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THE STEM CELL NICHE |
aLaboratory of Oncology, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy;
bClinic of Internal Medicine I, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa Medical School, Genoa, Italy;
cAz. Ospedaliera S. Giovanni Battista (Molinette), Turin, Italy
Key Words. Mesenchymal stem cells • Neutrophils • Interleukin-6R/Interleukin-6 fusion protein • Bone marrow
Correspondence: Correspondence: Lizzia Raffaghello, Ph.D., Laboratory of Oncology, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova 15145, Italy. Telephone: 0039-010-5636342; Fax: 0039-010-3779820; e-mail: lizziaraffaghello{at}ospedale-gaslini.ge.it
Received on May 29, 2007;
accepted for publication on October 3, 2007.
Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest is found at the end of this article.
First published online in STEM CELLS EXPRESS October 11, 2007.
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) establish close interactions with bone marrow sinusoids in a putative perivascular niche. These vessels contain a large storage pool of mature nonproliferating neutrophils. Here, we have investigated the effects of human bone marrow MSC on neutrophil survival and effector functions. MSC from healthy donors, at very low MSC:neutrophil ratios (up to 1:500), significantly inhibited apoptosis of resting and interleukin (IL)-8-activated neutrophils and dampened N-formyl-L-methionin-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (f-MLP)-induced respiratory burst. The antiapoptotic activity of MSC did not require cell-to-cell contact, as shown by transwell experiments. Antibody neutralization experiments demonstrated that the key MSC-derived soluble factor responsible for neutrophil protection from apoptosis was IL-6, which signaled by activating STAT-3 transcription factor. Furthermore, IL-6 expression was detected in MSC by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Finally, recombinant IL-6 was found to protect neutrophils from apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner. MSC had no effect on neutrophil phagocytosis, expression of adhesion molecules, and chemotaxis in response to IL-8, f-MLP, or C5a. These results support the following conclusions: (a) in the bone marrow niche, MSC likely protect neutrophils of the storage pool from apoptosis, preserving their effector functions and preventing the excessive or inappropriate activation of the oxidative metabolism, and (b) a novel mechanism whereby the inflammatory potential of activated neutrophils is harnessed by inhibition of apoptosis and reactive oxygen species production without impairing phagocytosis and chemotaxis has been identified.
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