Engineered Regulatory T Cells Regulate Immune Tolerance for Biomedical Applications
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1)School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Computer-Aided Drug Design of Dongguan City,Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan 523808, China;2)CAS-HK Joint Lab of Biomaterials, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China;3)Institute for Hepatology, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Shenzhen 518112, China

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This work was supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China (81971749), Guangdong Province Key Areas R&D Program Project (2020B1111540001), Natural Science Foundation Project of Guangdong Province (2022A1515010780), Guangdong Provincial University Key Field Project (2022ZDZX2022), Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (JCYJ20210324115607020, JCYJ20210324115611032).

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    Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are T lymphocytes that perform immunomodulatory functions. By providing accurate, efficient, safe and controlled regulation of systemic immunity, Tregs play a key role in the treatment of autoimmune diseases and immune rejection after organ transplantation. However, Tregs have clinical limitations such as off-targeting and functional phenotype instability. Genetic and biomedical engineering are promising strategies to promote Treg active targeting and chemotaxis to the inflammation site, and to maintain Treg Forkhead box protein 3 (Foxp3) expression during immune-regulation. Herein, Treg anti-inflammatory mechanisms, engineering tactics and bulk production methods are systematically summarized. By anti-inflammatory cytokine secretion, Granzyme B release or effector T cell metabolism intervention, Tregs can inhibit effector T cell proliferation and activation, or even kill immune cells. Moreover, expressing genetically modified receptors (CARs, TCRs and CXCRs) or conjugating nanomaterials onto cell surface, can help enhance targeted recognition and maintain anti-inflammatory function of Tregs. Artificial antigen-presenting-cells or costimulatory molecules can stimulate Treg cell proliferation and activation. By prospecting the application of biomedical-engineered Tregs in autoimmune diseases, organ transplantation and other inflammatory diseases, this work aims to inspire and promote the clinical application of Tregs adoptive therapy.

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ZHENG Si-Rui, LIAO Jian-Hong, CHEN Ze, PAN Hong, HUANG Zun-Nan, ZHENG Ming-Bin, CAI Lin-Tao. Engineered Regulatory T Cells Regulate Immune Tolerance for Biomedical Applications[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2023,50(6):1261-1271

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  • Received:December 24,2022
  • Revised:April 08,2023
  • Accepted:March 17,2023
  • Online: June 20,2023
  • Published: June 20,2023