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Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells can modulate the effector immune cells especially T lymphocytes. Due to this important feature, they can regulate the development of a variety of disorders including inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, cancers, and transplantation outcomes. One of the most important MSC immunoregulatory functions is their capacity to convert conventional T cells into regulatory T cells. Several mechanisms, mostly related to MSCs but not T cells, have been shown essential for this aspect. The inflammatory microenvironment majorly caused by pro-inflammatory cytokines has been demonstrated to govern the direction of the immune response. In this respect, we have recently revealed that the TNFα-TNFR2 signaling controls several aspects of MSC immunomodulatory properties including their ability to suppress T cells and their conversion towards Foxp3-expressing Tregs. Here in this work, we have looked from another angle by investigating the impact of TNFR2 expression by T cells on their ability to be converted to suppressive Tregs by MSCs. We showed that unlike WT-T cells, their TNFR2 KO counterparts are remarkably less able to convert into Foxp3 +  and Foxp3 −  Tregs. Furthermore, TNFR2 blockade diminished the anti-inflammatory cytokine secretion by iTregs and consequently resulted in less T cell immunosuppression. This work is the first evidence of the crucial association of TNFR2 expression by T cells with their iTreg conversion capacity by MSCs. It strengthens once more the potential of anti-TNFR2 administration for a strong and effective interference with the immunosuppression exerted by TNFR2-expressing cells.

Regulatory T cell induction by mesenchymal stem cells depends on the expression of TNFR2 by T cells