An unbalanced PD-L1/CD86 ratio in CD14^＋＋CD16^＋ monocytes is correlated with HCV viremia during chronic HCV infection

作     者：Jiajia Zheng Hua Liang Chunhui Xu Qiang Xu Ting Zhang Tao Shen Fengmin LU 

作者机构：Department of Microbiology Peking University Health Science Center Beijing China Department of Laboratory Medicine Peking University Third Hospital Beijing China State Key Laboratory for infectious Disease Prevention and Control National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention China CDC Beijing China Center of Infectious Diseases Peking University Beijing China These authors contributed equally to this work 

出 版 物：《Cellular & Molecular Immunology》 (中国免疫学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第11卷第3期

页      面：294-304页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 08[工学] 09[农学] 071007[理学-遗传学] 090102[农学-作物遗传育种] 0710[理学-生物学] 090603[农学-临床兽医学] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 0906[农学-兽医学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0836[工学-生物工程] 

基　　金：This work was supported by the National Natural Science of China the National Science Foundation of Beijing SKLID development Grant grants rom the National S&T Major Project for Infectious Diseases 

主　　题：core antigen hepatitis C virus monocytes PD-L1/CD86 viral load 

摘      要：Circulating monocyte subsets with distinct functions play important roles in hepatitis C virus （HCV） infection. However, the mechanisms have not been well studied. In this study, we analyzed the distributions and phenotypic characteristics of three circulating monocyte subsets--CD14^＋＋CD16^-, CD14^＋＋CD16^＋ and CD14^＋＋mCD16^——in chronic HCV-infected patients, HCV spontaneous resolvers and healthy controls, and we evaluated the possible link between HCV viremia and disease progression. Our results indicated that the frequency of the CD 14^＋＋CD 16^＋ monocyte subset was decreased, and negatively correlated with HCV RNA and core antigen levels during chronic HCV infection. PD-L1 expression and the PD-L1/CD86 ratio in CD14^＋＋CD16^＋ monocytes were higher during chronic HCV infection than in spontaneous HCV resolvers and healthy controls. The PD-L1/CD86 ratio positively correlated with HCV viral load and core antigen levels. Finally, PD-L1 was significantly increased, while cytokine secretions were dramatically decreased upon Toll-like receptor （TLR） ligand binding and HCV JFH-lstimulation. These findings indicates the compromised immune status of the CD14^＋＋CD16^＋ monocytes during chronic HCV infection and provides new insights into the specific role of the CD14^＋＋CD16^＋ monocytes and their significance in chronic HCV infection.