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FOXP3 gene expression in a tuberculosis case contact study.

S Burl1, P C Hill, D J Jeffries

  • 1Tuberculosis Division, Bacterial Diseases Programme, Medical Research Council (UK) Unit, Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa.

Clinical and Experimental Immunology
|May 1, 2007
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Regulatory T lymphocytes (Tregs) play a role in tuberculosis (TB) immunity. FOXP3 expression is higher in TB patients and lower in recently infected contacts, suggesting Tregs are important in TB pathogenesis.

Area of Science:

  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Tuberculosis Research

Background:

  • Regulatory T lymphocytes (Tregs), identified by FOXP3 expression, modulate immune responses.
  • The role of Tregs in tuberculosis (TB) pathogenesis remains unclear.
  • Tregs can suppress beneficial immune responses, potentially impacting TB control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of FOXP3(+) Tregs in individuals with varying TB exposure and disease.
  • To analyze FOXP3 and IL-10 expression in healthy TB contacts and active TB patients.

Main Methods:

  • Classified 1272 healthy TB contacts based on tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma ELISPOT.
  • Analyzed blood samples from 128 TB patients and healthy contacts for FOXP3 and IL-10 mRNA expression.

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  • Compared immune marker levels between uninfected, recently infected, and active TB groups.

    • Main Results:

    • TB patients exhibited significantly higher FOXP3 mRNA levels compared to uninfected contacts.
    • Recently infected contacts (TST(+), ELISPOT(+)) showed significantly lower FOXP3 expression.
    • Interleukin-10 (IL-10) levels did not differ significantly between groups, except for a slight decrease in TB patients.

    Conclusions:

    • FOXP3(+) Treg levels vary across the spectrum of TB infection and disease.
    • Hypothesize that Tregs may be sequestered in the lungs during early TB and reappear in the periphery during progressive disease.
    • These findings highlight the probable importance of Tregs in TB, though their precise beneficial or detrimental role requires further investigation.