Background: A CD4+CD25- regulatory T cell population expressing the surface TGF-β in its latent form LAP+ [latency associated peptide] cells was proved to be protective in experimental colitis and to be suppressive of human peripheral blood [PB] T proliferation. We investigated the frequency and function of lamina propria [LP] CD4+LAP+ T cells in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] patients. Methods: Specimens from patients undergoing colonoscopy or bowel resection for IBD and colonic cancer were used as source of lamina propria mononuclear cells [LPMC]. The ulcerative colitis [UC] group was divided according to endoscopic activity evaluated with modified Baron Score. IL-17, IFN-γ, IL-10, LAP, and Foxp3 expression in CD3+CD8- [CD4] or CD3+/CD4+ gated cell population was assessed by immunofluorescence. The ability of FACS-sorted LP CD3+CD8-[CD4] LAP+CD25- to inhibit stimulated autologous PB CD3+CD8-[CD4] LAP- CD25- cells proliferation was assessed. Results: LP CD4LAP+ cells were significantly increased, when compared with controls, in active UC patients and not in Crohn's disease patients. The majority of LP CD4+LAP+ cells were Foxp3-. The percentage of IL-17+ cells in LP CD3+CD8-[CD4] LAP+ cells was significantly higher in active UC patients when compared with controls. LP CD3+CD8-[CD4]LAP+CD25- isolated from UC patients showed reduced or no ability to inhibit autologous PB CD3+CD8-[CD4]LAP-CD25- cell proliferation when compared with controls. Removal of IL-17+ cells from LP CD3+CD8-[CD4] LAP+ cells increases their suppressive ability. Conclusions: The percentage of LP CD4LAP+ cells is increased in active UC, showing reduced suppressor activity due to their increased proportion of intracellular IL-17 expression.

Lamina propria CD4+LAP+ regulatory T cells are increased in active ulcerative colitis but show increased IL-17 expression and reduced suppressor activity / D'Ambrosio, Antonella; Cossu, Andrea; Amendola, Antonello; Zandri, Alessandro; Butera, Alessia; Sanchez, Massimo; Biffoni, Mauro; Pronio, Annamaria; Montesani, Chiara; Kohn, Anna; Pica, Roberta; Boirivant, Monica. - In: JOURNAL OF CROHN'S AND COLITIS. - ISSN 1873-9946. - 10:3(2016), pp. 346-353. [10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjv216]

Lamina propria CD4+LAP+ regulatory T cells are increased in active ulcerative colitis but show increased IL-17 expression and reduced suppressor activity

Cossu, Andrea;Amendola, Antonello;Butera, Alessia;Pronio, Annamaria;Montesani, Chiara;Boirivant, Monica
2016

Abstract

Background: A CD4+CD25- regulatory T cell population expressing the surface TGF-β in its latent form LAP+ [latency associated peptide] cells was proved to be protective in experimental colitis and to be suppressive of human peripheral blood [PB] T proliferation. We investigated the frequency and function of lamina propria [LP] CD4+LAP+ T cells in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] patients. Methods: Specimens from patients undergoing colonoscopy or bowel resection for IBD and colonic cancer were used as source of lamina propria mononuclear cells [LPMC]. The ulcerative colitis [UC] group was divided according to endoscopic activity evaluated with modified Baron Score. IL-17, IFN-γ, IL-10, LAP, and Foxp3 expression in CD3+CD8- [CD4] or CD3+/CD4+ gated cell population was assessed by immunofluorescence. The ability of FACS-sorted LP CD3+CD8-[CD4] LAP+CD25- to inhibit stimulated autologous PB CD3+CD8-[CD4] LAP- CD25- cells proliferation was assessed. Results: LP CD4LAP+ cells were significantly increased, when compared with controls, in active UC patients and not in Crohn's disease patients. The majority of LP CD4+LAP+ cells were Foxp3-. The percentage of IL-17+ cells in LP CD3+CD8-[CD4] LAP+ cells was significantly higher in active UC patients when compared with controls. LP CD3+CD8-[CD4]LAP+CD25- isolated from UC patients showed reduced or no ability to inhibit autologous PB CD3+CD8-[CD4]LAP-CD25- cell proliferation when compared with controls. Removal of IL-17+ cells from LP CD3+CD8-[CD4] LAP+ cells increases their suppressive ability. Conclusions: The percentage of LP CD4LAP+ cells is increased in active UC, showing reduced suppressor activity due to their increased proportion of intracellular IL-17 expression.
2016
IL-17; Inflammatory bowel disease; Regulatory CD4+LAP+ cells; Adult; Aged; Biomarkers; CD4 Lymphocyte Count; Case-Control Studies; Cell Proliferation; Colitis, Ulcerative; Colon; Crohn Disease; Female; Humans; Ileum; Interleukin-17; Intestinal Mucosa; Male; Middle Aged; Peptides; Protein Precursors; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory; Transforming Growth Factor beta; Gastroenterology
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Lamina propria CD4+LAP+ regulatory T cells are increased in active ulcerative colitis but show increased IL-17 expression and reduced suppressor activity / D'Ambrosio, Antonella; Cossu, Andrea; Amendola, Antonello; Zandri, Alessandro; Butera, Alessia; Sanchez, Massimo; Biffoni, Mauro; Pronio, Annamaria; Montesani, Chiara; Kohn, Anna; Pica, Roberta; Boirivant, Monica. - In: JOURNAL OF CROHN'S AND COLITIS. - ISSN 1873-9946. - 10:3(2016), pp. 346-353. [10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjv216]
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