NATALLI ZANETE PEREIRA
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LIM/56 - Laboratório de Investigação em Dermatologia e Imunodeficiências, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Profile of differentially expressed Toll-like receptor signaling genes in the natural killer cells of patients with Sezary syndrome(2017) MANFRERE, Kelly C. G.; TORREALBA, Marina P.; MIYASHIRO, Denis R.; PEREIRA, Natalli Z.; YOSHIKAWA, Fabio S. Y.; OLIVEIRA, Luana de M.; CURY-MARTINS, Jade; DUARTE, Alberto J. S.; SANCHES, Jose A.; SATO, Maria N.Sezary syndrome (SS), an aggressive and leukemic form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, usually results in shortened survival. Improving innate immunity in SS by targeting natural killer (NK) cells with Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists could be an interesting modulatory strategy. We evaluated the NK cell populations in SS patients assessing activating and inhibitory receptors expression and profiled the differential expression of TLR signaling pathway genes in unstimulated NK cells and after TLR7/8 stimulation. We observed preserved CD56(bright) NK cells and a low percentage of CD56(dim) NK cells in the peripheral blood of SS patients compared to those in the healthy control group. Both NK cell populations showed down-modulation of NKG2C and NKG2D expression, which was associated with high serum levels of the soluble form of NKG2D ligands. In contrast, an expansion of ""memory"" CD57+ NKG2C+ NK cells and high cytomegalovirus antibody titers were detected in SS patients. Profiling of the TLR signaling genes in NK cells from SS patients showed an abundance of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in NK cells in the unstimulated condition, with mostly up-regulation of NF kappa B/JNK p38 pathway genes, but there was down-regulation of type I (IFN-alpha/beta) and II (IFN-gamma) interferon and IL-12A. After activation of NK cells with TLR7/8 agonist, the down-regulated genes correlated with the IFN response, and IL-12 became up-regulated, together with other antitumor factors. NK cell activation with a dual agonist for TLR7 and TLR8 is able to induce the expression of IFN-gamma and type I IFN, which can improve immunity in SS patients.
- Polyfunctional natural killer cells with a low activation profile in response to Toll-like receptor 3 activation in HIV-1-exposed seronegative subjects(2017) LIMA, Josenilson F.; OLIVEIRA, Luanda M. S.; PEREIRA, Natalli Z.; DUARTE, Alberto J. S.; SATO, Maria N.Natural killer (NK) cells are the main mediator of the cytotoxic response in innate immunity and may be involved in resistance to HIV-1 infection in exposed seronegative (ESN) individuals. Toll-like receptor (TLR) signalling is crucial for NK cell activation. Here, we investigated the polyfunctional NK cell response to TLR3 activation in serodiscordant couples. ESN subjects showed increased IFN-gamma. and CD107a expression in both NK subsets, CD56(bright) and CD56(dim) cells, in response to stimulation with a TLR3 agonist, while expression was impaired in the HIV-1-infected partners. TLR3-induced expression of IFN-gamma, TNF and CD107a by polyfunctional CD56bright NK cells was more pronounced in ESN individuals than that in healthy controls. Activated NK cells, as determined by CD38 expression, were increased only in the HIV-1-infected partners, with reduced IFN-gamma. and CD107a expression. Moreover, CD38(+) NK cells of the HIV-1-infected partners were associated with increased expression of inhibitory molecules, such as NKG2A, PD- 1 and Tim-3, while NK cells from ESN subjects showed decreased NKG2A expression. Altogether, these findings indicate that NK cells of ESN individuals were highly responsive to TLR3 activation and had a polyfunctional NK cell phenotype, while the impaired TLR3 response in HIV-1-infected partners was associated with an inhibitory/ exhaustion NK cell phenotype.