CCR5 expression in inflammatory bowel disease and its correlation with inflammatory cells and β-arrestin2 expression

Abstract

Objective: To elucidate the correlation of expression of CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) with degrees of inflammatory cells infiltration and expression of β-arrestin2 in biopsic intestinal mucosa of the patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods: Paraffin sections were derived from 53 patients with active IBD, 26 patients with remissive IBD and 30 healthy people. Immunohistochemical envision two-step method was used to test the expression of CCR5 and β-arrestin2 in biopsic intestinal mucosa. HE and toluidine blue staining were used to detect the pathological cytological analysis and classification in lamina propria of colonic mucosa.

Results: The positive rate, strong positive rate and immunohistochemical score of CCR5 expression in active IBD were significantly higher than that in normal controls and remissive IBD (p < .05). CCR5 expression had no obvious correlation with clinical severity, lesion distribution and endoscopic classification of active IBD. Neutrophils, eosinophils and lymphocytes in active IBD were significantly higher than that in normal controls and remissive IBD (p < .05), while the lymphocyte grade had a positive correlation with CCR5 expression (p = .042, r = .286). Mastocytes in active IBD, remissive IBD and normal controls had no obvious difference (p > .05). β-arrestin2 expression was significantly lower in active IBD than that in remissive IBD and normal controls, and it had a negative correlation with CCR5 expression (p = .01, r = −.247).

Conclusions: CCR5 is highly expressed in active IBD, and it has positive correlation with lymphocyte grade and negative correlation with expression of β-arrestin2.

Keywords:

• CCR5
• β-arrestin2
• inflammatory cell
• inflammatory bowel disease

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The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [81370499]; Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2014A030313020].