June 2013
Volume 54, Issue 15
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2013
The Effect of Subsets of Monocytes on T cell activation and its implication in uveitis
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Zhiyu Li
    NIH, Bethesda, MD
  • Baoying Liu
    NIH, Bethesda, MD
  • Megan Casady
    NIH, Bethesda, MD
  • Jennifer Dailey
    NIH, Bethesda, MD
  • Sima Hirani
    NIH, Bethesda, MD
  • Shayma Jawad
    NIH, Bethesda, MD
  • Robert Katamay
    NIH, Bethesda, MD
  • H Nida Sen
    NIH, Bethesda, MD
  • Robert Nussenblatt
    NIH, Bethesda, MD
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Zhiyu Li, None; Baoying Liu, None; Megan Casady, None; Jennifer Dailey, None; Sima Hirani, None; Shayma Jawad, None; Robert Katamay, None; H Nida Sen, None; Robert Nussenblatt, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2013, Vol.54, 2937. doi:
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      Zhiyu Li, Baoying Liu, Megan Casady, Jennifer Dailey, Sima Hirani, Shayma Jawad, Robert Katamay, H Nida Sen, Robert Nussenblatt; The Effect of Subsets of Monocytes on T cell activation and its implication in uveitis. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):2937.

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Abstract

Purpose: T cell activation and monocytes have been reported to contribute to uveitis pathogenesis. Peripheral monocytes can be categorized into 3 groups: CD14dimCD16+; CD14highCD16-; and CD14highCD16+. Our previous results indicated that CD14highCD16+ monocytes are enriched in uveitis patients. The goal of this study is to investigate the effect of subsets of peripheral monocytes on T cell activation.

Methods: Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated from the blood of healthy donors using a Ficoll gradient centrifugation protocol. Monocyte and T cell phenotyping was assessed by 4-color flow cytometry. T cell proliferation was evaluated by CFSE staining and detected by flow cytometry. ConA treated T cells were co-cultured separately with monocyte subsets, irradiated, and then subsequently co-culture with untreated PBMCs in the presence of ConA. Suppressive capacity was measured through detecting the proliferation of PBMCs.

Results: T-cells co-cultured with CD14dimCD16+ and CD14highCD16+ monocytes in the presence of ConA delivered a more suppressive effect to untreated PBMCs when compared with T-cells co-cultured with CD14highCD16- monocytes. Furthermore, the CD14highCD16- subset of peripheral monocytes presented the most vigorous effect in assisting T cells proliferation and the expression of CD40L, a T cell co-stimulator, compared to CD14dimCD16+ and CD14highCD16+ monocytes.

Conclusions: CD14highCD16+ and CD14dimCD16+ monocytes presented less of a T cell activation effect but more of a suppressive function on T cell proliferation. These results suggest that CD14highCD16+ monocytes, which are enriched in uveitis patients, have an immune regulatory role. Understanding the influence of subsets of human monocytes may be useful in understanding the mechanisms of uveitis pathogenesis.

Keywords: 557 inflammation  
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