Journal
TUBERCULOSIS
Volume 90, Issue 6, Pages 346-353Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2010.09.003
Keywords
Tuberculosis; CD4; CD8; IFN-gamma; RD1 antigens; Latency
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- Colciencias (Bogota, Colombia) [11150416335, 111540820488, 34261817270]
- Vicerrectoria de Investigaciones, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
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Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) frequently have reduced IFN-gamma production in response to mycobacterial antigens, compared to individuals with latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBi). However, it is not clear whether this reduced responsiveness is restricted to a particular T cell subset. Herein, PBMCs from 26 PTB patients, 30 household contacts (HHCs) of PTB, and 30 tuberculin positive (TST+) healthy subjects not recently exposed to PTB, were stained with CFSE and stimulated non-specific (PPD) for 120 h, and specific (CFP-10/ESAT-6) and latency (HSpX) mycobacterial antigens for 144 h and the percentage of CD4(+) and CD8(+)IFN-gamma(+) T cells responding determined by flow cytometry, in addition to their memory phenotype by the CD45RO and CD27 expression. PTB had decreased frequency of both CD4(+) and CD8(+) precursor cells, as well as decreased number of CD4(+)IFN-gamma(+) cells in response to all antigens, whereas CD8(+)IFN-gamma(+) cells were decreased in response to PPD and ESAT-6, but not to CFP-10 and HSpX. HHCs exhibited the highest precursor frequencies and IFN-gamma responses, irrespective of the antigen employed. The CD4(+)/CD8(+) cell ratios showed that in response to PPD CD4(+) precursor and IFN-gamma-producer cells are more frequent than their CD8(+) counterparts, and that PTB have a decreased CD4(+)IFN-gamma(+)/CD8(+)IFN-gamma(+) ratio in response to PPD, CFP-10, and ESAT-6. CD4(+)IFN-gamma(+) and CD8(+)IFN-gamma(+) cells exhibited a central memory phenotype (CD45RO(+)CD27(+)), irrespective of the group of subjects and the antigen used for stimulation. In conclusion, PTB patients had a decreased percentage of CD4(+) and CD8(+) precursor cells and CD4(+)IFN-gamma(+). HHCs exhibited the highest frequency of CD4(+) and CD8(+) precursors and CD4(+)IFN-gamma(+)-producing cells. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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