Low Mother-to-Child CCL22 Chemokine Levels Are Inversely Related to Mite Sensitization and Asthma in Early Childhood

Sci Rep. 2018 Apr 16;8(1):6043. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24523-8.

Abstract

Few studies have addressed the mother-to-child transmission of Th2 immunity and the impact on the development of atopic diseases in early childhood. We investigated 186 children who were followed-up regularly for 4 years in a birth cohort study. The levels of Th2 related chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 17 (CCL17) and CCL22 were quantified in cord blood and at 1.5 years-of-age using multiplex Luminex kits. The levels of 125 pairs of CCL17 and CCL22 chemokines from birth to 1.5 years were recorded in this study. Using K-means clustering, only the declining trend of CCL22 levels was separately clustered (cluster A, n = 51; cluster B, n = 46; cluster C, n = 28). Mothers of children with higher CCL22 chemokine levels at birth were significantly more likely to display Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus sensitization. A lower CCL22 level at birth with a slight rise during infancy was associated with higher prevalence of mite sensitization and a higher risk of asthma at 3 years-of-age (P = 0.014). In conclusion, low mother-to-child Th2-associated chemokine CCL22 levels appear to be inversely related to mite sensitization and the risk of asthma development in early childhood.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Asthma / blood
  • Asthma / etiology*
  • Asthma / immunology
  • Chemokine CCL17 / blood*
  • Chemokine CCL17 / immunology
  • Chemokine CCL22 / blood*
  • Chemokine CCL22 / immunology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dermatitis, Atopic / blood
  • Dermatitis, Atopic / etiology
  • Dermatitis, Atopic / immunology
  • Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus / immunology*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin E / blood
  • Immunoglobulin E / immunology
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Risk Factors
  • Th2 Cells / immunology

Substances

  • CCL17 protein, human
  • CCL22 protein, human
  • Chemokine CCL17
  • Chemokine CCL22
  • Immunoglobulin E