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CD8+T cells from patients with cirrhosis display a phenotype that may contribute to cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction.

Lebossé, F; Gudd, C; Tunc, E; Singanayagam, A; Nathwani, R; Triantafyllou, E; Pop, O; Kumar, N; Mukherjee, S; Hou, TZ; et al. Lebossé, F; Gudd, C; Tunc, E; Singanayagam, A; Nathwani, R; Triantafyllou, E; Pop, O; Kumar, N; Mukherjee, S; Hou, TZ; Quaglia, A; Zoulim, F; Wendon, J; Dhar, A; Thursz, M; Antoniades, CG; Khamri, W (2019) CD8+T cells from patients with cirrhosis display a phenotype that may contribute to cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction. EBioMedicine, 49. pp. 258-268. ISSN 2352-3964 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.10.011
SGUL Authors: Singanayagam, Arjuna

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction (CAID) contributes to high sepsis risk in patients with chronic liver disease. Various innate and; to a lesser extent; adaptive immune dysfunctions have been described as contributors to CAID leading to immune-paresis and impaired anti-microbial response in cirrhosis. In this study, we examined the phenotype of CD8+T cells in chronic liver disease with the aim to evaluate changes that might contribute to impaired immune responses. METHODS: Sixty patients with cirrhosis were prospectively recruited for this study. CD8+T cells from peripheral blood, ascites and liver explants were characterized using flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry, respectively. The transcriptional signature of flow-sorted HLA-DR+CD8+T cells was performed using Nanostring™ technology. HLA-DR+CD8+T cells interactions with PBMCs and myeloid cells were tested in vitro. FINDINGS: Peripheral CD8+T cells from cirrhotic patients displayed an altered phenotype characterized by high HLA-DR and TIM-3 surface expression associated with concomitant infections and disease severity, respectively. Paired peritoneal CD8+T cells expressed more pronounced levels of HLA-DR and PD-1 compared to peripheral CD8+T cells. HLA-DR+CD8+T cells were enriched in cirrhotic livers compared to controls. TIM-3, CTLA-4 and PD-1 levels were highly expressed on HLA-DR+CD8+T cells and co-expression of HLA-DR and PD1 was higher in patients with poor disease outcomes. Genes involved in cytokines production and intracellular signalling pathways were strongly down-regulated in HLA-DR+CD8+T cells. In comparison to their HLA-DR- counterparts, HLA-DR+CD8+T cells promoted less proliferation of PBMCs and induced phenotypic and functional dysfunctions in monocytes and neutrophils in vitro. INTERPRETATION: In patients with cirrhosis, CD8+T cells display a phenotypic, functional and transcriptional profile which may contribute to CAID. FUND: This work was supported by Medical Research Council, the Rosetrees Charitable Trust, Robert Tournut 2016 grant (Sociéte Nationale Française de GastroEntérologie), Gilead® sciences, and NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Keywords: CD8(+)T cells, Chronic liver disease, Cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII)
Journal or Publication Title: EBioMedicine
ISSN: 2352-3964
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
November 2019Published
30 October 2019Published Online
8 October 2019Accepted
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
PubMed ID: 31678004
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/111383
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.10.011

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