Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Laboratory of Immunology, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Sci Rep. 2016 Nov 8;6:36378. doi: 10.1038/srep36378.
Whether humoral immunity plays a role in HPV type 6 or 11 virus-mediated Juvenile-onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (JORRP) remains unknown. In the present study, serum total IgG level in 44 JORRP patients was significantly decreased compared with that in 40 healthy controls. Moreover, expanded CD3CD19 B cells with down-regulation of CD23, CD40, HLA-DR and up-regulation of CD86 expression were found in the peripheral blood of JORRP patients. Flow cytometry analysis of B-cell compartment showed that the frequency of both CD19CD27 plasma cells and CD19CD27 memory B cells were decreased in JORRP patients. Importantly, although the proportion of circulating CXCR5PD1 Tfh cells was not changed, the function of Tfh cells were greatly impaired with reduced ability of IL-21 secretion to promote B cell maturation. Association analysis by the Kaplan-Meier method revealed that IL-21 secreting Tfh cell was positively correlated to the CD27 B cell subset frequency, the serum IgG level and the frequency of recurrence in JORRP patients, but negatively correlated to the percentage of IgDCD27 B cell. We concluded that a reduced IL-21 secretion by Tfh cells may limit B cell maturation and antibody production in JORRP patients and Tfh cell-derived IL-21 might be associated with JORRP outcome in clinic.
体液免疫是否在 HPV 型 6 或 11 病毒介导的青少年复发性呼吸道乳头瘤病(JORRP)中发挥作用尚不清楚。在本研究中,44 例 JORRP 患者的血清总 IgG 水平明显低于 40 例健康对照者。此外,JORRP 患者外周血中发现 CD3CD19 B 细胞扩增,CD23、CD40、HLA-DR 下调,CD86 表达上调。B 细胞亚群的流式细胞术分析显示,JORRP 患者的 CD19CD27 浆细胞和 CD19CD27 记忆 B 细胞频率均降低。重要的是,虽然循环 CXCR5PD1 Tfh 细胞的比例没有改变,但 Tfh 细胞的功能受到极大损害,IL-21 分泌促进 B 细胞成熟的能力降低。Kaplan-Meier 方法的关联分析表明,IL-21 分泌性 Tfh 细胞与 JORRP 患者的 CD27 B 细胞亚群频率、血清 IgG 水平和复发频率呈正相关,与 IgDCD27 B 细胞的百分比呈负相关。我们得出结论,Tfh 细胞分泌的 IL-21 减少可能限制了 JORRP 患者的 B 细胞成熟和抗体产生,Tfh 细胞衍生的 IL-21 可能与 JORRP 的临床转归有关。