Background: Locally produced IgE contributes to the initiation and development of eosinophilic inflammation in eosinophilic nasal polyps independent of systemic atopy. However, whether CXCR5(+)CD4(+) T follicular helper (T-FH) cells are involved in local IgE production at mucosal sites remains unexplored. Objective: We sought to explore the presence, phenotype, and function of CXCR5(+)CD4(+) T-FH cells in eosinophilic nasal polyp tissues compared with noneosinophilic nasal polyp and control normal nasal tissues. Methods: T-FH cell-surface phenotypes and subsets and B-cell subsets in nasal tissues and peripheral blood were studied by means of flow cytometry. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the tissue location of T-FH cells. Sorted nasal T-FH cells and CXCR5(-) T cells were cultured with autologous naive B cells purified from blood. Results: Nasal T-FH cells expressed inducible costimulator, programmed cell death protein 1, and the transcription factor B-cell lymphoma 6 (Bcl-6) at an intermediate level when compared with bona fide T-FH cells in tonsils and circulating T-FH cells. Although counts of total T-FH cells and IL-21(+), IFN-gamma(+), and IL-17(+) T-FH cells were increased in both eosinophilic and noneosinophilic nasal polyp tissues compared with those in normal nasal tissues, IL-4(+) T-FH cell counts were only increased in eosinophilic polyp tissues. IL-4 and IL-21 were involved in polyp T-FH cell-induced IgE production from naive B cells, and nasal IL-4(+) T-FH cell counts correlated highly with local IgE levels in vivo. IL-4(+)Bcl-6(+)CD4(+) T-FH cells were identified in ectopic lymphoid structures in eosinophilic nasal polyps. T-FH cells also positively correlated with germinal center B cells and plasma cells in nasal tissues. Conclusion: Nasal IL-4(+) T-FH cells might be involved in local IgE production in eosinophilic nasal polyps.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81020108018, 81325006, 81200733, 81400449]; Ministry of Health of China [201202005]; Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in UniversityProgram for Changjiang Scholars & Innovative Research Team in University (PCSIRT) [IRT_14R20]; 12th 5-year science and technology support program [2014BAI07B04]
第一作者单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Tongji Hosp, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Peoples R China;[3]Tianjin First Ctr Hosp, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Tianjin, Peoples R China;
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Tongji Hosp, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, Peoples R China;
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Zhang Ya-Na,Song Jia,Wang Hai,et al.Nasal IL-4(+)CXCR5(+)CD4(+) T follicular helper cell counts correlate with local IgE production in eosinophilic nasal polyps[J].JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY.2016,137(2):462-473.doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2015.07.025.
APA:
Zhang, Ya-Na,Song,Jia,Wang,Hai,Wang,Heng,Zeng,Ming...&Liu,Zheng.(2016).Nasal IL-4(+)CXCR5(+)CD4(+) T follicular helper cell counts correlate with local IgE production in eosinophilic nasal polyps.JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY,137,(2)
MLA:
Zhang, Ya-Na,et al."Nasal IL-4(+)CXCR5(+)CD4(+) T follicular helper cell counts correlate with local IgE production in eosinophilic nasal polyps".JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY 137..2(2016):462-473