Distinct regulation of tonsillar immune response in virus infection

作者：Jartti T^*; Palomares O; Waris M; Tastan O; Nieminen R; Puhakka T; Rueckert B; Aab A; Vuorinen T; Allander T; Vahlberg T; Ruuskanen O; Akdis M; Akdis C A

来源：Allergy, 2014, 69(5): 658-667.

DOI：10.1111/all.12396

• Allergy
• T cell
• virus
• tonsil
• cytokine

Background %26lt;br%26gt;The relationships between tonsillar immune responses, and viral infection and allergy are incompletely known. %26lt;br%26gt;Objective %26lt;br%26gt;To study intratonsillar/nasopharyngeal virus detections and in vivo expressions of T-cell- and innate immune response-specific cytokines, transcription factors, and type I/II/III interferons in human tonsils. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods %26lt;br%26gt;Palatine tonsil samples were obtained from 143 elective tonsillectomy patients. Adenovirus, bocavirus-1, coronavirus, enteroviruses, influenza virus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, rhinovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus were detected using PCR. The mRNA expression levels of IFN-alpha, IFN-beta, IFN-gamma, IL-10, IL-13, IL-17, IL-28, IL-29, IL-37, TGF-beta, FOXP3, GATA3, RORC2, and Tbet were directly analyzed by quantitative RT-PCR. %26lt;br%26gt;Results %26lt;br%26gt;Fifty percentage of subjects reported allergy, 59% had %26gt;= 1 nasopharyngeal viruses, and 24% had %26gt;= 1 intratonsillar viruses. Tonsillar virus detection showed a strong negative association with age; especially rhinovirus or parainfluenza virus detection showed positive association with IFN-gamma and Tbet expressions. IL-37 expression was positively associated with atopic dermatitis, whereas IFN-alpha, IL-13, IL-28, and Tbet expressions were negatively associated with allergic diseases. Network analyses demonstrated strongly polarized clusters of immune regulatory (IL-10, IL-17, TGF-beta, FOXP3, GATA3, RORC2, Tbet) and antiviral (IFN-alpha, IFN-beta, IL-28, IL-29) genes. These two clusters became more distinctive in the presence of viral infection or allergy. A negative correlation between antiviral cytokines and IL-10, IL-17, IL-37, FOXP3, and RORC2 was observed only in the presence of viruses, and interestingly, IL-13 strongly correlated with antiviral cytokines. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions %26lt;br%26gt;Tonsillar cytokine expression is closely related to existing viral infections, age, and allergic illnesses and shows distinct clusters between antiviral and immune regulatory genes.

• 出版日期2014-5