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Decreased FOXP3 protein expression in patients with asthma.
Allergy 2009 October
BACKGROUND: T-regulatory cells (T(reg)) are important in balancing immune responses and maintaining peripheral tolerance. Current evidence suggests that asthma is characterized by a relative deficiency in T(reg), allowing T helper 2 cells to expand. In this study, we aimed to evaluate circulating T(reg), defined by the protein FOXP3, in both control subjects and patients with stable asthma.
METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of control (n = 14) and asthmatic patients (n = 29) were labeled for CD4, CD25, and intracellular FOXP3 and analyzed using flow cytometry. In CD3/CD28 stimulated PBMC, the effects of dexamethasone on the transcription factors T-bet, GATA-3, FOXP3, and RORc2 and representative cytokines were studied.
RESULTS: In control subjects and asthmatic patients, numbers of peripheral blood CD4(+)CD25(high) and CD4(+)CD25(high)FOXP3(+) T-cells were similar. However, FOXP3 protein expression within CD4(+)CD25(high) T-cells was significantly decreased in asthmatic patients. There was a tendency for increased FOXP3 expression within CD4(+)CD25(high) T-cells in glucocorticosteroid-treated patients when compared to steroid-naive asthmatic patients. In stimulated PBMC, dexamethasone treatment increased the anti-/proinflammatory transcription ratios of FOXP3/GATA-3, FOXP3/T-bet, and FOXP3/RORc2.
CONCLUSION: Asthmatic patients have decreased FOXP3 protein expression within their CD4(+)CD25(high) T(reg). Our findings also suggest that treatment with inhaled glucocorticosteroids in asthmatics might increase this FOXP3 protein expression within the CD4(+)CD25(high) T-cell population.
METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of control (n = 14) and asthmatic patients (n = 29) were labeled for CD4, CD25, and intracellular FOXP3 and analyzed using flow cytometry. In CD3/CD28 stimulated PBMC, the effects of dexamethasone on the transcription factors T-bet, GATA-3, FOXP3, and RORc2 and representative cytokines were studied.
RESULTS: In control subjects and asthmatic patients, numbers of peripheral blood CD4(+)CD25(high) and CD4(+)CD25(high)FOXP3(+) T-cells were similar. However, FOXP3 protein expression within CD4(+)CD25(high) T-cells was significantly decreased in asthmatic patients. There was a tendency for increased FOXP3 expression within CD4(+)CD25(high) T-cells in glucocorticosteroid-treated patients when compared to steroid-naive asthmatic patients. In stimulated PBMC, dexamethasone treatment increased the anti-/proinflammatory transcription ratios of FOXP3/GATA-3, FOXP3/T-bet, and FOXP3/RORc2.
CONCLUSION: Asthmatic patients have decreased FOXP3 protein expression within their CD4(+)CD25(high) T(reg). Our findings also suggest that treatment with inhaled glucocorticosteroids in asthmatics might increase this FOXP3 protein expression within the CD4(+)CD25(high) T-cell population.
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