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Gene expression profiling of effector and regulatory T-cells from peripheral blood of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and healthy volunteers.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Conflicting evidence exists regarding the suppressive capacity of Tregs from the peripheral blood (PB) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our aim was to determine whether Tregs are intrinsically defective in RA using a wide range of read-out assays. Methods: CD3+CD4+CD25+CD127low Tregs from CD45RO+ and CD45RA+ compartments of PB from patients with RA and healthy controls (HC) were analysed for phenotype, cytokine expression profile (ex vivo and after in vitro stimulation), suppression of effector T-cell proliferation and cytokine production, suppression of monocyte-derived cytokine/chemokine production, and gene expression profiling. Results: No differences were observed between patients with RA and HC regarding Treg frequency, ex vivo phenotype (CD4, CD25, CD127, CD39, CD161) or pro-inflammatory cytokine profile (IL-17, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha). FOXP3 expression was increased in Tregs from RA blood. The ability of Tregs to suppress T-cell proliferation or cytokine (IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha) production upon co-culture with autologous CD45RO+ effector T-cells and monocytes was not significantly different between patients with RA and HC. CD45RO+ Tregs from RA blood showed a slightly impaired ability to suppress production of some cytokines/chemokines by autologous LPS-activated monocytes (IL-1-beta, IL-1Ra, IL-7, CCL3, CCL4), but this was not true for all patients and other cytokines/chemokines (TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-8, IL-12, IL-15, CCL5) were suppressed in the majority of patients similarly to HC. Finally, gene expression profiling of CD45RA+ or CD45RO+ Tregs from PB revealed no statistically significant differences between patients with RA and HC. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that Tregs isolated from PB of patients with RA are not intrinsically defective.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE65010 | GEO | 2015/09/05

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA272729

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is complicated and involves both innate and adaptive immunity [5]. The innate immunity such as macrophages or fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) in the synovium can generate inflammatory mediators, including TNF-α, IL-1, IL-6, IL-17, IFN-γ, and chemo kines that lead to synovial inflammation, bone erosion, and cartilage damage [6-8]. The IL-17 signaling mediates the autoantibody production in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) model [9]. However, the treatment response with an anti-IL17 monoclonal antibody in RA patients shows a high degree of heterogeneity [10]. The inhibitors of the Janus kinase (JAK) pathway are approved for RA patients [11]. These data suggest that the targeted multiple cytokines through the JAK pathway are useful for RA treatment. Disturbance of type I IFNs (IFNs-I) signaling and production drive autoimmune development [12]. The presymptomatic RA patients display an increase of IFNs-I before the onset of symptoms [13]. The RA patients also show the elevation of IFN- α in the synovial fluid and high expression of IFNs-I regulated gene in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) [14]. However, the role of IFNs-I in arthritis and bone homeostasis has suggested the accelerating effect of arthritis and bone damage. The interferon-alpha receptor knockout mice develop arthritis severity higher than wild-type mice in the model of antigen-induced arthritis [15]. IFNs-I also affects the bone homeostasis by inhibiting osteoclastogenesis via receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B (RANK) pathway, and reduction of c-FOS expression [16-18]. Therefore, the goal of RA treatment with antagonizing the IFNs-I pathway has to be optimized between efficacy and potentially adverse effect. STING is a cytosolic DNA sensor that initiates the production of IFNs-I. STING functions have been reported as both pro-inflammatory signaling and negative regulator against inflammation [19-21]. The mutation in exon 5 of the STING gene results in gain function leading to initiate inflammation and cause the Sting associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI) [22]. Loss of STING function rescues DNaseII-deficient mice from lethality and polyarthritis [23]. However, Sting-deficient lupus mice (MRL/Lpr mice) show higher and earlier mortality than Sting-sufficient MRL/Lpr mice [24]. The pathology also shows lymphoid hypertrophy with a higher amount of macrophages and granulocytes infiltration, autoantibodies, and cytokine [24]. The objective of this study was to identify the role of STING in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis using collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) model as a representative model of the human RA.

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Gene expression profiling of effector and regulatory T-cells from peripheral blood of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and healthy volunteers.

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