Choi Ju Young, Choi Bunsoon, Shim Ju A, Lee Eun-So, Kim Do Young, Bang Dongsik, Sohn Seonghyang
Department of Microbiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Department of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Immunobiology. 2015 Dec;220(12):1381-92. doi: 10.1016/j.imbio.2015.07.004. Epub 2015 Jul 17.
The differences of serum IL-2 levels were not consistent between Behçet's Disease (BD) patients and healthy controls, however, the correlation of interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) and BD has not been investigated. IL-2R is composed of three subunits; alpha, beta, and gamma. The expression frequencies of IL-2R subunits were analyzed in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells, spleens, and lymph node (LN) cells. The expression of IL-2R subunits was different between BD mice and controls. IL-2R beta expressing cell frequencies were also different between BD patients and healthy controls. The IL-2/anti-mIL-2 antibody complex administration regulated the IL-2R subunits in mice. The change of expression in IL-2R was accompanied by the increase of CD8+CD44+ memory T cells, CD3-NK1.1+CD11b+CD27+ natural killer cells, and improvement of symptoms. In this study, we elucidated the role of IL-2R subunits on BD, a finding that can be connected to therapeutic strategy for patients based on the results from the treatment of BD mice.
白塞病(BD)患者与健康对照者血清白细胞介素-2(IL-2)水平的差异并不一致,然而,白细胞介素-2受体(IL-2R)与BD之间的相关性尚未得到研究。IL-2R由三个亚基组成,即α、β和γ。对外周血单个核细胞、脾脏和淋巴结(LN)细胞中IL-2R亚基的表达频率进行了分析。BD小鼠与对照之间IL-2R亚基的表达有所不同。BD患者与健康对照者之间表达IL-2Rβ的细胞频率也存在差异。给予IL-2/抗小鼠IL-2抗体复合物可调节小鼠体内的IL-2R亚基。IL-2R表达的变化伴随着CD8⁺CD44⁺记忆T细胞、CD3⁻NK1.1⁺CD11b⁺CD27⁺自然杀伤细胞的增加以及症状的改善。在本研究中,我们阐明了IL-2R亚基在BD中的作用,这一发现可根据BD小鼠的治疗结果与针对患者的治疗策略联系起来。