MARIANA DIAS BATISTA
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- CD57 Expression and Cytokine Production by T Cells in Lesional and Unaffected Skin from Patients with Psoriasis(2013) BATISTA, Mariana D.; TINCATI, Camilla; MILUSH, Jeffrey M.; HO, Emily L.; NDHLOVU, Lishomwa C.; YORK, Vanessa A.; KALLAS, Esper G.; KALIL, Jorge; KEATING, Sheila M.; NORRIS, Philip J.; CHANG, David; UNEMORI, Patrick; LESLIE, Kieron S.; MAURER, Toby; LIAO, Wilson; NIXON, Douglas F.Background: The immunopathogenic mechanisms leading to psoriasis remain unresolved. CD57 is a marker of replicative inability and immunosenescence on CD8+ T cells and the proportion of CD57 expressing CD8+ T cells is increased in a number of inflammatory conditions. Methodology: We examined the expression of CD57 on T cells in the skin of patients affected with psoriasis, comparing lesional and unaffected skin. We also assessed functionality of the T cells by evaluating the secretion of several inflammatory cytokines (IL-17A, IFN-gamma, IL-2, IL-33, TNF-alpha, IL-21, IL-22, and IL-27), from cell-sorted purified CD4+ and CD8+ T cells isolated from lesional and unaffected skin biopsies of psoriasis patients. Principal Findings: We observed that the frequency of CD57+CD4+ and CD57+CD8+ T cells was significantly higher in unaffected skin of psoriasis patients compared to lesional skin. Sorted CD4+ T cells from psoriatic lesional skin produced higher levels of IL-17A, IL-22, and IFN-gamma compared to unaffected skin, while sorted CD8+ T cells from lesional skin produced higher levels of IL-17, IL-22, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, and IL-2 compared to unaffected skin. Conclusions/Significance: These findings suggest that T cells in unaffected skin from psoriasis patients exhibit a phenotype compatible with replicative inability. As they have a lower replicative capacity, CD57+ T cells are less frequent in lesional tissue due to the high cellular turnover.
- Skewed distribution of natural killer cells in psoriasis skin lesions(2013) BATISTA, Mariana D.; HO, Emily L.; KUEBLER, Peter J.; MILUSH, Jeffrey M.; LANIER, Lewis L.; KALLAS, Esper G.; YORK, Vanessa A.; CHANG, David; LIAO, Wilson; UNEMORI, Patrick; LESLIE, Kieron S.; MAURER, Toby; NIXON, Douglas F.Psoriasis is a hyper-proliferative disease of the skin in which immunological mechanisms play a direct pathogenetic role. There have been limited studies of natural killer (NK) cells in psoriasis. The aim of this study was to examine the phenotype of NK cells in skin biopsies and peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with psoriasis and healthy controls. CD56+CD16- and CD56+CD16+ NK cells were isolated from lesional skin, unaffected skin and PBMC of psoriasis patients, and normal skin and PBMC from healthy controls. The expression of CD57, NKG2A and NKG2C was assessed by flow cytometry. NK cells in psoriasis skin lesions were skewed in their expression of CD57, a marker of NK cell maturity, with CD57 expression significantly reduced and NKG2A expression increased on NK cells in lesional and unaffected skin compared to controls. These data suggest that in this patient cohort, NK cells could be isolated from psoriasis lesions and exhibit an immature phenotype.
- Protective Effect of Human Endogenous Retrovirus K dUTPase Variants on Psoriasis Susceptibility(2012) LAI, Olivia Y.; CHEN, Haoyan; MICHAUD, Henri-Alexandre; HAYASHI, Genki; KUEBLER, Peter J.; HULTMAN, Gustaf K.; ARIZA, Maria-Eugenia; WILLIAMS, Marshall V.; BATISTA, Mariana D.; NIXON, Douglas F.; FOERSTER, John; BOWCOCK, Anne M.; LIAO, WilsonPrevious genetic and functional studies have implicated the human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) dUTPase located within the PSORS1 locus in the major histocompatibility complex region as a candidate psoriasis gene. Here, we describe a variant discovery and case-control association study of HERV-K dUTPase variants in 708 psoriasis cases and 349 healthy controls. Five common HERV-K dUTPase variants were found to be highly associated with psoriasis, with the strongest association occurring at the missense single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs3134774 (K158R, P=3.28 x 10(-15), odds ratio = 2.36 (95% confidence interval: 1.91-2.92)). After adjusting the association of the HERV-K dUTPase variants for the potential confounding effects of HLA alleles associated with psoriasis, the HERV-K SNPs rs9264082 and rs3134774 remained significantly associated. Haplotype analysis revealed that HERV-K haplotypes containing the non-risk alleles for rs3134774 and rs9264082 significantly reduced the risk of psoriasis. Functional testing showed higher antibody responses against recombinant HERV-K dUTPase in psoriasis patients compared with controls (P<0.05), as well as higher T-cell responses against a single HERV-K dUTPase peptide (P<0.05). Our data support an independent role for the HERV-K dUTPase on psoriasis susceptibility, and suggest the need for additional studies to clarify the role of this dUTPase in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2012) 132, 1833-1840; doi:10.1038/jid.2012.69; published online 22 March 2012