SLE患者外周血T细胞亚群凋亡特点及其相关机制的研究

目的:研究系统性红斑狼疮(SLE)患者外周血CD3+、CD4+、CD8+T细胞亚群的凋亡特点及其相关的凋亡机制。方法:采用三色荧光流式细胞术检测高活动性SLE患者、低/非活动性SLE患者以及正常对照者外周血T细胞亚群的百分比例、T细胞亚群膜表面Fas/FasL的表达率、T细胞亚群早期凋亡(AV+PI-)的情况;采用ABC-ELISA法测定各组SLE患者和正常对照者血清IL-10水平;对10例血清IL-10水平异常升高的高活动性SLE患者进行体外PBMCs培养实验,其中分别加入抗FasL抗体和抗IL-10抗体,48小时常规培养后分别检测PBMCs中T细胞亚群百分比例、T细胞亚群膜表面Fas/FasL的表达率、T细胞亚群早期凋亡的变化。结果:SLE患者外周血T细胞凋亡异常增多,其中以高活动性SLE患者CD4+T细胞亚群的凋亡尤为显著(P0.05),CD4+T细胞的异常凋亡与CD4+和CD8+T细胞膜表面表达增高的Fas/FasL密切相关(P0.05);各组SLE患者外周血血清IL-10水平均明显升高(P0.01),高活动性SLE患者更为明显,血清IL-10水平升高不仅与SLE主要临床检验指标相关,而且与CD4+/CD8+比值减少、CD4+T细胞高表达FasL相关(P0.05);随访研究显示,随着SLE病情好转、稳定,血清IL-10水平下降明显、T细胞亚群Fas/FasL的表达率明显减少、T细胞亚群凋亡逐渐减少,以上变化均在CD4+T细胞亚群中体现得最为明显(P0.05)。结论:SLE患者T细胞活动性异常升高,尤其是CD4+T细胞亚群凋亡增加,是SLE疾病发展的重要病理机制,IL-10作为能诱导T细胞高表达Fas/FasL的重要调节因子,参与了SLE患者CD4+T细胞凋亡的免疫调节,SLE患者异常增高的IL-10很可能通过Fas/FasL途径促进了T细胞尤其是CD4+T细胞亚群的凋亡。

Study on the apoptosis of T lymphocytes of peripheral blood in systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) and the correlated pathogenesis

Objective:To study the apoptosis of T lymphocyte subsets of peripheral blood in systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) and the correlated pathogenesis.Methods:The percentages of T lymphocyte subsets,the positive expression rates of Fas/FasL on T lymphocyte subsets,and the apoptosis of T lymphocyte subsets were determined by three-colorflow cytometry.The level of serum IL-10 was analyzed by ABC-ELISA.IL-10 antibody and FasL antibody were added respectively into the 48 hours' culture of 10 SLE patients' PBMCs in v...