Biopolym. Cell. 2020; 36(4):304-312.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.000A33
Molecular Biomedicine
Personalized responsiveness of human PBMCs to the action of IL-7
1Kovalchuk M. V., 1Ruban T. A., 1Usenko M. O., 1Kordium V. A.
  1. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
    150, Akademika Zabolotnoho Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143

Abstract

Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is an important element in the functioning of the immune system. Therefore, it would be appropriate to assess individual responses of the immune cells to IL-7. Aim. To analyze ex vivo responses of the healthy adult individual T cells to increasing rhIL-7 concentrations. Methods. Isolation and cultivation of PBMCs and in vitro cytokine bioassay. Quantitative determination of cell viability was performed by the metabolic MTT-uptake assay in viable cells. EC50 was calculated by means of OriginPro7,5. Results. The dose-response effect on T cell subsets of PBMCs for different concentrations of rhIL-7 in individuals in vitro was evaluated. [The] IL-7 bioassay revealed that the individual EC50 values ranged from 0.41 to 1.5 ng/ml. Inter-individual variability was high for EC50 values (CVG=38 %). Maximal percentage increase in cell viability among subjects demonstrated moderate variability (CVG=15 %). Conclusions. The study revealed that responsiveness to IL-7 is various for the PBMCs originated from different individuals. Our research assumes that the personalized responsiveness of human PBMCs to IL-7 may be considered as valuable prognostic information about the immune system state and the T cells response to IL-7-based therapies. The advantage of the optimized bioassay for the detection sensitivity of PBMC response to IL-7 was shown.
Keywords: IL-7, PBMCs, inter-individual variability.
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