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Wibrand C, Wittenborn TR, Voss LF, Winther G, Jensen L, Ferapontov A, Fonager SV, Fahlquist-Hagert C, Degn SE. B cell MHC haplotype affects follicular inclusion, germinal center participation and plasma cell differentiation in a mouse model of lupus. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1258046. [PMID: 38090594 PMCID: PMC10715410 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1258046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Introduction MHC class II molecules are essential for appropriate immune responses against pathogens but are also implicated in pathological responses in autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection. Previous studies have shed light on the systemic contributions of MHC haplotypes to the development and severity of autoimmune diseases. In this study, we addressed the B cell intrinsic MHC haplotype impact on follicular inclusion, germinal center (GC) participation and plasma cell (PC) differentiation in the context of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods We leveraged the 564Igi mouse model which harbors a B cell receptor knock-in from an autoreactive B cell clone recognizing ribonuclear components, including double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). This model recapitulates the central hallmarks of the early stages of SLE. We compared 564Igi heterozygous offspring on either H2b/b, H2b/d, or H2d/d background. Results This revealed significantly higher germinal center (GC) B cell levels in the spleens of H2b/b and H2b/d as compared to H2d/d (p<0.0001) mice. In agreement with this, anti-dsDNA-antibody levels were higher in H2b/b and H2b/d than in H2d/d (p<0.0001), with H2b/b also being higher compared to H2b/d (p<0.01). Specifically, these differences held true both for autoantibodies derived from the knock-in clone and from wild-type (WT) derived clones. In mixed chimeras where 564Igi H2b/b, H2b/d and H2d/d cells competed head-to-head in the same environment, we observed a significantly higher inclusion of H2b/b cells in GC and PC compartments relative to their representation in the B cell repertoire, compared to H2b/d and H2d/d cells. Furthermore, in mixed chimeras in which WT H2b/b and WT H2d/d cells competed for inclusion in GCs associated with an epitope spreading process, H2b/b cells participated to a greater extent and contributed more robustly to the PC compartment. Finally, immature WT H2b/b cells had a higher baseline of BCRs with an autoreactive idiotype and were subject to more stringent negative selection at the transitional stage. Discussion Taken together, our findings demonstrate that B cell intrinsic MHC haplotype governs their capacity for participation in the autoreactive response at multiple levels: follicular inclusion, GC participation, and PC output. These findings pinpoint B cells as central contributors to precipitation of autoimmunity.
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- Camilla Wibrand
- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Biology, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Biology, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Biology, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Biology, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Biology, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Biology, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center for Cellular Signal Patterns (CellPAT), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Biology, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Biology, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Laboratory for Lymphocyte Biology, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Center for Cellular Signal Patterns (CellPAT), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Chowdhary VR, Dai C, Tilahun AY, Hanson JA, Smart MK, Grande JP, Rajagopalan G, Fu SM, David CS. A Central Role for HLA-DR3 in Anti-Smith Antibody Responses and Glomerulonephritis in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Spontaneous Lupus. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 195:4660-7. [PMID: 26475924 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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MHC, especially HLA-DR3 and HLA-DR2, is one of the most important genetic susceptibility regions for systemic lupus erythematosus. Human studies to understand the role of specific HLA alleles in disease pathogenesis have been hampered by the presence of strong linkage disequilibrium in this region. To overcome this, we produced transgenic mice expressing HLA-DR3 (DRβ1*0301) and devoid of endogenous class II (both I-A and I-E genes, AE(0)) on a lupus-prone NZM2328 background (NZM2328.DR3(+)AE(0)). Both NZM2328 and NZM2328.DR3(+)AE(0) mice developed anti-dsDNA and glomerulonephritis, but anti-dsDNA titers were higher in the latter. Although kidney histological scores were similar in NZM2328 and NZM2328.DR3(+)AE(0) mice (7.2 ± 4.3 and 8.6 ± 5.7, respectively, p = 0.48), the onset of severe proteinuria occurred earlier in NZM2328.DR3(+)AE(0) mice compared with NZM2328 mice (median, 5 and 9 mo respectively, p < 0.001). Periarterial lymphoid aggregates, classic wire loop lesions, and occasional crescents were seen only in kidneys from NZM2328.DR3(+)AE(0) mice. Interestingly, NZM2328.DR3(+)AE(0) mice, but not NZM2328 mice, spontaneously developed anti-Smith (Sm) Abs. The anti-Sm Abs were seen in NZM2328.DR3(+)AE(0) mice that were completely devoid of endogenous class II (AE(-/) (-)) but not in mice homozygous (AE(+/+)) or heterozygous (AE(+/-)) for endogenous MHC class II. It appears that only HLA-DR3 molecules can preferentially select SmD-reactive CD4(+) T cells for generation of the spontaneous anti-Sm immune response. Thus, our mouse model unravels a critical role for HLA-DR3 in generating an autoimmune response to SmD and lupus nephritis in the NZM2328 background.
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- Vaidehi R Chowdhary
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905;
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- Center of Immunity, Inflammation, and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905
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- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905
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- Infectious Diseases Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905; Center of Immunity, Inflammation, and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905
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Hirose S, Jiang Y, Nishimura H, Shirai T. Significance of MHC class II haplotypes and IgG Fc receptors in SLE. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 28:163-74. [PMID: 16972051 DOI: 10.1007/s00281-006-0036-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2006] [Accepted: 07/04/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic antibody-mediated autoimmune disease that develops under the control of multiple susceptibility genes. Genetic studies in murine and human SLE have identified several chromosomal intervals that contain candidate susceptibility genes. However, the ultimate identification of the genes and their roles in disease process need much further investigation. Spontaneous murine SLE models provide useful tools in this respect. In this chapter, we show this line of investigation, particularly focusing on the roles of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II and immunoglobulin G Fc receptors (FcgammaRs). The existence of high-affinity autoantibodies is evidence that autoimmunity in SLE is antigen-driven. Thereby, MHC class II haplotypes have been implicated in SLE susceptibility; however, because of the linkage disequilibrium that exists among the class I, II and III genes within the MHC complex, it has been difficult to discriminate the relative contributions of individual loci. On the other hand, the extent of antibody synthesis upon antigen stimulation and associated inflammatory cascades are controlled in several ways by the balance of stimulatory and inhibitory signaling molecules on immune cells. Stimulatory/inhibitory FcgammaRs mediate one such mechanism, and there are reports indicating the association between polymorphic FcgammaRs and SLE. However, as stimulatory and inhibitory FcgammaRs cluster on the telomeric chromosome 1, the absolute contribution of individual genes has been difficult to dissect. In studies of genetic dissection using interval-congenic and intragenic recombinant mouse strains of SLE models, we show evidence and discuss how and to what extent MHC class II molecules and stimulatory/inhibitory FcgammaRs are involved in SLE susceptibility.
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- Sachiko Hirose
- Department of Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
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Zhang D, Fujio K, Jiang Y, Zhao J, Tada N, Sudo K, Tsurui H, Nakamura K, Yamamoto K, Nishimura H, Shira T, Hirose S. Dissection of the role of MHC class II A and E genes in autoimmune susceptibility in murine lupus models with intragenic recombination. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:13838-43. [PMID: 15361580 PMCID: PMC518842 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0405807101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multigenic autoimmune disease, and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II polymorphism serves as a key genetic element. In SLE-prone (NZB x NZW)F(1) mice, the MHC H-2(d/z) heterozygosity (H-2(d) of NZB and H-2(z) of NZW) has a strong impact on disease; thus, congenic H-2(d/d) homozygous F(1) mice do not develop severe disease. In this study, we used Ea-deficient intra-H-2 recombination to establish A(d/d)-congenic (NZB x NZW)F(1) mice, with or without E molecule expression, and dissected the role of class II A and E molecules. Here we found that A(d/d) homozygous F(1) mice lacking E molecules developed severe SLE similar to that seen in wild-type F1 mice, including lupus nephritis, autoantibody production, and spontaneously occurring T cell activation. Additional evidence revealed that E molecules prevent the disease in a dose-dependent manner; however, the effect is greatly influenced by the haplotype of A molecules, because wild-type H-2(d/z) F(1) mice develop SLE, despite E molecule expression. Studies on the potential of dendritic cells to present a self-antigen chromatin indicated that dendritic cells from wild-type F(1) mice induced a greater response of chromatin-specific T cells than did those from A(d/d) F(1) mice, irrespective of the presence or absence of E molecules, suggesting that the self-antigen presentation is mediated by A, but not by E, molecules. Our mouse models are useful for analyzing the molecular mechanisms by which MHC class II regions regulate the process of autoimmune responses.
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- Danqing Zhang
- Second Department of Pathology and Atopy Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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Hirose S, Jiang Y, Hamano Y, Shirai T. Genetic aspects of inherent B-cell abnormalities associated with SLE and B-cell malignancy: lessons from New Zealand mouse models. Int Rev Immunol 2001; 19:389-421. [PMID: 11016425 DOI: 10.3109/08830180009055505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Genes that predispose to SLE are closely related to key events in pathogenesis of this disease. As much of the pathology can be attributed to high affinity autoantibodies and/or their immune complexes, some of the genes may exert effects in the process of emergence, escape from tolerance mechanisms, activation, clonal expansion, differentiation, class switching and affinity maturation of self-reactive B cells. A number of growth and differentiation factors and signaling molecules, including positive and negative regulators, are involved in this process. Genetic variations associated with functional deficits in some of such molecules can be involved in the susceptibility for SLE. As is the case with SLE, hereditary factors play significant roles in the pathogenesis of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). Patients with B-CLL or their family members frequently have immunological abnormalities, including those associated with SLE. It is suggested that certain genetically determined regulatory abnormalities of B cells may be a crossroad between B-CLL and SLE. A thorough understanding of the genetic pathways in B cell abnormalities leading to either SLE or B-CLL is expected to shed light on their association. New Zealand mouse strains are pertinent laboratory models for these studies. Chromosomal locations of several major genetic loci for abnormal proliferation, differentiation and maturation of B cells and relevant candidate genes, located in close proximity to these intervals and potentially related to the SLE pathogenesis, have been identified in these mice. Further studies make for a wider knowledge and understanding of the pathogenesis of SLE and related B-cell malignancy.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes/physiology
- Cell Differentiation
- Chromosome Mapping
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Susceptibility
- Genetic Linkage
- H-2 Antigens/genetics
- Hypergammaglobulinemia/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/immunology
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/genetics
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred NZB
- Multigene Family
- Receptors, IgG/genetics
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- S Hirose
- Department of Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Borchers A, Ansari AA, Hsu T, Kono DH, Gershwin ME. The pathogenesis of autoimmunity in New Zealand mice. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2000; 29:385-99. [PMID: 10924025 DOI: 10.1053/sarh.2000.7173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE New Zealand mice were the first spontaneous animal model of human systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Since their initial discovery in 1959, studies of these mice have provided insights into the immunopathogenesis and genetics of lupus and have had a substantial impact on our understanding of autoimmunity. METHODS We extensively reviewed published data for the past 40 years, including work in cellular immunology and molecular biology, to provide new information on the role of lymphoid subpopulations, cytokines, costimulatory molecules, apoptosis, and genetic susceptibility in the natural history of immunopathology in murine lupus. RESULTS Genetic factors constitute the most important contribution to autoimmunity in New Zealand mice, and specific major susceptibility loci have been described. In addition, there is evidence for a pluripotent stem cell defect, which has implications for developmental and functional defects of T and B cells. The end result of these defects is a breakdown of self-tolerance and production of autoantibodies. Further studies will undoubtedly shape our understanding of this murine model and provide the basis for novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in humans. CONCLUSIONS The advent of molecular biology, including the use of monoclonal antibody therapy in New Zealand mice, has been instrumental in our understanding of the loss of self-tolerance in SLE. Finally, identification of genetic susceptibility loci in the murine system has also led to important comparable studies in humans with SLE. RELEVANCE The observations in New Zealand mice are of particular importance to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
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- A Borchers
- Division of Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis School of Medicine, USA
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Rozzo SJ, Vyse TJ, David CS, Palmer E, Izui S, Kotzin BL. Analysis of MHC Class II Genes in the Susceptibility to Lupus in New Zealand Mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.5.2623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Hybrids of New Zealand Black (NZB) and New Zealand White (NZW) mice spontaneously develop a disease similar to human systemic lupus erythematosus. MHC and non-MHC genes contribute to disease susceptibility in this murine model. Multiple studies have shown that the NZW H2z locus is strongly associated with the development of lupus-like disease in these mice. The susceptibility gene(s) within H2z is not known, but different lines of evidence have pointed to class II MHC genes, either H2-E or H2-A (Ez or Az in NZW). Recent studies from our laboratory showed that Ez does not supplant H2z in the contribution to lupus-like disease. In the present work we generated C57BL/10 (B10) mice transgenic for Aaz and Abz genes (designated B10.Az mice) and used a (B10.Az × NZB)F1 × NZB backcross to assess the contributions of Az genes to disease. A subset of backcross mice produced high levels of IgG autoantibodies and developed severe nephritis. However, no autoimmune phenotype was linked to the Az transgenes. Surprisingly, in the same backcross mice, inheritance of H2b from the nonautoimmune B10 strain was strongly linked with both autoantibody production and nephritis. Taken together with our previous Ez studies, the present work calls into question the importance of class II MHC genes for lupus susceptibility in this model and provides new insight into the role of MHC in lupus-like autoimmunity.
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- Stephen J. Rozzo
- *Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206
- †Departments of Medicine and Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262
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- *Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206
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- ‡Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905
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- §Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland; and
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- ¶Department of Pathology, Centre Medical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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- *Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206
- †Departments of Medicine and Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262
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Mine M, Koarada S, Sai T, Miyake K, Kimoto M. Peptide-binding motifs of the mixed haplotype Abetaz/Aalphad major histocompatibility complex class II molecule: a restriction element for auto-reactive T cells in (NZBxNZW)F1 mice. Immunol Suppl 1998; 95:577-84. [PMID: 9893048 PMCID: PMC1364355 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00650.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We previously showed that the mixed haplotype Abetaz/Aalphad major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules function as restricting element for autoreactive T-cell clones derived from autoimmune prone (NZBxNZW)F1 (B/WF1) mice. Subsequent analysis revealed that some of these Abetaz/Aalphad-restricted autoreactive T-cell clones were pathogenic upon transfer to pre-autoimmune B/WF1 mice. In this paper, we analysed the peptide-binding motif of Abetaz/Aalphad class II molecules. Amino acid-sequencing analysis of peptides eluted from purified Abetaz/Aalphad molecules revealed several sequences, including one that corresponds to murine l-plastin 588-601. Synthetic 18-mer l-plastin 588-605 peptide (SMARKIGARVYALPEDLV, as described by the amino acid single letter code) was demonstrated to bind to Abetaz/Aalphad MHC class II molecules on transfectant B lymphoma cells (TAbetaz). A competitive binding inhibition assay using truncation peptides revealed the core sequence for binding resides in 591Arg to 601Pro. Binding inhibition assay using substitution peptides, each having substitution to the other 19 residues at positions from 590Ala to 601Pro, revealed four major anchor sites 592Lys (p1), 594Gly (p3), 595Ala (p4), 597Val (p6) and one minor anchor site 600Leu (p9). Positively charged residues are not allowed at p3 and negatively charged residues are not allowed at p4 and p6. Relatively large hydrophobic residues (Leu, Ile) are not tolerated at p3 and p4. Met and Trp are not tolerated at p6. Based on these findings, the characteristics of peptides recognized by autoreactive T cells in B/WF1 mice are discussed.
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- M Mine
- Department of Immunology, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima, Saga 849, Japan
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Considerable evidence suggests that the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has a strong genetic basis. Recent studies have emphasized that this disease, like other autoimmune diseases, is a complex genetic trait with contributions from major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes and multiple non-MHC genes. Etiologic genes in these disorders determine susceptibility, and no particular gene is necessary or sufficient for disease expression. Studies of murine models of lupus have provided important insight into the immunopathogenesis of IgG autoantibody production and lupus nephritis, and genetic analyses of these mice overcome certain obstacles encountered when studying patients. Genome-wide linkage studies of different crosses have mapped the position of at least 12 non-MHC disease-susceptibility loci in the New Zealand hybrid model of lupus. Although the identity of the actual genes is currently unknown, recent studies have begun to characterize how these genetic contributions may function in the autoimmune process, especially in terms of their role in autoantibody production. Studies of MHC gene contributions in New Zealand mice have shown that heterozygosity for particular haplotypes greatly increases pathogenic autoantibody production and the incidence of severe nephritis. The mechanism for this effect appears to be genetically complex. Studies in human SLE have mostly focused on the association of disease with alleles of immunologically relevant genes, especially in the MHC. Associations with various complement component deficiencies and an allele of a particular Fc gamma receptor gene (FCGR2A) also have been described. In a diversion from previous association studies, a recent directed linkage analysis of sibpairs with SLE was based on mapping studies in murine lupus and may be an important step toward identifying a new disease-susceptibility gene in patients. Since the genes that predispose to autoimmunity are probably related to key events in pathogenesis, their identification in patients and murine models will almost certainly provide important insight into the breakdown of immunological self-tolerance and the cause of autoimmune disease.
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- T J Vyse
- Division of Basic Sciences, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
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Vyse TJ, Rozzo SJ, Drake CG, Appel VB, Lemeur M, Izui S, Palmer E, Kotzin BL. Contributions of Ea
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z MHC Genes to Lupus Susceptibility in New Zealand Mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.6.2757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Unlike parental New Zealand Black (NZB) or New Zealand White (NZW) mice, (NZB × NZW)F1 mice exhibit a lupus-like disease characterized by IgG autoantibody production and severe immune complex-mediated nephritis. In studies of the genetic susceptibility to disease in this F1 model, the NZW MHC (H2z) has been strongly linked with the development of disease, and it was hypothesized that class II MHC genes, particularly Ez genes, may underlie this genetic contribution. In the present study, we bred transgenic B6 mice expressing I-Ez or congenic B6 mice carrying H2z with NZB mice and used a backcross analysis to test the hypothesis that Eaz and/or Ebz genes account for the effect of H2z on disease. The genetic analysis of different backcross combinations showed that unlike mice carrying H2z, mice inheriting Ez transgenes do not demonstrate increased IgG autoantibody production or increased incidence of nephritis. Surprisingly, in the same transgenic backcross mice, inheritance of the endogenous H2b from the B6 strain was strongly linked with the production of IgG autoantibodies, but not with disease. Additional experiments suggested that the level of IgG3 autoantibody production, which is controlled by H2, may be important in the pathogenesis of renal disease. Contributions to autoantibody production were also detected from an NZB locus on distal chromosome 1 (previously named Nba2). Together, these studies provide new insight into the role of MHC in lupus-like autoimmunity.
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- Timothy J. Vyse
- *Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206
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- *Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206
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- *Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206
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- *Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206
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- †Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Louis Pasteur, C.U. de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- ‡Department of Pathology, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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- §Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland; and
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- *Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206
- ¶Departments of Medicine and Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262
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Ibnou-Zekri N, Iwamoto M, Fossati L, McConahey PJ, Izui S. Role of the major histocompatibility complex class II Ea gene in lupus susceptibility in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:14654-9. [PMID: 9405668 PMCID: PMC25083 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.26.14654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The gene(s) encoded within major histocompatibility complex (MHC) act as one of the major genetic elements contributing to the susceptibility of murine systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We have recently demonstrated that lupus susceptibility is more closely linked to the I-E- H-2(b) haplotype than to the I-E+ H-2(d) haplotype in lupus-prone BXSB and (NZB x BXSB)F1 hybrid mice. To investigate whether the reduced susceptibility to SLE in H-2(d) mice is related to the expression of the MHC class II Ea gene (absent in H-2(b) mice), we determined the possible role of the Ea gene as a lupus protective gene in mice. Our results showed that (i) the development of SLE was almost completely prevented in BXSB (H-2(b)) mice expressing two copies of the Ead transgene at the homozygous level as well as in BXSB H-2(k) (I-E+) congenic mice as for H-2(d) BXSB mice, and (ii) the expression of two functional Ea (transgenic and endogenous) genes in either H-2(d/b) (NZB x BXSB)F1 or H-2(k/b) (MRL x BXSB)F1 mice provided protection from SLE at levels comparable to those conferred by the H-2(d/d) or H-2(k/k) haplotype. In addition, the level of the Ea gene-mediated protection appeared to be dependent on the genetic susceptibility to SLE in individual lupus-prone mice. Our results indicate that the reduced susceptibility associated with the I-E+ H-2(d) and H-2(k) haplotypes (versus the I-E- H-2(b) haplotype) is largely, if not all, contributed by the apparent autoimmune suppressive effect of the Ea gene, independently of the expression of the I-A or other MHC-linked genes.
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- N Ibnou-Zekri
- Department of Pathology, Centre Médical Universitaire, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Müller B, Mitchison A. The importance of the back-signal from T cells into antigen-presenting cells in determining susceptibility to parasites. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1997; 352:1327-30. [PMID: 9355124 PMCID: PMC1692027 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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It has long been known that certain MHC class II genes can dominantly suppress immune responses and so increase susceptibility to parasite infections, but the mechanism has been unclear. Recent work has revealed one way in which this form of suppression may operate, through gating by MHC class II molecules of the back-signal from activated T cells into macrophages. The two known suppressive genes of the mouse are expressed in macrophages more extensively than are other class II genes. This is associated with suppression of IL-4 production resulting, we infer, from overproduction in the macrophages of IL-12, the counter-cytokine to IL-4. The lack of IL-4 may itself be immunosuppressive, even for Th2 responses, and excess IL-12 can overinduce the antiproliferative cytokine IFN-gamma. Although this mechanism requires further substantiation, we believe that it offers a reasonable answer to an old conundrum.
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- B Müller
- Deutsches Rheuma Forschungszentrum, Berlin, Germany
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Vyse TJ, Drake CG, Rozzo SJ, Roper E, Izui S, Kotzin BL. Genetic linkage of IgG autoantibody production in relation to lupus nephritis in New Zealand hybrid mice. J Clin Invest 1996; 98:1762-72. [PMID: 8878426 PMCID: PMC507614 DOI: 10.1172/jci118975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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F1 hybrids of New Zealand black (NZB) and New Zealand white (NZW) mice are a model of human systemic lupus erythematosus. These mice develop a severe immune com-plex-mediated nephritis, in which antinuclear autoantibodies are believed to play the major role. We used a genetic analysis of (NZB x NZW)F1 x NZW backcross mice to provide insight into whether different autoantibodies are subject to separate genetic influences and to determine which autoantibodies are most important in the development of lupus-like nephritis. The results showed one set of loci that coordinately regulated serum levels of IgG antibodies to double-stranded DNA, single-stranded DNA, total histones, and chromatin, which overlapped with loci that were linked to the production of autoantibodies to the viral glycoprotein, gp70. Loci linked with anti-gp70 compared with antinuclear antibodies demonstrated the strongest linkage with renal disease, suggesting that autoantibodies to gp70 are the major pathogenic antibodies in this model of lupus nephritis. Interestingly, a distal chromosome 4 locus, Nba1, was linked with nephritis but not with any of the autoantibodies measured, suggesting that it contributes to renal disease at a checkpoint distal to autoantibody production.
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- T J Vyse
- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
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Iwamoto M, Ibnou-Zekri N, Araki K, Izui S. Prevention of murine lupus by an I-E alpha chain transgene: protective role of I-E alpha chain-derived peptides with a high affinity to I-Ab molecules. Eur J Immunol 1996; 26:307-14. [PMID: 8617296 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830260206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The expression of a transgene encoding the I-E alpha chain prevents a lupus-like autoimmune syndrome in BXSB mice. However, it had not been elucidated whether the E alpha d transgene-mediated protective effect results from I-E expression or from the generation of I-E alpha chain-derived peptides (E alpha peptide) displaying high affinity for the I-Ab molecule. To address this question, two different BXSB lines expressing the transgene at low or high levels were crossed with lupus-prone MRL mice; this resulted in three types of (MRL x BXSB)F1 mice, differing in the expression levels of I-E molecules and of E alpha peptides presented by I-Ab molecules. Comparative analysis of these three (MRL x BXSB)F1 mice as well as several BXSB transgenic lines showed that the E alpha d transgene-mediated protection paralleled the expression levels of E alpha peptide presented by I-Ab molecules, but not of I-E molecules on B cells. In addition, use of transgenic and nontransgenic double bone marrow chimeras showed a selective activation of nontransgenic B cells during I-Ab-restricted T cell-dependent immune responses, while both transgenic and nontransgenic B cells were comparably activated during T cell-independent responses. These results favor a model of autoimmunity prevention based on competition for antigen presentation, in which excessive generation of E alpha peptides prevents, because of their high affinity to the I-A molecules, activation of potential autoreactive T and B cells.
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- M Iwamoto
- Department of Pathology, Centre Medical Universitaire, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Gonzalez-Gay MA, Zanelli E, Krco CJ, Nabozny GH, Hanson J, Griffiths MM, Luthra HS, David CS. Polymorphism of the MHC class II Eb gene determines the protection against collagen-induced arthritis. Immunogenetics 1995; 42:35-40. [PMID: 7797266 DOI: 10.1007/bf00164985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) is an animal model of auto immune polyarthritis, sharing similarities with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Paradoxally, susceptibility to mouse CIA is controlled by the H2A loci (DQ homologous) while RA is linked to HLA.DR genes (H2E homologous). We recently showed that the E beta d molecule prevents CIA development in susceptible H2q mice. We addressed the question of whether H2Eb polymorphism will influence CIA incidence as HLA.DRB1 polymorphism does in RA. In F1 mice, only H2Ebd and H2Ebs molecules showed protection. Using recombinant B10.RDD (Ebd/b) mice, we found that CIA protection was mediated by the first domain of the E beta d molecule. Using peptides covering the third hypervariable region of the E beta chain, we found a perfect correlation between presentation of E beta peptides by the H2Aq molecule and protection on CIA. Therefore, the mechanism by which H2Eb protects against CIA seems to rely on the affinity of E beta peptides for the H2Aq molecule.
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Mitchison NA, Brunner MC. Association of H2Ab with resistance to collagen-induced arthritis in H2-recombinant mouse strains: an allele associated with reduction of several apparently unrelated responses. Immunogenetics 1995; 41:239-45. [PMID: 7890326 DOI: 10.1007/bf00172065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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HLA class II alleles can protect against immunological diseases. Seeking an animal model for a naturally occurring protective allele, we screened a panel of H2-congenic and recombinant mouse strains for ability to protect against collagen-induced arthritis. The strains were crossed with the susceptible strain DBA/1, and the F1 hybrids immunized with cattle and chicken type II collagen. Hybrids having the H2Ab allele displayed a reduced incidence and duration of the disease. They also had a reduced level of pre-disease inflammation, but not of anti-collagen antibodies. The allele is already known to be associated with reduction of other apparently unrelated immune responses, suggesting that some form of functional differentiation may operate that is not exclusively related to epitope-binding. It is suggested that this may reflect allelic variation in the class II major histocompatibility complex promoter region.
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