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Neurath MF, Pettersson S, Meyer zum Büschenfelde KH, Strober W. Local administration of antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides to the p65 subunit of NF-kappa B abrogates established experimental colitis in mice. Nat Med 1996; 2:998-1004. [PMID: 8782457 DOI: 10.1038/nm0996-998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 641] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Chronic intestinal inflammation induced by 2,4,6,-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) is characterized by a transmural granulomatous colitis that mimics some characteristics of human Crohn's disease. Here, we show that the transcription factor NF-kappa B p65 was strongly activated in TNBS-induced colitis and in colitis of interleukin-10-deficient mice. Local administration of p65 antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides abrogated clinical and histological signs of colitis and was more effective in treating TNBS-induced colitis than single or daily administration of glucocorticoids. The data provide direct evidence for the central importance of p65 in chronic intestinal inflammation and suggest a potential therapeutic utility of p65 antisense oligonucleotides as a novel molecular approach for the treatment of patients with Crohn's disease.
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- M F Neurath
- Laboratory of Immunology, University of Mainz, Germany
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Anderson KP, Fox MC, Brown-Driver V, Martin MJ, Azad RF. Inhibition of human cytomegalovirus immediate-early gene expression by an antisense oligonucleotide complementary to immediate-early RNA. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1996; 40:2004-11. [PMID: 8878571 PMCID: PMC163463 DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.9.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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ISIS 2922 is a phosphorothioate oligonucleotide that is complementary to human cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate-early (IE) RNA and that exhibits potent and specific antiviral activity against CMV in cell culture assays. Specific assay systems were developed to separately characterize the antisense and nonantisense components of the antiviral activity mediated by ISIS 2922. In U373 cells transformed with cDNA encoding the CMV IE 55-kDa (IE55) protein, expression was inhibited at nanomolar concentrations comparable to effective concentrations in antiviral assays. The specificity of inhibition was demonstrated by using control oligonucleotides incorporating progressive base changes to destabilize oligonucleotide-RNA base pairing and by showing a lack of inhibition of the CMV IE72 product expressed from the same promoter. Inhibition of IE55 protein expression correlated with a reduction in mRNA levels consistent with an RNase H-mediated termination event. Studies with virus-infected cells demonstrated that antisense and nonantisense mechanisms contribute to the antiviral activity of ISIS 2922. Base complementarity to target RNA was important for optimal activity in antiviral assays, but base changes affecting parameters other than hybridization affinity also influenced antiviral activity. Sequence-independent inhibition of virus adsorption to host cells by phosphorothioate oligonucleotides was also observed at high concentrations. Therefore, at least three different mechanisms may contribute to the antiviral activity of ISIS 2922 in cell culture: antisense-mediated inhibition of target gene expression; nonantisense, sequence-dependent inhibition of virus replication; and sequence-independent inhibition of virus adsorption to host cells.
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- K P Anderson
- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California 92008, USA.
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Liang H, Nishioka Y, Reich CF, Pisetsky DS, Lipsky PE. Activation of human B cells by phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides. J Clin Invest 1996; 98:1119-29. [PMID: 8787674 PMCID: PMC507533 DOI: 10.1172/jci118894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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To investigate the potential of DNA to elicit immune responses in man, we examined the capacity of a variety of oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) to stimulate highly purified T cell-depleted human peripheral blood B cells. Among 47 ODNs of various sequences tested, 12 phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides (sODNs) induced marked B cell proliferation and Ig production. IL-2 augmented both proliferation and production of IgM, IgG, and IgA, as well as IgM anti-DNA antibodies, but was not necessary for B cell stimulation. Similarly, T cells enhanced stimulation, but were not necessary for B cell activation. After stimulation with the active sODNs, more than 95% of B cells expressed CD25 and CD86. In addition, B cells stimulated with sODNs expressed all six of the major immunoglobulin VH gene families. These results indicate that the human B cell response to sODN is polyclonal. Active sODN coupled to Sepharose beads stimulated B cells as effectively as the free sODN, suggesting that stimulation resulted from engagement of surface receptors. These data indicate that sODNs can directly induce polyclonal activation of human B cells in a T cell-independent manner by engaging as yet unknown B cell surface receptors.
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- H Liang
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235, USA
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Ulmer JB, Deck RR, Dewitt CM, Donnhly JI, Liu MA. Generation of MHC class I-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes by expression of a viral protein in muscle cells: antigen presentation by non-muscle cells. Immunology 1996; 89:59-67. [PMID: 8911141 PMCID: PMC1456656 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1996.d01-718.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Expression of reporter genes in muscle cells has been achieved by intramuscular (i.m.) injection of plasmid DNA expression vectors. We previously demonstrated that this technique is an effective means of immunization to elicit both antibodies capable of conferring homologous protection and cell-mediated immunity leading to cross-strain protection against influenza virus challenge in mice. These results suggested that expression of viral proteins by muscle cells can result in the generation of cellular immune responses, including cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). However, because DNA has the potential to be internalized and expressed by other cell types, we sought to determine whether or not induction of CTL required synthesis of antigen in non-muscle cells and if not whether transfer of antigen to antigen-presenting cells from muscle cells may be involved. In the present study we demonstrate that transplantation of nucleoprotein (NP)-transfected myoblasts into syngeneic mice led to the generation of NP-specific antibodies and CTL and cross-strain protective immunity against a lethal challenge with influenza virus. Furthermore transplantation of NP-expressing myoblasts (H-2k) intraperitoneally into F1 hybrid mice (H-2d x H-2k) elicited NPCTL restricted by the MHC haplotype of both parental strains. These results indicate that NP expression by muscle cells after transplantation was sufficient to generate protective cell-mediated immunity and that induction of the CTL response was mediated at least in part, by transfer of antigen from the transplanted muscle cells to a host cell.
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- J B Ulmer
- Department of Virus and Cell Biology, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486, USA
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Flanagan WM, Su LL, Wagner RW. Elucidation of gene function using C-5 propyne antisense oligonucleotides. Nat Biotechnol 1996; 14:1139-45. [PMID: 9631067 DOI: 10.1038/nbt0996-1139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Identification of human disease-causing genes continues to be an intense area of research. While cloning of genes may lead to diagnostic tests, development of a cure requires an understanding of the gene's function in both normal and diseased cells. Thus, there exists a need for a reproducible and simple method to elucidate gene function. We evaluate C-5 propyne pyrimidine modified phosphorothioate antisense oligonucleotides (ONs) targeted against two human cell cycle proteins that are aberrantly expressed in breast cancer: p34cdc2 kinase and cyclin B1. Dose-dependent, sequence-specific, and gene-specific inhibition of both proteins was achieved at nanomolar concentrations of ONs in normal and breast cancer cells. Precise binding of the antisense ONs to their target RNA was absolutely required for antisense activity. Four or six base-mismatched ONs eliminated antisense activity confirming the sequence specificity of the antisense ONs. Antisense inhibition of p34cdc2 kinase resulted in a significant accumulation of cells in the Gap2/mitosis phase of the cell cycle in normal cells, but caused little effect on cell cycle progression in breast cancer cells. These data demonstrate the potency, specificity, and utility of C-5 propyne modified antisense ONs as biological tools and illustrate the redundancy of cell cycle protein function that can occur in cancer cells.
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Preclinical DNA vaccine development has continued apace during the past year, with the investigation of several new infectious and non-infectious disease targets as well as advances in our understanding of some of the basic immunologic mechanisms, such as effector cells, responsible for conferring protection. The coming year promises to be at least as exciting, as initial human clinical studies have begun.
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- J B Ulmer
- Department of Virus & Cell Biology, Merck Research Laboratories, WP 16-101, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
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Krieg AM. An innate immune defense mechanism based on the recognition of CpG motifs in microbial DNA. THE JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE 1996; 128:128-33. [PMID: 8765208 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2143(96)90004-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- A M Krieg
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Flanagan WM, Kothavale A, Wagner RW. Effects of oligonucleotide length, mismatches and mRNA levels on C-5 propyne-modified antisense potency. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:2936-41. [PMID: 8760877 PMCID: PMC146034 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.15.2936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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To understand the parameters required for designing potent and specific antisense C-5 propynyl-pyrimidine-2'-deoxyphosphorothioate-modified oligonucleotides (C-5 propyne ONs), we have utilized a HeLa line that stably expresses luciferase under tight control of a tetracycline-responsive promoter. Using this sensitive and regulatable cell-based system we have identified five distinct antisense ONs targeting luciferase and have investigated the role that ON length, target mismatches, compound stability and intracellular RNA levels play in affecting antisense potency. We demonstrate that C-5 propyne ONs as short as 11 bases retained 66% of the potency demonstrated by the parent 15 base compound, that a one base internal mismatch between the antisense ON and the luciferase target reduced the potency of the antisense ON by 43% and two or more mismatches completely inactivated the antisense ON and that C-5 propyne ONs have a biologically active half-life in tissue culture of 35 h. In addition, by regulating the intracellular levels of the luciferase mRNA over 20-fold, we show that the potency of C-5 propyne ONs is unaffected by changes in the expression level of the target RNA. These data suggest that low and high copy messages can be targeted with equivalent potency using C-5 propyne ONs.
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Sato Y, Roman M, Tighe H, Lee D, Corr M, Nguyen MD, Silverman GJ, Lotz M, Carson DA, Raz E. Immunostimulatory DNA sequences necessary for effective intradermal gene immunization. Science 1996; 273:352-4. [PMID: 8662521 DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5273.352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 831] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Vaccination with naked DNA elicits cellular and humoral immune responses that have a T helper cell type 1 bias. However, plasmid vectors expressing large amounts of gene product do not necessarily induce immune responses to the encoded antigens. Instead, the immunogenicity of plasmid DNA (pDNA) requires short immunostimulatory DNA sequences (ISS) that contain a CpG dinucleotide in a particular base context. Human monocytes transfected with pDNA or double-stranded oligonucleotides containing the ISS, but not those transfected with ISS-deficient pDNA or oligonucleotides, transcribed large amounts of interferon-alpha, interferon-beta, and interleukin-12. Although ISS are necessary for gene vaccination, they down-regulate gene expression and thus may interfere with gene replacement therapy by inducing proinflammatory cytokines.
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- Y Sato
- Department of Medicine and The Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0663, USA
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Oligodeoxynucleotides Enhance Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Synthesis of Tumor Necrosis Factor: Dependence on Phosphorothioate Modification and Reversal by Heparin. Mol Med 1996. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03401902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Cristillo AD, Heximer SP, Forsdyke DR. A "stealth" approach to inhibition of lymphocyte activation by oligonucleotide complementary to the putative G0/G1 switch regulatory gene G0S30/EGR1/NGFI-A. DNA Cell Biol 1996; 15:561-70. [PMID: 8756337 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1996.15.561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The putative G0/G1 switch regulatory gene G0S30/EGR1/NFGI-A show increased expression shortly after adding concanavalin-A (ConA) to cultured T lymphocytes. However, it is reported that lymphocytes from mice in which the gene has been deleted proliferate normally in response to ConA. This suggests that G0S30 expression is not critical for the response. Paradoxically, others report that proliferation of ConA-stimulated rat lymphocytes is inhibited by an antisense oligonucleotide complementary to G0S30. Because the G0S30 sequence is highly conserved between species, we used a similar oligonucleotide (differing by 1 base) to show for humans that the response to ConA is also inhibited. However, no oligonucleotide-induced changes in the concentrations of G0S30 protein or mRNA are detectable. This suggests that the oligonucleotide is not acting by influencing the expression of G0S30, and may be targeting another gene. The phosphorothioated oligonucleotide was maximally inhibitory at a 50 nM concentration, which is near to the "physiological" concentration found with CpG-containing oligonucleotides to activate mouse B lymphocytes. In the present work, increasing the concentration above 50 nM, or adding further quantities of control oligonucleotides, decreased the inhibition. It is suggested that by using low oligonucleotide concentrations (the "stealth" approach), one may avoid "tripping" an endogenous defense system directed against exogenous oligonucleotides, yet still get sufficient uptake to inhibit lymphocyte activation.
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- A D Cristillo
- Department of Biochemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Hartikka J, Sawdey M, Cornefert-Jensen F, Margalith M, Barnhart K, Nolasco M, Vahlsing HL, Meek J, Marquet M, Hobart P, Norman J, Manthorpe M. An improved plasmid DNA expression vector for direct injection into skeletal muscle. Hum Gene Ther 1996; 7:1205-17. [PMID: 8793545 DOI: 10.1089/hum.1996.7.10-1205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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In previous work, the direct injection of 50 micrograms of a plasmid DNA vector encoding firefly luciferase (VR1205) into murine quadriceps muscle produced an average of 6.5 ng of luciferase per muscle at 7 days postinjection. In this report, various elements of the VR1205 vector were modified to increase gene expression levels or to eliminate undesired viral sequences. Expression of the modified vectors was then compared to VR1205 using the intramuscular injection assay. In general, modifications to promoter, enhancer, and intronic sequences either decreased luciferase expression levels or had no effect. However, modifications to the polyadenylation and transcriptional termination sequences, plasmid backbone elements, and the luciferase gene itself each increased luciferase expression levels. The best-expressing vector, designated VR1255, contained a combination of these incrementally beneficial changes. A single intramuscular injection of 50 micrograms of VR1255 produced 300 ng of luciferase at 7 days postinjection, an expression level 46-fold higher than the VR1205 vector (or 22-fold higher, excluding modifications to the luciferase gene) and 154-fold higher than a commercially available luciferase expression vector. Thus, VR1255 represents an improved plasmid DNA vector that may be useful for gene therapy applications.
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- J Hartikka
- Department of Cell Biology, Vical Incorporated, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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Yung R, Powers D, Johnson K, Amento E, Carr D, Laing T, Yang J, Chang S, Hemati N, Richardson B. Mechanisms of drug-induced lupus. II. T cells overexpressing lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 become autoreactive and cause a lupuslike disease in syngeneic mice. J Clin Invest 1996; 97:2866-71. [PMID: 8675699 PMCID: PMC507381 DOI: 10.1172/jci118743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Current theories propose that systemic lupus erythematosus develops when genetically predisposed individuals are exposed to certain environmental agents, although how these agents trigger lupus is uncertain. Some of these agents, such as procainamide, hydralazine, and UV-light inhibit T cell DNA methylation, increase lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) (CD11a/CD18) expression, and induce autoreactivity in vitro, and adoptive transfer of T cells that are made autoreactive by this mechanism causes a lupuslike disease. The mechanism by which these cells cause autoimmunity is unknown. In this report, we present evidence that LFA-1 overexpression is sufficient to induce autoimmunity. LFA-1 overexpression was induced on cloned murine Th2 cells by transfection, resulting in autoreactivity. Adoptive transfer of the transfected, autoreactive cells into syngeneic recipients caused a lupuslike disease with anti-DNA antibodies, an immune complex glomerulonephritis and pulmonary alveolitis, similar to that caused by cells treated with procainamide. These results indicate that agents or events which modify T cell DNA methylation may induce autoimmunity by causing T cell LFA-1 overexpression. Since T cells from patients with active lupus have hypomethylated DNA and overexpressed LFA-1, this mechanism could be important in the development of human autoimmunity.
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- R Yung
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Bielinska A, Kukowska-Latallo JF, Johnson J, Tomalia DA, Baker JR. Regulation of in vitro gene expression using antisense oligonucleotides or antisense expression plasmids transfected using starburst PAMAM dendrimers. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:2176-82. [PMID: 8668551 PMCID: PMC145901 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.11.2176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 293] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Starburst polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers are a new type of synthetic polymer characterized by a branched spherical shape and a high density surface charge. We have investigated the ability of these dendrimers to function as an effective delivery system for antisense oligonucleotides and 'antisense expression plasmids' for the targeted modulation of gene expression. Dendrimers bind to various forms of nucleic acids on the basis of electrostatic interactions, and the ability of DNA-dendrimer complexes to transfer oligonucleotides and plasmid DNA to mediate antisense inhibition was assessed in an in vitro cell culture system. Cell lines that permanently express luciferase gene were developed using dendrimer mediated transfection. Transfections of antisense oligonucleotides or antisense cDNA plasmids into these cell lines using dendrimers resulted in a specific and dose dependent inhibition of luciferase expression. This inhibition caused approximately 25-50% reduction of baseline luciferase activity. Binding of the phosphodiester oligonucleotides to dendrimers also extended their intracellular survival. While dendrimers were not cytotoxic at the concentrations effective for DNA transfer, some non-specific suppression of luciferase expression was observed. Our results indicate that Starburst dendrimers can be effective carriers for the introduction of regulatory nucleic acids and facilitate the suppression of the specific gene expression.
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- A Bielinska
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0666, USA
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The past year has seen significant advances in our understanding of molecules that both positively and negatively regulate B- and T-cell responses. Of particular interest is the lethal phenotype of CTLA-4-deficient mice, which has illuminated the importance of downregulation of T-cell responses and the increasingly complicated role of CD40 and its ligand in directing both T- and B-cell priming.
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- P Lane
- Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland.
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Sun S, Cai Z, Langlade-Demoyen P, Kosaka H, Brunmark A, Jackson MR, Peterson PA, Sprent J. Dual function of Drosophila cells as APCs for naive CD8+ T cells: implications for tumor immunotherapy. Immunity 1996; 4:555-64. [PMID: 8673702 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80482-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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With unseparated mouse spleen cells as responders, Drosophila cells expressing MHC class I (L(d)) molecules alone lead to peptide-specific responses of CD8+ cells in the absence of exogenous cytokines. Under these conditions, DNA released from dying cells stimulates the B cells in spleen to up-regulate costimulatory molecules; these activated B cells then provide bystander costimulation for CD8+ cells responding to class I-peptide complexes on the Drosophila APCs. By stimulating B cells and presenting antigen to T cells, Drosophila cells thus serve two different functions in promoting primary responses of CD8+ cells in vitro. With this system, we show that Ld-transfected Drosophila cells are able to induce autologous spleen cells to respond to a tumor-specific peptide in vitro and, after transfer, cause tumor rejection in vivo.
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- S Sun
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Affiliation(s)
- C A Stein
- Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Klinman DM, Yi AK, Beaucage SL, Conover J, Krieg AM. CpG motifs present in bacteria DNA rapidly induce lymphocytes to secrete interleukin 6, interleukin 12, and interferon gamma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:2879-83. [PMID: 8610135 PMCID: PMC39727 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.7.2879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1101] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Bacterial infection stimulates the host to mount a rapid inflammatory response. A 6-base DNA motif consisting of an unmethylated CpG dinucleotide flanked by two 5' purines and two 3' pyrimidines was shown to contribute to this response by inducing polygonal B-cell activation. This stimulatory motif is 20 times more common in the DNA of bacteria than higher vertebrates. The current work shows that the same motif induces the rapid and coordinated secretion of interleukin (IL) 6, IL-12, and interferon gamma (but not IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, or IL-10) in vivo and in vitro. Stimulatory CpG DNA motifs induced B, T, and natural killer cells to secrete cytokine more effectively than did lipopolysaccharide. Thus, immune recognition of bacterial DNA may contribute to the cytokine, as well as the antibody production characteristic of an innate inflammatory response.
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- D M Klinman
- Section of Retroviral Immunolgy, Division of Viral Products, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892-4555, USA
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Gilkeson GS, Ruiz P, Pippen AM, Alexander AL, Lefkowith JB, Pisetsky DS. Modulation of renal disease in autoimmune NZB/NZW mice by immunization with bacterial DNA. J Exp Med 1996; 183:1389-97. [PMID: 8666897 PMCID: PMC2192478 DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.4.1389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Preautoimmune New Zealand Black/White (NZB/NZW) mice immunized with Escherichia coli (EC) double standard (ds) DNA produce antibodies that bind mammalian dsDNA and display specificities similar to spontaneous lupus anti-DNA. Since calf thymus (CT) dsDNA fails to induce these antibodies, these results suggest a special potency of foreign DNA in inducing serological manifestations of lupus in a susceptible host. To assess the effects of DNA immunization on clinical manifestations in NZB/NZW mice, we measured renal disease and survival of mice immunized with either (a) EC dsDNA as complexes with methylated bovine serum albumin (mBSA) in adjuvant; (b) CT dsDNA with mBSA in adjuvant; (c)mBSA alone in adjuvant; or (d) unimmunized. After immunization with EC dsDNA, NZB/NZW mice developed significant levels of anti-dsDNA antibodies. Nevertheless, these mice had less proteinuria, nitrate/nitrite excretion, and glomerular pathology than mice immunized with either mBSA alone, CT dsDNA/mBSA complexes, or unimmunized mice. Survival of the EC dsDNA immunized mice was significantly increased compared with the other mice. Furthermore, immunization of mice after the onset of anti-DNA production and proteinuria stabilized nephritis and prolonged survival. The improvement in renal disease occurred despite the expression of autoantibodies that bound mammalian dsDNA as well as glomerular antigens. These results suggest that bacterial DNA has immunological properties that attenuate murine lupus despite the induction of pathogenic antibodies.
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- G S Gilkeson
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Antisense oligonucleotides designed to complement a region of a particular messenger RNA may inhibit gene expression potentially through sequence-specific hybridization. Their inhibiting effect has been shown in a variety of in vitro and in vivo models in oncology, whereas much rarer clinical trials have been carried out. Rigorous demonstration of in vitro and in vivo specific effects upon their targets is mandatory before their use as drugs in cancer therapy.
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- L Ma
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Expérimentale et Clinique, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France
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CpG dinucleotides are present at the expected frequency in prokaryotic DNA, but are underrepresented ('CpG suppression') and methylated in vertebrate DNA. The vertebrate immune system has apparently evolved the ability to recognize these unmethylated CpG motifs and respond with a rapid and coordinated cytokine response leading to the induction of humoral and cell-mediated immunity.
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- A M Krieg
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52246, USA.
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Zhao Q, Temsamani J, Iadarola PL, Jiang Z, Agrawal S. Effect of different chemically modified oligodeoxynucleotides on immune stimulation. Biochem Pharmacol 1996; 51:173-82. [PMID: 8615886 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(95)02177-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Based on previous studies that certain oligonucleotides can stimulate cell proliferation and immunoglobulin production, this study was carried out to establish the relationship between the stimulatory effect and the chemical modification of the oligonucleotide. First, the effects of oligonucleotide and analogs on immune stimulation were studied in vitro using murine splenic lymphocytes. Our results show that cell proliferation and immunoglobulin production (IgG and IgM) depend on the sequence and the chemical modification of the oligonucleotide. Phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides displayed a greater stimulatory effect than partially modified phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. Second, we studied the effects of these chemically modified oligonucleotides after injection in mice. Massive splenomegaly and stimulation of cell proliferation were observed with some phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. These effects were minimized markedly by chimeric and hybrid oligonucleotides. We also demonstrate that in vitro the effects of oligonucleotides on murine lymphocytes were unaffected by T cell depletion, suggesting that oligonucleotides exert their effects mainly on the B cells.
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- Q Zhao
- Hybridon, Inc., Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Cho-Chung YS. Protein kinase A-directed antisense restrains cancer growth: sequence-specific inhibition of gene expression. ANTISENSE & NUCLEIC ACID DRUG DEVELOPMENT 1996; 6:237-44. [PMID: 8915509 DOI: 10.1089/oli.1.1996.6.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Increased expression of the RI alpha subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase type I has been shown in human cancer cell lines, in primary tumors, in cells after transformation, and in cells upon stimulation of growth. The sequence-specific inhibition of RI alpha gene expression by an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide results in the differentiation of leukemia cells and growth arrest of cancer cells of epithelial origin. A single-injection RI alpha antisense treatment in vivo also causes a reduction in RI alpha expression and inhibition of tumor growth. Tumor cells behave like untransformed cells by making less protein kinase type I. The RI alpha antisense, which produces a biochemical imprint for growth control, requires infrequent dosing to restrain neoplastic growth in vivo.
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- Y S Cho-Chung
- Cellular Biochemistry Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1750, USA
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- J Stavnezer
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655-0122, USA
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Krieg AM, Matson S, Fisher E. Oligodeoxynucleotide modifications determine the magnitude of B cell stimulation by CpG motifs. ANTISENSE & NUCLEIC ACID DRUG DEVELOPMENT 1996; 6:133-9. [PMID: 8843328 DOI: 10.1089/oli.1.1996.6.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We have recently reported that oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) that contain a CpG dinucleotide flanked by two purines on the 5'-side and two pyrimidines on the 3'-side induce potent B cell proliferation and differentiation. The present study investigates the role of the ODN backbone in determining the magnitude of the lymphocyte stimulation. Phosphorothioate ODN were approximately 2 logs more potent than the same sequence with a phosphodiester backbone. Chimeric ODN in which the 5'- and 3'-ends were modified with nuclease-resistant internucleotide linkages induced widely varying degrees of immune activation depending on the modification. Phosphorodithioate linkages were by far the most potent and induced B cell activation at nanomolar concentrations, approximately 1 log lower than required for the next most potent modification, phosphorothioate. Methylphosphorothioate terminal linkages were slightly more potent than phosphodiester, which were in turn slightly more potent than terminal methylphosphonate-modified ODN.
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- A M Krieg
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Sharma HW, Hsiao R, Narayanan R. Telomerase as a potential molecular target to study G-quartet phosphorothioates. ANTISENSE & NUCLEIC ACID DRUG DEVELOPMENT 1996; 6:3-7. [PMID: 8783790 DOI: 10.1089/oli.1.1996.6.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Inhibition of gene expression by phosphorothioate oligomers is complex and involves specific and nonspecific mechanisms. Oligomers that contain a G-quartet elicit distinct effects in vitro and in vivo that are dependent on the context of the G-quartet's occurrence within a sequence. The enzyme telomerase, a ribonucleoprotein, has a stretch of C residues in the RNA template, which are used to add terminal dG-rich telomeric repeats to the ends of chromosomes. Some but not all phosphorothioates containing a G-quartet, depending on the context of occurrence, inhibited telomerase activity in vitro. Non-G-quartet phosphorothioates did not inhibit this activity. Activities of control enzymes, such as reverse transcriptase or taq polymerase, were not affected by the G-quartet oligomers. Neither phosphodiester nor chimeric oligomers of a G-quartet-containing oligomer were as potent inhibition of telomerase activity as phosphorothioate oligomers. These results may provide a molecular target to study the effects of G-quartet-containing oligomers.
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- H W Sharma
- Oncology Division, Roche Research Center, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Nutley, NJ 07110, USA
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Hartmann G, Krug A, Eigler A, Moeller J, Murphy J, Albrecht R, Endres S. Specific suppression of human tumor necrosis factor-alpha synthesis by antisense oligodeoxynucleotides. ANTISENSE & NUCLEIC ACID DRUG DEVELOPMENT 1996; 6:291-9. [PMID: 9012865 DOI: 10.1089/oli.1.1996.6.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Recent clinical studies using neutralizing antibodies point to a key role for tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in chronic inflammatory diseases. Antisense technique is a recent approach aiming at inhibition of single proteins. Previously, we described nonspecific induction of TNF by phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. In this study, we established an in vitro model that allows specific inhibition of TNF synthesis, bypassing TNF induction. Freshly isolated human monocytes were incubated with oligonucleotides and the cationic lipid lipofectin in different ratios. TNF synthesis was stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and quantified by a specific radioimmunoassay (RIA). Among all sequences tested, one of the antisense oligonucleotides complementary to the translation initiation region of TNF mRNA (5'-CAT GCT TTC AGT CAT-3') revealed highest efficacy. At 2 microM, the antisense oligonucleotide inhibited TNF synthesis by up to 79%. A concentration as low as 250 nM of the antisense oligonucleotide was effective. Scrambled controls and controls with different, defined degrees of mismatches confirmed a sequence-specific action. Examination with confocal fluorescence microscopy showed a marked difference comparing lipofectin-mediated vs. spontaneous uptake. This study defines criteria that from the prerequisite necessary for design and application of antisense oligonucleotides against TNF in vivo.
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- G Hartmann
- Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Innenstadt of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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Specific inhibition of gene expression by antisense agents provides the basis for rational drug discovery based on molecular targets. Due to the specificity of Watson-Crick base-pair hybridization, antisense oligodeoxynucleotides have been used extensively in attempts to inhibit gene expression in both in vitro and in vivo models. Analogues modified from normal phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotides have entered clinical trials against diseases including AIDS and cancer. Although the precise mechanism of action of these drugs has not been clarified, these oligodeoxynucleotides offer considerable promise as novel molecular therapeutics. We review the recent attempts to harness the therapeutic potential of these oligodeoxynucleotides and appraise the near-term prospects for antisense technology.
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- H W Sharma
- Division of Oncology, Roche Research Center, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ 07110, USA
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- D S Pisetsky
- Medical Research Service, Durham VA Hospital, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
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- C A Stein
- Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multifactorial disease of unknown etiology. Characteristic features of SLE include (1) polyclonal B cell activation, (2) overexpression of the immune stimulatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6), (3) defective tolerance to self antigens, and (4) production of anti-DNA antibodies (Ab). Bacterial infection has been suspected as a triggering factor for lupus. Bacterial DNA differs from vertebrate DNA in the frequency and methylation of CpG dinucleotides. These CpG motifs in bacterial DNA induce a variety of immune effects, including (1) polyclonal activation of murine and human B cells, (2) IL-6 secretion, and (3) resistance to apoptosis, thereby potentially allowing the survival of autoreactive cells. These results suggest that microbial DNA could therefore be a pathogenic factor in SLE. SLE patients have elevated levels of circulating plasma DNA which is reportedly enriched in hypomethylated CpGs. Genomic DNA is also hypomethylated in SLE. The purpose of this review is to summarize the immune effects of CpG motifs and to present the evidence for their possible involvement in the pathogenesis of SLE.
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- A M Krieg
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA
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- C Nathan
- Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Prevention of Tumor Formation in a Mouse Model of Burkitt’s Lymphoma by 6 Weeks of Treatment with Anti-c-myc DNA Phosphorothioate. Mol Med 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03401605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Exposure of pyrimidines of DNA to ionizing radiation under aerobic conditions or oxidizing agents results in attack on the 5,6 double bond of the pyrimidine ring or on the exocyclic 5-methyl group. The primary product of oxidation of the 5,6 double bond of thymine is thymine glycol, while oxidation of the 5-methyl group yields 5-hydroxymethyluracil. Oxidation of the 5,6 double bond of cytosine yields cytosine glycol, which decomposes to 5-hydroxycytosine, 5-hydroxyuracil and uracil glycol, all of which are repaired in DNA by Escherichia coli endonuclease III. We now describe the products of oxidation of 5-methylcytosine in DNA. Poly(dG-[3H]dmC) was gamma-irradiated or oxidized with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of Fe3+ and ascorbic acid. The oxidized co-polymer was incubated with endonuclease III or 5-hydroxymethyluracil-DNA glycosylase, to determine whether repairable products were formed, or digested to 2'-deoxyribonucleosides, to determine the total complement of oxidative products. Oxidative attack on 5-methylcytosine resulted primarily in formation of thymine glycol. The radiogenic yield of thymine glycol in poly(dG-dmC) was the same as that in poly(dA-dT), demonstrating that 5-methylcytosine residues in DNA were equally susceptible to radiation-induced oxidation as were thymine residues.
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- S Zuo
- Department of Biology, New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York 10003, USA
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- J T Holt
- Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Krieg AM, Stein CA. Phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides: antisense or anti-protein? ANTISENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1995; 5:241. [PMID: 8746772 DOI: 10.1089/ard.1995.5.241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Pisetsky DS. Immunologic consequences of nucleic acid therapy. ANTISENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1995; 5:219-25. [PMID: 8785478 DOI: 10.1089/ard.1995.5.219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- D S Pisetsky
- Durham VA Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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Ishigatsubo Y, Steinberg AD, Krieg A, Klinman DM. Increased utilization of polyreactive B cells during periods of generalized immune activation. Autoimmunity 1995; 22:113-9. [PMID: 8722581 DOI: 10.3109/08916939508995307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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This work examines the hypothesis that B cells secreting polyreactive antibodies (antibodies capable of binding to more than one self or foreign antigen) are preferentially utilized during periods of generalized immune stimulation. Four conditions characterized by such stimulation were examined: chronic virus infection, mitogen treatment, autoimmune disease and neonatal repertoire development. In normal adult mice, polyreactive IgM secreting lymphocytes constituted 8-9% of the actively expressed repertoire. Under conditions of generalized immune activation, this frequency increased to 13-19% (p. < .01). Polyreactive IgG secreting B cells, which were present at frequencies of < 0.5% in normal adult mice, were found at freqeuncies of 6-10% in mice with autoimmune disease, chronic virus infection or following mitogen treatment (p. < .001). We postulate that polyreactive lymphocytes are preferentially activated when the immune system is confronted with stimuli inadequately controlled by antigen-specific responses.
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- Y Ishigatsubo
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University Medical School, Japan
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