PMID- 16364153 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060607 LR - 20171116 IS - 0105-4538 (Print) IS - 0105-4538 (Linking) VI - 61 IP - 1 DP - 2006 Jan TI - CD4+ CD30+ T cells perpetuate IL-5 production in Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus allergic patients. PG - 27-34 AB - BACKGROUND: Airway allergic diseases are regulated by interleukin (IL)-5, which causes infiltration of eosinophils into the bronchial epithelium, and by IL-4 which increases serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) production and promotes CD30 expression on Th cells. CD30 generates a costimulatory signal involved in apoptosis or cell proliferation, depending on the microenvironment. Our aims were: (i) to analyze if CD4+ CD30+ T cells from allergic patients proliferate in response to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, and (ii) if upon stimulation this cell population produces IL-4 and IL-5. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) from 17 allergic rhinitis and mild allergic asthma patients and 12 healthy nonallergic individuals were stimulated with allergen in the presence or absence of anti-IL-4, anti-IL-5 or anti-IL-4Ralpha monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). TdT-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling (TUNEL) assay, 7-aminoactinomycin-D (7-AAD) intercalation, and flow cytometry were used to determine the CD4+ CD30+ blasts percentage, cell proliferation, apoptosis, and intracellular cytokines after 7 culture days. RESULTS: Cell proliferation induced with allergen showed that 90% of the allergen-stimulated blasts were CD4+, 50% of which were CD30+. Allergen-stimulated PBMC showed a progressive increase (mean: from 7% to 23%) of CD4+ CD30+IFN-gamma+ and CD4+ CD30+IL-4+ blasts which diminished (mean: 6%) after 5 culture days. In contrast, CD4+ CD30+IL-5+ blasts showed a continuous progression (from 12% to 24%) that maintained after 7 culture days. The vast majority of CD4+ CD30+ blasts were negative to 7-AAD or TUNEL. Additionally, a significant decrease (34%) was observed in the number of CD4+ CD30+ blasts when IL-4 was neutralized. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that specific allergen stimulation of PBMC isolated from allergic patients generates a nonapoptotic CD4+ CD30+ blast subset that produces IL-5. FAU - Garfias, Y AU - Garfias Y AD - Instituto de Oftalmologia, Fundacion Conde de Valenciana, Mexico. FAU - Ortiz, B AU - Ortiz B FAU - Hernandez, J AU - Hernandez J FAU - Magana, D AU - Magana D FAU - Becerril-Angeles, M AU - Becerril-Angeles M FAU - Zenteno, E AU - Zenteno E FAU - Lascurain, R AU - Lascurain R LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Denmark TA - Allergy JT - Allergy JID - 7804028 RN - 0 (Allergens) RN - 0 (Antigens, Dermatophagoides) RN - 0 (Interleukin-5) RN - 0 (Ki-1 Antigen) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Allergens/*pharmacology MH - Antigens, Dermatophagoides/*immunology MH - Apoptosis/immunology MH - Asthma/blood MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - *Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus MH - Female MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-5/*biosynthesis MH - Ki-1 Antigen/immunology MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Male MH - Probability MH - Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/blood MH - Sampling Studies MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Statistics, Nonparametric EDAT- 2005/12/21 09:00 MHDA- 2006/06/08 09:00 CRDT- 2005/12/21 09:00 PHST- 2005/12/21 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/06/08 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/12/21 09:00 [entrez] AID - ALL951 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00951.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Allergy. 2006 Jan;61(1):27-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2005.00951.x.