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INFLAMMATION RESEARCH
卷 61, 期 9, 页码 997-1004出版社
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-012-0493-z
关键词
Hepatitis B virus; Plasmacytoid dendritic cell; Toll-like receptors; Interferon-alpha
资金
- National Basic Research Program [2007CB512905]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30801035]
To investigate whether Toll-like receptor (TLR) 7 and TLR9-mediated interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) production in plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) is compromised in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were prepared from 32 chronic HBV patients and 13 healthy volunteers, and treated with loxoribine or cytidine phosphate guanosine (CpG) oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN). Interferon alpha in the supernatant was measured by sandwich ELISA. PDC frequency and the expression levels of TLR7 and TLR9 in pDCs were quantified by flow cytometry. The serum viral load of HBV was quantified using a highly sensitive real-time PCR kit. Compared to cells from healthy control group, PBMCs and pDCs from the HBV group showed significantly decreased production of IFN-alpha in response to ligand for TLR7 (loxoribine) and TLR9 (CpG ODN, P < 0.05). Mechanistically, the number of pDCs in peripheral blood, and the expression of pDC-associated TLR7 and TLR9 were significantly lower in HBV group than in the healthy control group (P < 0.05). In addition, the number of pDCs and the expression of TLR9 on pDCs were correlated inversely with the serum load of HBV. Impaired IFN-alpha production from pDC may contribute to the immunopathogenesis of chronic HBV infection, which may be the result of a reduced amount of pDCs as well as decreased expression of TLR7 and TLR9 on pDCs.
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