DR3 regulation of apoptosis of naive T-lymphocytes in children with acute infectious mononucleosis

Filatova, Elena Nikolaevna and Anisenkova, Elena Viktorovna and Presnyakova, Nataliya Borisovna and Utkin, Oleg Vladimirovich (2016) DR3 regulation of apoptosis of naive T-lymphocytes in children with acute infectious mononucleosis. Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica, 63 (3). pp. 339-357. ISSN 1217-8950

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Abstract

Acute infectious mononucleosis (AIM) is a widespread viral disease that mostly affects children. Development of AIM is accompanied by a change in the ratio of immune cells. This is provided by means of different biological processes including the regulation of apoptosis of naive T-cells. One of the potential regulators of apoptosis of T-lymphocytes is a death receptor 3 (DR3). We have studied the role of DR3 in the regulation of apoptosis of naive CD4⁺ (nTh) and CD8⁺ (nCTL) T-cells in healthy children and children with AIM. In healthy children as well as in children with AIM, the activation of DR3 is accompanied by inhibition of apoptosis of nTh. In healthy children, the stimulation of DR3 resulted in the increase in apoptosis of nCTL. On the contrary, in children with AIM, the level of apoptosis of nCTL decreased after DR3 activation, which is a positive contribution to the antiviral immune response. In children with AIM, nCTL are characterized by reduced level of apoptosis as compared with healthy children. These results indicate that DR3 can be involved in the reduction of sensitivity of nCTL to apoptosis in children with AIM.

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