目的探讨异基因造血干细胞移植(allo-HSCT)后患者调节性T细胞、效应性T细胞以及两者之间的比例与疾病复发及慢性移植物抗宿主病(cGvHD)的关系。方法30例恶性血液病患者按复发与cGVHD的发生情况分成4组,分别为有复发有cGVHD组(4例)、有复发无cGVHD组(5例)、无复发有cGVHD组(14例)、无复发无cGVHD组(7例)。应用流式细胞术检测患者骨髓中CD4^+CD25-CD69^+调节T细胞和外周血中CD4^+CD25^+FoxP3^+调节T细胞、Th1细胞和Th17细胞占CD4^+T细胞比例,比较不同组间调节性T细胞、效应性T细胞以及两者比例。结果CD4^+CD25^+FoxP3^+调节T细胞、CD4^+CD25-CD69^+调节T细胞、Th1细胞与Thl7细胞比例在不同组间差异均无统计学意义(P值均〉0.05)。9例复发患者的CD4^+CD25-CD69^+调节T细胞/Th1细胞比值为0.211±0.117,21例无复发者为0.133±0.160,差异有统计学意义(P=0.033),12例无cGVHD的患者中复发组亦高于无复发组(0.167±0.073对0.073±0.057,P=-0.048),有cGVHD同时伴有复发者高于无cGVHD无复发者(0.218±0.113对0.073±0.057,P=-0.024)。18例发生cGVHD的患者中CD4^+CD25^+FoxP3^+调节T细胞/Th17细胞比值为1.975±2.045,12例无cGVHD者为3.198±1.132,差异有统计学意义(P=-0.010),21例无复发患者中有cGVHD者低于无cGVHD者(1.695±1.178对3.446±1.376,P=0.028)。结论CD4^+CD25-CD69^+调节T细胞/Th1细胞比值在复发时升高,CD4^+CD25^+FoxP3^+调节T细胞/Th17细胞比值在cGVHD发生时降低,提示调节性T细胞与效应性T细胞的比例与复发及cGVHD相关。
Objective To investigate the association of the ratio of regulatory and effector T cells with recurrence and chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Methods Thirty patients with hematological malignancies who underwent allo-HSCT were classified as recurrence with cGVHD (n=4), non-recurrence with cGVHD (n=14), recurrence without cGVHD (n=5) and non-recurrence without cGVHD (n=7). The different percentage of CD4+CD25-CD69+ regulatory T cells in bone marrow and CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ regulatory T cells, Thl cells and Thl7 cells in peripheral blood were analyzed by flow cytometry. Results There were no significant differences in all these T-cell subsets among different groups (P 〉 0.05). While the ratio of CD4+CD25- CD69+ regulatory T cells and Thl cells (0.211±0.177) in 9 recurrence patients was significant higher than that (0.133 ± 0.160) in 21 non- recurrence patients (P=-0.033). The ratio were also significance between recurrence without cGVHD and non-recurrence without cGVHD patients (0.167±0.073 vs 0.073±0.057 ,P=- 0.048), and between recurrence with cGVHD and non-recurrence without cGVHD patients (0.218±0.113 vs 0.073±0.057, P=-0.024). Furthermore, the ratio of CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ regulatory T cells and Thl7 cells was significant lower (1.975±2.045) in 18 cGVHD patients than that of 12 without cGVHD patients (3.198 ± 1.132, P=0.010), and the ratio was also significant lower in non-recurrence patients with cGVHD (1.695±1.178) than that of without cGVHD (3.446±1.376,P=0.028). Conclusion Our results show that the ratio of CD4+CD25-CD69+ regulatory T cells and Thl ceils raise in recurrence patients, and the ratio of CD4+CD25+FoxP3+regulatory T ceils and Thl7 decrease in cGVHD patients, which suggest that the ratio of regulatory and effector T cells had association with recurrence and cGVHD in patients with allo-HSCT.