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CRIg-expressing peritoneal macrophages are associated with disease severity in patients with cirrhosis and ascites
Katharine M. Irvine, … , Matthew J. Sweet, Elizabeth E. Powell
Katharine M. Irvine, … , Matthew J. Sweet, Elizabeth E. Powell
Published June 2, 2016
Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2016;1(8):e86914. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.86914.
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Research Article Hepatology Inflammation

CRIg-expressing peritoneal macrophages are associated with disease severity in patients with cirrhosis and ascites

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Abstract

Infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and ascites. Hypothesizing that innate immune dysfunction contributes to susceptibility to infection, we assessed ascitic fluid macrophage phenotype and function. The expression of complement receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily (CRIg) and CCR2 defined two phenotypically and functionally distinct peritoneal macrophage subpopulations. The proportion of CRIghi macrophages differed between patients and in the same patient over time, and a high proportion of CRIghi macrophages was associated with reduced disease severity (model for end-stage liver disease) score. As compared with CRIglo macrophages, CRIghi macrophages were highly phagocytic and displayed enhanced antimicrobial effector activity. Transcriptional profiling by RNA sequencing and comparison with human macrophage and murine peritoneal macrophage expression signatures highlighted similarities among CRIghi cells, human macrophages, and mouse F4/80hi resident peritoneal macrophages and among CRIglo macrophages, human monocytes, and mouse F4/80lo monocyte-derived peritoneal macrophages. These data suggest that CRIghi and CRIglo macrophages may represent a tissue-resident population and a monocyte-derived population, respectively. In conclusion, ascites fluid macrophage subset distribution and phagocytic capacity is highly variable among patients with chronic liver disease. Regulating the numbers and/or functions of these macrophage populations could provide therapeutic opportunities in cirrhotic patients.

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Katharine M. Irvine, Xuan Banh, Victoria L. Gadd, Kyle K. Wojcik, Juliana K. Ariffin, Sara Jose, Samuel Lukowski, Gregory J. Baillie, Matthew J. Sweet, Elizabeth E. Powell

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Phenotype of CRIghi human peritoneal macrophages.

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Phenotype of CRIghi human peritoneal macrophages.
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Representative (A) forward scatter (FSC) and (B) side scatter (SSC) histograms and mean area for CRIghi and CRIglo macrophages (n = 12). Representative dot plots showing ascites leukocyte expression of CRIg and (C) HLA-DR, (D) CD16, (E) CD11B, (F) CD11C, (G) SIGLEC1, and (H) CD163, and quantification of marker expression (median fluorescence intensity [MFI], data represent mean ± SEM) on CRIghi and CRIglo ascites macrophages (CD14+ cells, n = 6 except F, for which n = 3; Mann-Whitney test). CRIg– lymphocytes are shown for reference; however, CD14+ macrophages were gated for analysis of fluorescence intensity.

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