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ABSTRACT: Aims/hypothesis
Islet-specific autoantibodies can predict the development of type 1 diabetes. However, it remains unclear if B cells, per se, contribute to the causal pancreatic immunopathology. We aimed to identify phenotypic signatures of disease progression among naive and memory B cell subsets in the peripheral blood of individuals with type 1 diabetes.Methods
A total of 69 participants were recruited across two separate cohorts, one for discovery purposes and the other for validation purposes. Each cohort comprised two groups of individuals with type 1 diabetes (one with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes and the other with long-standing type 1 diabetes) and one group of age- and sex-matched healthy donors. The phenotypic characteristics of circulating naive and memory B cells were investigated using polychromatic flow cytometry, and serum concentrations of various chemokines and cytokines were measured using immunoassays.Results
A disease-linked phenotype was detected in individuals with long-standing type 1 diabetes, characterised by reduced C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 3 (CXCR3) expression on switched (CD27+IgD-) and unswitched (CD27intermediateIgD+) memory B cells. These changes were associated with raised serum concentrations of B cell activating factor and of the CXCR3 ligands, chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand (CXCL)10 and CXCL11. A concomitant reduction in CXCR3 expression was also identified on T cells.Conclusions/interpretation
Our data reveal a statistically robust set of abnormalities that indicate an association between type 1 diabetes and long-term dysregulation of a chemokine ligand/receptor system that controls B cell migration.
SUBMITTER: Powell WE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6061155 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Powell Wendy E WE Hanna Stephanie J SJ Hocter Claire N CN Robinson Emma E Davies Joanne J Dunseath Gareth J GJ Luzio Stephen S Farewell Daniel D Wen Li L Dayan Colin M CM Price David A DA Ladell Kristin K Wong F Susan FS
Diabetologia 20180607 8
<h4>Aims/hypothesis</h4>Islet-specific autoantibodies can predict the development of type 1 diabetes. However, it remains unclear if B cells, per se, contribute to the causal pancreatic immunopathology. We aimed to identify phenotypic signatures of disease progression among naive and memory B cell subsets in the peripheral blood of individuals with type 1 diabetes.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 69 participants were recruited across two separate cohorts, one for discovery purposes and the other for v ...[more]