ArticleGastro hep advances2022
Regulatory T Cell (Treg) Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte-associated Antigen-4 Deficits in Biliary Atresia (BA) and Disease Rescue With Treg Augmentation in Murine BA.
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Abstract
Background and Aims: Biliary atresia (BA) entails an inflammatory injury of the biliary tree, leading to fibrosis of the extrahepatic and intrahepatic bile ducts. The chronic inflammatory biliary injury may be due to lack of appropriate regulatory T cell (Treg) suppression of inflammation. The aims of the study were to characterize Treg deficits in human BA and to determine if Treg augmentation therapy improved outcomes in the rhesus rotavirus (RRV)-induced mouse model of BA. Methods: Immunophenotyping of human peripheral blood and liver Tregs was performed with flow cytometry, Vectra-6 multicolor immunohistochemistry (IHC), and real-time polymerase chain reaction. Measured outcomes of Treg augmentation with the interleukin-2 monoclonal antibody JES6-1/interleukin-2 in the RRV-induced mouse model of BA included survival, direct bilirubin, IHC, and liver flow cytometry. Results: Patients with BA had decreased peripheral blood Treg frequency and lack of cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) upregulation despite a highly activated, effector Treg phenotype. IHC revealed decreased liver Treg frequency and Treg CTLA-4 expression. Treg augmentation in the murine model led to increased survival, decreased direct bilirubin levels and liver inflammation, and expansion of resident macrophages. In addition to the M2 phenotype of resident macrophages, these cells adopted an inflammatory M1 phenotype in response to RRV infection, which was inhibited with Treg augmentation. Conclusion: Patients with BA have Treg deficiencies associated with lack of sufficient CTLA-4 expression that is necessary for cell-cell contact inhibition of inflammatory responses. Treg augmentation therapy in murine BA protected from disease. Future treatment trials for BA should include agents that enhance Treg number or function, mimic CTLA-4 function, and promote anti-inflammatory M2 macrophage phenotypes.
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