Abstract:Objective To explore the effects of peripheral blood mononuclear cells treated with IL-2 and GM-CSF in vitro on T lymphocyte subsets and cytokines in aplastic anemia mice. Methods Models of immune-mediated aplastic anemia were established according to literature methods, and a control group, a model group and an intervention group were established. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from normal homologous mice and cultured for 48 hours under the effects of IL-2 and GM-CSF and administered intravenously to mice in the intervention group (on the 1st d, 2nd d, 4th d and 6th d). The model group was given equal volume of normal saline. The counts of WBC, PLT, and Hb level in peripheral blood were tested in all mice on the 7th d, 14th d, 21st d, and 28th d. All mice were sacrificed on the 28th d or the brink of death. The numbers of bone marrow nucleated cells (granulocytes, erythrocytes, lymphocytes, megakaryocytes) were counted. The proportions of CD3+CD4+(T helper cells, Th cells), CD3+CD8+(T suppressor cells, Ts cells), CD4+CD25+CD127?(regulatory T cells, T-regs) cells in peripheral blood were measured, and the levels of TNF-α and IFN-γ in serum were measured. Results The WBC of the model group and the intervention group was lower than that of the control group (P < 0.05), and the WBC of the intervention group was higher than that of the model group on the 21st and 28th d (P < 0.05). PLT in the model group and the intervention group was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05), and higher in the intervention group on the 21st and 28th day (P < 0.05). The Hb of model group and intervention group was lower than that of control group (P < 0.05), and the Hb of intervention group was higher than that of model group on the 28th day (P < 0.05). The proportion of granulocytes, erythrocytes and megakaryocytes in the model group and the intervention group were lower than those in the control group, and the proportion of lymphocytes in the intervention group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The proportion of Th cells and T-regs cells in the model group was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05), and the proportion of TS cells in the model group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The proportion of Th cells and T-regs cells in the intervention group was higher than that in the model group, and the proportion of TS cells in the intervention group was lower than that in the model group (P < 0.05). The levels of TNF-α and IFN-γ in the model group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05), and the levels in the intervention group were lower than those in the model group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Infusion of peripheral blood mononuclear cells treated with IL-2/GM-CSF in vitro can help to regulate T lymphocyte subsets disorder and reduce the hematopoietic negative cytokines, so as to improve the bone marrow hematopoietic function in aplastic anemia mice.