCZXXF-XY03, NO. 2020LCZXKF-XY16, NO.
2021LCZXXF-XY02) and Yunnan Provincial Department of Science
and Technology (NO. 202301AY070001-098)
第一作者机构:[1]First Peoples Hosp Yunnan, Dept Hematol, 157 Jinbi Rd, Kunming 650032, Yunnan, Peoples R China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Gao Xiaoli,Wang Qi,He Haitao,et al.Reconstitution of Natural Killer cells after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is facilitated by Huiyang-Guben decoction through activating the Smad7/Stat3 signal pathway[J].MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY.2024,479(7):1721-1733.doi:10.1007/s11010-023-04882-1.
APA:
Gao, Xiaoli,Wang, Qi,He, Haitao,Yang, Tonghua,Zhang, Haixi...&Yao, Xiangmei.(2024).Reconstitution of Natural Killer cells after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is facilitated by Huiyang-Guben decoction through activating the Smad7/Stat3 signal pathway.MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY,479,(7)
MLA:
Gao, Xiaoli,et al."Reconstitution of Natural Killer cells after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is facilitated by Huiyang-Guben decoction through activating the Smad7/Stat3 signal pathway".MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY 479..7(2024):1721-1733