Cara L Hrusch1, Michelle M Stein2, Justyna Gozdz3, Mark Holbreich4, Erika von Mutius5, Donata Vercelli3, Carole Ober2, Anne I Sperling6. 1. Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 2. Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 3. NIEHS Training Program in Environmental Toxicology, Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Arizona Respiratory Center and Bio5 Institute, and the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz; Arizona Respiratory Center and Bio5 Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. 4. Allergy and Asthma Consultants, Indianapolis, Ind. 5. Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Munich, Germany. 6. Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill; Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Electronic address: asperlin@uchicago.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Amish children raised on traditional farms have lower atopy and asthma risk than Hutterite children raised on modern farms. In our previous study we established that the Amish environment affects the innate immune response to decrease asthma and atopy risk. Here we investigated T-cell phenotypes in the same Amish and Hutterite children as in our earlier study to elucidate how this altered innate immunity affects adaptive T cells. METHODS: Blood was collected from 30 Amish and 30 Hutterite age- and sex-matched children; cells were cryopreserved until analysis. Flow cytometry was used to analyze cell subsets. Atopy was determined based on allergen-specific and total IgE levels. RESULTS: Children exposed to Amish farms had increased activated regulatory CD4+ T-cell phenotypes, whereas conventional CD4 T cells expressed lower levels of costimulation molecules and other activation markers. The increase in numbers of circulating activated regulatory CD4+ T cells was associated with an increase in inhibitory receptors on monocytes in Amish, but not Hutterite, children. Strikingly, the Amish children had a higher proportion of CD28null CD8 T cells than the Hutterite children (P < .0001, nonparametric t test), a difference that remained even after accounting for the effects of age and sex (conditional log regression exponential β = 1.08, P = .0053). The proportion of these cells correlated with high T-cell IFN-γ production (rs = 0.573, P = .005) and low serum IgE levels (rs = -0.417, P = .025). Furthermore, CD28null CD8 T-cell numbers were increased in Amish children, with high expression of the innate genes TNF and TNF-α-induced protein 3 (TNFAIP3) in peripheral blood leukocytes. CONCLUSION: Amish children's blood leukocytes are not only altered in their innate immune status but also have distinct T-cell phenotypes that are often associated with increased antigen exposure.
OBJECTIVES: Amish children raised on traditional farms have lower atopy and asthma risk than Hutterite children raised on modern farms. In our previous study we established that the Amish environment affects the innate immune response to decrease asthma and atopy risk. Here we investigated T-cell phenotypes in the same Amish and Hutterite children as in our earlier study to elucidate how this altered innate immunity affects adaptive T cells. METHODS: Blood was collected from 30 Amish and 30 Hutterite age- and sex-matched children; cells were cryopreserved until analysis. Flow cytometry was used to analyze cell subsets. Atopy was determined based on allergen-specific and total IgE levels. RESULTS:Children exposed to Amish farms had increased activated regulatory CD4+ T-cell phenotypes, whereas conventional CD4 T cells expressed lower levels of costimulation molecules and other activation markers. The increase in numbers of circulating activated regulatory CD4+ T cells was associated with an increase in inhibitory receptors on monocytes in Amish, but not Hutterite, children. Strikingly, the Amish children had a higher proportion of CD28null CD8 T cells than the Hutterite children (P < .0001, nonparametric t test), a difference that remained even after accounting for the effects of age and sex (conditional log regression exponential β = 1.08, P = .0053). The proportion of these cells correlated with high T-cell IFN-γ production (rs = 0.573, P = .005) and low serum IgE levels (rs = -0.417, P = .025). Furthermore, CD28null CD8 T-cell numbers were increased in Amish children, with high expression of the innate genes TNF and TNF-α-induced protein 3 (TNFAIP3) in peripheral blood leukocytes. CONCLUSION: Amish children's blood leukocytes are not only altered in their innate immune status but also have distinct T-cell phenotypes that are often associated with increased antigen exposure.
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