Ipavec Nina, Rogić Vidaković Maja, Markotić Anita, Pavelin Sanda, Buljubašić Šoda Maja, Šoda Joško, Dolić Krešimir, Režić Mužinić Nikolina
Transfusion Medicine Division, University Hospital of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Laboratory for Human and Experimental Neurophysiology, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Biomedicines. 2024 Feb 19;12(2):464. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12020464.
The objective of this study was to investigate regulatory T cells (Tregs) and monocytes; specifically, the expression of CTLA-4 (CD152) and FOXP3 in CD4CD25 Tregs and the expression of CD40+ and CD192+ monocyte subpopulations in subjects with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). Immunological analysis was conducted on peripheral blood samples collected from the 28 PPMS subjects (15 treated with ocrelizumab and 13 untreated PPMS subjects) and 10 healthy control subjects (HCs). The blood samples were incubated with antihuman CD14, CD16, CD40, and CD192 antibodies for monocytes and antihuman CD4, CD25, FOXP3, and CTLA-4 antibodies for lymphocytes. The study results showed that in comparison to HCs both ocrelizumab treated (N = 15) and untreated (N = 13) PPMS subjects had significantly increased percentages of CTLA-4 and FOXP3 in CD4CD25 Tregs. Further, ocrelizumab treated PPMS subjects, compared to the untreated ones, had significantly decreased percentages of CD192+ and CD40+ nonclassical monocytes. Increased percentages of CTLA-4 and FOXP3 in CD4CD25 Tregs in both ocrelizumab treated and untreated PPMS subjects indicates the suppressive (inhibitory) role of Tregs in abnormal immune responses in PPMS subjects. Decreased percentages of CD40+ and CD192+ non-classical CD14CD16 monocytes for treated compared to untreated PPMS subjects suggests a possible role for ocrelizumab in dampening CNS inflammation.
本研究的目的是调查调节性T细胞(Tregs)和单核细胞;具体而言,是原发性进行性多发性硬化症(PPMS)患者中CD4⁺CD25⁺ Tregs中细胞毒性T淋巴细胞相关抗原4(CTLA-4,CD152)和叉头框蛋白P3(FOXP3)的表达,以及单核细胞亚群CD40⁺和CD192⁺的表达。对从28例PPMS患者(15例接受奥瑞珠单抗治疗,13例未接受治疗的PPMS患者)和10例健康对照者(HCs)采集的外周血样本进行免疫分析。将血样与针对单核细胞的抗人CD14、CD16、CD40和CD192抗体以及针对淋巴细胞的抗人CD4、CD25、FOXP3和CTLA-4抗体一起孵育。研究结果表明,与HCs相比,接受奥瑞珠单抗治疗(N = 15)和未接受治疗(N = 13)的PPMS患者CD4⁺CD25⁺ Tregs中CTLA-4和FOXP3的百分比均显著增加。此外,与未接受治疗的患者相比,接受奥瑞珠单抗治疗的PPMS患者CD192⁺和CD40⁺非经典单核细胞的百分比显著降低。接受奥瑞珠单抗治疗和未接受治疗的PPMS患者CD4⁺CD25⁺ Tregs中CTLA-4和FOXP3百分比的增加表明Tregs在PPMS患者异常免疫反应中的抑制作用。与未接受治疗的PPMS患者相比,接受治疗的患者中CD40⁺和CD192⁺非经典CD14⁺CD16⁺单核细胞百分比的降低表明奥瑞珠单抗在减轻中枢神经系统炎症方面可能发挥作用。