Don C. Gnocchi Foundation, IRCCS, Piazza Morandi, 3, 20121 Milan, Italy.
Institute of chemistry of molecular recognition, National Research Council, Milan, Italy.
Sci Rep. 2016 Jul 14;6:29699. doi: 10.1038/srep29699.
B lymphocytes contribute to the pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) by secreting antibodies and producing cytokines. This latter function was analyzed in myelin olygodendrocyte protein (MOG)-stimulated CD19+ B lymphocytes of 71 MS patients with different disease phenotypes and 40 age-and sex-matched healthy controls (HC). Results showed that: 1) CD19+/TNFα+, CD19+/IL-12+ and CD19+/IFNγ+ lymphocytes are significantly increased in primary progressive (PP) compared to secondary progressive (SP), relapsing-remitting (RR), benign (BE) MS and HC; 2) CD19+/IL-6+ lymphocytes are significantly increased in PP, SP and RR compared to BEMS and HC; and 3) CD19+/IL-13+, CD19+/IL-10+, and CD19+/IL-10+/TGFβ+ (Bregs) B lymphocytes are reduced overall in MS patients compared to HC. B cells expressing BTLA, a receptor whose binding to HVEM inhibits TcR-initiated cytokine production, as well as CD19+/BTLA+/IL-10+ cells were also significantly overall reduced in MS patients compared to HC. Analyses performed in RRMS showed that fingolimod-induced disease remission is associated with a significant increase in Bregs, CD19+/BTLA+, and CD19+/BTLA+/IL-10+ B lymphocytes. B lymphocytes participate to the pathogenesis of MS via the secretion of functionally-diverse cytokines that might play a role in determining disease phenotypes. The impairment of Bregs and CD19+/BTLA+ cells, in particular, could play an important pathogenic role in MS.
B 淋巴细胞通过分泌抗体和产生细胞因子参与多发性硬化症 (MS) 的发病机制。在我的研究中,分析了 71 名具有不同疾病表型的 MS 患者和 40 名年龄和性别匹配的健康对照者 (HC) 的髓鞘少突胶质细胞蛋白 (MOG) 刺激的 CD19+B 淋巴细胞中的这种后一功能。结果表明:1)与继发性进展型 (SP)、复发缓解型 (RR)、良性 MS 和 HC 相比,原发性进展型 (PP) 中 CD19+/TNFα+、CD19+/IL-12+和 CD19+/IFNγ+淋巴细胞明显增加;2)与 BEMS 和 HC 相比,PP、SP 和 RR 中 CD19+/IL-6+淋巴细胞明显增加;3)与 HC 相比,MS 患者的 CD19+/IL-13+、CD19+/IL-10+和 CD19+/IL-10+/TGFβ+(Bregs)B 淋巴细胞总体减少。与 HC 相比,表达 BTLA 的 B 细胞(其与 HVEM 的结合抑制 TCR 起始的细胞因子产生)以及 CD19+/BTLA+/IL-10+B 细胞也明显减少。在 RRMS 中的分析表明,芬戈莫德诱导的疾病缓解与 Bregs、CD19+/BTLA+和 CD19+/BTLA+/IL-10+B 淋巴细胞的显著增加有关。B 淋巴细胞通过分泌功能多样的细胞因子参与 MS 的发病机制,这些细胞因子可能在确定疾病表型方面发挥作用。特别是 Bregs 和 CD19+/BTLA+细胞的损伤可能在 MS 中发挥重要的致病作用。