Journal: Science Advances
Article Title: Inflammatory arthritis irAE may represent a unique autoimmune disease primarily driven by T cells but likely not autoantibodies
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aea4262
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) The CD4/CD8 ratio in PBMCs. HC ( n = 53), irAE ( n = 23), RAC ( n = 42), and ICI ( n = 17). ( B ) Expression of CD25 and CD127 on CD4 + T cells. HC ( n = 53), irAE ( n = 27), RAC ( n = 42), and ICI ( n = 17). ( C ) Expression of CXCR5 and CD4 on the CD45RA − CD4 + T cells. HC ( n = 53), irAE ( n = 27), RAC ( n = 42), and ICI ( n = 17). ( D ) Expression of CCR6 and CXCR3 on CD45RA − CD4 + T cells. HC ( n = 41), irAE ( n = 26), RAC ( n = 36), and ICI ( n = 12). ( E ) Significantly enriched pathways in CD4 + T cells between irAE and ICI. UV, ultraviolet. GSEA plots of IFN-α and IFN-γ response ( F ), and oxidative phosphorylation ( G ). ( H to M ) PBMCs were stimulated with plate-coated anti-CD3/CD28 (10 μg/ml) for 5 days; MFI of MTDR (H; HC, n = 31; irAE, n = 18; RAC, n = 32; ICI, n = 16), tetramethylrhodamine methyl ester (TMRM) (I; HC, n = 34; irAE, n = 19; RAC, n = 35; ICI, n = 17), or GluCy5 (J; HC, n = 35; irAE, n = 20; RAC, n = 36; ICI, n = 18) in CD4 + T cells were presented. Expression was normalized to the HC in each experiment. [(K) to (M)] Fresh PBMCs were stimulated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), ionomycin, and monensin for 5 hours, and the frequencies of perforin + [(K); HC, n = 27; irAE, n = 13; RAC, n = 12; ICI, n = 8], [TNF-α + (L), and IL-2 + (M) (HC, n = 44; irAE, n = 25; RAC, n = 27; ICI, n = 16] CD4 + T cells were examined. Data in graphs represent mean ± SEM. Significance was tested by one-way ANOVA. [(A) to (D) and (F) to (M)] ICI, ICI control.
Article Snippet: A total of 0.5 million isolated CD4 + T cells or CD8 + T cells was stimulated with plate-coated anti-CD3 (10 μg/ml; BioXCell, catalog no. BE0001-2) and anti-CD28 (BioXCell, catalog no. BE0291), rhIL-6 (100 ng/ml), rhIFN-α 2 (100 ng/ml), rhIL-12 (100 ng/ml), or the combination of rhIL-6, rhIFN-α 2 , and rhIL-12 for 5 days.
Techniques: Expressing, Phospho-proteomics, Control