Spatiotemporal regulation of galectin-1-induced T-cell death in lamina propria from Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis patients

MUGLIA, CECILIA I.; SAMBUELLI, ALICIA M.; MOROSI, LUCIANO G.; MACDONALD, THOMAS T.; RABINOVICH, GABRIEL A.; ROCCA, ANDRÉS; YANTORNO, MARTÍN; DI SABATINO, ANTONIO; TOSCANO, MARTA A.; DOCENA, GUILLERMO H.; PAPA-GOBBI, RODRIGO; CURCIARELLO, RENATA; CORREA, GUSTAVO; BIANCHERI, PAOLO; MARIÑO, KARINA V.

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Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2021

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn?s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), is characterized by chronic, relapsing intestinal inflammation. Galectin-1 (Gal-1) is an endogenous lectin with key pro-resolving roles, including induction of T-cell apoptosis and secretion of immunosuppressive cytokines. Despite considerable progress, the relevance of Gal-1-induced T-cell death in inflamed tissue from human IBD patients has not been ascertained. Intestinal biopsies and surgical specimens from control patients (n = 52) and patients with active or inactive IBD (n = 97) were studied. Gal-1 expression was studied by RT-qPCR, immunoblotting, ELISA and immunohistochemistry. Gal-1-specific ligands and Gal-1-induced apoptosis of lamina propria (LP) T-cells were determined by TUNEL and flow cytometry. We found a transient expression of asialo core 1-O-glycans in LP T-cells from inflamed areas (p