林涌超 劉恒
【摘要】 目的:探討抑郁癥患者經(jīng)舍曲林治療6周前后外周血T淋巴細(xì)胞亞群變化與抑郁癥治療的相關(guān)性。方法:選取30例抑郁癥患者為試驗組,另選取正常健康查體者30例為對照組。采用流式細(xì)胞術(shù)檢測兩組人群外周血中CD3+、CD4+、CD8+、CD4+/CD8+細(xì)胞亞群的比例,并進行相關(guān)分析。結(jié)果:抑郁癥患者外周血CD3+、CD4+T淋巴細(xì)胞比率、CD4+/CD8+水平低于對照組,CD8+T淋巴細(xì)胞比率高于對照組,差異均有統(tǒng)計學(xué)意義(P<0.01);經(jīng)舍曲林治療6周后,與治療前對比,抑郁癥患者外周血CD3+、CD4+T淋巴細(xì)胞表達比例、CD4+/CD8+水平均明顯上升,CD8+ T淋巴細(xì)胞比率明顯降低,差異均有統(tǒng)計學(xué)意義(P<0.01)。結(jié)論:抑郁癥患者T淋巴細(xì)胞表達存在一定程度的免疫失衡,舍曲林抗抑郁的同時調(diào)節(jié)抑郁癥患者機體免疫功能紊亂。
【關(guān)鍵詞】 抑郁; 舍曲林; T淋巴細(xì)胞
doi:10.14033/j.cnki.cfmr.2018.11.001 文獻標(biāo)識碼 A 文章編號 1674-6805(2018)11-0001-03
Study on T Lymphocyte Differentiation in Patients with Depression Before and After Sertraline Treatment/LIN Yongchao,LIU Heng.//Chinese and Foreign Medical Research,2018,16(11):1-3
【Abstract】 Objective:To investigate the correlation between the changes of T lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood and the treatment of depression in 6 weeks after Sertraline.Method:30 patients with depression were selected as the experimental group,30 healthy volunteers were selected as the control group.The two groups were detected by flow cytometry in peripheral blood CD3+,CD4+,CD8+,CD4+/CD8+cell subpopulation,and correlation analysis.Result:Peripheral blood CD3+,CD4+ T lymphocyte ratio and CD4+/CD8+ levels in patients with depression than the control group(P<0.01),CD8+T lymphocyte ratio were significantly higher than the control group,the differences were statistically significant(P<0.01), after 6 weeks of the Sertraline treatment,patients with depression of peripheral blood CD3+,CD4+T lymphocytes expression ratio ,CD4+/CD8+ levels were significantly increased.CD8+ T lymphocytes ratio were significantly lower,the differences were statistically significant(P<0.01).Conclusion:There is a certain degree of immune imbalance in the expression of T lymphocyte in patients with depression,while Sertraline can regulate the immune function of patients with depression at the same time.
【Key words】 Depression; Sertraline; T lymphocyte
First-authors address:Fuzhou Neuropsychiatry Hospital,F(xiàn)uzhou 350008,China
抑郁癥具有較高的患病率、復(fù)發(fā)率、死亡率、致殘率,臨床觀察發(fā)現(xiàn)免疫炎癥性疾病與抑郁癥有較高的共病率,兩者存在共消長的趨勢[1],免疫學(xué)與精神病學(xué)的共同研究成為大勢所趨,但免疫功能紊亂在抑郁癥發(fā)病機制中的角色需進一步確認(rèn),抑郁癥中局部炎性反應(yīng)包括多種免疫細(xì)胞參與[2],T淋巴細(xì)胞水平的改變可在很大程度上反映免疫水平的改變[3],這種免疫細(xì)胞的變化與抑郁癥發(fā)病機制之間的關(guān)系尚不清楚。本研究通過比較健康者、抑郁癥患者外周血T淋巴細(xì)胞亞群的變化,探討抑郁癥患者經(jīng)舍曲林治療6周前后外周血T淋巴細(xì)胞亞群變化與抑郁癥治療的相關(guān)性。
1 資料與方法
1.1 一般資料
經(jīng)院內(nèi)倫理委員會批準(zhǔn),2015年9月-2017年9月在筆者所在醫(yī)院精神科門診及心理咨詢中心被明確診斷為抑郁患者人員中選取30例為試驗組。納入標(biāo)準(zhǔn):(1)符合國際疾病分類第10版(ICD-10)抑郁發(fā)作的診斷標(biāo)準(zhǔn);(2)性別不限,年齡≥18歲;(3)漢密爾頓抑郁量表(HAMD)17項評分﹥17分;(4)患者或其監(jiān)護人均對本研究知情同意。排除標(biāo)準(zhǔn):(1)其他精神或神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)疾病史,或其他重大軀體疾?。òǜ哐獕?、高血脂、糖尿病和其他慢性疾病);(2)未簽署知情同意書;(3)具有自殺未遂史;(4)入選試驗組前3個月有急性感染病史;(5)入選試驗組前6個月有妊娠或哺乳史;(6)入選試驗組前6個月曾使用過免疫調(diào)節(jié)藥物的抑郁癥患者等。其中試驗組女19例,男11例,年齡18~65歲,平均(36.96±6.32)歲;另選筆者所在醫(yī)院門診健康查體者30例,其中女18例,男12例,年齡18~65歲,平均(37.12±5.93)歲,為健康對照組。兩組研究對象年齡、性別比較,差異無統(tǒng)計學(xué)意義(P>0.05)。
1.2 主要試劑與儀器
RPMI 1640和胎牛血清(美國Thermo公司);人淋巴細(xì)胞分離液(北京索萊寶生物制品科技有限公司);鼠抗人單克隆流式抗體CD3-FITC、CD4-PE、CD8-APC檢測試劑盒購自美國Biolegend公司;流式細(xì)胞儀BD FACSVerseTM System,美國BD Biosciences公司。
1.3 方法
1.3.1 藥物治療 試驗組30例患者在入組后至觀察結(jié)束期內(nèi)給予舍曲林(50 mg/d)治療6周,不合用鋰鹽、其他抗抑郁藥物、抗精神病藥和電抽搐治療,治療期間可根據(jù)睡眠酌情增加苯二氮卓類藥物。
1.3.2 外周血中CD3+、CD4+、CD8+、CD4+/CD8+ T細(xì)胞亞群的檢測 無菌采集符合研究入選標(biāo)準(zhǔn),且處于用藥治療前期及舍曲林治療6周后的抑郁癥患者及正常對照者外周抗凝血0.1 ml,加人流式抗體CD3-FITC、CD4-PE、CD8-APC 4 ℃避光孵育30 min后用染色緩沖液重旋后用BD流式細(xì)胞儀檢測細(xì)胞亞群比例,采用Diva 8.0分析處理流式實驗數(shù)據(jù)。
1.4 統(tǒng)計學(xué)處理
采用SPSS 19.0和GraphPad Prism 5軟件分析全部數(shù)據(jù),計量資料以均數(shù)±標(biāo)準(zhǔn)差(x±s)表示。數(shù)據(jù)間先進行正態(tài)性和方差齊性檢驗,若兩者均符合,采用單因素方差分析(one-way ANOVA),并用LSD-t檢驗進行多樣本均數(shù)間的兩兩比較。若有一項以上不符,則采用Kruskal-Wallis H檢驗和Dunns 多重檢驗進行統(tǒng)計分析。以α=0.05作為檢驗水準(zhǔn),P<0.05為差異有統(tǒng)計學(xué)意義。
2 結(jié)果
對各組外周血進行流式細(xì)胞術(shù)檢測結(jié)果顯示:抑郁組外周血CD3+、CD4+T淋巴細(xì)胞亞群百分率及CD4+/CD8+水平均顯著性低于健康對照組,CD8+T淋巴細(xì)胞亞群比率明顯低于健康對照組;舍曲林治療6周后,與治療前相比抑郁癥患者外周血CD3+、CD4+ T淋巴細(xì)胞表達比例、CD4+/CD8+水平均明顯上升,CD8+T淋巴細(xì)胞比率明顯降低,差異均有統(tǒng)計學(xué)意義(P<0.01),見表1、表2。
3 討論
近來越來越多關(guān)于抑郁癥發(fā)病機制的研究發(fā)現(xiàn),包括抑郁癥在內(nèi)的情感性精神障礙患者機體中存在免疫失衡,這些研究結(jié)果都指向炎性病變與情感障礙之間存在串?dāng)_,包括細(xì)胞因子、趨化因子、抗體和免疫細(xì)胞的數(shù)量上的改變[4-5]?;颊弑憩F(xiàn)出獲得性免疫反應(yīng)障礙,特別是在T細(xì)胞應(yīng)答中,在應(yīng)激和炎癥反應(yīng)的上下游,活化的T細(xì)胞發(fā)揮著重要的神經(jīng)保護作用[6]?;赥細(xì)胞在應(yīng)激和炎癥反應(yīng)有神經(jīng)保護和抗炎的作用,T細(xì)胞功能的受損直接導(dǎo)致抑郁癥的發(fā)展。
外周血T細(xì)胞亞群是反映機體適應(yīng)性免疫應(yīng)答狀態(tài)的重要指標(biāo),T淋巴細(xì)胞作為細(xì)胞免疫的效應(yīng)細(xì)胞,在調(diào)節(jié)免疫反應(yīng)中起到重要作用,其調(diào)節(jié)作用是由功能各異的各淋巴細(xì)胞亞群來完成的[7-8]。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)CD3+、CD4+T細(xì)胞亞群在維持血液正常免疫細(xì)胞循環(huán)功能中起到關(guān)鍵作用的,CD3是代表機體總T細(xì)胞數(shù)量的標(biāo)志性分化抗原[9],CD4+ T細(xì)胞在誘導(dǎo)T淋巴細(xì)胞增殖中起到關(guān)鍵作用,而CD8+ T細(xì)胞為抑制性T細(xì)胞發(fā)揮免疫抑制功能,二者處于平衡狀態(tài)機體才能發(fā)揮正常的免疫功能[10]。
而本研究中將抑郁癥患者組與健康對照組進行比較發(fā)現(xiàn),抑郁組外周血CD3+、CD4+ T淋巴細(xì)胞亞群百分率及CD4+/CD8+水平均顯著性低于健康對照組,CD8+ T淋巴細(xì)胞亞群比率則明顯高于健康對照組,表明抑郁癥患者的T細(xì)胞總量下降,T細(xì)胞免疫功能受損導(dǎo)致中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的免疫病理損害,出現(xiàn)抑郁癥狀,抑郁癥患者處于免疫抑制狀態(tài),抑郁癥的發(fā)展能夠抑制CD4+ T細(xì)胞的成熟和分化,進而減少了CD4+ T細(xì)胞的總量,并且削弱了對機體抑郁狀態(tài)下炎癥發(fā)展的免疫監(jiān)督功能,這與以往文獻[11-12]研究相符。舍曲林治療6周后,與治療前相比較抑郁癥患者的外周血CD3+、CD4+ T淋巴細(xì)胞表達比例、CD4+/CD8+水平均明顯上升,CD8+ T淋巴細(xì)胞比率明顯降低,因此對于抑郁癥患者在給予舍曲林治療對抑郁癥患者機體免疫功能起到了一定的干預(yù)作用,調(diào)節(jié)抑郁癥機體中的T細(xì)胞亞群紊亂分化從而發(fā)揮抗抑郁療效。
綜上所述,本研究結(jié)果表明抑郁癥患者T淋巴細(xì)胞表達存在一定程度的免疫失衡,舍曲林抗抑郁的同時調(diào)節(jié)抑郁癥患者機體免疫功能紊亂。目前抗抑郁治療的主要手段仍然是基于單胺氧化酶假說的抗抑郁藥物,本研究結(jié)果提示可以考慮在今后的臨床治療中將檢測患者T 淋巴細(xì)胞亞群的變化作為評價療效和預(yù)后的參考指標(biāo),另外考慮到此次入選樣本量較小有關(guān),故可通過增加樣本量,進一步擴大神經(jīng)免疫靶點的研究為未來抗抑郁藥的研發(fā)提供新的思路。
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