Cigdem Sahbaz1, Noushin Zibandey2, Ayse Kurtulmus3, Yazgul Duran2, Muazzez Gokalp2, Ismet Kırpınar3, Fikrettin Sahin4, Sinan Guloksuz5,6, Tunc Akkoc2. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey. cigdemdileksahbaz@gmail.com. 2. Department of Immunology, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. 3. Department of Psychiatry, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey. 4. Department of Bioengineering and Genetics, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey. 5. Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands. 6. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Abstract
AIM: To investigate whether circulating T cells including regulatory T cells (Treg) and derived cytokines contribute to the immune imbalance observed in schizophrenia. METHODS: Forty patients with schizophrenia and 40 age, sex, body mass index, education, and smoking status-matched healthy controls (HC) are included in the study. We stained cells with anti-CD14, anti-CD3, anti-CD4, anti-CD8, anti-CD19, anti-CD20, and anti-CD16/56. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated and stained with the human FoxP3 kit containing anti-CD4/anti-CD25 and intracellular anti-Foxp3. PBMCs were cultured for 72 h and stimulated with anti-CD3/anti-CD28. Cytokines (IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-17A) were measured from the culture supernatant and plasma using the Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokine bead array kit. RESULTS: In comparison with HC, Treg percentages in schizophrenia were higher (1.17 ± 0.63 vs 0.81 ± 0.53, P = 0.005) in unstimulated but lower in the stimulated condition (0.73 ± 0.69 vs 0.97 ± 0.55, P = 0.011). Activated T cell percentages were higher in schizophrenia than HC in unstimulated (2.22 ± 0.78 vs 1.64 ± 0.89, P = 0.001) and stimulated (2.25 ± 1.01 vs 1.72 ± 1.00, P = 0.010) conditions. The culture supernatant levels of IL-6 (7505.17 ± 5170.07 vs 1787.81 ± 1363.32, P < 0.001), IL-17A (191.73 ± 212.49 vs 46.43 ± 23.99, P < 0.001), TNF-α (1557 ± 1059.69 vs 426.57 ± 174.62, P = 0.023), and IFN-γ (3204.13 ± 1397.06 vs 447.79 ± 270.13, P < 0.001); and plasma levels of IL-6 (3.83 ± 3.41vs 1.89 ± 1.14, P = 0.003) and IL-17A (1.20 ± 0.84 vs 0.83 ± 0.53, P = 0.033) were higher in patients with schizophrenia than HC. CONCLUSION: Our explorative study shows reduced level of Foxp3 expressing Treg in a stimulated condition with induced levels of proinflammatory cytokines in patients with schizophrenia.
AIM: To investigate whether circulating T cells including regulatory T cells (Treg) and derived cytokines contribute to the immune imbalance observed in schizophrenia. METHODS: Forty patients with schizophrenia and 40 age, sex, body mass index, education, and smoking status-matched healthy controls (HC) are included in the study. We stained cells with anti-CD14, anti-CD3, anti-CD4, anti-CD8, anti-CD19, anti-CD20, and anti-CD16/56. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated and stained with the humanFoxP3 kit containing anti-CD4/anti-CD25 and intracellular anti-Foxp3. PBMCs were cultured for 72 h and stimulated with anti-CD3/anti-CD28. Cytokines (IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-17A) were measured from the culture supernatant and plasma using the Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokine bead array kit. RESULTS: In comparison with HC, Treg percentages in schizophrenia were higher (1.17 ± 0.63 vs 0.81 ± 0.53, P = 0.005) in unstimulated but lower in the stimulated condition (0.73 ± 0.69 vs 0.97 ± 0.55, P = 0.011). Activated T cell percentages were higher in schizophrenia than HC in unstimulated (2.22 ± 0.78 vs 1.64 ± 0.89, P = 0.001) and stimulated (2.25 ± 1.01 vs 1.72 ± 1.00, P = 0.010) conditions. The culture supernatant levels of IL-6 (7505.17 ± 5170.07 vs 1787.81 ± 1363.32, P < 0.001), IL-17A (191.73 ± 212.49 vs 46.43 ± 23.99, P < 0.001), TNF-α (1557 ± 1059.69 vs 426.57 ± 174.62, P = 0.023), and IFN-γ (3204.13 ± 1397.06 vs 447.79 ± 270.13, P < 0.001); and plasma levels of IL-6 (3.83 ± 3.41vs 1.89 ± 1.14, P = 0.003) and IL-17A (1.20 ± 0.84 vs 0.83 ± 0.53, P = 0.033) were higher in patients with schizophrenia than HC. CONCLUSION: Our explorative study shows reduced level of Foxp3 expressing Treg in a stimulated condition with induced levels of proinflammatory cytokines in patients with schizophrenia.
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Adaptive immunity; FoxP3; IL-17A; Regulatory T cell; Schizophrenia; T cell
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