Altered chromatin landscape in circulating T follicular helper and regulatory cells following grass pollen subcutaneous and sublingual immunotherapy

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BACKGROUND: Allergen-specific immunotherapy is a disease-modifying treatment that induces long-term T-cell tolerance.

OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate the role of circulating CXCR5+PD-1+ T follicular helper (cTFH) and T follicular regulatory (TFR) cells following grass pollen subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) and sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) and the accompanying changes in their chromatin landscape.

METHODS: Phenotype and function of cTFH cells were initially evaluated in the grass pollen-allergic (GPA) group (n = 28) and nonatopic healthy controls (NAC, n = 13) by mathematical algorithms developed to manage high-dimensional data and cell culture, respectively. cTFH and TFR cells were further enumerated in NAC (n = 12), GPA (n = 14), SCIT- (n = 10), and SLIT- (n = 8) treated groups. Chromatin accessibility in cTFH and TFR cells was assessed by assay for transposase-accessible chromatin sequencing (ATAC-seq) to investigate epigenetic mechanisms underlying the differences between NAC, GPA, SCIT, and SLIT groups.

RESULTS: cTFH cells were shown to be distinct from TH2- and TH2A-cell subsets, capable of secreting IL-4 and IL-21. Both cytokines synergistically promoted B-cell class switching to IgE and plasma cell differentiation. Grass pollen allergen induced cTFH-cell proliferation in the GPA group but not in the NAC group (P < .05). cTFH cells were higher in the GPA group compared with the NAC group and were lower in the SCIT and SLIT groups (P < .01). Time-dependent induction of IL-4, IL-21, and IL-6 was observed in nasal mucosa following intranasal allergen challenge in the GPA group but not in SCIT and SLIT groups. TFR and IL-10+ cTFH cells were induced in SCIT and SLIT groups (all, P < .01). ATAC-seq analyses revealed differentially accessible chromatin regions in all groups.

CONCLUSIONS: For the first time, we showed dysregulation of cTFH cells in the GPA group compared to NAC, SCIT, and SLIT groups and induction of TFR and IL-10+ cTFH cells following SCIT and SLIT. Changes in the chromatin landscape were observed following allergen-specific immunotherapy in cTFH and TFR cells.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:147

Enthalten in:

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 147(2021), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 663-676

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sharif, Hanisah [VerfasserIn]
Acharya, Swati [VerfasserIn]
Dhondalay, Gopal Krishna R [VerfasserIn]
Varricchi, Gilda [VerfasserIn]
Krasner-Macleod, Shoshanna [VerfasserIn]
Laisuan, Wannada [VerfasserIn]
Switzer, Amy [VerfasserIn]
Lenormand, Madison [VerfasserIn]
Kashe, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Parkin, Rebecca V [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Koc, Merve [VerfasserIn]
Fedina, Oleksandra [VerfasserIn]
Vilà-Nadal, Gemma [VerfasserIn]
Marone, Gianni [VerfasserIn]
Eifan, Aarif [VerfasserIn]
Scadding, Guy W [VerfasserIn]
Fear, David J [VerfasserIn]
Nadeau, Kari C [VerfasserIn]
Durham, Stephen R [VerfasserIn]
Shamji, Mohamed H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ATAC-seq
Allergen-specific immunotherapy
Allergy
Chromatin
Chromatin accessibility
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Seasonal allergic rhinitis
T follicular helper cells
T follicular regulatory cells

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Date Completed 13.09.2021

Date Revised 13.09.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jaci.2020.10.035

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317287508