Expansion of exhausted CD8+ T cells associates with increased pulmonary fungal infection risk in anti-melanoma differentiation associated gene 5 dermatomyositis.

Clin Exp Rheumatol

Department of Rheumatology, Key Myositis Laboratories, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing; Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing; and Beijing Key Lab for Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.

Published: February 2024

Objectives: Anti-MDA5+ dermatomyositis was associated with poor prognosis due to the high incidence of rapid progressive interstitial lung disease, pulmonary infection. The aim of this study is to investigate the abundance and clinical relevance of exhaustion markers on peripheral CD8 T cells from patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM).

Methods: Twenty-nine healthy controls (HCs) and 71 patients with IIM were enrolled, including 42 with anti-MDA5+ and 18 with anti-MDA5- dermatomyositis (DM) and 11 with anti-synthetase syndrome (ASS). Flow cytometry was applied to detect PD-1, TIM-3 and LAG-3 in CD8 T cells. The clinical associations of the CD8 T cell exhaustion phenotype in patients with anti-MDA5+ DM were analysed.

Results: CD8 T cells from patients with anti-MDA5+ DM showed significantly increased LAG-3, TIM-3 and PD-1 compared to those from patients with anti-MDA5- IIM (18 with anti-MDA5- DM and 11 with ASS) or HCs (adjusted p all < 0.05). CD8 T cells with distinct exhaustion levels were all significantly increased in anti-MDA5+ DM patients compared with HCs (p all < 0.05). Patients with high level of PD-1+ TIM-3+LAG-3+ CD8+ T cells had a significant higher incidence of pulmonary fungal infections but lower counts of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. ROC analysis revealed that the frequency of PD-1+TIM-3+LAG-3+CD8+ T cell significantly predicted pulmonary fungal infections (area under the curve: 0.828).

Conclusions: CD8 T cells from patients with anti-MDA5+ DM show significant exhausted phenotype, and increased exhausted CD8 T cells were associated with high risk of pulmonary fungal infection.

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