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IL-7R alpha(low) memory CD8(+) T cells are significantly elevated in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

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Kim, Jung-Sik; Cho, Bon-A; Sim, Ji Hyun; Shah, Kamini; Woo, Connie M.; Lee, Eun Bong; Lee, Dong-Sup; Kang, Jae Seung; Lee, Wang Jae; Park, Chung-Gyu; Craft, Joe; Kang, Insoo; Kim, Hang-Rae

Issue Date
2012-09
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Citation
Rheumatology, Vol.51 No.9, pp.1587-1594
Abstract
Objective. Human effector memory (EM) CD8(+) T cells include IL-7R alpha(high) and IL-7R alpha(low) cells with distinct cellular characteristics, including the expression of cytotoxic molecules. Both NK cells and the NK cell-associated molecule 2B4 that is expressed on CD8(+) T cells promote cytotoxicity. Here we analysed the expression of 2B4 on IL-7R alpha(high) and IL-7R alpha(low) EM CD8(+) T cells and its contribution to cytotoxicity. We also analysed the frequency of IL-7R alpha(high) and IL-7R alpha(low) EM CD8(+) T cells in patients with SLE or lupus and in healthy individuals given the potential role of cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells in the pathogenesis of lupus. Methods. We used flow cytometry to measure the expression of 2B4 on IL-7R alpha(high) and IL-7R alpha(low) EM CD8(+) T cells as well as the frequency of these cell populations in the peripheral blood of healthy individuals and patients with SLE. Also, 2B4-mediated cytotoxicity was quantitated in IL-7R alpha(high) and IL-7R alpha(low) EM CD8(+) T cells using target cells with CD48 antigen. Results. We found that IL-7R alpha(high) EM CD8(+) T cells had higher levels of 2B4 expression compared with IL-7R alpha(low) EM CD8(+) T cells. Triggering 2B4 enhanced the cytotoxic function of IL-7R alpha(low) EM CD8(+) T cells against target cells. We also noticed that patients with SLE had an increased frequency of IL-7R alpha(low) EM CD8(+) T cells that correlated with disease manifestation. Conclusion. Our findings show that SLE patients have increased IL-7R alpha(low) EM CD8(+) T cells, possibly contributing to tissue damage through 2B4-mediated cytotoxicity.
ISSN
1462-0324
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/202662
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kes100
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Research Area Function, Immune modulation by metabolites, T-cell anergy, differentiation of memory CD8+ T cells, metabolism

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