Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2013
Regulatory T cells in skin lesions and blood of patients with bullous pemphigoid.
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Antiga E, Quaglino P, Volpi W, Pierini I, Del Bianco E, Bianchi B, Novelli M, Savoia P, Bernengo M G, Fabbri P, Caproni M
Аннотация
BACKGROUND: Although regulatory T cells (Tregs) are affected in several autoimmune skin diseases, only two studies have been performed in patients with bullous pemphigoid (BP) with contrasting results.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize Tregs and to determine the serum levels of regulatory cytokines in patients with BP.
METHODS: In BP lesional skin, immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy were performed for CD4(+) , CD25(+) , forkhead/winged helix transcription factor (FOXP3)(+) , transforming growth factor (TGF)-β(+) and interleukin (IL)-10(+) cells. In addition, the number of CD4(+) CD25(++) FOXP3(+) Tregs in peripheral blood was assessed by flow cytometry, and the levels of TGF-β and IL-10 were determined in serum samples by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay before and after steroid therapy. Controls included patients with psoriasis, atopic dermatitis (AD) and healthy donors.
RESULTS: The frequency of FOXP3(+) cells was significantly reduced in skin lesions from patients with BP (P < 0.001) compared with psoriasis and AD. Moreover, the number of IL-10(+) cells was lower in BP than in psoriasis (P < 0.001) and AD (P = 0.002), while no differences were observed in the number of TGF-β(+) cells. CD4(+) CD25(++) FOXP3(+) Treg in the peripheral blood of patients with BP was significantly reduced compared with healthy controls (P < 0.001), and augmented significantly after steroid therapy (P = 0.001). Finally, TGF-β and IL-10 serum levels were similar in patients with BP compared with healthy controls. However, after therapy, BP patients showed significantly higher IL-10 serum levels than before therapy (P = 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that the depletion of Tregs and of IL-10 in patients with BP may be an important factor in the pathogenesis of the disease.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize Tregs and to determine the serum levels of regulatory cytokines in patients with BP.
METHODS: In BP lesional skin, immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy were performed for CD4(+) , CD25(+) , forkhead/winged helix transcription factor (FOXP3)(+) , transforming growth factor (TGF)-β(+) and interleukin (IL)-10(+) cells. In addition, the number of CD4(+) CD25(++) FOXP3(+) Tregs in peripheral blood was assessed by flow cytometry, and the levels of TGF-β and IL-10 were determined in serum samples by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay before and after steroid therapy. Controls included patients with psoriasis, atopic dermatitis (AD) and healthy donors.
RESULTS: The frequency of FOXP3(+) cells was significantly reduced in skin lesions from patients with BP (P < 0.001) compared with psoriasis and AD. Moreover, the number of IL-10(+) cells was lower in BP than in psoriasis (P < 0.001) and AD (P = 0.002), while no differences were observed in the number of TGF-β(+) cells. CD4(+) CD25(++) FOXP3(+) Treg in the peripheral blood of patients with BP was significantly reduced compared with healthy controls (P < 0.001), and augmented significantly after steroid therapy (P = 0.001). Finally, TGF-β and IL-10 serum levels were similar in patients with BP compared with healthy controls. However, after therapy, BP patients showed significantly higher IL-10 serum levels than before therapy (P = 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that the depletion of Tregs and of IL-10 in patients with BP may be an important factor in the pathogenesis of the disease.