Hepatitis B envelope antigen increases Tregs by converting CD4+CD25- T cells into CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs.

Abstract:

:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can establish a lifelong chronic infection in humans, leading to liver cirrhosis, liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma. Patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) exhibit a weak virus-specific immune response. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a key role in regulating the immune response in patients with CHB. Patients with hepatitis B envelope antigen (HBeAg)-positive CHB harbored a higher percentage of Tregs in their peripheral blood than those with HBeAg-negative CHB. However, whether and how HBeAg manipulates the host immune system to increase the population of Tregs remains to be elucidated. The present manuscript describes a preliminary immunological study of HBeAg in a mouse model. Multiple potential CD4+ T cell epitopes in HBeAg were identified using Immune Epitope Database consensus binding prediction. It was demonstrated that HBeAg treatment increased the numbers of Tregs in mouse spleens in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, it was indicated that the HBeAg-mediated increase in Tregs occurred through the conversion of CD4+CD25- T cells into CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs. Additionally, in vitro study illustrated that HBeAg stimulated murine spleen cells to produce increased transforming growth factor-β, which is required to enable HBeAg to convert T cells into Tregs. The results of the present study may provide further evidence of the effect of HBeAg on Tregs and aid in the development of novel HBeAg-based immunotherapy for CHB.

journal_name

Exp Ther Med

authors

Tang R,Lei Z,Wang X,Qi Q,He J,Liu D,Wang X,Chen X,Zhu J,Li Y,Zhou S,Su C

doi

10.3892/etm.2020.9107

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-10-01 00:00:00

pages

3679-3686

issue

4

eissn

1792-0981

issn

1792-1015

pii

ETM-0-0-9107

journal_volume

20

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