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Weiss EM, Schmidt A, Vobis D, Garbi N, Lahl K, Mayer CT, Sparwasser T, Ludwig A, Suri-Payer E, Oberle N, Krammer PH. Foxp3-Mediated Suppression of CD95L Expression Confers Resistance to Activation-Induced Cell Death in Regulatory T Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:1684-91. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Torelli GF, Maggio R, Peragine N, Chiaretti S, De Propris MS, Lucarelli B, Screnci M, Mascolo MG, Milano F, Iori AP, Girelli G, Guarini A, Foà R. Functional analysis and gene expression profile of umbilical cord blood regulatory T cells. Ann Hematol 2011; 91:155-61. [PMID: 21732086 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-011-1288-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The aim of the study was to analyze and compare the functional properties and the gene expression profile of regulatory T cells (Tregs) isolated from cord blood (CB) units (n = 23) and from the peripheral blood (PB) of adult normal donors (n = 13). Tregs were purified from mononuclear cells and expanded for 6 days with anti-CD3, anti-CD28, and IL-2. CB and PB Tregs presented similar immunophenotypic features. However, Tregs isolated from CB presented a much higher expansion capacity; this was confirmed by the genomic characterization that showed in CB-derived Tregs significant enrichments of genes involved in cell proliferation, chromatin modification, and regulation of gene expression. All samples were positive for the FoxP3 gene and protein after expansion. CB and PB expanded Tregs exerted a comparable and potent suppressive function on the proliferative reaction of autologous T cells stimulated by allogeneic dendritic cells and presented a high in vitro IL-10 production capacity. Gene profile analysis also revealed for PB Tregs significant enrichments of genes involved in the adaptive immune response. These data offer further insights into the understanding of the biology of CB transplantation indicating a possible role played by CB Tregs in the suppression of the allogeneic T cell response.
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- Giovanni Fernando Torelli
- Division of Hematology, Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Benevento 6, 00161, Rome, Italy.
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Köhler C, Adegnika AA, van der Linden R, Luty AJF, Kremsner PG. Phenotypic characterization of mononuclear blood cells from pregnant Gabonese and their newborns. Trop Med Int Health 2011; 16:1061-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02812.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Mackroth MS, Malhotra I, Mungai P, Koech D, Muchiri E, King CL. Human cord blood CD4+CD25hi regulatory T cells suppress prenatally acquired T cell responses to Plasmodium falciparum antigens. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 186:2780-91. [PMID: 21278348 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In malaria endemic regions, a fetus is often exposed in utero to Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage Ags. In some newborns, this can result in the induction of immune suppression. We have previously shown these modulated immune responses to persist postnatally, with a subsequent increase in a child's susceptibility to infection. To test the hypothesis that this immune suppression is partially mediated by malaria-specific regulatory T cells (T(regs)) in utero, cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMC) were obtained from 44 Kenyan newborns of women with and without malaria at delivery. CD4(+)CD25(lo) T cells and CD4(+)CD25(hi) FOXP3(+) cells (T(regs)) were enriched from CBMC. T(reg) frequency and HLA-DR expression on T(regs) were significantly greater for Kenyan as compared with North American CBMC (p < 0.01). CBMC/CD4(+) T cells cultured with P. falciparum blood-stage Ags induced production of IFN-γ, IL-13, IL-10, and/or IL-5 in 50% of samples. Partial depletion of CD25(hi) cells augmented the Ag-driven IFN-γ production in 69% of subjects with malaria-specific responses and revealed additional Ag-reactive lymphocytes in previously unresponsive individuals (n = 3). Addition of T(regs) to CD4(+)CD25(lo) cells suppressed spontaneous and malaria Ag-driven production of IFN-γ in a dose-dependent fashion, until production was completely inhibited in most subjects. In contrast, T(regs) only partially suppressed malaria-induced Th2 cytokines. IL-10 or TGF-β did not mediate this suppression. Thus, prenatal exposure to malaria blood-stage Ags induces T(regs) that primarily suppress Th1-type recall responses to P. falciparum blood-stage Ags. Persistence of these T(regs) postnatally could modify a child's susceptibility to malaria infection and disease.
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- Maria S Mackroth
- Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Stelmaszczyk-Emmel A, Jackowska T, Rutkowska-Sak L, Marusak-Banacka M, Wąsik M. Identification, frequency, activation and function of CD4+ CD25(high)FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Rheumatol Int 2011; 32:1147-54. [PMID: 21249500 PMCID: PMC3336051 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1728-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2010] [Accepted: 12/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The aim of the study was to test the frequency of CD4+ CD25highFoxP3 regulatory T cells in JIA patients and to assess their activation status and functional activity. The study involved 12 children with JIA and 35 healthy control subjects. PBMC were stained with monoclonal antibodies (anti-CD25, anti-CD4, anti-CD127, anti-CD69, anti-CD71, and anti-FoxP3). The samples were evaluated using flow cytometer. CD4+ CD25− and CD4+ CD25+ cells were isolated by negative and positive selection with magnetic microbeads. CD4+ CD25+ and CD4+ CD25− cells were cultured separately and co-cultured (1:1) with or without PHA. The percentage of Tregs in JIA patients was significantly decreased in comparison with controls (median, 3.2 vs. 4.6; P = 0.042). Relative fluorescence intensities of FoxP3 were higher in JIA patients than in controls (median, 9.1 vs. 6.8). The percentage of activated Tregs (CD71+) was significantly higher in JIA patients in comparison with controls (median, 6.5 vs. 2.8; P = 0.00043). CD4+ CD25+ cells derived from JIA patients and controls were anergic upon PHA stimulation, while CD4+ CD25− cells showed intensive proliferative response. The proliferation rate of CD4+ CD25− cells stimulated by PHA was decreased in co-cultures. In JIA patients, the inhibition of proliferation of CD4+ CD25− cells by CD4+ CD25+ cells was 37.9%, whereas in controls it was significantly lower (55.7%, P = 0.046). JIA patients had statistically lower percentage of Tregs in peripheral blood compared to controls. CD4+ CD25+ cells sorted from peripheral blood of JIA patients had statistically lower ability to suppress CD4+ CD25− cell proliferation in comparison with cells obtained from controls.
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- Anna Stelmaszczyk-Emmel
- Department of Laboratory Diagnostics and Clinical Immunology of Developmental Age, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Marszalkowska 24, 00-576 Warsaw, Poland.
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Sawan S, Burt DJ, Stern PL, Holland C, Elkord E. Circulating Regulatory T Cells in Endometrial Cancer: A Role for Age and Menopausal Status. Immunol Invest 2010; 40:62-75. [DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2010.513022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Kim YJ, Broxmeyer HE. Immune regulatory cells in umbilical cord blood and their potential roles in transplantation tolerance. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2010; 79:112-26. [PMID: 20727784 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2010.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2010] [Revised: 07/08/2010] [Accepted: 07/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is a source of primitive hematopoietic stem (HSC) and progenitor cells, that served as an alternative to bone marrow (BM) for effective transplantation therapy. Success of HSC transplantation (HSCT) is limited in part by graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), graft rejection and delayed immune reconstitution, which all relate to immunological complications. GVHD after UCB transplantation is lower compared to that of BM HSCT. This may relate to the tolerogenic nature of T cells, mononuclear cells (MNCs) and especially immune regulatory cells existing in UCB. UCB contains limiting numbers of HSC or CD34(+) cell dose for adult patients resulting in delayed engraftment after UCB transplantation (UCBT). This needs to be improved for optimal transplantation outcomes. Approaches have been undertaken to promote HSC engraftment, including co-infusion of multiple units of UCB cells. These new methods however added additional immunological complications. Herein, we describe current knowledge on features of UCB immune cells, including regulatory T cells (Tregs) and mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) and their potential future usage to reduce GVHD.
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- Young-June Kim
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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Wang L, Xie Y, Zhu LJ, Chang TT, Mao YQ, Li J. An association between immunosenescence and CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells: a systematic review. BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES : BES 2010; 23:327-332. [PMID: 20934123 DOI: 10.1016/s0895-3988(10)60072-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2009] [Accepted: 06/09/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Age-related increment of the prevalence of CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells were described controversially, and whether such changes explain immune dysfunction in the elderly is still unclear. The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the role of the Tregs in immunosenescence. METHODS Medline and manual searches were performed to identify all published epidemiological and animal studies investigating the efficacy of the association between immunosenescence and Treg cells. RESULTS It was founded that the frequency, phenotypic characteristics, and number/function of Tregs were altered significantly with aging. Medical conditions in individuals with advanced ageas well as apoptosis intensity of Treg cells had an impact on the accumulation of Tregs which in turn could deteriorate cytotoxic activity of CD8(+) T and NK cells and production of IL-2. The range of immune cells that could be suppressed by Treg cells was quite wide and covered CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells, NK cells, dendritic cells and even monocytes. These changes were observed both in humans and experimental animals. Besides, it was believed that frequency of Tregs increased with age and was accompanied by intensified suppressive activity for Tregs in patients, for example, with Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson disease (PD). The impaired condition of CD4(+) T cells, so-called immunosenescence, rendered transplant recipients less responsive to an allogeneic kidney graft, an effect that was limited to transplant recipients who were aged over 60 years. CONCLUSIONS Treg cells are associated with immunosenescence. All these changes contribute to the aging-related decline of immune responses and lead to the higher risk of immune-mediated diseases, cancer or infections in aged individuals.
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- Ling Wang
- Clinical Immunology Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, Jiangsu, China.
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Koyabu M, Uchida K, Miyoshi H, Sakaguchi Y, Fukui T, Ikeda H, Takaoka M, Hirohara J, Nishio A, Uemura Y, Uemoto S, Okazaki K. Analysis of regulatory T cells and IgG4-positive plasma cells among patients of IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis and autoimmune liver diseases. J Gastroenterol 2010; 45:732-41. [PMID: 20087609 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-010-0199-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2009] [Accepted: 12/23/2009] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) characteristically show elevated serum levels of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) and abundant infiltration of IgG4-positive plasmacytes in the involved organs. The most common involved organ showing extrapancreatic lesions is the bile duct, which exhibits sclerosing cholangitis (SC). However, the role of IgG4 in the development of IgG4-related SC (IgG4-SC) remains unclear. To clarify the role of IgG4 in IgG4-SC, we have performed an immunohistochemical analysis of the bile duct. METHODS Laboratory and immunohistochemical findings of liver biopsy specimens obtained from patients with IgG4-SC, primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) were compared. The biopsy specimens were first stained with anti-IgG1, anti-IgG4, and anti-Foxp3 (forkhead box P3) antibodies, and the ratio of IgG4-, IgG1-, and Foxp3-positive cells, respectively, to infiltrated mononuclear cells (IgG4/Mono, IgG1/Mono, Foxp3/Mono) was assessed. RESULTS The ratio of IgG4/IgG1-positive plasma cells was significantly higher in specimens obtained from patients with IgG4-SC than in those from patients with PSC, AIH, and PBC. The Foxp3/Mono ratio in patients with PBC was significantly higher than that in patients with IgG4-SC and PSC. In patients with IgG4-SC, the number of Foxp3-positive cells was significantly correlated with the number of IgG4-positive cells; in the other patient groups, there was no correlation. CONCLUSIONS The IgG4/IgG1 ratio in the liver may be a useful marker for differential diagnosis of IgG4-SC and PSC. In IgG4-SC, abundant infiltration of regulatory T cells (Tregs) may affect the switching of B cells to IgG4-producing plasmacytes, and there is a possibility that the function of Tregs is different in IgG4-SC and other liver diseases (PSC, AIH, and PBC).
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- Masanori Koyabu
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8507, Japan
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Baltcheva I, Codarri L, Pantaleo G, Le Boudec JY. Lifelong dynamics of human CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells: insights from in vivo data and mathematical modeling. J Theor Biol 2010; 266:307-22. [PMID: 20600134 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2009] [Revised: 06/14/2010] [Accepted: 06/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Despite their limited proliferation capacity, regulatory T cells (T(regs)) constitute a population maintained over the entire lifetime of a human organism. The means by which T(regs) sustain a stable pool in vivo are controversial. Using a mathematical model, we address this issue by evaluating several biological scenarios of the origins and the proliferation capacity of two subsets of T(regs): precursor CD4(+)CD25(+)CD45RO(-) and mature CD4(+)CD25(+)CD45RO(+) cells. The lifelong dynamics of T(regs) are described by a set of ordinary differential equations, driven by a stochastic process representing the major immune reactions involving these cells. The model dynamics are validated using data from human donors of different ages. Analysis of the data led to the identification of two properties of the dynamics: (1) the equilibrium in the CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+)T(regs) population is maintained over both precursor and mature T(regs) pools together, and (2) the ratio between precursor and mature T(regs) is inverted in the early years of adulthood. Then, using the model, we identified three biologically relevant scenarios that have the above properties: (1) the unique source of mature T(regs) is the antigen-driven differentiation of precursors that acquire the mature profile in the periphery and the proliferation of T(regs) is essential for the development and the maintenance of the pool; there exist other sources of mature T(regs), such as (2) a homeostatic density-dependent regulation or (3) thymus- or effector-derived T(regs), and in both cases, antigen-induced proliferation is not necessary for the development of a stable pool of T(regs). This is the first time that a mathematical model built to describe the in vivo dynamics of regulatory T cells is validated using human data. The application of this model provides an invaluable tool in estimating the amount of regulatory T cells as a function of time in the blood of patients that received a solid organ transplant or are suffering from an autoimmune disease.
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- Irina Baltcheva
- Laboratory for Computer Communications and Applications, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL IC-LCA, Batiment BC 258, Station 14, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Flanagan KL, Burl S, Lohman-Payne BL, Plebanski M. The challenge of assessing infant vaccine responses in resource-poor settings. Expert Rev Vaccines 2010; 9:665-74. [PMID: 20518720 PMCID: PMC2937226 DOI: 10.1586/erv.10.41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Newborns and infants are highly susceptible to infectious diseases, resulting in high mortality and morbidity, particularly in resource-poor settings. Many vaccines require several booster doses, resulting in an extensive vaccine schedule, and yet there is still inadequate protection from some of these diseases. This is partly due to the immaturity of the neonate and infant immune system. Little is known about the specific modifications to immunological assessment protocols in early life but increasing knowledge of infant immunology has helped provide better recommendations for assessing these responses. Since most new vaccines will eventually be deployed in low-income settings such as Africa, the logistics and resources of assessing immunity in such settings also need to be understood. In this article, we will review immunity to vaccines in early life, discuss the many challenges associated with assessing immunogenicity and provide practical tips.
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- Medical Research Council (UK) The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Department of Immunology, Monash University, Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct, Melbourne, Australia
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Ikewaki N, Yamao H, Kulski JK, Inoko H. Flow cytometric identification of CD93 expression on naive T lymphocytes (CD4(+)CD45RA (+) cells) in human neonatal umbilical cord blood. J Clin Immunol 2010; 30:723-33. [PMID: 20512406 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-010-9426-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2009] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Human CD93 has a molecular weight of about 100 kDa and is selectively expressed by myeloid cell lineages in peripheral blood (PB) mononuclear cells. Although CD93 was initially identified as a receptor for complement component 1, subcomponent q phagocytosis (C1qRp) involved in the C1q-mediated enhancement of the phagocytosis of various antigens, several recent studies have reported that CD93 is not a receptor for the C1q-mediated enhancement of phagocytosis. The expression patterns of CD93 have been previously investigated in PB mononuclear cells (lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes) from adult PB and neonatal umbilical cord blood (UCB), and the expression of CD93 was not found on lymphocytes from either normal adult PB or neonatal UCB. However, the detection of CD93 expression in neonatal UCB using CD93 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that recognize different antigenic epitopes remains poorly understood. In this study, we examined the expression of CD93 on lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes from neonatal UCB using four different types of CD93 mAb detection probes, mNI-11, R139, R3, and X-2, using flow cytometric and western blot analyses. We found that CD93, as defined using all four mAbs, was expressed on monocytes and granulocytes in PB mononuclear cells from adult PB and neonatal UCB. On the other hand, we observed for the first time that the expression of CD93 on lymphocytes in neonatal UCB can only be detected using the mNI-11 mAb, established in our laboratory, and not with commercially available CD93 mAbs (R139, R3, and X-2). However, CD93 expression on lymphocytes from normal adults was not detected using any of the four CD93 mAbs. Two-color flow cytometric analyses showed that the CD93 recognized by mNI-11 mAb was expressed on CD3(+) T lymphocytes (mainly CD4(+) helper T lymphocytes), but not on CD19(+) B lymphocytes or on CD8(+) suppressor/cytotoxic T lymphocytes from neonatal UCB. In addition, CD93 was expressed on CD45RA(+) (naive antigen) lymphocytes from neonatal UCB, but not on CD45RO(+) (memory antigen) lymphocytes from neonatal UCB or on CD45RA(+) and CD45RO(+) lymphocytes from normal adult PB. Three-color flow cytometric analysis showed that CD93 was co-expressed on naive T lymphocytes (CD4(+)CD45RA(+)) from neonatal UCB. In a western blot analysis, the CD93 mAb (mNI-11) immunoprecipitated at a molecular weight of 98 kDa, identified as a CD93 molecule, in the CD4(+)CD45RA(+) cells from neonatal UCB but not from adult PB, similar to the results in the human monocyte-like cell line U937 (human CD93-positive cells). Taken together, these results provide the first direct evidence of a novel/naive cell population (CD4(+)CD45RA(+)CD93(+)) in neonatal UCB that may have an important role in cell biology, transplantation, and immature/mature immune responses.
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- Nobunao Ikewaki
- Department of Animal Pharmaceutical Science, Kyushu University of Health and Welfare School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1714-1 Yoshino-cho, Nobeoka, Miyazaki 882-8508, Japan.
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Flanagan KL, Halliday A, Burl S, Landgraf K, Jagne YJ, Noho-Konteh F, Townend J, Miles DJC, van der Sande M, Whittle H, Rowland-Jones S. The effect of placental malaria infection on cord blood and maternal immunoregulatory responses at birth. Eur J Immunol 2010; 40:1062-72. [PMID: 20039298 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Placental malaria (PM), a frequent infection of pregnancy, provides an ideal opportunity to investigate the impact on immune development of exposure of the foetal immune system to foreign Ag. We investigated the effect of PM on the regulatory phenotype and function of cord blood cells from healthy Gambian newborns and peripheral blood cells from their mothers, and analyzed for effects on the balance between regulatory and effector responses. Using the gold standard for classifying PM we further distinguished between resolved infection and acute or chronic PM active at the time of delivery. We show that exposure to malarial Ag in utero results in the expansion of malaria-specific FOXP3(+) Treg and more generalized FOXP3(+) CD4(+) Treg in chronic and resolved PM, alongside increased Th1 pro-inflammatory responses (IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma:IL-10) in resolved PM infection only. These observations demonstrate a clear effect of exposure to malarial Ag in foetal life on the immune environment at birth, with a regulatory response dominating in the newborns with ongoing chronic PM, while those with resolved infection produce both regulatory and inflammatory responses. The findings might explain some of the adverse effects on the health of babies born to women with PM.
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Disturbed regulatory T cell homeostasis in multiple sclerosis. Trends Mol Med 2010; 16:58-68. [PMID: 20159585 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2009.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2009] [Revised: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The pathological features of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system, support an autoimmune etiology. Strong evidence has been provided for a potential functional defect of CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) in patients with relapsing-remitting MS. More recently, alterations in homeostatic parameters related to the development and function of naive and memory-like Tregs were discovered in MS patients. In this review, we evaluate the evidence for disturbed Treg homeostasis in MS and discuss the role of potential compensatory mechanisms in the chronic disease phase. Better insights into the processes underlying the compromised immune regulation in MS patients will be important to understand the potential of Treg-based therapies.
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Booth NJ, McQuaid AJ, Sobande T, Kissane S, Agius E, Jackson SE, Salmon M, Falciani F, Yong K, Rustin MH, Akbar AN, Vukmanovic-Stejic M. Different proliferative potential and migratory characteristics of human CD4+ regulatory T cells that express either CD45RA or CD45RO. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 184:4317-26. [PMID: 20231690 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Although human naturally occurring regulatory T cells (Tregs) may express either CD45RA or CD45RO, we find in agreement with previous reports that the ( approximately 80%) majority of natural Tregs in adults are CD45RO(+). The proportion of CD45RA(+) Tregs decreases, whereas CD45RO(+) Tregs increase significantly with age. Nevertheless, a small proportion of CD45RA(+) Tregs are found even in old (>80 y) adults and a proportion of these express CD31, a marker for recent thymic emigrants. We found that CD45RO(+) Tregs were highly proliferative compared with their CD45RA(+) counterparts. This was due in part to the conversion of CD45RA Tregs to CD45RO expression after activation. Another difference between these two Treg populations was their preferential migration to different tissues in vivo. Whereas CD45RA(+) Tregs were preferentially located in the bone marrow, associated with increased CXCR4 expression, CD45RO(+) Tregs were preferentially located in the skin, and this was associated with their increased expression of CLA and CCR4. Our studies therefore show that proliferation features strongly in maintenance of the adult Treg pool in humans and that the thymus may make a minor contribution to the maintenance of the peripheral pool of these cells, even in older adults. Furthermore, the different tissue compartmentalization of these cells suggests that different Treg niches exist in vivo, which may have important roles for their maturation and function.
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- Nicola J Booth
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Department of Immunology, University College London, London W1T 4JF, United Kingdom
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Mostafa GA, Al Shehab A, Fouad NR. Frequency of CD4+CD25high regulatory T cells in the peripheral blood of Egyptian children with autism. J Child Neurol 2010; 25:328-35. [PMID: 19713552 DOI: 10.1177/0883073809339393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Autoimmunity may have a role in autism, although the origins of autoimmunity in autism are unknown. CD4( +)CD25(high) regulatory T cells play an important role in the establishment of immunological self-tolerance, thereby preventing autoimmunity. The authors are the first to study the frequency of CD4(+)CD25( high) regulatory T cells in the blood of 30 autistic and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy children. Patients with autism had significantly lower frequency of CD4(+)CD25(high) regulatory T cells than healthy children (P < .001). These cells were deficient in 73.3% of children with autism. Autistic patients with allergic manifestations (40%) and those with a family history of autoimmunity (53.3%) had a significantly lower frequency of CD4(+)CD25(high) regulatory T cells than those without (P < .01 and P < .001, respectively). In conclusion, CD4(+)CD25( high) regulatory T cells are deficient in many children with autism. Deficiency of these cells may contribute to autoimmunity in a subgroup of children with autism. Consequently, CD4(+)CD25(high) regulatory T cells could be new potential therapeutic targets in these patients.
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- Gehan A Mostafa
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
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Mesa MC, Gutiérrez L, Duarte-Rey C, Angel J, Franco MA. A TGF-beta mediated regulatory mechanism modulates the T cell immune response to rotavirus in adults but not in children. Virology 2010; 399:77-86. [PMID: 20096911 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2009] [Revised: 11/10/2009] [Accepted: 12/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Children with acute RV-gastroenteritis (GE) had low or undetectable levels of circulating IFN-gamma(+), IL-13(+), IL-2(+), IL-10(+) or IL-17(+) RV-T cells. IFN-gamma(+) T cells and low frequencies of IL-10(+) and IL-2(+) CD4(+) T cells were found in adults with RV-GE during acute and convalescence phases, respectively. Circulating single IFN-gamma(+)>double IFN-gamma(+)/IL-2(+)>single IL-2(+)RV-CD4(+)T cells were observed in healthy adults. In this group, frequencies of IFN-gamma(+) RV-T cells increased after removing CD25(+)cells, blocking TGF-beta with its natural inhibitor, LAP, or inhibiting TGF-betaRI signalling pathway with ALK5i. The frequencies of IFN-gamma(+) RV-T cells were also incremented in PBMC depleted of CD25(+)cells and treated with ALK5i, suggesting that TGFbeta inhibition may be independent of Treg cells. The ALK5i effect was observed in adults but not in children with RV-GE, who had normal numbers of TGF-beta+ Treg cells. Thus, a TGF-beta-mediated regulatory mechanism that modulates RV-T cells in adults is not evident in children.
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- Martha C Mesa
- Instituto de Genética Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 No. 40-62, Edificio 32, Bogotá, Colombia; Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 No. 43-82, Edificio 50, Bogotá, Colombia.
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- Instituto de Genética Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 No. 40-62, Edificio 32, Bogotá, Colombia.
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- Instituto de Genética Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 No. 40-62, Edificio 32, Bogotá, Colombia.
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- Instituto de Genética Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 No. 40-62, Edificio 32, Bogotá, Colombia.
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- Instituto de Genética Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 No. 40-62, Edificio 32, Bogotá, Colombia.
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CD127(low/-) and FoxP3(+) expression levels characterize different regulatory T-cell populations in human peripheral blood. J Invest Dermatol 2009; 130:492-9. [PMID: 19940860 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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It has recently been suggested that a lack of CD127 expression can be used to identify human CD4(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs), especially when combined with CD25. Therefore, we analyzed CD4(+)CD25(+)CD127(low/-) cells and compared their frequency and expression pattern with those of FoxP3(+) Tregs using multiparameter flow cytometry analysis. We obtained human peripheral blood cells from 20 normal healthy donors and determined the number of CD25(+)CD127(low/-) cells as a percentage of CD4(+) T cells in the same panel used for CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) cells. In contrast to CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) cells, gating of a clear CD4(+)CD25(+)CD127(low/-) population was difficult. Moreover, we demonstrated that there was a high percentage (34.0+/-15.1%) of CD127(low/-) cells that did not express FoxP3 and, conversely, that there was a high percentage (30.3+/-7.4%) of CD127(+) cells that expressed FoxP3, suggesting that these markers did not represent the same population of Tregs. These data were also confirmed in blood samples from patients with systemic scleroderma. Thus, isolation of pure Treg populations for in vitro functional studies is a challenge, explaining the varying results by different groups in clinical studies. The data from this study have important implications for carrying out a quantitative analysis of Tregs in human samples.
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Steinborn A, Engst M, Haensch GM, Mahnke K, Schmitt E, Meuer S, Sohn C. Small for gestational age (SGA) neonates show reduced suppressive activity of their regulatory T cells. Clin Immunol 2009; 134:188-97. [PMID: 19837002 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2009.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2009] [Revised: 09/04/2009] [Accepted: 09/06/2009] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Little information exists concerning the role of fetal regulatory T cells (Tregs) during intrauterine development. We examined whether complications such as reduced birth weight or the occurrence of preterm labor were associated with deficiencies in the number or in the immunosuppressive activity of Tregs in the fetal circulation. Their total number did not change during normal or complicated pregnancy. In contrast, their level of FoxP3 expression decreased continuously with gestational age and was significantly reduced in the presence of spontaneous term, but not preterm labor. In small for gestational age (SGA) neonates, FoxP3 expression was constantly decreased when compared to age matched healthy neonates. In accordance with the low FoxP3 expression, the suppressive activity of the Tregs from spontaneously term delivered and from SGA babies was significantly reduced. We propose that the level of FoxP3 expression in the fetal Tregs may be a potential regulator of their suppressive activity.
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- Andrea Steinborn
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg, Voss-Strasse 9, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Sugimoto A, Suzuki M, Otani T, Okochi A, Takeuchi M, Yamasaki F, Nakamura S, Kibata M. HOZOTs, novel human regulatory T-cell lines, exhibit helper or suppressor activities depending on dendritic cell or anti-CD3 stimulation. Exp Hematol 2009; 37:1454-63. [PMID: 19819295 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2009] [Revised: 09/15/2009] [Accepted: 10/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE HOZOT cell lines (HOZOTs) are a new type of regulatory T cells established from human umbilical cord blood without using cytokines. In addition to their unique FOXP3(+)CD4(+)CD8(+)CD25(+) phenotype, HOZOTs are bifunctional and can exert either suppressor or cytotoxic activities. To further characterize HOZOTs, we cocultured HOZOTs with responder T cells under different stimulation conditions and found another function of HOZOTs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Naïve CD4(+)T cells as responder cells were stimulated with dendritic cells or plate bound anti-CD3 antibody. As effector cells, HOZOTs were added to this culture and proliferation of the responder cells were monitored by (3)H-thymidine incorporation or carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester dilution method. To investigate the molecular mechanisms, antibodies specific for interleukin (IL)-2/IL-2R or cell surface molecules were used for blocking experiments. RESULTS The proliferation of naïve CD4(+)T cells was suppressed by one HOZOT line, HOZOT-4, when the responder cells were stimulated with dendritic cells. However, responder cell proliferation was augmented by HOZOT-4 when these cells were stimulated with anti-CD3 antibody. This opposing function to responder cells was unique to HOZOTs because naturally occurring regulatory T cells suppressed proliferation of both dendritic cell- and anti-CD3-antibody-stimulated cells. IL-2 was not involved in the mechanism of the helper activity of HOZOT-4 as blocking antibodies for IL-2 and IL-2R did not abrogate the helper activity. Moreover, this helper activity could not be reduced by blocking costimulatory pathways such as CD28/B7, CD4/human leukocyte antigen-DR, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1/lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1. CONCLUSION We demonstrated a new function of HOZOTs as helper T cells in addition to suppressor and cytotoxic activities, characterizing HOZOTs as multifunctional T cells.
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- Akira Sugimoto
- Cell Biology Institute, Research Center, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Fujisaki, Okayama 702-8006, Japan
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Grindebacke H, Stenstad H, Quiding-Järbrink M, Waldenström J, Adlerberth I, Wold AE, Rudin A. Dynamic development of homing receptor expression and memory cell differentiation of infant CD4+CD25high regulatory T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:4360-70. [PMID: 19734224 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Migration of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ regulatory T cells (Treg) is important for suppressing immune responses in different tissues. Previous studies show that the majority of Treg at birth express gut homing receptor alpha(4)beta(7) and that only few express CCR4, while the reverse pattern is found in adults. The age at which homing receptor switch occurs in vivo is not known. In this study, we show, in a prospective study of human infants from birth to 3 years of age, that homing receptor switch from alpha(4)beta(7) to CCR4 commences between 1 1/2 and 3 years of age and that Treg at that age also had started their switch to a memory phenotype. The majority of naive Treg express alpha(4)beta(7) in infants but not in adults, while the majority of memory Treg express CCR4 both infants and adults. The homing receptor expression on Treg corresponds to their actual migration properties, because Treg from cord blood migrate foremost toward the gut-associated chemokine CCL25. CD4+FOXP3+ T cell numbers increase rapidly in the circulation during the first days of life indicating conversion to suppressive Treg from CD25(high) Treg precursors. These findings suggest that the gut is the primary site of Treg stimulation to exogenous Ags during the first 18 mo of life and that homing receptor switch toward a more extra-intestinal phenotype occurs thereafter.
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- Hanna Grindebacke
- Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 480, Göteborg 405 30, Sweden.
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Ly NP, Ruiz-Perez B, McLoughlin RM, Visness CM, Wallace PK, Cruikshank WW, Tzianabos AO, O'Connor GT, Gold DR, Gern JE. Characterization of regulatory T cells in urban newborns. Clin Mol Allergy 2009; 7:8. [PMID: 19586545 PMCID: PMC2717905 DOI: 10.1186/1476-7961-7-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2009] [Accepted: 07/08/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background In the United States, asthma prevalence is particularly high among urban children. Although the underlying immune mechanism contributing to asthma has not been identified, having impaired T regulatory (Treg) cells at birth may be a determining factor in urban children. The objective of this study was to compare Treg phenotype and function in cord blood (CB) of newborns to those in peripheral blood (PB) of a subset of participating mothers. Methods Treg numbers, expression, and suppressive function were quantified in subjects recruited prenatally from neighborhoods where ≥ 20% of families have incomes below the poverty line. Proportion of Treg cells and expression of naïve (CD45RA) or activated (CD45RO, CD69, and HLA-DR) markers in CD4+T cells was measured by flow cytometry. Treg suppressive capacity was determined by quantifying PHA-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation in mononuclear cell samples with and without CD25 depletion. Results In an urban cohort of 119 newborns and 82 mothers, we found that newborns had similar number of cells expressing FOXP3 as compared to the mothers but had reduced numbers of CD4+CD25+bright cells that predominantly expressed the naïve (CD45RA) rather than the activated/memory (CD45RO) phenotype found in the mothers. Additionally, the newborns had reduced mononuclear cell TGF-β production, and reduced Treg suppression of PHA-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation compared to the mothers. Conclusion U.S. urban newborns have Treg cells that express FOXP3, albeit with an immature phenotype and function as compared to the mothers. Longitudinal follow-up is needed to delineate Treg cell maturation and subsequent risk for atopic diseases in this urban birth cohort.
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- Ngoc P Ly
- Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, University of California San Francisco Children's Hospital and UCSF Medical School, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Nagata S, Ise T, Pastan I. Fc receptor-like 3 protein expressed on IL-2 nonresponsive subset of human regulatory T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:7518-26. [PMID: 19494275 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Fc receptor-like 3 (FCRL3) is a cell surface protein homologous to Fc receptors. The FCRL3 gene is present in humans but not in mice. We found that FCRL3 protein is expressed on 40% of human naturally occurring CD4(+) regulatory T (nTreg) cells (CD4(+)CD25(+)CD127(low)). Sorted nTreg cells with the surface phenotype FCRL3(+) and FCRL3(-) were both hypoproliferative to TCR stimulation and both suppressive on proliferation of conventional T cells (CD4(+)CD25(-)) in vitro. They both expressed forkhead box p3 (Foxp3) protein, the intracellular regulatory T cell marker. However, in contrast to FCRL3(-) nTreg cells, FCRL3(+) nTreg cells were not stimulated to proliferate by the addition of exogenous IL-2. In addition, Foxp3(+) cells induced from conventional T cells by TGF-beta treatment did not exhibit FCRL3 expression. These results suggest that the FCRL3(+) subset of human nTreg cells identified in this study arise in vivo and Foxp3 expression alone is not sufficient to induce FCRL3 expression. FCRL3 may be involved in human-specific mechanisms to control the generation of nTreg cells.
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- Satoshi Nagata
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Luther C, Adamopoulou E, Stoeckle C, Brucklacher-Waldert V, Rosenkranz D, Stoltze L, Lauer S, Poeschel S, Melms A, Tolosa E. Prednisolone treatment induces tolerogenic dendritic cells and a regulatory milieu in myasthenia gravis patients. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:841-8. [PMID: 19542375 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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FOXP3-expressing naturally occurring CD4(+)CD25(high) T regulatory cells (Treg) are relevant in the control of autoimmunity, and a defect in this cell population has been observed in several human autoimmune diseases. We hypothesized that altered functions of peripheral Treg cells might play a role in the immunopathogenesis of myasthenia gravis, a T cell-dependent autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of pathogenic autoantibodies specific for the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. We report in this study a significant decrease in the in vitro suppressive function of peripheral Treg cells isolated from myasthenia patients in comparison to those from healthy donors. Interestingly, Treg cells from prednisolone-treated myasthenia gravis patients showed an improved suppressive function compared with untreated patients, suggesting that prednisolone may play a role in the control of the peripheral regulatory network. Indeed, prednisolone treatment prevents LPS-induced maturation of monocyte-derived dendritic cells by hampering the up-regulation of costimulatory molecules and by limiting secretion of IL-12 and IL-23, and enhancing IL-10. In addition, CD4(+) T cells cultured in the presence of such tolerogenic dendritic cells are hyporesponsive and can suppress autologous CD4(+) T cell proliferation. The results shown in this study indicate that prednisolone treatment promotes an environment that favors immune regulation rather than inflammation.
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- Claudia Luther
- Department of General Neurology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen University Hospital, Germany.
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Nakamura K, Miki M, Mizoguchi Y, Karakawa S, Sato T, Kobayashi M. Deficiency of regulatory T cells in children with autoimmune neutropenia. Br J Haematol 2009; 145:642-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07662.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Homma S, Koido S, Sagawa Y, Suzuki H, Komita H, Nagasaki E, Takahara A, Horiguchi-Yamada J, Tajiri H, Zeldin DC, Obata T. Antigenic stimulation with cytochrome P450 2J expressed in mouse hepatocellular carcinoma cells regulates host anti-tumour immunity. Clin Exp Immunol 2009; 156:344-52. [PMID: 19302243 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.03900.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 2J subfamily (CYP2J) enzymes expressed in mouse hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells were identified as an antigen recognized by specific CD4(+) T cells and the structure of its T cell epitope was determined by proteomics-based exploration. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II binding peptides were isolated from I-A(k)/peptide complex of dendritic cells (DCs) loaded or unloaded with MIH-2 mouse HCC cells. MHC class II-binding peptides found in MIH-2-loaded DCs but not in unloaded DCs were determined by tandem mass spectrometric analysis. The peptide, consisting of amino acid 276-290 (DFIDAFLKEMTKYPE) of mouse CYP2J enzymes, was identified as an antigenic peptide presented in the context of MHC class II. Preventive treatment of mice with CYP2J peptide stimulated interferon (IFN)-gamma production of splenocytes and suppressed the growth of implanted CYP2J-positive MIH-2 cells but not CYP2J-negative murine bladder tumour cells. However, continuous treatment of MIH-2-bearing mice with CYP2J peptide significantly suppressed IFN-gamma production of splenocytes and accelerated the growth of implanted MIH-2 tumours in vivo. Increased frequencies of CD4(+)forkhead box P3 regulatory T cells and CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) myeloid suppressor cells were observed in splenocytes from the continuously immunized mice. These results indicate that antigenecity of CYP2J isoforms expressed in HCC cells activate host anti-tumour immunity at an initial stage of HCC, but suppress host anti-tumour immunity with excessive antigenic stimulation at an advanced stage.
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- Departments of Oncology, Institute of DNA Medicine, Jekei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Banica L, Besliu A, Pistol G, Stavaru C, Ionescu R, Forsea AM, Tanaseanu C, Dumitrache S, Otelea D, Tamsulea I, Tanaseanu S, Chitonu C, Paraschiv S, Balteanu M, Stefanescu M, Matache C. Quantification and molecular characterization of regulatory T cells in connective tissue diseases. Autoimmunity 2009; 42:41-9. [PMID: 18800250 DOI: 10.1080/08916930802282651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The aim of our study was to investigate and characterize regulatory T cells (Treg) in peripheral blood of patients with connective tissue diseases (Systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, Sjögren's syndrome, poly- and dermatomyositis) as compared with blood from healthy controls. Treg cells were quantified and phenotypically characterized by flow cytometry while the expression level of Foxp3 mRNA was evaluated by real time PCR. A reduced percentage of peripheral blood Treg cells was found in patients than in controls, irrespective of the type of connective tissue disease. Treg cells, especially those expressing one of the phenotypical markers, seemed to differ not only between patients and healthy controls but also among types of diseases. Additionally, the presence of autoantibodies as well as disease activity appeared to be correlated with particular Treg cell populations, especially those expressing one of the examined phenotypical markers. Correlations with therapy suggested that glucocorticoids plus antimalarial or other immunosuppressor drugs diminished the percentage of Treg cells, especially of those with memory phenotype. These findings indicated dysregulations at the level of Treg cells and suggested an involvement of these cells in the pathology of connective tissue diseases. Moreover, our data are in agreement with the suggestion that Treg cells could be therapeutic targets for some autoimmune diseases.
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- Leontina Banica
- Cellular Receptors Laboratory, Cantacuzino National Institute of Research and Development for Microbiology and Immunology, Centre for Advanced Studies, Bucharest, Romania
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Comparative study of regulatory T cell function of human CD25CD4 T cells from thymocytes, cord blood, and adult peripheral blood. Clin Dev Immunol 2009; 2008:305859. [PMID: 18815628 PMCID: PMC2547481 DOI: 10.1155/2008/305859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2008] [Revised: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 05/20/2008] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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CD25(+)CD4(+) regulatory T cells suppress T cell activation and regulate multiple immune reactions in in vitro and in vivo studies. To define the regulatory function of human CD25(+)CD4(+) T cells at various stages of maturity, we investigated in detail the functional differences of CD25(+)CD4(+) T cells from thymocytes, cord blood (CB), and adult peripheral blood (APB). CB CD25(+)CD4(+) T cells displayed low-FOXP3 protein expression level and had no suppressive activity. In contrast, CD25(+)CD4(+) T cells from thymocytes or APB expressed high expression level of FOXP3 protein associated with significant suppressive activity. Although CB CD25(+)CD4(+) T cells exhibited no suppressive activity, striking suppressive activity was observed following expansion in culture associated with increased FOXP3 expression and a shift from the CD45RA(+) to the CD45RA(-) phenotype. These functional differences in CD25(+)CD4(+) T cells from Thy, CB, and APB hence suggest a pathway of maturation for Treg in the peripheral immune system.
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Figueroa-Tentori D, Querol S, Dodi IA, Madrigal A, Duggleby R. High purity and yield of natural Tregs from cord blood using a single step selection method. J Immunol Methods 2008; 339:228-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2008.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Accepted: 09/24/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Kuhn A, Beissert S, Krammer PH. CD4(+)CD25 (+) regulatory T cells in human lupus erythematosus. Arch Dermatol Res 2008; 301:71-81. [PMID: 18985367 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-008-0891-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2008] [Accepted: 08/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Natural CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells (T(reg)) show a potent immunosuppressive function and contribute to immunologic self-tolerance by suppressing potentially auto-reactive T cells. Depletion of these cells leads to the induction of severe autoimmune diseases in animal models; more recently, several studies have also reported an impairment of T(reg) number and/or function in various human autoimmune diseases. For example, aberrant numbers of circulating CD4(+)CD25(+) T(reg) have been seen in patients with type I diabetes, mycosis fungoides, graft-versus-host-reaction, and rheumatoid arthritis. Moreover, increased numbers of functionally active CD4(+)CD25(+) T(reg) have been detected in the synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), conflicting data on the role of CD4(+)CD25(+) T(reg) in human autoimmune diseases have been presented in the literature. Decreased numbers of peripheral blood T(reg) have been reported by most studies on SLE patients with active disease, but non-impaired or even increased CD4(+)CD25(+) T(reg) numbers have also been described. In addition, both deficient and normal suppressive capacity of isolated T(reg) have been observed in SLE. Analysis of CD4(+)FoxP3(+) T(reg) in skin lesions of patients with a primarily cutaneous manifestation of the disease showed a significant reduction in cell numbers as compared to other inflammatory skin diseases, suggesting the importance of analyzing T(reg) numbers in the affected tissue. In this review, we discuss the role of CD4(+)CD25(+) T(reg) in autoimmunity and recent published data on SLE. Furthermore, we highlight the need for additional studies that address specific gaps of knowledge regarding the pathophysiological mechanisms as well as the identification of future therapeutic strategies for autoimmune diseases.
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- Annegret Kuhn
- Division of Immunogenetics, Tumor Immunology Program, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Miyara M, Amoura Z, Piette JC, Gorochov G. Cellules T régulatrices et lupus érythémateux systémique. Rev Med Interne 2008; 29:691-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2008.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 04/18/2008] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Toso C, Edgar R, Pawlick R, Emamaullee J, Merani S, Dinyari P, Mueller TF, Shapiro AMJ, Anderson CC. Effect of different induction strategies on effector, regulatory and memory lymphocyte sub-populations in clinical islet transplantation. Transpl Int 2008; 22:182-91. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00746.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Zhang J, Gu Y, Xu C, Qu X. Increased T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 and its ligand in acquired aplastic anemia. Eur J Haematol 2008; 81:130-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2008.01095.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lagaraine C, Lemoine R, Baron C, Nivet H, Velge-Roussel F, Lebranchu Y. Induction of human CD4+ regulatory T cells by mycophenolic acid-treated dendritic cells. J Leukoc Biol 2008; 84:1057-64. [PMID: 18611986 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1007716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Depending on their degree of maturation, costimulatory molecule expression, and cytokine secretion, dendritic cells (DC) can induce immunity or tolerance. DC treated with mycophenolic acid during their maturation (MPA-DC) have a regulatory phenotype and may therefore provide a new approach to induce allograft tolerance. Purified CD4(+) T cells stimulated in a human in vitro model of mixed culture by allogeneic MPA-DC displayed much weaker proliferation than T cells activated by mature DC and were anergic. This hyporesponsiveness was alloantigen-specific. Interestingly, T cells stimulated by MPA-DC during long-term coculture in four 7-day cycles displayed potent, suppressive activity, as revealed by marked inhibition of the proliferation of naive and preactivated control T cells. These regulatory T cells (Tregs) appeared to have antigen specificity and were contact-dependent. Tregs induced by MPA-DC were CD25(+)glucocorticoid-induced TNFR(+)CTLA-4(+)CD95(+), secreted IL-5 and large amounts of IL-10 and TGF-beta, and displayed enhanced forkhead box p3 expression. These results obtained in vitro demonstrate that human MPA-DC can induce allospecific Tregs that may be exploited in cell therapy to induce allograft tolerance.
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- Christine Lagaraine
- Cellules Dendritiques et Greffes, Universite Francois-Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France
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Venken K, Hellings N, Broekmans T, Hensen K, Rummens JL, Stinissen P. Natural naive CD4+CD25+CD127low regulatory T cell (Treg) development and function are disturbed in multiple sclerosis patients: recovery of memory Treg homeostasis during disease progression. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:6411-20. [PMID: 18424765 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.9.6411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RR-MS) show a suboptimal CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cell (Treg) function, whereas no Treg alterations are observed in secondary progressive MS (SP-MS) patients. To clarify the difference in Treg activity between early and chronic disease stages in MS, we analyzed the functional capacity and homeostatic parameters of naive CD4(+)CD25(+)CD127(low)CD45RA(+) Tregs (nTregs) and their memory counterparts CD4(+)CD25(+)CD127(low)CD45RO(+) Tregs (mTregs) in untreated MS patients and healthy controls. Interestingly, whereas the suppressive capacity of FACS-sorted nTregs was impaired in both early and chronic MS patients, only the latter group showed a restored mTreg function. Consistent with this observation, chronic MS patients had increased numbers of mTregs as compared with age-matched early MS patients, whereas nTreg frequencies did not differ significantly. TCR excision circle numbers were reduced in nTregs of early MS patients, suggestive of a diminished nTreg thymic output. Moreover, a decreased number of CD31(+) mTregs were observed in early vs chronic MS patients, indicating that inflammatory processes drive the homeostatic turnover of mTregs during the early disease stage. Additionally, early MS patients showed a more restricted nTreg and mTreg TCR BV gene profile as compared with healthy controls and chronic MS patients. Finally, analysis of IFN-beta and glatiramer acetate-treated MS patients showed that these immunomodulatory drugs modify nTreg homeostasis. Taken together, this study provides strong evidence for a disturbed thymic nTreg development and function in MS patients. Moreover, memory Treg but not naive Treg homeostasis recovers during disease progression.
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- Koen Venken
- Hasselt University, Biomedisch Onderzoeksinstituut and Transnationale Universiteit Limburg, School of Life Sciences, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Characterization of naturally occurring CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in rhesus monkeys. Transplantation 2008; 85:1185-92. [PMID: 18431240 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e31816b15b9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Translational research in a relevant preclinical model is recommended before Treg-inducing protocols can be implemented in humans. We have characterized rhesus monkey CD25 cells phenotypically and functionally. METHODS The phenotype of CD4(+)CD25(high) cells was determined by FACS, focusing on established markers of mouse and human Treg cells. Percentages of cells positive for CD45RA, CD62L, and intracellular CTLA-4 and FOXP3 were compared between CD4(+)CD25(high) and CD4(+)CD25(-) cells. CD25 cells stimulated with anti-CD3, ConA, and/or allogeneic peripheral blood mononuclear cells were mixed with freshly isolated CD25 cells. The suppressive activity of the CD25 cells in vitro was assessed using several experimental conditions. RESULTS Rhesus monkey CD4(+)CD25(high) cells expressed high intracellular levels of CTLA-4 and FOXP3, whereas expression was negligible in CD4(+)CD25(-) cells. The CD25(high) population was mostly CD45RA(-), indicative of a memory phenotype. The CD25(+) cells were anergic, because they showed low proliferative responses, no interleukin-2 production, and some interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 production. Proliferation of CD4(+)CD25(-) cells stimulated by anti-CD3 or allogeneic cells was decreased when CD4(+)CD25(-) cells were added at a 1:1 ratio. In addition, we found that CD25 cells inhibited the interleukin-2 and interferon-gamma production by anti-CD3-stimulated CD25 cells in a dose-dependent fashion, through a cell-cell contact-dependent mechanism. CONCLUSIONS Rhesus monkey CD4(+)CD25(+) cells have similar phenotypic and functional characteristics as natural Tregs in humans. These findings allow testing of Treg expansion and induction protocols in a relevant preclinical model, the rhesus monkey.
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Azab N, Bassyouni I, Emad Y, Abd El-Wahab G, Hamdy G, Mashahit M. CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (TREG) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) patients: The possible influence of treatment with corticosteroids. Clin Immunol 2008; 127:151-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2007.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2007] [Revised: 12/06/2007] [Accepted: 12/14/2007] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Käser T, Gerner W, Hammer SE, Patzl M, Saalmüller A. Phenotypic and functional characterisation of porcine CD4+CD25high regulatory T cells. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2008; 122:153-8. [PMID: 17868905 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2007.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2007] [Revised: 07/12/2007] [Accepted: 08/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Over the last years regulatory T cells (Tregs) were defined as CD4(+)CD25(+) T lymphocytes expressing the transcription factor Foxp3 (Forkhead Box P3) with the ability to downregulate various immune responses. In swine the existence of CD4(+)CD25(+) T lymphocytes was described before but nothing is known about the function of this minor cell population to date. Therefore, we studied porcine CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells with regard to major attributes of murine and human Tregs: their phenotype concerning the expression of several T-cell specific antigens, including Foxp3, their IL-10 production and their suppressive capacity. Our results revealed that porcine CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells with high CD25 expression count for about 2-9% of the CD4(+) T-cell subset. They demonstrate a strong Foxp3 expression, a heterogeneous CD45RC-, CD8alpha- and MHC-II-defined phenotype and a moderate IL-10 production. Co-cultivation of increasing numbers of CD4(+)CD25(high) T cells with a constant number of CD4(+)CD25(-) responder-T cells caused a decrease in proliferation of the entire culture. This demonstrates the suppressive capacity of the CD4(+)CD25(high) T-cell subset and - together with their Foxp3 expression - the existence of porcine Tregs.
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- Tobias Käser
- Clinical Immunology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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OBJECTIVE Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a new clinical entity of pancreatic disorder. There are several immunologic and histological abnormalities specific for the disease, including increased levels of serum IgG4 and infiltration of lymphocytes and IgG4-positive plasmacytes. The role of IgG4 is unclear. Recently, regulatory T cells (Tregs) have been reported to be involved in the development of various autoimmune diseases as well as B cell shifting to IgG4-producing plasmacytes. To clarify the role of Tregs in the pathophysiology of AIP, we analyzed circulating Tregs in AIP. METHODS We recruited 27 patients with AIP for this study. For comparison, we also recruited 23 patients with other pancreatic disease and 32 healthy subjects as controls. We analyzed Tregs as CD4+CD25high and CD4+CD25+CD45RA+ (naïve) from peripheral blood by flow cytometry. RESULTS In peripheral blood, CD4+CD25high Tregs were significantly increased in AIP patients (3.01% T 1.77%) compared with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (CP) (1.65% T 0.58%), idiopathic CP (1.53% T0.56%), and healthy control (1.72% T 0.81%, P G 0.05). Naïve Tregs significantly decreased in AIP (0.32% T 0.22%) compared with healthy control (0.83% T 0.65%) and CP group (alcoholic and idiopathic CP; 0.52% T 0.40%, P G 0.05). In untreated AIP patients,the number of CD4+CD25high Tregs and IgG4 are correlated (R =0.53, P G 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Increased numbers of CD4+CD25high Tregs may influence IgG4 production in AIP, whereas decreased numbers of naïve Tregs may be involved in the pathogenesis of AIP.
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Tuovinen H, Laurinolli TT, Rossi LH, Pekkarinen PT, Mattila I, Arstila TP. Thymic production of human FOXP3(+) regulatory T cells is stable but does not correlate with peripheral FOXP3 expression. Immunol Lett 2008; 117:146-53. [PMID: 18321596 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2008.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2007] [Revised: 01/04/2008] [Accepted: 01/15/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In humans functionally mature FOXP3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells can be found already in the fetus, but the kinetics of their maturation is still unknown. Here, we show that from birth to until 10 years of age the thymic production of FOXP3(+) Treg cells is very stable and correlates with T-lymphopoiesis in general. The level of FOXP3 expression in the blood was also very stable, even when children and adults were compared, but there was no correlation between thymic and peripheral FOXP3 levels. Analysis of the cell cycle-associated marker Ki67 showed that a substantial fraction of peripheral FOXP3(+) cells is dividing. This characteristic was obtained in the periphery, since it was not observed in thymic CD4(+) FOXP3(+) cells. These data suggest that the thymic output of human Treg cells is intrinsically stable, while in the periphery the increased rate of proliferation severs the connection between production and homeostatic maintenance of the FOXP3(+) Treg cell population.
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- Heli Tuovinen
- Haartman Institute, Department of Immunology, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 3, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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Veltkamp C, Ruhwald R, Veltkamp R, Giese T, Stremmel W. Regulatory CD4+ CD25+ T cells prevent thymic dysfunction in experimental chronic colitis. Scand J Immunol 2007; 66:636-44. [PMID: 18021363 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2007.02015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Chronic colitis in T-cell deficient Tg epsilon26 mice develops due to a dysfunction of the thymus which generates colitogenic T cells after bone marrow (BM) transplantation. Regulatory CD4+ CD25+ T cells have been shown to prevent colitis in this model by normalizing the peripheral T-cell pool. We tested the hypothesis that T-cell normalization takes place in the thymus. Tg epsilon26 mice were transplanted with BM (BM-->Tg epsilon26 mice) and consequently received either CD4+ CD25+ or CD4+ CD25- cells from syngenic wild type mice. Furthermore, untransplanted Tg epsilon26 mice received CD4+ CD25+ or CD4+ CD25- cells or complete mesenteric lymph node cells. Transfer of regulatory. CD4+ CD25+ cells normalized the total number of thymocytes and the percentage and number of double positive CD4+ CD8+ cells in transplanted mice while percentage of single positive CD4+ and CD8+ thymocytes in BM-->Tg epsilon26 mice was reduced upon CD4+ CD25+ transfer. Timing of CD4+ CD25+ cell injection was important as transfer later than 7 days after BM transplantation failed to prevent abnormal thymic T-cell distribution in BM-->Tg epsilon26 mice. Isolated CD4+ CD25+ cell transfer without preceding BM transplantation failed to reconstitute thymic architecture. Differences of thymic cell composition could not be exclusively explained by presence or absence of colitis, respectively, because 19 days after BM transplantation when both groups showed no histological signs of colitis, animals transferred with CD4+ CD25+ T cells had a significantly higher percentage and number of CD4+ CD25+ thymocytes and CD4+ Foxp3+ cells than BM-->Tg epsilon26 mice. In conclusion, early CD4+ CD25+ cotransfer prevents thymic dysfunction which underlies immune-mediated bowel inflammation in BM-->Tg epsilon26 mice.
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- C Veltkamp
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Thymopoiesis, regulatory T cells, and TCRVbeta expression in thymoma with and without myasthenia gravis, and modulatory effects of steroid therapy. J Clin Immunol 2007; 28:194-206. [PMID: 18000743 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-007-9147-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2007] [Accepted: 10/16/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We analyzed thymocyte and thymic regulatory T cell (CD4SPCD25+Foxp3+cells, Treg) development in thymoma with and without myasthenia gravis (MG, MG-thymoma, non-MG-thymoma) and in MG-associated non-neoplastic thymus (MG-NNT). An increased number of immature CD4+CD8(-)CD3(-) thymocytes through the CD4+CD8+ to CD4+CD8(-) transition and an abnormal T cell receptor Vbeta (TCRVbeta) development through the CD4+CD8+ to CD4(-)CD8+ transition were seen both in MG-and non-MG-thymomas. Terminal thymopoiesis, i.e., CD45RA+ cells within the CD4+CD8(-)CD3+ and CD8+CD4(-)CD3+ subsets, was skewed towards the CD4+ compartment in MG-thymoma and CD8+ compartment in non-MG-thymoma, but thymic export was increased only in the latter in keeping with the hypothesis that CD8+ lymphocytes may play a role in the initial stages of autosensitization and in disagreement with the relevance of an increased output of CD4+ T lymphocytes in paraneoplastic MG. Treg level in normal thymus and MG-NNT and both MG- and non-MG-thymoma was similar, and TCRVbeta development in Treg cells was slightly altered in thymoma but irrespective of MG presence. Thus, the relevance of a defective Treg development in MG context remains to be established. Most alterations in thymopoiesis were corrected by therapeutic corticosteroid administration, and the effects of steroid administration may be mediated by thymic microenvironment.
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Ageing is a complex process that negatively impacts the development of the immune system and its ability to function. The mechanisms that underlie these age-related defects are broad and range from defects in the haematopoietic bone marrow to defects in peripheral lymphocyte migration, maturation and function. The thymus is a central lymphoid organ responsible for production of naïve T cells, which play a vital role in mediating both cellular and humoral immunity. Chronic involution of the thymus gland is thought to be one of the major contributing factors to loss of immune function with increasing age. It has recently been demonstrated that thymic atrophy is mediated by a shift from a stimulatory to a suppressive cytokine microenvironment. In this review we present an overview of the morphological, cellular and biochemical changes that have been implicated in the decline of thymic and peripheral immune function with ageing. We conclude with the clinical implications of age-associated immunosenescence to vaccine development for tumours and infectious disease. A fundamental understanding of the complex mechanisms by which ageing attenuates immune function will enable translational research teams to develop new therapies and vaccines specifically aimed at overcoming these defects in immunological function in the aged.
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- AL Gruver
- Duke University Human Vaccine Institute and Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Duke University Human Vaccine Institute and Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Correspondence to: GD Sempowski, DUMC Box 3258, Research Park Building I, Room 113, Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA. E-mail:
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Gansuvd B, Asiedu CK, Goodwin J, Jargal U, Deckard LA, Andrades P, Guarcello V, Thomas JM. Expansion of CD4+CD25+ suppressive regulatory T cells from rhesus macaque peripheral blood by FN18/antihuman CD28-coated Dynal beads. Hum Immunol 2007; 68:478-90. [PMID: 17509447 PMCID: PMC1976303 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2007.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2006] [Revised: 01/31/2007] [Accepted: 02/16/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an important role in allograft and self-tolerance and thus have potential therapeutic application in transplantation, autoimmunity, and allergy. Although nonhuman primate (NHP) provide the most accepted preclinical models for translational studies in allograft tolerance and infectious diseases, CD4(+)CD25(+) Tregs have been rarely studied in NHP. The low frequencies of Tregs in peripheral blood will likely necessitate ex vivo expansion to enable Tregs adaptive immune therapy in NHP and humans. Tregs were isolated by magnetic and flow sorting and then stimulated weekly with antirhesus CD3 clone FN18 and antihuman CD28-coated Dynal beads plus 100 U/ml rhIL-2. Under these conditions, the Tregs were expanded 300- to 2000-fold in 4 weeks. Expanded CD4(+)CD25(+) Tregs expressed high to moderate levels of FOXP3 as well as CD95, CD62L, CD69, and CCR7 surface antigens. Expanded rhesus Tregs were anergic and suppressed the proliferation of autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in a dose-dependent fashion, and the suppression was partially reversed by anti-transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 neutralizing antibody (Ab). These results demonstrate that rhesus macaque suppressive regulatory CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) Tregs can be efficiently expanded in vitro under rhesus-specific stimulation, which enables preclinical testing of Treg therapy in the NHP model.
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- Balgansuren Gansuvd
- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Immunobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Immunobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Immunobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Immunobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Immunobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Immunobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019
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- *Corresponding author: Judith M. Thomas, L107 Volker Hall, 1670 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35294-0019; phone: 205-934-7725; FAX: 205-934-9039;
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Therapeutic cancer vaccines, one form of active immunotherapy, have long been under investigation; consequently, several vaccine-based strategies have now moved from the bench to the clinical arena. Despite their tremendous promise, current vaccine strategies have shown only limited success in clinical settings, even in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a prototypical malignancy for the application of immunotherapy. There is ample evidence that, especially in RCC, multiple immunosuppressive mechanisms exist that considerably dampen antitumor responses and weaken the activity of current immunotherapeutic regimens. Therefore, it will be necessary to reverse tumor-mediated immunosuppression before immunotherapies can successfully be applied. Recent insights into the nature and characteristics of the regulatory elements of the immune system have provided new opportunities to enhance vaccine-mediated antitumor immunity and, thereby, increase the chance for improving patient outcome. These new insights represent important considerations for the future design and application of more effective cancer vaccines against RCC and other cancers.
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- Johannes Vieweg
- Department of Urology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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Holm BC, Svensson J, Akesson C, Arvastsson J, Ljungberg J, Lynch K, Ivarsson SA, Lernmark A, Cilio CM. Evidence for immunological priming and increased frequency of CD4+ CD25+ cord blood T cells in children born to mothers with type 1 diabetes. Clin Exp Immunol 2007; 146:493-502. [PMID: 17100770 PMCID: PMC1810404 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03243.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Maternal transmission of islet autoantibodies to children born to mothers with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been shown to protect from autoantibodies and diabetes development later in life. However, the factors conferring disease protection are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate comparatively proinflammatory cytokines, autoantibodies and lymphocyte subsets in cord blood (CB) of children born to mothers with either T1D (n = 13), gestational diabetes (GDM) (n = 32) or healthy mothers (n = 81) in relation to transplacental passage of autoantibodies. The results are consistent with early priming of the fetal immune system only in children born to mothers with T1D. Levels of interleukin (IL)-1beta (P = 0.022), tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha (P = 0.002) and IL-8 (P = 0.0012), as well as the frequency of CD4(+) CD25(+) T cells (P < 0.01) were significantly increased, and the increased levels correlated positively with anti-GAD65 autoantibody (GADA) levels. Moreover, CD4(+) CD25(+) T cells of children born to T1D mothers exhibited a more pronounced memory phenotype with increased CCR4 expression and down-regulation of CD62L. These data suggest that early activation of the fetal immune system as a consequence of maternal autoimmunity and transplacental passage of GADA may influence the generation and expansion of fetal regulatory T cells. This might induce an early antigen-specific immunological tolerance that could protect against T1D later in life.
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- B C Holm
- Cellular Autoimmunity Unit, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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Nakamura S, Suzuki M, Sugimoto A, Tsuji-Takayama K, Yamamoto M, Otani T, Inoue T, Harashima A, Okochi A, Motoda R, Yamasaki F, Orita K, Kibata M. IL-2-independent generation of FOXP3+CD4+CD8+CD25+ cytotoxic regulatory T cell lines from human umbilical cord blood. Exp Hematol 2007; 35:287-96. [PMID: 17258077 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2006.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2006] [Revised: 09/20/2006] [Accepted: 10/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Since the existence of mouse naturally occurring CD4(+)CD25(+) T regulatory (Treg) cells was demonstrated, a variety of human Treg subsets have been identified as distinct T cell populations. Here we show the establishment of novel Treg cell lines possessing unique characteristics. METHODS Novel Treg cell lines, designated HOZOT, were generated by coculturing human umbilical cord blood cells with mouse stromal cell lines in the absence of exogenous IL-2 or other cytokines. HOZOT were characterized and compared with CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg cells in terms of the CD phenotype, FOXP3 expression, suppressor activity against allogeneic MLR, anergy property, and IL-10 production. RESULTS HOZOT were generated and expanded as normal lymphoblastoid cells with cytotoxic activity against the cocultured stromal cells. HOZOT consisted of three subpopulations as defined by phenotype: CD4(+)CD8(+), CD4(+)CD8(dim), and CD4(-)CD8(+). All three subpopulations showed both suppressor and cytotoxic activities. While HOZOT's expression of FOXP3, CD25, GITR, and cytoplasmic CTLA-4 implied a similarity to naturally occurring CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg cells, these two Treg cells differed in IL-2 responsiveness and IL-10 production. CONCLUSIONS Our studies introduce a new method of generating Treg cells in an IL-2-independent manner and highlight a unique Treg cell type with cytotoxic activity and a phenotype of FOXP3(+)CD4(+)CD8(+)CD25(+).
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- Shuji Nakamura
- Cell Biology Institute, Research Center, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Okayama, Okayama, Japan.
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Mjösberg J, Berg G, Ernerudh J, Ekerfelt C. CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells in human pregnancy: development of a Treg-MLC-ELISPOT suppression assay and indications of paternal specific Tregs. Immunology 2007; 120:456-66. [PMID: 17229266 PMCID: PMC2265909 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2006.02529.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The current study was aimed at developing a one-way mixed leucocyte culture-enzyme-linked immunospot (MLC-ELISPOT) assay for the study of CD4(+) CD25(+) regulatory T (T(reg)) cells and applying this method in the study of antifetal immune reactions during human pregnancy. Twenty-one pregnant women and the corresponding fathers-to-be, and 10 non-pregnant control women and men, participated in the study. CD4(+) CD25(+) cells were isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by immunomagnetic selection. Maternal/control PBMC were stimulated with paternal or unrelated PBMC in MLC. Secretion of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) from responder cells, with or without the presence of autologous T(reg) cells, was analysed by ELISPOT. PBMC from pregnant women showed increased secretion of IL-4 compared to controls. In pregnant and non-pregnant controls, T(reg) cells suppressed IFN-gamma reactivity against paternal and unrelated alloantigens. Interestingly, T(reg) cells suppressed IL-4 secretion against paternal but not unrelated alloantigens during pregnancy. We have successfully developed a model for studying T(reg) cells in antifetal cytokine reactions during pregnancy. Results indicate that T(reg) cells contribute to strict regulation of both T helper type 1-like and type 2-like antifetal immune reactions. Interestingly, T helper type 2-like cells specific to unrelated alloantigens are able to escape the suppression of T(reg) cells, which would allow for IL-4, alongside CD4(+) CD25(+) T(reg) cells, to control potentially detrimental IFN-gamma reactions during pregnancy.
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- Jenny Mjösberg
- Unit for Autoimmunity and Immunoregulation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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Nadal E, Garin M, Kaeda J, Apperley J, Lechler R, Dazzi F. Increased frequencies of CD4(+)CD25(high) T(regs) correlate with disease relapse after allogeneic stem cell transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 2007; 21:472-9. [PMID: 17215853 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The therapeutic efficacy of allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) largely relies on the graft-versus-leukemia (GvL) effect exerted by donor T cells. CD4(+)CD25(high) regulatory T cells (T(regs)) have been shown to downregulate antitumor responses but their role on GvL has not been evaluated. We performed a cross-sectional study in which we enumerated and characterized CD4(+)CD25(high) T(regs) in the peripheral blood of CML patients undergoing allogeneic SCT. We documented higher frequencies of T(regs) in patients after transplant as compared to normal controls and newly diagnosed patients. The increment was particularly evident in patients who had received their SCT 18 months before. In vitro functional studies demonstrated that the T(regs) purified from SCT patients exhibited a more potent suppressive activity than T(regs) isolated from healthy volunteers. Patients in whom T(regs) numbers were higher than controls more than 18 months after SCT showed evidence of disease relapse. Although the increment in T(regs) might have an advantageous effect on graft rejection in the early phase post-transplant, our data suggest that T(regs) exert an inhibitory effect on GvL.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Biomarkers, Tumor/blood
- Bone Marrow Transplantation/immunology
- CD4 Antigens/analysis
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/blood
- Graft vs Leukemia Effect/immunology
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance
- Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit/analysis
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/blood
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/immunology
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/surgery
- Lymphocyte Count
- Lymphocyte Depletion
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Recurrence
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
- Transplantation Conditioning
- Transplantation, Homologous/immunology
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- E Nadal
- Department of Haematology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK
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