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As the field of inborn errors of immunity expands, providers continually update and fine-tune their diagnostic approach and selection of testing modalities to increase diagnostic accuracy. Here, we first describe a mechanistic consideration of laboratory testing, highlighting both benefits and drawbacks of currently clinically available testing modalities. Next, we provide methods in evaluation of patients presenting with concern for inborn errors of immunity as defined by the International Union of Immunological Societies 2019 phenotypic categories: primary antibody deficiencies, cellular and humoral immune deficiency, disorders of the innate immune system, and syndrome-associated and primary immune regulation disorders (PIRDs). Using the suggested approach in this paper as a roadmap highlights the importance of thorough history taking and physical examination as the foundation to guide further diagnostic tests. This is followed by enumeration and functional testing. Finally, to determine the underlying molecular etiology-specific genetic panels, chromosomal microarrays, and broad genetic testing (whole exome sequencing or whole genome sequencing) are available.
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- Loveita S Raymond
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.,William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, John's Hopkins University, All Children's Hospital, Baltimore, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA. .,Department of Pediatrics, John's Hopkins University, All Children's Hospital, Baltimore, USA. .,William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, USA.
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Knight V, Heimall JR, Chong H, Nandiwada SL, Chen K, Lawrence MG, Sadighi Akha AA, Kumánovics A, Jyonouchi S, Ngo SY, Vinh DC, Hagin D, Forbes Satter LR, Marsh RA, Chiang SCC, Willrich MAV, Frazer-Abel AA, Rider NL. A Toolkit and Framework for Optimal Laboratory Evaluation of Individuals with Suspected Primary Immunodeficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2021; 9:3293-3307.e6. [PMID: 34033983 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Knowledge related to the biology of inborn errors of immunity and associated laboratory testing methods continues to expand at a tremendous rate. Despite this, many patients with inborn errors of immunity suffer for prolonged periods of time before identification of their underlying condition, thereby delaying appropriate care. Understanding that test selection and optimal evaluation for patients with recurrent infections or unusual patterns of inflammation can be unclear, we present a document that distills relevant clinical features of immunologic disease due to inborn errors of immunity and related appropriate and available test options. This document is intended to serve the practicing clinical immunologist and, in turn, patients by describing best available test options for initial and expanded immunologic evaluations across the disease spectrum. Our goal is to demystify the process of evaluating patients with suspected immune dysfunction and to enable more rapid and accurate diagnosis of such individuals.
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- Vijaya Knight
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Allergy and Immunology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perlman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pa
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- The Texas Children's Hospital, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, The Baylor College of Medicine and the William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Tex
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- Department of Immunology, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Wash
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- Division of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perlman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Allergy and Immunology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Human Genetics, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Texas Children's Hospital, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, The Baylor College of Medicine and the William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Tex
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo
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- The Texas Children's Hospital, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, The Baylor College of Medicine and the William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Tex.
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Laboratory assays of immune cell function are essential for understanding the type and function of immune defects. These assessments should be performed in conjunction with a detailed history and physical examination, which should guide the evaluation of patients with a suspected immune deficiency. Laboratory assays of immune cell function are critical for assessing and demonstrating the functional impact of genetic mutations. Advances in diagnostic techniques continue to expand the ability of clinicians and researchers to understand the complex immune pathophysiology that underlies these disorders.
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Richardson AM, Moyer AM, Hasadsri L, Abraham RS. Diagnostic Tools for Inborn Errors of Human Immunity (Primary Immunodeficiencies and Immune Dysregulatory Diseases). Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2018; 18:19. [PMID: 29470720 DOI: 10.1007/s11882-018-0770-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of diagnostic testing in primary immunodeficiency and immune dysregulatory disorders (PIDDs), particularly focusing on flow cytometry and genetic techniques, utilizing specific examples of PIDDs. RECENT FINDINGS Flow cytometry remains a vital tool in the diagnosis and monitoring of immunological diseases. Its utility ranges from cellular analysis and specific protein quantitation to functional assays and signaling pathway analysis. Mass cytometry combines flow cytometry and mass spectrometry to dramatically increase the throughput of multivariate single-cell analysis. Next-generation sequencing in combination with other molecular techniques and processing algorithms has become more widely available and identified the diverse and heterogeneous genetic underpinnings of these disorders. As the spectrum of disease is further clarified by increasing immunological, genetic, and epigenetic knowledge, the careful application of these diagnostic tools and bioinformatics will assist not only in our understanding of these complex disorders, but also enable the implementation of personalized therapeutic approaches for disease management.
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- Annely M Richardson
- Division of Allergic Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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Nandi A, Bishayi B. Host antioxidant enzymes and TLR-2 neutralization modulate intracellular survival of Staphylococcus aureus: Evidence of the effect of redox balance on host pathogen relationship during acute staphylococcal infection. Microb Pathog 2015; 89:114-27. [PMID: 26416307 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2015.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Revised: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen in bone disease and innate immune recognition receptor, TLR-2 is reported to be crucial for inflammatory bone loss. Role of TLR-2 in bacterial clearance and cytokine response to S. aureus infection in murine bone marrow macrophages has been reported but the role of host derived ROS in host-pathogen relationship still remains an obvious question. In the present study, blocking of SOD and catalase in TLR-2 neutralized fresh bone marrow cells (FBMC) with Diethyldithiocarbamic acid (DDC) and 3-Amino-1,2,4-triazole (ATZ), separately, during acute S. aureus infection, produces moderate level of ROS and limits inflammation as compared with only TLR-2 non-neutralized condition and leads to decreased bacterial count compared with only TLR-2 neutralized condition. In summary, host SOD and catalase modulates ROS generation, cytokine levels and TLR-2 expression in FBMCs during acute S. aureus infection which might be useful in the alleviation of S. aureus infection and bone loss.
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- Ajeya Nandi
- Department of Physiology, Immunology Laboratory, University of Calcutta, University Colleges of Science and Technology, APC Road, Calcutta 700009, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Physiology, Immunology Laboratory, University of Calcutta, University Colleges of Science and Technology, APC Road, Calcutta 700009, West Bengal, India.
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Cutignano A, Nuzzo G, Ianora A, Luongo E, Romano G, Gallo C, Sansone C, Aprea S, Mancini F, D'Oro U, Fontana A. Development and Application of a Novel SPE-Method for Bioassay-Guided Fractionation of Marine Extracts. Mar Drugs 2015; 13:5736-49. [PMID: 26378547 PMCID: PMC4584351 DOI: 10.3390/md13095736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Revised: 08/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The biological diversity of marine habitats is a unique source of chemical compounds with potential use as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and dietary supplements. However, biological screening and chemical analysis of marine extracts pose specific technical constraints and require adequate sample preparation. Here we report an improved method on Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) to fractionate organic extracts containing high concentration of salt that hampers the recovery of secondary metabolites. The procedure uses a water suspension to load the extracts on a poly(styrene-divynylbenzene)-based support and a stepwise organic solvent elution to effectively desalt and fractionate the organic components. The novel protocol has been tested on MeOH-soluble material from three model organisms (Reniera sarai, Dendrilla membranosa and Amphidinium carterae) and was validated on a small panel of 47 marine samples, including sponges and protists, within discovery programs for identification of immuno-stimulatory and anti-infective natural products.
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- Adele Cutignano
- Bio-Organic Chemistry Unit, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry-CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, Naples 80078, Italy.
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- Bio-Organic Chemistry Unit, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry-CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, Naples 80078, Italy.
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- Marine Biotechnology Laboratory, Integrative Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples 80121, Italy.
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- Bio-Organic Chemistry Unit, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry-CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, Naples 80078, Italy.
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- Marine Biotechnology Laboratory, Integrative Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples 80121, Italy.
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- Bio-Organic Chemistry Unit, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry-CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, Naples 80078, Italy.
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- Marine Biotechnology Laboratory, Integrative Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples 80121, Italy.
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- GSK Vaccines s.r.l., via Fiorentina 1, Siena 53100, Italy.
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- GSK Vaccines s.r.l., via Fiorentina 1, Siena 53100, Italy. ugo.x.d'
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- Bio-Organic Chemistry Unit, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry-CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli, Naples 80078, Italy.
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Ingels H, Schejbel L, Lundstedt AC, Jensen L, Laursen IA, Ryder LP, Heegaard NH, Konradsen H, Christensen JJ, Heilmann C, Marquart HV. Immunodeficiency among children with recurrent invasive pneumococcal disease. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2015; 34:644-51. [PMID: 25831419 DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recurrent invasive pneumococcal disease (rIPD) occurs mostly in children with an underlying disease, but some cases remain unexplained. Immunodeficiency has been described in children with rIPD, but the prevalence is unknown. We used a nationwide registry of all laboratory-confirmed cases of rIPD to identify cases of unexplained rIPD and examine them for immunodeficiency. METHODS Cases of rIPD in children 0-15 years of age from 1980 to 2008 were identified. Children without an obvious underlying disease were screened for complement function, T-cell, B-cell, natural killer--cell counts and concentration of immunoglobulins. B-cell function was evaluated by measuring antibody response to polysaccharide-based pneumococcal vaccination and the extent of fraction of somatic hypermutation. Toll-Like receptor (TLR) signaling function and mutations in key TLR-signaling molecules were examined. RESULTS In total, rIPD were observed in 54 children (68 cases of rIPD of 2192 IPD cases). Children with classical risk factors for IPD were excluded, and among the remaining 22 children, 15 were eligible for analysis. Of these 6 (40%) were complement C2-deficient. Impaired vaccination response was found in 6 children of whom 3 were C2 deficient. One patient had a severe TLR signaling dysfunction. No mutations in IRAK4, IKBKG or MYD88 were found. CONCLUSION Of an unselected cohort of children with rIPD at least 11% were C2 deficient. Data suggest that screening for complement deficiencies and deficient antibody response to pneumococcal vaccines in patients with more than 1 episode of IPD is warranted.
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Ghosh C, Bishayi B. Characterization of Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4) in the spleen and thymus of Swiss albino mice and its modulation in experimental endotoxemia. J Immunol Res 2015; 2015:137981. [PMID: 25759837 DOI: 10.1155/2015/137981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Expression of innate immune receptors varies among organs and species and within different strains among the same species; thus, periodic classification of different pattern recognition receptors in the available strains is necessary to initiate different therapeutic approaches to combat inflammation. On characterization of TLR-4 in spleen and thymus of Swiss albino mice—with no reports of TLR-4 expression—induced with endotoxemia, it was found that the mode of expression varied among the organs at both mRNA and protein level in a time-dependent manner. Their functionality was verified by measuring proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines. In the in vitro study using isolated macrophages and lymphocytes from the same organs, the expression of TLR-4 after a shorter period of LPS stimulation was verified. The results substantiated the potent role of macrophage on LPS challenge compared to lymphocytes. The diverse pattern of TLR-4 expression on different cell population indicated their distinct functional activity in LPS-endotoxemia. It may be hypothesized that the expression patterns of TLR-4 could be different based on the anatomical localization and the varying bacterial milieu or bacterial endotoxin encountered in each anatomical location. Thus, blocking TLR-4 or administering IL-6 or IL-10 might impart protection against endotoxemia in the clinical field.
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Bishayi B, Bandyopadhyay D, Majhi A, Adhikary R. Possible Role of Toll-like Receptor-2 in the Intracellular Survival ofStaphylococcus aureusin Murine Peritoneal Macrophages: Involvement of Cytokines and Anti-Oxidant Enzymes. Scand J Immunol 2014; 80:127-43. [PMID: 24846691 DOI: 10.1111/sji.12195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- B. Bishayi
- Department of Physiology, Immunology Laboratory; University of Calcutta; University Colleges of Science and Technology; Calcutta West Bengal India
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- Department of Physiology, Oxidative Stress and Free Radical Biology Laboratory; University of Calcutta; University Colleges of Science and Technology; Calcutta West Bengal India
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- Department of Physiology, Immunology Laboratory; University of Calcutta; University Colleges of Science and Technology; Calcutta West Bengal India
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- Department of Physiology, Immunology Laboratory; University of Calcutta; University Colleges of Science and Technology; Calcutta West Bengal India
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Frans G, Meyts I, Picard C, Puel A, Zhang SY, Moens L, Wuyts G, Van der Werff Ten Bosch J, Casanova JL, Bossuyt X. Addressing diagnostic challenges in primary immunodeficiencies: Laboratory evaluation of Toll-like receptor- and NF-κB-mediated immune responses. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 2014; 51:112-23. [DOI: 10.3109/10408363.2014.881317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Frazão JB, Errante PR, Condino-Neto A. Toll-like receptors' pathway disturbances are associated with increased susceptibility to infections in humans. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 2013; 61:427-43. [PMID: 24057516 DOI: 10.1007/s00005-013-0243-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 08/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) sense microbial products and play an important role in innate immunity. Currently, 11 members of TLRs have been identified in humans, with important function in host defense in early steps of the inflammatory response. TLRs are present in the plasma membrane (TLR1, TLR2, TLR4, TLR5, TLR6) and endosome (TLR3, TLR7, TLR8, TLR9) of leukocytes. TLRs and IL-1R are a family of receptors related to the innate immune response that contain an intracellular domain known as the Toll-IL-1R (TIR) domain that recruits the TIR-containing cytosolic adapters MyD88, TRIF, TIRAP and TRAM. The classical pathway results in the activation of both nuclear factor κB and MAPKs via the IRAK complex, with two active kinases (IRAK-1 and IRAK-4) and two non-catalytic subunits (IRAK-2 and IRAK-3/M). The classical pro-inflammatory TLR signaling pathway leads to the synthesis of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, such as IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-12 and TNF-α. In humans, genetic defects have been identified that impair signaling of the TLR pathway and this may result in recurrent pyogenic infections, as well as virus and fungi infections. In this review, we discuss the main mechanisms of microbial recognition and the defects involving TLRs.
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- Josias Brito Frazão
- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, 1730, Lineu Prestes Avenue, São Paulo, SP, 05508-000, Brazil,
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Liao SL, Yeh KW, Lai SH, Lee WI, Huang JL. Maturation of Toll-like receptor 1-4 responsiveness during early life. Early Hum Dev 2013; 89:473-8. [PMID: 23591080 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2012] [Revised: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are part of the highly conserved components of the innate immune system, and have been investigated extensively; however, little is known about TLR function during early postnatal life, a critical period for immune maturation. AIMS In order to achieve a more complete understanding of the ontogeny of immune system during the first years of life, our study investigated age-matched TLR1-4 responsiveness at several time points up to the age of two years. STUDY DESIGN Mononuclear cells were isolated from cord blood (n=150) and peripheral blood from infants at 6 (n=68), 12 (n=75), and 24 (n=74)months of age, and from 50 adults. Cells were stimulated with Toll-like receptor ligands (TLR1-4) and phytohemagglutinin (PHA). Stimulated cells were assessed for their production of the cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), and for TLR4 gene expression. RESULTS Our results suggested that cord response of IL-6 and TNF-α was not affected by allergic background. In addition, neonatal mononuclear cell had enhanced IL-6 production upon TLR1, 2, and 4 stimulations as compared to those of young children and adults. Nevertheless, after 6 months of age, the level remained comparable throughout the first two years of life. While TNF-α response to all TLR stimulations remained fairly similar during early life. This cytokine pattern closely paralleled our findings for TLR4 mRNA expression, and longitudinal cytokine changes within the same individual. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provided additional information to the understanding of immune development during early life, and offered stronger evidence of neonatal innate immunity being capable of responding adequately to TLR stimulation.
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- Sui-Ling Liao
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
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Soeiro-Pereira PV, Falcai A, Kubo CA, Oliveira-Júnior EB, Marques OC, Antunes E, Condino-Neto A. BAY 41-2272, a soluble guanylate cyclase agonist, activates human mononuclear phagocytes. Br J Pharmacol 2012; 166:1617-30. [PMID: 22044316 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01764.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Phagocyte function is critical for host defense against infections. Defects in phagocytic function lead to several primary immunodeficiencies characterized by early onset of recurrent and severe infections. In this work, we further investigated the effects of BAY 41-2272, a soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) agonist, on the activation of human peripheral blood monocytes (PBM) and THP-1 cells. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH THP-1 cells and PBM viability was evaluated by methylthiazoletetrazolium assay; reactive oxygen species production by lucigenin chemiluminescence; gene and protein expression of NAPDH oxidase components by qRT-PCR and Western blot analysis, respectively; phagocytosis and microbicidal activity by co-incubation, respectively, with zymosan and Escherichia coli; and cytokine release by elisa. KEY RESULTS BAY 41-2272, compared with the untreated group, increased spreading of monocytes by at least 35%, superoxide production by at least 50%, and gp91(PHOX) and p67(PHOX) gene expression 20 to 40 times, in both PBM and THP-1 cells. BAY 41-2272 also augmented phagocytosis of zymosan particles threefold compared with control, doubled microbicidal activity against E. coli and enhanced the release of TNF-α and IL-12p70 by both PBM and THP-1 cells. Finally, by inhibiting sGC with ODQ, we showed that BAY 41-2272-induced superoxide production and phagocytosis is not dependent exclusively on sGC activation. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS In addition to its ability to induce vasorelaxation and its potential application for therapy of vascular diseases, BAY 41-2272 was shown to activate human mononuclear phagocytes. Hence, it is a novel pro-inflammatory drug that may be useful for controlling infections in the immunocompromised host.
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- P V Soeiro-Pereira
- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Lee WI, Yao TC, Yeh KW, Chen LC, Ou LS, Huang JL. Stronger Toll-like receptor 1/2, 4, and 7/8 but less 9 responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in non-infectious exacerbated asthmatic children. Immunobiology 2012; 218:192-200. [PMID: 22727330 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Revised: 03/08/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Toll-like receptors (TLR) initiate innate and often affect adaptive immune response. This study aimed to determine if TLR response and T regulatory cell (Treg) function in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) correlate with clinical severity in non-infectious asthma. TLR1-9 expression and representative response cytokine TNF-α, IL-6, and IFN-β secretions were analyzed after stimulation by TLR1-9 ligands from 17 non-infectious asthmatic children. TNF-α production was higher in TLR1/2 (median 385.4 vs. 250.3 pg/ml in 1 μg/ml Pam3CSK4, p=0.0078), TLR4 (2392.4 vs. 1355.9 in 1 μg/ml LPS; p=0.0005), and TLR7/8 (10,776.2 vs. 4237.0 pg/ml in 1 μg/ml R848, p=0.0079) of patients in exacerbation than those in convalescence and healthy controls despite equal TLR expression. TNF-α production stimulated by TLR9 agonist was significantly lower in exacerbation (17.7 vs. 34.9 pg/ml in 1 μg/ml ODN2216, p=0.0175), while IL-6 production had similar patterns but was significantly lower in TLR3 signaling (119.7 vs. 245.0 pg/ml in 0.1 μg/ml poly(I:C), p=0.0033). IFN-β production by TLR3 agonist also decreased in exacerbation but not statistically significant. Six older children showed decreased FOXP3 percentage in CD4+CD25(high) and decreased suppression capability in exacerbation but restored in stabilization (82.8% vs. 90.0%, p=0.0061 and 60.9% vs. 81.7%, p=0.0071; respectively). In conclusion, normalizing imbalanced TLR signaling and enhancing Treg cell capability may guide possible therapeutic strategies for non-infectious asthma in exacerbation.
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- Wen-I Lee
- Division of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Pedroza LA, Kumar V, Sanborn KB, Mace EM, Niinikoski H, Nadeau K, Vasconcelos DDM, Perez E, Jyonouchi S, Jyonouchi H, Banerjee PP, Ruuskanen O, Condino-Neto A, Orange JS. Autoimmune regulator (AIRE) contributes to Dectin-1-induced TNF-α production and complexes with caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9 (CARD9), spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk), and Dectin-1. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012; 129:464-72, 472.e1-3. [PMID: 21962774 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2010] [Revised: 08/06/2011] [Accepted: 08/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED) syndrome is a complex immunologic disease caused by mutation of the autoimmune regulator (AIRE) gene. Autoimmunity in patients with APECED syndrome has been shown to result from deficiency of AIRE function in transcriptional regulation of thymic peripheral tissue antigens, which leads to defective T-cell negative selection. Candidal susceptibility in patients with APECED syndrome is thought to result from aberrant adaptive immunity. OBJECTIVE To determine whether AIRE could function in anticandidal innate immune signaling, we investigated an extrathymic role for AIRE in the immune recognition of β-glucan through the Dectin-1 pathway, which is required for defense against Candida species. METHODS Innate immune signaling through the Dectin-1 pathway was assessed in both PBMCs from patients with APECED syndrome and a monocytic cell line. Subcellular localization of AIRE was assessed by using confocal microscopy. RESULTS PBMCs from patients with APECED syndrome had reduced TNF-α responses after Dectin-1 ligation but in part used a Raf-1-mediated pathway to preserve function. In the THP-1 human monocytic cell line, reducing AIRE expression resulted in significantly decreased TNF-α release after Dectin-1 ligation. AIRE formed a transient complex with the known Dectin-1 pathway components phosphorylated spleen tyrosine kinase and caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9 after receptor ligation and localized with Dectin-1 at the cell membrane. CONCLUSION AIRE can participate in the Dectin-1 signaling pathway, indicating a novel extrathymic role for AIRE and a defect that likely contributes to fungal susceptibility in patients with APECED syndrome.
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- Luis A Pedroza
- Center for Investigation in Pediatrics, University of Campinas Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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Karamchandani-Patel G, Hanson EP, Saltzman R, Kimball CE, Sorensen RU, Orange JS. Congenital alterations of NEMO glutamic acid 223 result in hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia and immunodeficiency with normal serum IgG levels. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2011; 107:50-6. [PMID: 21704885 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2011.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2010] [Revised: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hypomorphic mutations in the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) essential modulator (NEMO) gene result in a variable syndrome of somatic and immunologic abnormalities. Clinically relevant genotype-phenotype associations are essential to understanding this complex disease. OBJECTIVE To study 2 unrelated boys with novel NEMO mutations altering codon 223 for similarity in phenotype in consideration of potential genotype-phenotype associations. METHODS Clinical and laboratory features, including cell counts, immunoglobulin quantity and quality, natural killer cell cytotoxicity, and Toll-like and tumor necrosis factor receptor signaling, were evaluated. Because both mutations affected NEMO codon 223 and were novel, consideration was given to new potential genotype-phenotype associations. RESULTS Both patients were diagnosed as having hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia and had severe or recurrent infections. One had recurrent sinopulmonary infections and the other necrotizing soft tissue methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and Streptococcus anginosus subdural empyema with bacteremia. NEMO gene sequence demonstrated a 3-nucleotide deletion (c.667_669delGAG) in one patient and a substitution (667G>A) in the other. These findings predict either the deletion of NEMO glutamic acid 223 or it being replaced with lysine, respectively. Both patients had normal serum IgG levels but poor specific antibodies. Natural killer cell cytotoxicity and Toll-like and tumor necrosis factor receptor signaling were also impaired. Serious bacterial infection did not occur in both patients after immunoglobulin replacement therapy. CONCLUSIONS Two different novel mutations affecting NEMO glutamic acid 223 resulted in clinically relevant similar phenotypes, providing further evidence to support genotype-phenotype correlations in this disease. They suggest NEMO residue 223 is required for ectodermal development and immunity and is apparently dispensable for quantitative IgG production but may be required for specific antibody production.
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Blimkie D, Fortuno ES 3rd, Yan H, Cho P, Ho K, Turvey SE, Marchant A, Goriely S, Kollmann TR. Variables to be controlled in the assessment of blood innate immune responses to Toll-like receptor stimulation. J Immunol Methods 2011; 366:89-99. [PMID: 21277305 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2011.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Revised: 01/15/2011] [Accepted: 01/20/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Variability in TLR function influences susceptibility to infectious as well as immune-mediated diseases. Given the outbred nature of humans, identifying functional Toll-like receptor variability and its role in clinical disease requires such analysis to be conducted in large, often multi-centered cohorts. Yet the technically complex measurements involved in innate immune analysis benefit from centralized processing of samples. Centralization requires shipping of samples or prolonged storage, possibly even cryopreservation. Deviation from standard operating procedures (SOP) for sample procurement, storage and processing may alter the final innate immune read out. We here set out to define the impact of variables most likely to be encountered during large, multi-site studies: (i) the source of the sample, (ii) time between sample procurement to processing, and (iii) processing of fresh vs. cryopreserved samples. We found that all of these variables exert a profound impact on the final innate response to TLR stimulation. Specific innate responses appeared to be affected in response to specific TLR stimuli by a particular variable under study, proving it impossible to provide global generalizations. Based on our studies and other published work on this topic, we propose a minimal list of variables that have to be met for samples to be comparable within and across studies: a) timing between procurement and processing cannot vary by more than 10%; b) all samples have to be stored the same; and c) the source of samples needs to be the same. In summary, for innate immune analysis scrupulous adherence to standard operating procedures is paramount.
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Pérez-Bárcena J, Crespí C, Regueiro V, Marsé P, Raurich JM, Ibáñez J, García de Lorenzo-Mateos A, Bengoechea JA. Lack of effect of glutamine administration to boost the innate immune system response in trauma patients in the intensive care unit. Crit Care 2010; 14:R233. [PMID: 21184675 PMCID: PMC3219991 DOI: 10.1186/cc9388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2010] [Revised: 08/03/2010] [Accepted: 12/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Introduction The use of glutamine as a dietary supplement is associated with a reduced risk of infection. We hypothesized that the underlying mechanism could be an increase in the expression and/or functionality of Toll-like receptors (TLR), key receptors sensing infections. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether glutamine supplementation alters the expression and functionality of TLR2 and TLR4 in circulating monocytes of trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods We designed a prospective, randomized and single-blind study. Twenty-three patients received parenteral nutrition (TPN) with a daily glutamine supplement of 0.35 g/kg. The control group (20 patients) received an isocaloric-isonitrogenated TPN. Blood samples were extracted before treatment, at 6 and 14 days. Expression of TLR2 and TLR4 was determined by flow cytometry. Monocytes were stimulated with TLR specific agonists and cytokines were measured in cell culture supernatants. Phagocytic ability of monocytes was also determined. Results Basal characteristics were similar in both groups. Monocytes from patients treated with glutamine expressed the same TLR2 levels as controls before treatment (4.9 ± 3.5 rmfi vs. 4.3 ± 1.9 rmfi, respectively; P = 0.9), at Day 6 (3.8 ± 2.3 rmfi vs. 4.0 ± 1.7 rmfi, respectively; P = 0.7) and at Day 14 (4.1 ± 2.1 rfim vs. 4.6 ± 1.9 rmfi, respectively; P = 0.08). TLR4 levels were not significantly different between the groups before treatment: (1.1 ± 1 rmfi vs 0.9 ± 0.1 rmfi respectively; P = 0.9), at Day 6 (1.1 ± 1 rmfi vs. 0.7 ± 0.4 rmfi respectively; P = 0.1) and at Day 14 (1.4 ± 1.9 rmfi vs. 1.0 ± 0.6 rmfi respectively; P = 0.8). No differences in cell responses to TLR agonists were found between groups. TLR functionality studied by phagocytosis did not vary between groups. Conclusions In trauma patients in the intensive care unit, TPN supplemented with glutamine does not improve the expression or the functionality of TLRs in peripheral blood monocytes. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01250080.
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- Jon Pérez-Bárcena
- Intensive Care Medicine Department, Son Dureta University Hospital, Andrea Doria 55, 07014, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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Myles A, Aggarwal A. Expression of Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 is increased in peripheral blood and synovial fluid monocytes of patients with enthesitis-related arthritis subtype of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2010; 50:481-8. [PMID: 21097451 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Bacterial trigger possibly causes disease exacerbation in enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) patients. Microbes initiate immune responses through Toll-like receptors (TLRs). We studied TLR expression on blood and SF monocytes and the effect of TLR ligands on peripheral blood (PB) mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in ERA patients. METHODS PB from 26 ERA patients and 19 healthy subjects and paired SF from 13 patients were collected. Dual-colour flow cytometry was done for TLR and CD14 expression. Results are expressed as median fluorescence intensity (MFI). Real-time PCR was done for TLRs. PBMCs were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or peptidoglycan and levels of IL-6 and MMP-3 measured in the culture supernatants. RESULTS PBMCs from ERA patients had higher expression of TLR-2 [MFI 295.5 (48.1-598) vs 179 (68.7-442); P < 0.05] and TLR-4 [MFI 448 (178-2581) vs 402 (229-569); P < 0.05] as compared with controls. TLR-9 expression showed no significant difference between the two groups. In paired samples, SF mononuclear cells (SFMCs) had higher expression of both TLR-2 [MFI 485 (141-1683) vs 353 (118-598); P < 0.05] and TLR-4 [MFI 1016 (42.4-3159) vs 513 (193-2581); P < 0.05] as compared with PBMCs. Difference in TLR-9 expression was not significant. TLR RNA expression data were similar. Patients' PBMCs produced more IL-6 (13.51 vs 6.54 ng/ml) and MMP-3 (61 vs 32.9 ng/ml) as compared with those of the controls, on stimulation by LPS. With peptidoglycan also, IL-6 (30.58 vs 10.84) and MMP-3 (102.54 vs 49.45) were higher than in controls. CONCLUSION Increased TLR-2 and TLR-4 expression on PBMCs and SFMCs may recognize microbial/endogenous ligands and up-regulate IL-6 and MMP-3 leading to disease exacerbation.
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- Arpita Myles
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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Schaller M, Miller GE, Gervais WM, Yager S, Chen E. Mere Visual Perception of Other People’s Disease Symptoms Facilitates a More Aggressive Immune Response. Psychol Sci 2010; 21:649-52. [PMID: 20483842 DOI: 10.1177/0956797610368064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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An experiment ( N = 28) tested the hypothesis that the mere visual perception of disease-connoting cues promotes a more aggressive immune response. Participants were exposed either to photographs depicting symptoms of infectious disease or to photographs depicting guns. After incubation with a model bacterial stimulus, participants’ white blood cells produced higher levels of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the infectious-disease condition, compared with the control (guns) condition. These results provide the first empirical evidence that visual perception of other people’s symptoms may cause the immune system to respond more aggressively to infection. Adaptive origins and functional implications are discussed.
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Pérez-Bárcena J, Regueiro V, Crespí C, Pierola J, Oliver A, Llompart-Pou JA, Ayestarán JI, Raurich JM, Marsé P, Ibáñez J, Bengoechea JA. Expression of toll-like receptors 2 and 4 is upregulated during hospital admission in traumatic patients: lack of correlation with blunted innate immune responses. Ann Surg 2010; 251:521-7. [PMID: 20134316 DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181cc8f84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND There are reports with conflicting results on the expression of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in trauma patients. In addition, these studies analyzed TLR expression only at patients' hospital admission but not later when complications usually arise. OBJECTIVES To analyze the surface expression of TLR2 and TLR4 on circulating monocytes from trauma patients during the hospitalization period and to correlate this with cytokine production after stimulation with TLR2 and TLR4 agonists. The phagocytic capacity of monocytes was analyzed at the same time points of TLR expression analysis; to correlate these molecular findings with the presence or absence of infections. METHODS Prospective and observational study from June 2005 to June 2007. In all analysis, a control group composed of healthy subjects was included. RESULTS We studied 70 trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary hospital, and 30 healthy volunteers. Blood samples were collected at hospital admission, on day 7 and 14. Forty-four patients (63%) developed at least one episode of infection. Monocytes from trauma patients expressed higher levels of TLR2 and TLR4 than monocytes from control subjects at all time points. Expression of TLR2 and TLR4 in monocytes from those patients who developed any infection was significantly lower than in those patients without infection but still significantly higher than in control subjects. Cellular responses to TLR4 agonist were impaired. Monocytes from traumatic patients phagocytosized less efficiently than monocytes from control subjects. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that trauma patients present a dysregulation of the innate immune system that persists during the first 14 days after hospital admission.
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In the last years, advances in molecular genetics and immunology have resulted in the identification of a growing number of genes causing primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) in human subjects and a better understanding of the pathophysiology of these disorders. Characterization of the molecular mechanisms of PIDs has also facilitated the development of novel diagnostic assays based on analysis of the expression of the protein encoded by the PID-specific gene. Pilot newborn screening programs for the identification of infants with severe combined immunodeficiency have been initiated. Finally, significant advances have been made in the treatment of PIDs based on the use of subcutaneous immunoglobulins, hematopoietic cell transplantation from unrelated donors and cord blood, and gene therapy. In this review we will discuss the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of PIDs, with special attention to recent advances in the field.
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van de Vosse E, van Dissel JT, Ottenhoff TH. Genetic deficiencies of innate immune signalling in human infectious disease. Lancet Infect Dis 2009; 9:688-98. [PMID: 19850227 DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70255-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The type-1 cytokine (interleukin 12, interleukin 23, interferon gamma, interleukin 17) signalling pathway is triggered during infection by activation of phagocyte-expressed pattern-recognition receptors that recognise specific pathogen-associated molecular patterns. Triggering of this pathway results, among other things, in activation of microbicidal mechanisms in phagocytic cells. Individuals with a deficiency in one of the proteins in the pathway are unusually susceptible to otherwise poorly pathogenic, mostly environmental, mycobacteria and salmonellae. Individuals with deficiencies in other innate immune signalling proteins show unusual susceptibility to pathogens other than mycobacteria or salmonellae. We discuss recent insights into key molecules involved in type-1 cytokine signalling pathways and provide an update on the molecular genetic defects underlying mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease. We also discuss deficiencies in the innate immune signalling proteins that lead to susceptibility to other pathogens. Knowledge of innate immune signalling has allowed the identification of defects in such patients. However, some patients have enhanced susceptibility to pathogens even though no mutations have been found in the candidate genes identified thus far. Whereas a few patients might have autoantibodies against type-1 cytokines, others might harbour mutations in new genes and pathways that still need to be identified.
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Yu JE, Knight AK, Radigan L, Marron TU, Zhang L, Sanchez-Ramón S, Cunningham-Rundles C. Toll-like receptor 7 and 9 defects in common variable immunodeficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2009; 124:349-56, 356.e1-3. [PMID: 19592080 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2009] [Revised: 05/10/2009] [Accepted: 05/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia, reduced numbers of peripheral blood isotype-switched memory B cells, and loss of plasma cells. OBJECTIVE Because Toll-like receptor (TLR) activation of B cells can initiate and potentially sustain normal B cell functions, we examined functional outcomes of TLR7 and TLR9 signaling in CVID B cells. METHODS TLR7-mediated, TLR7/8-mediated, and TLR9-mediated cell proliferation, isotype switch, and immunoglobulin production by control and CVID B cells or isolated naive and memory B cell subsets were examined. We quantitated TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-12 production in response to TLR1-9 ligands and measured IFN-alpha production by TLR7-stimulated PBMCs and isolated plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs). IFN-beta mRNA expression by TLR3-stimulated fibroblasts was assessed. RESULTS Unlike CD27(+) B cells of controls, TLR7-activated, TLR7/8-activated, or TLR9-activated CVID B cells or isolated CD27(+) B cells did not proliferate, upregulate CD27, or shed surface IgD. TLR-stimulated CVID B cells failed to upregulate activation-induced cytosine deaminase mRNA or produce IgG and IgA. TLR7-stimulated PBMCs and pDCs produced little or no IFN-alpha. Reconstituting IFN-alpha in TLR7-stimulated CVID B-cell cultures facilitated proliferation, CD27 upregulation, and isotype switch. These TLR defects are restricted because CVID PBMCs stimulated with TLR ligands produced normal amounts of TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-12; TLR3-mediated expression of IFN-beta by CVID fibroblasts was normal. CONCLUSION Defective TLR7 and TLR9 signaling in CVID B cells and pDCs, coupled with deficient IFN-alpha, impairs CVID B cell functions and prevents TLR-mediated augmentation of humoral immunity in vivo.
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- Joyce E Yu
- Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Heltzer ML, Coffin SE, Maurer K, Bagashev A, Zhang Z, Orange JS, Sullivan KE. Immune dysregulation in severe influenza. J Leukoc Biol 2009; 85:1036-43. [PMID: 19276177 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1108710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Among previously healthy children with severe influenza, the mechanisms leading to increased pathology are not understood. We hypothesized that children with severe influenza would have high levels of circulating cytokines. To examine this, we recruited patients with severe influenza and examined plasma cytokine levels as well as the ability of peripheral blood cells to respond to stimuli. Ten patients with severe influenza were enrolled during the 2005-2007 influenza seasons. We evaluated plasma cytokine levels, circulating NK cells, and responses to TLR ligands during the illness. We compared these patients with five patients with moderate influenza, six patients with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and 24 noninfected controls. Patients with influenza showed depressed responses to TLR ligands when compared with RSV patients and healthy controls (P<0.05). These normalized when retested during a convalescent phase. Plasma levels of IL-6, IL-12, and IFN- were elevated in influenza patients compared with controls (P<0.05). A compromised ability to produce TNF- was reproduced by in vitro infection, and the magnitude of the effect correlated with the multiplicity of infection and induction of IFN regulatory factor 4 expression. Aberrant, systemic, innate responses to TLR ligands during influenza infection may be a consequence of specific viral attributes such as a high inoculum or rapid replication and may underlie the known susceptibility of influenza-infected patients to secondary bacterial infections.
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- Meredith L Heltzer
- Divisions of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Han MY, Jee HM, Kim HY, Lee CA, Cho HJ, Hwang SG, Kim KE. Toll-like receptor 9 expression and interferon-α secretion upon CpG-ODN stimulation in allergic subjects. Korean J Pediatr 2009. [DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2009.52.9.1015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Man Yong Han
- Department of Pediatrics, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Garrett S, Fitzgerald MC, Sullivan KE. LPS and poly I:C induce chromatin modifications at a novel upstream region of the IL-23 p19 promoter. Inflammation 2008; 31:235-46. [PMID: 18587636 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-008-9070-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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IL-23, a heterodimer of IL-12 p40 and IL-23 p19, is critical for an effective immune response to many infections and has been implicated in several autoimmune diseases, however, little is known about the regulation of IL-23 gene expression in monocytes. We found that poly I:C, LPS, flagellin, and zymogen activated significant IL-23 production in primary human monocytes. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation, we found that a distal upstream region of the IL-23 p19 promoter at -601 to -521 underwent extensive histone modifications in response to stimuli. This distal region of the promoter is not highly conserved between species and has not been previously implicated in the regulation of IL-23 expression. Knockdown of CBP markedly decreased IL-23 p19 responses to poly I:C but had a less dramatic effect on LPS responses, confirming different chromatin responses to these two stimuli. Our data suggest that one of the mechanisms regulating IL-23 expression is the regulation of histone modifications at this distal upstream region of the promoter.
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Jansen K, Blimkie D, Furlong J, Hajjar A, Rein-Weston A, Crabtree J, Reikie B, Wilson C, Kollmann T. Polychromatic flow cytometric high-throughput assay to analyze the innate immune response to Toll-like receptor stimulation. J Immunol Methods 2008; 336:183-92. [PMID: 18565537 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2008.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2007] [Revised: 03/24/2008] [Accepted: 04/16/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Polychromatic flow cytometry allows the capture of multidimensional data, providing the technical tool to assess complex immune responses. Interrogation of the adaptive T cell response to infection or vaccination already has benefited greatly from standardized protocols for polychromatic flow cytometric analysis. The innate immune system plays an important role in health and disease, and presents potentially important therapeutic and diagnostic modalities. We describe here a high-throughput polychromatic flow cytometry-based platform that enables the rapid interrogation and large scale screening of human blood antigen presenting cell responses to Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands and other innate immune modulators. Using this assay, we found that for certain stimuli (e.g., TLR9 and TLR3 ligands), the general protocol for intracellular cytokine cytometry had to be significantly modified to allow response detection. Furthermore, high concentrations of TLR7/8 and TLR4 stimuli caused substantial changes in lineage markers, potentially confounding analysis if one were to use a conventional "lineage-negative" cocktail. The assay we developed is reproducible and has been used to show that a given individual's TLR response pattern is relatively stable over at least several months. This protocol is in strict compliance with published guidelines for polychromatic flow cytometry, provides a common platform for scientists to compare their results directly, and may be applicable to the diagnostic evaluation of Toll-like receptor function and the rapid screening of promising therapeutic innate immune modulators.
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- Kirstin Jansen
- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Morra M, Geigenmuller U, Curran J, Rainville IR, Brennan T, Curtis J, Reichert V, Hovhannisyan H, Majzoub J, Miller DT. Genetic Diagnosis of Primary Immune Deficiencies. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2008; 28:387-412, x. [DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2008.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Koval'chuk LV, Khoreva MV, Varivoda AS, Pashchenko OE, Gracheva LA, Bykova LP, Kondratenko IV, Bologov AA. Analysis of toll-like receptor-dependent production of proinflammatory cytokines in vitro by human peripheral blood mononuclears of donors and patients with primary immunodeficiency. Bull Exp Biol Med 2008; 144:63-5. [PMID: 18256754 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-007-0255-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The production of TNF-alpha and IFN-alpha cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclears in response to stimulation by TLR2/6, TLR4, TLR5, TLR9 ligands (zymosan, LPS, flagellin, and CpG-oligodeoxynucleotide, respectively) was studied in donors and patients with common variable immunodeficiency. Individual characteristics of TNF-alpha production by mononuclears were revealed in donors. Reduced stimulated production of TNF-alpha in response to stimulation with TLR4 and TLR5 ligands in vitro was detected in patients with common variable immunodeficiency.
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Salt BH, Niemela JE, Pandey R, Hanson EP, Deering RP, Quinones R, Jain A, Orange JS, Gelfand EW. IKBKG (nuclear factor-kappa B essential modulator) mutation can be associated with opportunistic infection without impairing Toll-like receptor function. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008; 121:976-82. [PMID: 18179816 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2007] [Revised: 11/05/2007] [Accepted: 11/07/2007] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with hypomorphic nuclear factor-kappaB essential modulator (NEMO) mutations have extensive phenotypic variability that can include atypical infectious susceptibility. OBJECTIVE This study may provide important insight into immunologic mechanisms of host defense. METHODS Immunologic evaluation, including studies of Toll-like receptor (TLR) function, was performed in a 6-month-old boy with normal ectodermal development who was diagnosed with Pneumocystis pneumonia and cytomegalovirus sepsis. RESULTS Genomic and cDNA sequencing demonstrated a novel NEMO missense mutation, 337G->A, predicted to cause a D113N (aspartic acid to asparagine) substitution in the first coiled-coil region of the NEMO protein. Quantitative serum immunoglobulins, lymphocyte subset numbers, and mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation were essentially normal. The PBMC responses to TLR ligands were also surprisingly normal, whereas natural killer cell cytolytic activity, T-cell proliferative responses to specific antigens, and T-cell receptor-induced NF-kappaB activation were diminished. CONCLUSION Unlike the unique NEMO mutation described here, the most commonly reported mutations are clustered at the 3' end in the tenth exon, which encodes a zinc finger domain. Because specific hypomorphic variants of NEMO are associated with distinctive phenotypes, this particular NEMO mutation highlights a dispensability of the region including amino acid 113 for TLR signaling and ectodysplasin A receptor function. This region is required for certain immunoreceptor functions as demonstrated by his susceptibility to infections as well as natural killer cell and T-cell defects.
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- Bryn H Salt
- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA
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Hirschfeld AF, Bettinger JA, Victor RE, Davidson DJ, Currie AJ, Ansermino JM, Scheifele DW, Orange JS, Turvey SE. Prevalence of Toll-like receptor signalling defects in apparently healthy children who developed invasive pneumococcal infection. Clin Immunol 2006; 122:271-8. [PMID: 17157070 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2006.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2006] [Revised: 10/06/2006] [Accepted: 10/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Human primary immunodeficiencies affecting Toll-like receptor (TLR) signalling reveal a non-redundant role for TLR function in defense against pneumococcal infection. To determine the clinical relevance of TLR abnormalities, we studied a population predicted to be enriched for TLR defects-healthy children who had developed invasive pneumococcal infection in the absence of classic risk factors for infection. We describe the development and optimization of a peripheral blood TLR assay. By testing 38 healthy control neonates, children and adults we demonstrated that TLR function was stable over the first six decades of life. We tested 50 children with a history of invasive pneumococcal infection and although TLR defects were predicted to be over-represented in this population, we did not identify any TLR abnormalities. Although TLR signalling defects are associated with greatly enhanced susceptibility to invasive pneumococcal infection, our results suggest that routine clinical screening for TLR defects in healthy children who develop invasive pneumococcal infection is not justified.
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- Aaron F Hirschfeld
- Department of Paediatrics, BC Children's Hospital and Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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von Bernuth H, Ku CL, Rodriguez-Gallego C, Zhang S, Garty BZ, Maródi L, Chapel H, Chrabieh M, Miller RL, Picard C, Puel A, Casanova JL. A fast procedure for the detection of defects in Toll-like receptor signaling. Pediatrics 2006; 118:2498-503. [PMID: 17142536 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Inborn defects in Toll-like receptor signaling are recently described primary immunodeficiencies that predispose affected children to life-threatening infections. Patients with interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-4 deficiency are prone to invasive pneumococcal disease, and patients with UNC-93B deficiency are prone to herpes simplex virus encephalitis. These genetic disorders are underdiagnosed, partly because diagnosis currently requires expensive and time-consuming techniques available at only a few specialized centers worldwide. We, therefore, aimed to develop a cheap and fast test for the detection of defects in Toll-like receptor signaling. PATIENTS AND METHODS We used flow cytometry to evaluate the cleavage of membrane-bound L-selectin on granulocytes in 38 healthy controls and in 7 patients with genetically defined Toll-like receptor signaling defects (5 patients with interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-4 deficiency and 2 patients with UNC-93B deficiency), on activation with various Toll-like receptor agonists. RESULTS Impaired L-selectin shedding was observed with granulocytes from all of the interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-4-deficient patients on activation with agonists of Toll-like receptors 1/2, 2/6, 4, 7, and 8 and with granulocytes from all of the UNC-93B-deficient patients on activation with agonists of Toll-like receptors 7 and 8. All of the healthy controls responded to these stimuli. CONCLUSIONS The assessment of membrane-bound L-selectin cleavage on granulocytes by flow cytometry may prove useful for the detection of primary immunodeficiencies in the Toll-like receptor pathway, such as interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-4 deficiency and UNC-93B deficiency. This procedure is cheap and rapid. It may, therefore, be suitable for routine testing worldwide in children with invasive pneumococcal disease and in patients with herpes simplex encephalitis.
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- Horst von Bernuth
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, University of Paris René Descartes, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U550, Necker Medical School, Paris, France.
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Pons J, Sauleda J, Regueiro V, Santos C, López M, Ferrer J, Agustí AGN, Bengoechea JA. Expression of Toll-like receptor 2 is up-regulated in monocytes from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respir Res 2006; 7:64. [PMID: 16606450 PMCID: PMC1458333 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-7-64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2005] [Accepted: 04/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by pulmonary and systemic inflammation which flare-up during episodes of acute exacerbation (AECOPD). Given the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the induction of inflammatory responses we investigated the involvement of TLRs in COPD pathogenesis. METHODS The expression of TLR-2, TLR-4 and CD14 in monocytes was analyzed by flow cytometry. To study the functional responses of these receptors, monocytes were stimulated with peptidoglycan or lipopolysaccharide and the amounts of TNFalpha and IL-6 secreted were determined by ELISA. RESULTS We found that the expression of TLR-2 was up-regulated in peripheral blood monocytes from COPD patients, either clinically stable or during AECOPD, as compared to never smokers or smokers with normal lung function. Upon stimulation with TLR-2 ligand monocytes from COPD patients secreted increased amounts of cytokines than similarly stimulated monocytes from never smokers and smokers. In contrast, the expressions of TLR-4 and CD14 were not significantly different between groups, and the response to lipopolysaccharide (a TLR-4 ligand) stimulation was not significantly different either. At discharge from hospital TLR-2 expression was down-regulated in peripheral blood monocytes from AECOPD patients. This could be due to the treatment with systemic steroids because, in vitro, steroids down-regulated TLR-2 expression in a dose-dependent manner. Finally, we demonstrated that IL-6, whose plasma levels are elevated in patients, up-regulated in vitro TLR-2 expression in monocytes from never smokers. CONCLUSION Our results reveal abnormalities in TLRs expression in COPD patients and highlight its potential relationship with systemic inflammation in these patients.
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- Jaume Pons
- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Son Dureta, Institut Universitari d'Investigacions en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS), Palma Mallorca, Spain
- Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma Mallorca, Spain
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- Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma Mallorca, Spain
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- Program Infection and Immunity, Fundació Caubet-CIMERA Illes Balears, Bunyola, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Son Dureta, Institut Universitari d'Investigacions en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS), Palma Mallorca, Spain
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- Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma Mallorca, Spain
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- Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma Mallorca, Spain
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- Program Infection and Immunity, Fundació Caubet-CIMERA Illes Balears, Bunyola, Spain
- Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma Mallorca, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Son Dureta, Institut Universitari d'Investigacions en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS), Palma Mallorca, Spain
- Program Infection and Immunity, Fundació Caubet-CIMERA Illes Balears, Bunyola, Spain
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