机构:[1]Department of Hematology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, #45 Changchun Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, P.R. China.血液科首都医科大学宣武医院[2]Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.[3]Genzyme Corporation, Framingham, MA 02142, USA.
Background: ATG has been employed to deplete T cells in several immune-mediated conditions. However, whether ATG administration affects naive and memory T cell differently is largely unknown. The context and purpose of the study: In this study, we assessed how murine ATG therapy affected T cell subsets in NOD mice, based on their regulatory and naive or memory phenotype, as well as its influence on antigen-specific immune responses. Results: Peripheral blood CD4+ and CD8+ T cells post-ATG therapy declined to their lowest levels at day 3, while CD4+ T cells returned to normal levels more rapidly than CD8+ T cells. ATG therapy failed to eliminate antigen-primed T cells. CD4+ T cell responses post-ATG therapy skewed to T helper type 2 (Th2) and possibly IL-10-producing T regulatory type 1 (Tr1) cells. Intriguingly, Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) were less sensitive to ATG depletion and remained at higher levels following in vivo recovery compared to controls. Of note, the frequency of Foxp3+ Tregs with memory T cell phenotype was significantly increased in ATG-treated animals. Conclusion: ATG therapy may modulate antigen-specific immune responses through inducing memory-like regulatory T cells as well as other protective T cells such as Th2 and IL-10-producing Tr1 cells.
基金:
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation(17-2008-1036)
Florida State Lung Transplantation Award
Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant #81172854 )
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Hematology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, #45 Changchun Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, P.R. China.[2]Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Chang-Qing Xia,Anna V Chernatynskaya,Clive H Wasserfall,et al.Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) differentially depletes naive and memory T cells and permits memory-type regulatory T cells in nonobese diabetic mice[J].BMC IMMUNOLOGY.2012,13:doi:10.1186/1471-2172-13-70.
APA:
Chang-Qing Xia,Anna V Chernatynskaya,Clive H Wasserfall,Suigui Wan,Benjamin M Looney...&Mark A Atkinson.(2012).Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) differentially depletes naive and memory T cells and permits memory-type regulatory T cells in nonobese diabetic mice.BMC IMMUNOLOGY,13,
MLA:
Chang-Qing Xia,et al."Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) differentially depletes naive and memory T cells and permits memory-type regulatory T cells in nonobese diabetic mice".BMC IMMUNOLOGY 13.(2012)