scholarly journals Imbalance between IL-17A-Producing Cells and Regulatory T Cells during Ischemic Stroke

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuehua Hu ◽  
Yanhua Zheng ◽  
Ya Wu ◽  
Bing Ni ◽  
Shugui Shi

Immune responses and inflammation are key elements in the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke (IS). Although the involvement of IL-17A in IS has been demonstrated using animal models, the involvement of IL-17A and IL-17-secreting T cell subsets in IS patients has not been verified, and whether the balance of Treg/IL-17-secreting T cells is altered in IS patients remains unknown. In the present study, we demonstrated that the proportion of peripheral Tregs and the levels of IL-10 and TGF-βwere reduced in patients with IS compared with controls using flow cytometry (FCM), real-time PCR, and ELISA assays. However, the proportions of Th17 andγδT cells, the primary IL-17A-secreting cells, increased dramatically, and these effects were accompanied by increases in the levels of IL-17A, IL-23, IL-6, and IL-1βin IS patients. These studies suggest that the increase in IL-17A-producing cells and decrease in Treg cells might contribute to the pathogenesis of IS. Manipulating the balance between Tregs and IL-17A-producing cells might be helpful for the treatment of IS.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lourdes Rocamora-Reverte ◽  
Franz Leonard Melzer ◽  
Reinhard Würzner ◽  
Birgit Weinberger

The immune system is a tightly regulated network which allows the development of defense mechanisms against foreign antigens and tolerance toward self-antigens. Regulatory T cells (Treg) contribute to immune homeostasis by maintaining unresponsiveness to self-antigens and suppressing exaggerated immune responses. Dysregulation of any of these processes can lead to serious consequences. Classically, Treg cell functions have been described in CD4+ T cells, but other immune cells also harbour the capacity to modulate immune responses. Regulatory functions have been described for different CD8+ T cell subsets, as well as other T cells such as γδT cells or NKT cells. In this review we describe the diverse populations of Treg cells and their role in different scenarios. Special attention is paid to the aging process, which is characterized by an altered composition of immune cells. Treg cells can contribute to the development of various age-related diseases but they are poorly characterized in aged individuals. The huge diversity of cells that display immune modulatory functions and the lack of universal markers to identify Treg make the expanding field of Treg research complex and challenging. There are still many open questions that need to be answered to solve the enigma of regulatory T cells.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Jin ◽  
Tao Sun ◽  
Xiao-Hong Yu ◽  
Ying-Xiang Yang ◽  
Anthony E. T. Yeo

Invading pathogens have unique molecular signatures that are recognized by Toll-like receptors (TLRs) resulting in either activation of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and/or costimulation of T cells inducing both innate and adaptive immunity. TLRs are also involved in T-cell development and can reprogram Treg cells to become helper cells. T cells consist of various subsets, that is, Th1, Th2, Th17, T follicular helper (Tfh), cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), regulatory T cells (Treg) and these originate from thymic progenitor thymocytes. T-cell receptor (TCR) activation in distinct T-cell subsets with different TLRs results in differing outcomes, for example, activation of TLR4 expressed in T cells promotes suppressive function of regulatory T cells (Treg), while activation of TLR6 expressed in T cells abrogates Treg function. The current state of knowledge of regarding TLR-mediated T-cell development and differentiation is reviewed.


Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (11) ◽  
pp. 3159-3159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Giannopoulos ◽  
Malgorzata Kowal ◽  
Anna Dmoszynska ◽  
Jacek Rolinski ◽  
Kamila Mazurek ◽  
...  

Abstract There is an accumulation of in vivo (graft-versus-leukemia effect) and in vitro (spontaneous remissions after infections) data providing evidence that CLL might be effectively targeted by T-cell based immunotherapy. Earlier, we characterized the receptor for hyaluronic acid mediated motility (RHAMM) as antigen associated with proliferation and negative prognosis in CLL. We also demonstrated that RHAMM-derived epitope(R3)- primed T cells were able to lyse RHAMM+ target CLL cells. Therefore, we initiated a small phase I/II clinical trial with R3 peptide vaccination for patients with CLL. Six CLL patients in Binet stage 0 of the disease were vaccinated four times at a biweekly interval with HLA-A2 restricted RHAMM-derived epitope R3 (ILSLELMKL, 300μg/dose on day 3) emulsified in incomplete Freund’s adjuvant (IFA) with concomitant administration of GM-CSF (100μg/dose, days 1–5). R3-specific T-cell responses were assessed by tetramer staining and ELISPOT assays. T-cell subsets which play a role in regulation of immune responses including CD3+CD4+CD25hiCD127loFOXP3+ T regs, Th17, CD8+CD137+, CD8+CD103+ and IL-17 producing CD8+ T cells (CD8+IL-17+) were evaluated by flow cytometry. No severe adverse events greater than CTC Io skin toxicity could be observed. Four of six patients showed a reduction of WBC during vaccination. Although these WBC changes did not meet the NCI response criteria, we described these favorable hematological changes achieved in short period of immunotherapy as hematological improvement (defined as at least 20% reduction of WBC during vaccination). The immune responses were found in 5/6 patients as assessed by tetramer-staining (positive response defined as an increase of R3-specific CD8+ T cell frequency by more than 100% after vaccination) and confirmed in 4/5 as assessed by ELISPOT assay. Patients included in this study showed median Tregs frequency of 4.2%, range: 2.5–8%. There was no significant difference of Tregs percentages between patients who improved clinically when compared with non-responders (median 6.1% vs. 3.7%). Vaccination induced Tregs in 4 patients (2 non-responders and 2 responders). Two other patients who improved hematologically did not significantly change frequency of Tregs or even reduced it during vaccination (Figure 1). Median expression of CD103 on CD8+ T cells was 1.84%, range: 0.41–5.63%. In one non-responder, we observed an increase in frequency of CD103+CD8+ T-cells during vaccination from 1.46% to 2.56%. During vaccination, changes in CD8+CD103+ T cell subset did not correlate with the frequency of Tregs, nonetheless we could find an inverse correlation with inflammatory Th17 T cells (r2=−0.5, p<0.05). We could find a correlation between the frequency of Tregs and activated CD8+CD69+ T cells (r2=0.51, p<0.05). Interestingly, CD8+CD137+ cells correlated with CD8+IL-17+ T cells (r2=0.54, p<0.05). In conclusion, peptide vaccination in CLL patients is safe and feasible to mount immune responses against the tumor antigen RHAMM. Most of patients benefited hematologically from vaccination. Although in some patients we observed an induction of tumor-specific T cells without induction of Tregs there is a rationale to add novel active agents against Tregs in future vaccination trials. Figure 1. Peptide vaccination induced changes in WBC, percentages of regulatory T cells (Tregs) as well as R3 specific tetramer ‘CD’ T cells (tetra) of A CLL patients. Patients B, C, E and F improved hematologically during vaccination. Figure 1. Peptide vaccination induced changes in WBC, percentages of regulatory T cells (Tregs) as well as R3 specific tetramer ‘CD’ T cells (tetra) of A CLL patients. Patients B, C, E and F improved hematologically during vaccination.


2001 ◽  
Vol 194 (6) ◽  
pp. 847-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Iellem ◽  
Margherita Mariani ◽  
Rosmarie Lang ◽  
Helios Recalde ◽  
Paola Panina-Bordignon ◽  
...  

Chemokines dictate regional trafficking of functionally distinct T cell subsets. In rodents and humans, a unique subset of CD4+CD25+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen (CTLA)-4+ regulatory T cells (Treg) has been proposed to control peripheral tolerance. However, the molecular basis of immune suppression and the trafficking properties of Treg cells are still unknown. Here, we determined the chemotactic response profile and chemokine receptor expression of human blood-borne CD4+CD25+ Treg cells. These Treg cells were found to vigorously respond to several inflammatory and lymphoid chemokines. Treg cells specifically express the chemokine receptors CCR4 and CCR8 and represent a major subset of circulating CD4+ T cells responding to the chemokines macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC)/CCL22, thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC)/CCL17, I-309/CCL1, and to the virokine vMIP-I (ligands of CCR4 and CCR8). Blood-borne CD4+ T cells that migrate in response to CCL1 and CCL22 exhibit a reduced alloproliferative response, dependent on the increased frequency of Treg cells in the migrated population. Importantly, mature dendritic cells preferentially attract Treg cells among circulating CD4+ T cells, by secretion of CCR4 ligands CCL17 and CCL22. Overall, these results suggest that CCR4 and/or CCR8 may guide Treg cells to sites of antigen presentation in secondary lymphoid tissues and inflamed areas to attenuate T cell activation.


Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 3246-3246
Author(s):  
Philip R. Streeter ◽  
Xingqi Zhang ◽  
Richard T. Maziarz

Abstract Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is mediated by mature alloreactive donor T cells. Upon activation, alloreactive CD4+ T cells upregulate CD134 (OX40), a member of the TNF receptor superfamily. Using a rat hapolidentical parent into F1 model of GVHD, we recently reported that CD25 expression stratifies these CD4+134+ T cells into two alloreactive T cell subsets (Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2004 May;10(5):298-309; results summarized in the table below). Proliferative Response* Cytokine Secretion** * Cell proliferation following stimulation with the indicated agent. Measured by 3H-thymidine incorporation. ** Cytokine secretion following stimulation with alloantigen. Neither cell subset secreted detectable levels of IL-2 or IL-4. Cell Subset Concanavalin A Alloantigen IFN- γ IL-10 CD4+CD134+CD25− ++++ +++ + + CD4+CD134+CD25+ − − ++ +++ In the current study we investigated the immune regulatory potential of the GVHD-associated CD4+CD25+ T cell subset. Cocultivation of the two GVHD-associated CD4+134+ T cell subsets revealed that the GVHD-derived CD4+CD25+ T cells suppressed, in a dose dependent manner, alloantigen-induced proliferation of the CD4+CD25− T cell subset. As this observation is similar to the suppressive activity associated with naturally occurring CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells, cells implicated in the inhibition or suppression of a wide range of immune responses, it suggested that GVHD-associated CD4+CD25+ T cells play a regulatory role in GVHD. However, in further contrasting the biological properties of GVHD-associated CD4+CD25+ T cells with those of naturally occurring CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells, substantive differences in these two types of regulatory T cells became apparent. At the phenotypic level, GVHD-associated regulatory T cells expressed higher levels of MHC Class II and lower levels of CD45RC and CD62L, suggesting different stages of activation. GVHD-associated and naturally occurring regulatory T cells also differed functionally. While naturally occurring regulatory T cells suppressed primary mixed lymphocyte cultures, GVHD-derived CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells provided a potent proliferative advantage for responding T cells. When contrasted with standard mixed lymphocyte cultures, addition of GVHD-derived CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells yielded a 15–20 fold increase in 3H-thymidine incorporation. Thus, GVHD-associated CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells have the unique ability to differentially regulate immune responses, promoting proliferation of naive alloresponsive T cells while suppressing proliferation of previously activated GVHD-derived alloreactive CD4+CD25− T cells. These data suggest that GVHD-derived CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells may contribute to progression of GVHD in two ways: 1) By facilitating activation of allospecific naive T cells, providing a mechanism for further amplification of the immunoinflammatory cascade associated with this disease; and 2) By maintaining a reservoir of previously activated allospecific T cells, cells that may be available for supplementation of disease-associated immunoinflammatory responses as needed.


2006 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 861-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Kotner ◽  
Rick Tarleton

ABSTRACT Infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi results in a robust and multifaceted immune response that controls parasite load but is unable to completely clear infection, resulting in parasite persistence and a chronic illness known as Chagas' disease in humans. The severity of Chagas' disease is correlated with persistent parasitism of muscle, neuronal, and gut tissues. The natural immunomodulatory function of endogenous CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells (Treg cells) to limit hyperactive immune responses may be exploited by microbes to persist despite host responses. In this study, we show that Treg cells are not necessary for T. cruzi evasion of immune responses during acute or chronic infection. In vivo anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody-mediated depletion of Treg cells from mice prior to challenge with a lethal strain or prior to and during acute infection with a nonlethal strain of parasite neither improved nor worsened the outcome of immune responses: differences in parasitemia, kinetics of antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell expansion, and CD8+ T-cell effector function (both in vivo and ex vivo) were of similar magnitudes for both depleted and control groups. Furthermore, depletion of CD25+ cells from chronically infected mice did not enhance immune responses of muscle-derived CD8+ T cells, nor could FoxP3 mRNA/scurfin-expressing leukocytes be isolated from muscle tissue. Based on the results of this study, it is concluded that Treg cells do not appear to play a major role in regulating CD8+ T-cell effector responses during the acute phase of infection or in the muscles of mice during chronic T. cruzi infection.


Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Daniil Shevyrev ◽  
Valeriy Tereshchenko ◽  
Elena Blinova ◽  
Nadezda Knauer ◽  
Ekaterina Pashkina ◽  
...  

Homeostatic proliferation (HP) is a physiological process that reconstitutes the T cell pool after lymphopenia involving Interleukin-7 and 15 (IL-7 and IL-15), which are the key cytokines regulating the process. However, there is no evidence that these cytokines influence the function of regulatory T cells (Tregs). Since lymphopenia often accompanies autoimmune diseases, we decided to study the functional activity of Tregs stimulated by HP cytokines from patients with rheumatoid arthritis as compared with that of those from healthy donors. Since T cell receptor (TCR) signal strength determines the intensity of HP, we imitated slow HP using IL-7 or IL-15 and fast HP using a combination of IL-7 or IL-15 with anti-CD3 antibodies, cultivating Treg cells with peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) at a 1:1 ratio. We used peripheral blood from 14 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 18 healthy volunteers. We also used anti-CD3 and anti-CD3 + IL-2 stimulation as controls. The suppressive activity of Treg cells was evaluated in each case by the inhibition of the proliferation of CD4+ and CD8+ cells. The phenotype and proliferation of purified CD3+CD4+CD25+CD127lo cells were assessed by flow cytometry. The suppressive activity of the total pool of Tregs did not differ between the rheumatoid arthritis and healthy donors; however, it significantly decreased in conditions close to fast HP when the influence of HP cytokines was accompanied by anti-CD3 stimulation. The Treg proliferation caused by HP cytokines was lower in the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients than in the healthy individuals. The revealed decrease in Treg suppressive activity could impact the TCR landscape during lymphopenia and lead to the proliferation of potentially self-reactive T cell clones that are able to receive relatively strong TCR signals. This may be another explanation as to why lymphopenia is associated with the development of autoimmune diseases. The revealed decrease in Treg proliferation under IL-7 and IL-15 exposure can lead to a delay in Treg pool reconstitution in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the case of lymphopenia.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. A438-A438
Author(s):  
Mara Shainheit ◽  
Devin Champagne ◽  
Gabriella Santone ◽  
Syukri Shukor ◽  
Ece Bicak ◽  
...  

BackgroundATLASTM is a cell-based bioassay that utilizes a cancer patient‘s own monocyte-derived dendritic cells and CD4+ and CD8+ T cells to screen their mutanome and identify neoantigens that elicit robust anti-tumor T cell responses, as well as, deleterious InhibigensTM.1 GEN-009, a personalized vaccine comprised of 4–20 ATLAS-identified neoantigens combined with Hiltonol®, harnesses the power of neoantigen-specific T cells to treat individuals with solid tumors. The safety and efficacy of GEN-009 is being assessed in a phase 1/2a clinical trial (NCT03633110).MethodsA cohort of 15 adults with solid tumors were enrolled in the study. During the screening period, patients received standard of care PD-1-based immunotherapies appropriate for their tumor type. Subsequently, patients were immunized with GEN-009 with additional doses administered at 3, 6, 12, and 24 weeks. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were collected at baseline, pre-vaccination (D1), as well as 29, 50, 92, and 176 days post first dose. Vaccine-induced immunogenicity and persistence were assessed by quantifying neoantigen-specific T cell responses in ex vivo and in vitro stimulation dual-analyte fluorospot assays. Polyfunctionality of neoantigen-specific T cells was evaluated by intracellular cytokine staining. Additionally, potential correlations between the ATLAS-identified profile and vaccine-induced immunogenicity were assessed.ResultsGEN-009 augmented T cell responses in 100% of evaluated patients, attributable to vaccine and not checkpoint blockade. Furthermore, neoantigen-induced secretion of IFNγ and/or TNFα by PBMCs, CD4+, and CD8+ T cells was observed in all patients. Responses were primarily from polyfunctional TEM cells and detectable in both CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets. Some patients had evidence of epitope spreading. Unique response patterns were observed for each patient with no apparent relationship between tumor types and time to emergence, magnitude or persistence of response. Ex vivo vaccine-induced immune responses were observed as early as 1 month, and in some cases, persisted for 176 days. Clinical efficacy possibly attributable to GEN-009 was observed in several patients, but no correlation has yet been identified with neoantigen number or magnitude of immune response.ConclusionsATLAS empirically identifies stimulatory neoantigens using the patient‘s own immune cells. GEN-009, which is comprised of personalized, ATLAS-identified neoantigens, elicits early, long-lasting and polyfunctional neoantigen-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses in individuals with advanced cancer. Several patients achieved clinical responses that were possibly attributable to vaccine; efforts are underway to explore T cell correlates of protection. These data support that GEN-009, in combination with checkpoint blockade, represents a unique approach to treat solid tumors.AcknowledgementsWe are grateful to the patients and their families who consented to participate in the GEN-009-101 clinical trial.Trial RegistrationNCT03633110Ethics ApprovalThis study was approved by Western Institutional Review Board, approval number 1-1078861-1. All subjects contributing samples provided signed individual informed consent.ReferenceDeVault V, Starobinets H, Adhikari S, Singh S, Rinaldi S, Classon B, Flechtner J, Lam H. Inhibigens, personal neoantigens that drive suppressive T cell responses, abrogate protection of therapeutic anti-tumor vaccines. J. Immunol 2020; 204(1 Supplement):91.15.


Blood ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 120 (23) ◽  
pp. 4560-4570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuning Lu ◽  
Helga Schneider ◽  
Christopher E. Rudd

Abstract CTLA-4 inhibits T-cell activation and protects against the development of autoimmunity. We and others previously showed that the coreceptor can induce T-cell motility and shorten dwell times with dendritic cells (DCs). However, it has been unclear whether this property of CTLA-4 affects both conventional T cells (Tconvs) and regulatory T cells (Tregs). Here, we report that CTLA-4 had significantly more potent effects on the motility and contact times of Tconvs than Tregs. This was shown firstly by anti–CTLA-4 reversal of the anti-CD3 stop-signal on FoxP3-negative cells at concentrations that had no effect on FoxP3-positive Tregs. Secondly, the presence of CTLA-4 reduced the contact times of DO11.10 x CD4+CD25− Tconvs, but not DO11.10 x CD4+CD25+ Tregs, with OVA peptide presenting DCs in lymph nodes. Thirdly, blocking of CTLA-4 with anti–CTLA-4 Fab increased the contact times of Tconvs, but not Tregs with DCs. By contrast, the presence of CD28 in a comparison of Cd28−/− and Cd28+/+ DO11.10 T cells had no detectable effect on the contact times of either Tconvs or Tregs with DCs. Our findings identify for the first time a mechanistic explanation to account for CTLA-4–negative regulation of Tconv cells but not Tregs in immune responses.


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