Immunosuppressive Regulation of Dendritic Cells and T Cells in Allergic Rhinitis by Semaphorin 3A

2021 ◽  
pp. 194589242110055
Author(s):  
Honghui Liu ◽  
Jinye Xia ◽  
Yu Chen ◽  
Jingang Ai ◽  
Tiansheng Wang ◽  
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Background Semaphrin3A (Sema3A) was found to play a major role in immune regulation in autoimmune diseases and to be of importance in allergic disease. However, the effect of Sema3A on allergic rhinitis (AR) is not fully clear. Objective We sought to elucidate the effects of Sema3A on the regulation of dendritic cells (DCs) and naive CD4+ T cells in AR. Methods The expression of Sema3A in nasal mucosa was measured by immunohistochemical staining and western blotting. Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were separated by the Ficoll-Hypaque method. DCs and naive CD4+ T cells were purified by magnetic selection. A human Sema3A Fc chimera was added to DCs and naive CD4+ T cells in vitro to evaluate the effect of Sema3A on the function of DCs and T cells. Labeling T cells with CFSE was used to determine cell proliferation. Flow cytometry was used to detect the DC maturation markers (CD40 and CD83) and T helper 17 (Th17) and regulatory T cell (Treg) percentages. ELISA was used to detect the IL10, IL17, IL4, and IFNγ cytokine levels. Results The expression of Sema3A in AR inferior turbinate tissue was lower than that in healthy control tissue. Compared with healthy control DCs, AR DCs showed decreased levels of the DC maturation markers CD40 and CD83 after Sema3A treatment. Furthermore, Sema3A decreased naive CD4+ T cell proliferation in AR. In addition, Sema3A increased the percentage of Tregs but had no obvious effect on Th17 cells. Moreover, Sema3A significantly increased levels of IL10 and IFNγ, and decreased level of IL4, but had no obvious effect on level of IL17. Conclusion AR presented with low expression of Sema3A in nasal mucosa, and Sema3A could decrease DC maturation, T cell proliferation, and Treg polarization.

2011 ◽  
Vol 186 (12) ◽  
pp. 6807-6814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Morlacchi ◽  
Valentina Dal Secco ◽  
Cristiana Soldani ◽  
Nicolas Glaichenhaus ◽  
Antonella Viola ◽  
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Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (11) ◽  
pp. 1553-1553
Author(s):  
Davi d J. Chung ◽  
Marco Rossi ◽  
Emanuela Romano ◽  
Jennifer Pressley ◽  
Christophe Antczak ◽  
...  

Abstract Best characterized as initiators of immunity, dendritic cells (DCs) also play an integral role in immune modulation. Immature DCs, for example, process self-antigens to induce and maintain tolerance. The immunoregulatory effects of DCs, however, are not limited to immature subtypes. Immunogenic mature DCs can also induce T regs to curb immune responses. We have found that human monocyte-derived DCs (moDCs) upregulate the immunomodulatory enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) with maturation and expand functionally active, naturally occurring as well as inducible regulatory T cells (T regs) in an IDO-dependent manner. Priming of resting bulk T cells with autologous, IDO-expressing, mature moDCs in the absence of exogenous cytokines results in up to 10-fold expansion of CD4+CD25hiFoxp3+CD127neg T cells that mediate significant dose-dependent suppression of both allogeneic and autologous T cells stimulated de novo by DCs. The expansion of T regs by IDO-expressing moDCs involves cell-to-cell contact, CD80/CD86 ligation, and IL-2. Autologous priming in the presence of a competitive inhibitor of IDO, 1-methyl-tryptophan, diminishes T reg expansion. Candidate T regs were further characterized after cytofluorographic sorting primed bulk T cells into CD4+CD25hi, CD4+CD25int, and CD4+CD25neg subpopulations. Post-sort analysis showed that >60% of the CD4+CD25hi cells coexpressed Foxp3, which was not present in the CD4+CD25neg cells. CD4+CD25hi T regs exerted dose-dependent inhibition of DC-stimulated allogeneic T cell proliferation, with >90% inhibition at a suppressor to responder T cell ratio of 1:1 and ~50% inhibition at a ratio of 1:25. CD4+CD25int cells produced intermediate suppression depending on dose, and CD4+CD25neg cells were not inhibitory. CD4+CD25hi T regs mediated similar suppression of autologous T cell responses to stimulation de novo by DCs. CD4+CD25hi T regs also inhibited the generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) specific for the Wilms’ tumor gene product (WT-1). The addition of CD4+CD25hi T regs to CTL-priming cultures resulted in a >80% decrease in specific target cell lysis of a WT-1-expressing cell line. Separate studies showed that T reg-mediated suppression is contact dependent and also requires TGF-beta, suggesting inhibition by naturally occurring and inducible T regs, respectively. Depletion of CD4+CD25hi T cells from bulk T cells by negative immunoselection with anti-CD25 magnetic beads at the outset of autologous priming significantly blunts T reg expansion, indicating a requirement for pre-existing T regs in the bulk T cell population. T reg expansion also occurs in priming cultures using cytofluorographically-sorted CD4+CD25neg T cells, indicating de novo generation of T regs from CD4+CD25neg precursors. In summary, our results demonstrate a mechanism by which mature, IDO-expressing, human moDCs expand autologous, naturally occurring as well as inducible T regs that functionally suppress the proliferation of both autologous and allogeneic T cells. Inhibition of this counter-regulatory pathway should result in more sustained benefit from active DC-based immunotherapy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Bin Fang ◽  
Zhi-Rou Zhou ◽  
Ya-Qi Peng ◽  
Xiao-Qing Liu ◽  
Bi-Xin He ◽  
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BackgroundAllergic rhinitis (AR) is characterized by IgE-mediated mucosa response after exposure to allergens. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nano-size vesicles containing biological cargos for intercellular communications. However, the role of plasma EVs in pathogenesis of AR remains largely unknown.MethodsPlasma EVs from patients with AR were isolated, quantified, and characterized. The expression of Der p 1 and antigen-presenting molecules on EVs was determined by Western blot, flow cytometry, or ELISA. PKH26- and CFSE (carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester)-stained AR-EVs were used to determine the uptake of EVs by CD4+T cells and their effects on CD4+T cell proliferation, respectively.ResultsPlasma EVs in healthy control (HC) and AR patients were similar in the concentration of particles, expression for specific EV markers, and both had structural lipid bilayer. However, the levels of Der p 1 on plasma EVs from both mild and moderate-severe AR patients were significantly higher than that on HC. The levels of antigen-presenting molecules on plasma EVs were similar from three subjects. Moreover, levels of Der p 1 on EVs in plasma, but not nasal secretion, were significantly associated with the symptom score of AR patients and level of plasma IL-13. Additionally, plasma EVs from patients with AR promoted the development of Th2 cells, while no effect was found on CD4+ T-cell proliferation.ConclusionsPlasma EVs derived from patients with AR exhibited antigen-presenting characteristics and promoted differentiation of Th2 cells, thus providing novel understanding of the pathogenesis of AR.


1993 ◽  
Vol 90 (23) ◽  
pp. 11054-11058 ◽  
Author(s):  
D J Lenschow ◽  
G H Su ◽  
L A Zuckerman ◽  
N Nabavi ◽  
C L Jellis ◽  
...  

Effective T-cell activation requires antigen/major histocompatibility complex engagement by the T-cell receptor complex in concert with one or more costimulatory molecules. Recent studies have suggested that the B7 molecule, expressed on most antigen presenting cells, functions as a costimulatory molecule through its interaction with CD28 on T cells. Blocking the CD28/B7 interaction with CTLA4Ig inhibits T-cell activation in vitro and induces unresponsiveness. We demonstrate that another molecule(s), termed B7-2, is expressed constitutively on dendritic cells, is differentially regulated on B cells, and costimulates naive T cells responding to alloantigen. B7-2 is up-regulated by lipopolysaccharide in < 6 hr and is maximally expressed on the majority of B cells by 24 hr. In contrast, B7 is detected only on a subset of activated B cells late (48 hr) after stimulation. In addition, Con A directly induces B7-2 but not B7 expression on B cells. Finally, although both anti-B7 monoclonal antibodies and CTLA4Ig blocked T-cell proliferation to antigen-expressing B7 transfectants, only CTLA4Ig had any significant inhibitory effect on T-cell proliferation to antigens expressed on natural antigen presenting cells, such as dendritic cells. Thus, B7 is not the only costimulatory molecule capable of initiating T-cell responses since a second ligand, B7-2, can provide a necessary second signal for T-cell activation.


2004 ◽  
Vol 72 (12) ◽  
pp. 7045-7054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella E. Erfurth ◽  
Sabine Gröbner ◽  
Uwe Kramer ◽  
Dani S. J. Gunst ◽  
Irena Soldanova ◽  
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ABSTRACT Yersinia enterocolitica evades innate immunity by expression of a variety of pathogenicity factors. Therefore, adaptive immunity including CD4+ T cells plays an important role in defense against Y. enterocolitica. We investigated whether Y. enterocolitica might target dendritic cells (DC) involved in adaptive T-cell responses. For this purpose, murine DC were infected with Y. enterocolitica wild-type and mutant strains prior to incubation with ovalbumin (OVA) as antigen and 5-(6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate N-succinimidyl ester-labeled OVA-specific T cells from DO11.10 mice. While T-cell proliferation was partially affected by infection of DC with plasmid-cured and YopP-deficient Yersinia mutant strains, no T-cell proliferation occurred after infection of DC with wild-type Y. enterocolitica. Infection of DC with Y. enterocolitica wild type resulted in decreased up-regulation of major histocompatibility complex class II, CD54 (intercellular adhesion molecule 1), CD 80, and CD86 expression. Experiments with plasmid-cured Y. enterocolitica or a YopP-deficient mutant strain revealed that YopP accounts for inhibition of surface molecule expression. Wild-type Y. enterocolitica suppressed the release of KC, tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-10 (IL-10), and IL-12 by DC, while infection of DC with plasmid-cured Y. enterocolitica or with the YopP-deficient mutant resulted in the production of these cytokines. Moreover, infection with wild-type Y. enterocolitica induced apoptosis in DC mediated by YopP. Apoptosis occurred despite translocation of NF-κB to the nucleus, as demonstrated by electromobility shift assays. Together, these data demonstrate that Y. enterocolitica targets functions of murine DC that are required for T-cell activation. This might contribute to evasion of adaptive immune responses by Y. enterocolitica.


Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 1094-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan B. Dietz ◽  
Lina Souan ◽  
Gaylord J. Knutson ◽  
Peggy A. Bulur ◽  
Mark R. Litzow ◽  
...  

Abstract Imatinib mesylate (STI571, imatinib) inhibited DNA synthesis in primary human T cells stimulated with allogeneic mature dendritic cells or phytohemagglutinin (PHA) but did not induce apoptosis. The values for the concentration that inhibits 50% (IC50) of T-cell proliferation stimulated by dendritic cells and PHA were 3.9 μM and 2.9 μM, respectively, that is, within the concentration range found in patients treated with imatinib mesylate. Interestingly, imatinib mesylate did not inhibit expression of T-cell activation markers CD25 and CD69, although it reduced the levels of activated nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and changed phosphorylation or protein levels of Lck, ERK1/2, retinoblastoma protein, and cyclin D3. When T cells were washed free of imatinib mesylate, they proliferated in response to PHA, demonstrating that inhibition is reversible. Treatment with imatinib mesylate led to accumulation of the cells in G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle. The in vitro observations were confirmed in vivo in a murine model of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH). In mice treated with imatinib mesylate, DTH was reduced in comparison to sham-injected controls. However, the number of splenic T cells was not reduced showing that, similarly to in vitro observations, imatinib mesylate inhibited T-cell response, but did not cause apoptosis. These findings indicate that long-term administration of high-dose imatinib mesylate might affect immunity.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e90855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Baca Jones ◽  
Christophe Filippi ◽  
Sowbarnika Sachithanantham ◽  
Teresa Rodriguez-Calvo ◽  
Katrin Ehrhardt ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiting Wang ◽  
Xiangyu Teng ◽  
Georges Abboud ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Shuang Ye ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease characterized by an overproduction of autoantibodies resulting from dysregulation in multiple immune cell types. D-mannose is a C− 2 epimer of glucose that exhibits immunoregulatory effects in models of autoimmune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes, induced rheumatoid arthritis, and airway inflammation. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of D-mannose treatment in mouse models of lupus. Results Firstly, the effect of D-Mannose was evaluated by flow cytometry on the in vitro activation of non-autoimmune C57BL/6 (B6) bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) and their ability to induce antigen-specific CD4+ T cell proliferation and activation. D-mannose inhibited the maturation of BMDCs and their induction of antigen-specific T cell proliferation and activation. In vivo, D-mannose increased the frequency of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in unmanipulated B6 mice. To assess the effect of D-mannose in mouse models of lupus, we used the graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) induced model and the B6.lpr spontaneous model. In the cGVHD model, D-mannose treatment decreased autoantibody production, with a concomitant reduction of the frequency of effector memory and follicular helper T cells as well as germinal center B cells and plasma cells. These results were partially validated in the B6.lpr model of spontaneous lupus. Conclusion Overall, our results suggest that D-mannose ameliorates autoimmune activation in models of lupus, at least partially due to its expansion of Treg cells, the induction of immature conventional dendritic cells and the downregulation of effector T cells activation. D-Mannose showed however a weaker immunomodulatory effect in lupus than in other autoimmune diseases.


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