Induced Treg-Derived Extracellular Vesicles suppress CD4+T-Cell-mediated inflammation and ameliorate bone loss during Periodontitis partly through CD73/Adenosine-dependent immunomodulatory mechanisms

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Rojas, Carolina, Garcia, Michelle, Gonzalez-Osuna, Luis, Campos-Mora, Mauricio, Ponce de Leon, Enrique, Sierra-Cristancho, Alfredo, Terraza, Claudia, Cortez, Cristian, Sansores-Espana, Luis Daniel, Carvajal, Paola, Bazoer, Jordan, Peng, Qi, Lawson, Charlotte, Smyth, Lesley, Pino-Lagos, Karina and Vernal, Ronaldo (2025) Induced Treg-Derived Extracellular Vesicles suppress CD4+T-Cell-mediated inflammation and ameliorate bone loss during Periodontitis partly through CD73/Adenosine-dependent immunomodulatory mechanisms. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 14 (7).

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Abstract

Regulatory T cell (Treg)-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent a contact-independent mechanism by which Tregs suppress dysregulated immune responses. These EVs carry diverse immunomodulatory molecules, including CD73, an ectoenzyme that hydrolysesAMPinto adenosine.Adenosine subsequently acts as a potent immunosuppressive mediator that inhibits effector CD4+T cell activation and controls pathological inflammation. Periodontitis is a highly prevalent inflammatory disease characterised by the accumulation of IL-17A-expressing CD4+ T cells in response to dysbiotic oral bacterial biofilms, ultimately leading to RANKLmediated alveolar bone resorption and tooth loss. We tested the hypothesis that CD73+ Treg-derived EVs, isolated from Tregs induced with polarising cytokines in the presence of retinoic acid, could limit inflammation and prevent alveolar bone loss in periodontitis. Our findings demonstrate that Tregs induced with polarising cytokines in the presence of retinoic acid express high
levels of CD73 and secrete adenosine-producing suppressive CD73+ EVs. Furthermore, local administration of these CD73+ Tregderived EVs in a murine periodontitis model reduced activated CD4+ T cell infiltration, decreased IL-17A and RANKL expression, and attenuated osteoclast-mediated alveolar bone loss. In conclusion, retinoic acid-induced Treg-derived EVs suppress CD4+ T cell-driven inflammation and ameliorate periodontitis, at least in part through CD73/adenosine-dependent immunomodulatory mechanisms.

Item Type:	Article
Identifier:	10.1002/jev2.70118
Keywords:	5’-nucleotidase; adenosine; extracellular vesicles; periodontitis; regulatory T cell; retinoic acid; Treg
Subjects:	Natural sciences > Cell and molecular biology
Depositing User:	Lesley Smyth
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2025 13:08
Last Modified:	08 Jul 2025 13:15
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/13838
Sustainable Development Goals:	Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

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Induced Treg-Derived Extracellular Vesicles suppress CD4+T-Cell-mediated inflammation and ameliorate bone loss during Periodontitis partly through CD73/Adenosine-dependent immunomodulatory mechanisms

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