上海交大学科带头人《Nature》子刊发文章

时间:2009年8月11日
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生物通报道,上海交通大学附属瑞金医院郑捷研究小组在Nature子刊J Investigat Dermatol发表最新研究性文章Enhanced Proliferation and Activation of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Patients with Psoriasis Vulgaris Mediated by Streptococcal Antigen with Bacterial DNA。

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生物通报道,上海交通大学附属瑞金医院郑捷研究小组在Nature子刊J Investigat Dermatol发表最新研究性文章Enhanced Proliferation and Activation of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Patients with Psoriasis Vulgaris Mediated by Streptococcal Antigen with Bacterial DNA

 

研究发现细菌DNA成分增强寻常型银屑病患者外周血单核细胞(PBMC)的增殖和活化,可导致患者发病。

 

链球菌DNA可刺激免疫细胞增殖、活化并促进免疫细胞分泌各种细胞因子。与健康人群相比,银屑病患者PBMC如果受链球菌抗原(SA)刺激,免疫细胞反应更为激烈。使用DNA-I去除链球菌抗原中的核酸成分后获得去除核酸成分的链球菌抗原(non-NASA)。用non-NASA刺激患者PBMC后的增殖效应显著低于SA刺激组。

 

此外,据中国医学论坛报报道,non-NASASA刺激相比,T细胞(包括表达皮肤归巢淋巴细胞相关抗原的T细胞)表达CD69水平和PBMC分泌α干扰素(IFN-α)水平显著降低。而对于non-NASA刺激引起的患者T细胞活化水平和IFN-α分泌量下降,如果在其刺激中同时加入人工合成的CpG-A,则可以恢复到单独SA刺激水平,CpG-A的作用正是模拟了链球菌的DNA成分。

 

二组刺激相比,B细胞表面活化标志CD86表达水平和γ干扰素(IFN-γ)、肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)分泌量并没有明显改变;但在刺激同时加入人工合成的CpG-BCD86的表达水平显著升高。

 

该研究通过揭示链球菌抗原(尤其是链球菌DNA)的生物学功能,发现non-NASA相比SA可显著降低银屑病患者PBMC增殖和T细胞活化,提示链球菌DNA可辅助活化致病性T细胞,诱导银屑病的发生与发展。

 

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Enhanced Proliferation and Activation of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Patients with Psoriasis Vulgaris Mediated by Streptococcal Antigen with Bacterial DNA

Abstract

Streptococcal infection is believed to have an intimate relationship with psoriasis, although the pathogenic role of streptococcal DNA is not fully understood. To gain a clearer understanding of these dynamics, we investigated the effect of streptococcal DNA on lymphocyte proliferation and activation as well as cytokine secretion in psoriasis. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from psoriatic patients had higher proliferative responses upon stimulation by streptococcal antigen (SA) when compared with those from healthy individuals. Strikingly, this enhanced proliferation of PBMCs was attenuated after administration of SA treated with DNase-I. In addition, CD69 expression levels on T cells, including skin-homing lymphocyte cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen positive T cells, and IFN- secretion by PBMCs were also attenuated in patients after stimulation with SA without nucleic acid (non–nucleic acid SA, non-NASA) compared with stimulation with untreated SA. However, activation marker CD86 expression levels on B cells as well as the secretion of IFN- and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- following stimulation with SA or non-NASA were not significantly altered. Interestingly, the attenuated T-cell activation and IFN- secretion in psoriatic patients could be reconstituted when stimulated by non-NASA combined with synthetic CpG-A, but not when combined with synthetic CpG-B. This study demonstrates the integral function of SA, particularly streptococcal DNA, in the pathogenesis of psoriasis.

 

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195412月生,1982年毕业于上海第二医学院(现为上海交通大学医学院),先后在该校师从张传鈞、陈顺乐教授获硕士与博士学位,耶鲁大学访问学者,博士生导师,北美皮肤科医师协会荣誉会员,上海交通大学医学院皮肤病学重点学科学科带头人。现任上海交通大学医学院皮肤性病学教授,附属瑞金医院皮肤科主任。担任上海医学会皮肤病分会主任委员和上海市疾病控制中心专家委员会委员。入选上海市卫生卫生系统“跨世纪优秀学科带头人”和上海市教育委员会“曙光学者”。担任“中华皮肤科杂志”、“中国实验诊断学杂志”、“中国临床药学杂志”、“中国真菌学杂志”等10余本杂志编委。主编出版“现代免疫学检验与临床实践”;副主编“现代皮肤性病学与美容学”、“难治性风湿病”;教育部、卫生部第六版、第七版全国统编教材“皮肤性病学”编委;还担任编委或参编了“高级临床内科学”、“实用皮肤病学”、“内科学教程”等10余部专著和教材;近年主持4项“国家自然科学基金”项目、1项上海市教育发展基金会“产学研”项目和指导多项国家与市级课题,第一申请人获“上海市科技进步二等奖”和“首届上海医学三等奖”各一项。

 

     主要学术贡献和专业特长为根据“个体化原则”以尽可能少的糖皮质激素治疗系统性红斑狼疮、天疱疮等自身免疫病,显著减少了致死性感染、心脑血管病等并发症,生活质量大为提高;20余年来坚持以非化疗方法治疗皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤,使患者生存期提高到10年以上;制定了白塞病和口腔溃疡治疗的新方案,深受患者欢迎;采用结节性痒疹的联合治疗方法,显著提高了疗效;在上海市教育发展基金会的资助下研制出国内第一台“大功率UVA1治疗仪”,为硬皮病、皮肤疤痕疙瘩、胫前粘液性水肿等患者提供了物理治疗手段;研制出“皮肤屏障保护剂”,使皮肤搔痒症得到理想治疗,有效预防了银屑病、湿疹、特应性皮炎等疾病的复发。

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