双阳性CD4+CD8+ (DP) T细胞在慢性C型肝炎中显示出明显的疲劳表型
Anna Maria Kochanowicz1, Sylwia Osuch1, Hanna Berak2
1Department of Immunopathology of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
Cells
|July 6, 2023
概括
在慢性型肝炎 (CHC) 中,双阳性 (DP) T 细胞与单阳性 (SP) T 细胞相比显示出明显的疲劳标记. 这些T细胞枯竭表型在很大程度上甚至在成功治疗型肝炎病毒后也存在.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 慢性型肝炎 (CHC) 与T细胞耗尽有关.
- 在CHC外周血液中观察到双阳性 (DP) (CD4+CD8+) T细胞的频率增加.
- 在CHC中DPT细胞的枯竭表型仍然不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 在CHC患者中比较DP和单阳性 (SP) T细胞之间的疲劳表型.
- 评估成功的HCV治疗对DP和SPT细胞中抑制受体表达的影响.
- 在DP和SP群体中研究型肝炎病毒 (HCV) 特定T细胞的特征.
主要方法:
- 使用流式细胞计量来评估编程细胞死亡蛋白1 (PD-1) 和T细胞免疫球蛋白以及含有粘素域的分子-3 (Tim-3) 的表达.
- 在治疗前和治疗后六个月,从97名CHC患者收集了血液样本.
- 鉴定出HCV特异性T细胞,并对疲劳标记进行分析.
主要成果:
- 与CD8+SP T细胞相比,DP T细胞在治疗前和治疗后表现出明显更高的PD-1和较低的Tim-3表达,与CD4+SP T细胞相比,PD-1-Tim-3-细胞更少.
- 治疗后PD-1+Tim-3+DP T细胞减少,但整体疲劳表型持续存在.
- 与HCV特异性SPT细胞相比,HCV特异性DPT细胞表现出明显的枯竭特征,这些特征在治疗后很大程度上仍然存在.
结论:
- 与SP T细胞相比,CHC患者的DP T细胞表现出独特的疲劳表型.
- 成功的HCV治疗导致T细胞耗尽标志物发生一些变化,但DPT细胞的独特表型在很大程度上仍然存在.
- 对CHC中DPT细胞功能进行进一步的研究是有必要的.
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