Type-2 CD8<sup>+</sup>T lymphocytes responsive to PGD<sub>2</sub>and LTE<sub>4</sub>in severe eosinophilic asthma

ABSTRACT The functions andin vivoroles of type-2 CD8+T cells in humans have not been well defined and this cell type has been largely overlooked in models of disease. We investigated this in the context of severe asthma with persistent airway eosinophilia - a phenotype associated with high exacerbation risk and responsiveness to type-2 cytokine-targeted therapies. In two independent cohorts we show that, in contrast to Th2 cells, type-2 cytokine-secreting CD8+CRTH2+(Tc2) cells are enriched in blood and airways in severe eosinophilic asthma. Concentrations of prostaglandin D2(PGD2) and cysteinyl leukotriene E4(LTE4) are also increased in the airways of the same group of patients.In vitroPGD2and LTE4function synergistically to trigger Tc2 cell recruitment and activation in a TCR-independent manner. These lipids regulate diverse genes in Tc2 cells inducing type-2 cytokines and many other pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines which could contribute to eosinophilia. These findings are consistent with an important innate-like role for human Tc2 cells in severe eosinophilic asthma and suggest a potential target for therapeutic intervention in this and other diseases..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 30. Aug. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hilvering, Bart [VerfasserIn]
Hinks, Timothy SC [VerfasserIn]
Stöger, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Marchi, Emanuele [VerfasserIn]
Salimi, Maryam [VerfasserIn]
Shrimanker, Rahul [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wentao [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Go, Simei [VerfasserIn]
Powell, Timothy [VerfasserIn]
Cane, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Thulborn, Samantha [VerfasserIn]
Kurioka, Ayako [VerfasserIn]
Leng, Tianqi [VerfasserIn]
Matthews, Jamie [VerfasserIn]
Connolly, Clare [VerfasserIn]
Borg, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Bafadhel, Mona [VerfasserIn]
Willberg, Christian B [VerfasserIn]
Ramasamy, Adaikalavan [VerfasserIn]
Djukanović, Ratko [VerfasserIn]
Ogg, Graham [VerfasserIn]
Pavord, Ian D [VerfasserIn]
Klenerman, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Luzheng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/247171

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XBI000222925