Study on the dendritic cell subsets in peripheral blood and its relationship with the expressions of Gata-3 and T-bet in lymphocytes of patients with immune thrombocytopenia

OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between the dendritic cell (DC) subsets and abnormal expression of transcription factors Gata-3 and T-bet in patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).

METHODS: The plasmacytoid DC (pDC) and myeloid DC (mDC) of 33 ITP (16 untreated, 17 remitted) patients and 12 healthy controls were analyzed by flow cytometry (FCM) . The expressions of Gata-3 mRNA and T-bet mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMNC) were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) .The levels of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) were measured by FCM in 33 ITP patients and 12 healthy controls.

RESULTS: The percentage of pDC in PBMNC was 0.49% ± 0.18% in untreated and it was higher than that in remitted ITP patients (0.27% ± 0.17%) and in controls (0.32% ± 0.13%) (both P < 0.05). The percentage of mDC in PBMNC was 0.23% ± 0.17% in untreated, which was lower than that in remitted ITP patients (0.33% ± 0.18)% and in controls (0.31% ± 0.11%), but no statistic difference in mDC expression existed among 3 groups (P > 0.05). pDC/mDC ratios was (3.15 ± 2.01) in untreated ITP patients and it was higher than that in remitted ITP patients (0.81 ± 0.32) and in controls (1.07 ± 0.44) (both P < 0.05). The relative mRNA expression levels of Gata-3 were 2775 ± 489, 1357 ± 307 and 652 ± 165 respectively. And the expression of Gata-3mRNA in untreated group was higher than that in remission group or healthy controls (both P < 0.05). The relative mRNA expression levels of T-bet were 782 ± 394, 583 ± 176 and 576 ± 120. No statistic difference in T-bet expression existed among 3 groups (P > 0.05). Gata-3mRNA/T-bet mRNA ratio was (4.13 ± 1.69 ) in untreated group and it was higher than that of remission group (2.45 ± 0.69) or controls (1.15 ± 0.27) (both P < 0.05). The level of IL-4 in the untreated group was 9.14% ± 4.34% and it was higher than that of remission group (4.78% ± 1.69%) or controls (4.86% ± 1.41%). The level of IFN-γ in the untreated group was lower than that of controls (P < 0.05). Significant positive correlations existed between Gata-3 and pDC/mDC ratio (r = 0.585, P < 0.01). Significant positive correlations existed between Gata-3 and IL-4 ( r = 0.463, P < 0.05).

CONCLUSION: The mechanism of ITP may be due to a disorder of DC subsets and a high expression of Gata-3.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:93

Enthalten in:

Zhonghua yi xue za zhi - 93(2013), 22 vom: 11. Juni, Seite 1696-9

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Ran [VerfasserIn]
Qu, Wen [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Rong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Guo-jin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiao-ming [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hua-quan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Li-juan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yu-hong [VerfasserIn]
Xing, Li-min [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Zong-hong [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

207137-56-2
82115-62-6
English Abstract
GATA3 Transcription Factor
GATA3 protein, human
IL4 protein, human
Interferon-gamma
Interleukin-4
Journal Article
RNA, Messenger
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
T-Box Domain Proteins
T-box transcription factor TBX21

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Date Completed 23.01.2014

Date Revised 15.10.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM231690053