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Expression of programmed death (PD)-1 and PD-1 ligands (PD-L1, PD-L2) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Arthritis Research & Therapy volume 7, Article number: P153 (2005)
Background
Programmed death (PD)-1 is a newly described member of the immunoglobulin super-family that is expressed on activated T lymphocytes and B lymphocytes. Engagement of PD-1 with its specific ligands, PD-L1 (B7-H1) and PD-L2 (B7-DC), inhibits lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine expression, and may play a role in peripheral tolerance and negative regulation of T-cell and B-cell responses in vivo. We sought to investigate the expression profiles of PD-1 and PD-1 ligands in peripheral blood cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Materials and methods
Blood was drawn from patients with SLE (n = 16), rheumatoid arthritis (n = 16), other inflammatory disease (n = 4), and healthy controls (n = 9). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were separated on a ficoll-density gradient, and flow cytometry analysis was performed using monoclonal antibodies against CD3, CD19, CD14, CD25, CD69, PD-1, PD-L1, and PD-L2.
Results
See Table 1.
Conclusions
In this preliminary report, SLE patients showed a trend for lower expression of PD-1 and higher expression of PD-L1 in unstimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells compared with other disease controls. These results corroborate findings linking SLE with polymorphism of the PD-1 gene resulting in putative altered expression of the PD-L2 [1]. Lower expression of PD-1 in SLE lymphocytes could be related to ineffective suppression of autoreactive lymphocytes and thus to disease evolution. Currently, we investigate expression of PD-1 and its ligands on subpopulations of lymphocytes (CD45RO+, CD27+), as well as the kinetics of expression upon stimulation.
References
Prokunina L, Castillejo-Lopez C, Oberg F, Gunnarsson I, Berg L, Magnusson V, et al: A regulatory polymorphism in PDCD1 is associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in humans. Nat Genet. 2002, 32: 666-669. 10.1038/ng1020.
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Bertsias, G., Raptopoulou, A., Coutala, E. et al. Expression of programmed death (PD)-1 and PD-1 ligands (PD-L1, PD-L2) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Res Ther 7 (Suppl 1), P153 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1186/ar1674
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