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Rekvig OP. The dsDNA, Anti-dsDNA Antibody, and Lupus Nephritis: What We Agree on, What Must Be Done, and What the Best Strategy Forward Could Be. Front Immunol 2019; 10:1104. [PMID: 31156647 PMCID: PMC6529578 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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This study aims to understand what lupus nephritis is, its origin, clinical context, and its pathogenesis. Truly, we encounter many conceptual and immanent tribulations in our attempts to search for the pathogenesis of this disease—and how to explain its assumed link to SLE. Central in the present landscape stay a short history of the early studies that substantiated the structures of isolated or chromatin-assembled mammalian dsDNA, and its assumed, highly controversial role in induction of anti-dsDNA antibodies. Arguments discussed here may provoke the view that anti-dsDNA antibodies are not what we think they are, as they may be antibodies operational in quite different biological contexts, although they bind dsDNA by chance. This may not mean that these antibodies are not pathogenic but they do not inform how they are so. This theoretical study centers the content around the origin and impact of extra-cellular DNA, and if dsDNA has an effect on the adaptive immune system. The pathogenic potential of chromatin-anti-dsDNA antibody interactions is limited to incite lupus nephritis and dermatitis which may be linked in a common pathogenic process. These are major criteria in SLE classification systems but are not shared with other defined manifestations in SLE, which may mean that they are their own disease entities, and not integrated in SLE. Today, the models thought to explain lupus nephritis are divergent and inconsistent. We miss a comprehensive perspective to try the different models against each other. To do this, we need to take all elements of the syndrome SLE into account. This can only be achieved by concentrating on the interactions between autoimmunity, immunopathology, deviant cell death and necrotic chromatin in context of elements of system science. System science provides a framework where data generated by experts can be compared, and tested against each other. This approach open for consensus on central elements making up “lupus nephritis” to separate what we agree on and how to understand the basis for conflicting models. This has not been done yet in a systematic context.
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- Ole Petter Rekvig
- Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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Li Z, Long M, ChunMei L, Bin S, Jiang Y, Rui M, Qingqing M, XinSheng Y. Composition and variation analysis of TCR β-chain CDR3 repertoire in the thymus and spleen of MRL/lpr mouse at different ages. Immunogenetics 2014; 67:25-37. [DOI: 10.1007/s00251-014-0809-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Khan WN, Wright JA, Kleiman E, Boucher JC, Castro I, Clark ES. B-lymphocyte tolerance and effector function in immunity and autoimmunity. Immunol Res 2013; 57:335-53. [DOI: 10.1007/s12026-013-8466-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Pathak S, Mohan C. Cellular and molecular pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus: lessons from animal models. Arthritis Res Ther 2011; 13:241. [PMID: 21989039 PMCID: PMC3308079 DOI: 10.1186/ar3465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex disease characterized by the appearance of autoantibodies against nuclear antigens and the involvement of multiple organ systems, including the kidneys. The precise immunological events that trigger the onset of clinical manifestations of SLE are not yet well understood. However, research using various mouse strains of spontaneous and inducible lupus in the last two decades has provided insights into the role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of this disease. According to our present understanding, the immunological defects resulting in the development of SLE can be categorized into two phases: (a) systemic autoimmunity resulting in increased serum antinuclear and antiglomerular autoantibodies and (b) immunological events that occur within the target organ and result in end organ damage. Aberrations in the innate as well as adaptive arms of the immune system both play an important role in the genesis and progression of lupus. Here, we will review the present understanding - as garnered from studying mouse models - about the roles of various immune cells in lupus pathogenesis.
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- Simanta Pathak
- Department of Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
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Jiang C, Zhao ML, Scearce RM, Diaz M. Activation-induced deaminase-deficient MRL/lpr mice secrete high levels of protective antibodies against lupus nephritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 63:1086-96. [PMID: 21225690 DOI: 10.1002/art.30230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We previously generated MRL/lpr mice deficient in activation-induced deaminase (AID) that lack isotype switching and immunoglobulin hypermutation. These mice have high levels of unmutated (germline) autoreactive IgM, yet they experienced an increase in survival and an improvement in lupus nephritis that exceeded that of MRL/lpr mice lacking IgG. The purpose of the present study was to test the hypothesis that high levels of germline autoreactive IgM in these mice confer protection against lupus nephritis. METHODS Autoreactive IgM antibodies of various specificities, including antibodies against double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), from AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice were given to asymptomatic MRL/lpr mice, and the levels of cytokines, proteinuria, immune complex deposition in the kidneys, and glomerulonephritis were examined. Novel AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice that lack any antibodies were generated for comparison to AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice that secrete only IgM. RESULTS Treatment with IgM anti-dsDNA resulted in a dramatic improvement in lupus nephritis. Other autoreactive IgM antibodies, such as antiphospholipid and anti-Sm, did not alter the pathologic changes. Secretion of proinflammatory cytokines by macrophages and the levels of inflammatory cells and apoptotic debris in the kidneys were lower in mice receiving IgM anti-dsDNA. Protective IgM derived from AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice displayed a distinct B cell repertoire, with a bias toward members of the V(H) 7183 family. CONCLUSION IgM anti-dsDNA protected MRL/lpr mice from lupus nephritis, likely by stopping the inflammatory cascade leading to kidney damage. A distinct repertoire of V(H) usage in IgM anti-dsDNA hybridomas from AID-deficient mice suggests that there is enrichment of a dedicated B cell population that secretes unmutated protective IgM in these mice.
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- Chuancang Jiang
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Hu N, Long H, Zhao M, Yin H, Lu Q. Aberrant expression pattern of histone acetylation modifiers and mitigation of lupus by SIRT1-siRNA in MRL/lprmice. Scand J Rheumatol 2009; 38:464-71. [DOI: 10.3109/03009740902895750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Tulunay A, Yavuz S, Direskeneli H, Eksioglu-Demiralp E. CD8+CD28-, suppressive T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus 2008; 17:630-7. [PMID: 18625635 DOI: 10.1177/0961203308089400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Recent studies show that a CD8+CD28- phenotype of T-cell population inhibits the reactivity of T-helper cells either by a contact-dependent mechanism or with secreting suppressive cytokines. In this study, we have explored the peripheral blood CD8+CD28- T-cell population in 53 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in comparison to healthy and diseased control groups. The distribution of CD28- cells within CD8+ population has been found significantly lower in patients with SLE than in healthy individuals. While there were no significant differences in the expression of costimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86, the CD40 expression on monocytes was found significantly lower and there was a slight decrease of expression of Interleukin-10 (IL-10) in CD8+CD28- population in patients with SLE. The Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) mRNA expression was found higher in CD8+CD28- T cells. Neither activation induced nor time-dependent change in the frequency of CD8+CD28- cells has been observed following stimulation at various time-points indicating that the control of CD28 expression was not dependent on the presence of sustained stimulations. Decrease in CD8+CD28- T cells which normally produce TGF-beta and their low-level IL-10 content may reflect impaired T-cell suppression and accordingly, increased T cell help to autoreactive B cells in patients with SLE.
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- A Tulunay
- Department of Haematology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Jiang C, Zhao ML, Diaz M. Activation-induced deaminase heterozygous MRL/lpr mice are delayed in the production of high-affinity pathogenic antibodies and in the development of lupus nephritis. Immunology 2008; 126:102-13. [PMID: 18624728 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.02882.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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We previously reported that activation-induced deaminase (AID) heterozygous MRL/lpr mice have substantially lower levels of serum anti-dsDNA autoantibodies than AID wild-type littermates. Given the known functions of AID, here we examined whether this decrease in pathogenic autoantibodies in the heterozygotes was the result of a defect in class switch recombination, somatic hypermutation, or both. We report significant impairment of switch recombination to most isotypes except immunoglobulin G3 (IgG3) in vitro. However, serum levels of IgG were similar to AID wild-type levels even in very young mice. Mutation accumulation in the B cells from Peyer's patches also revealed reduced somatic hypermutation in the heterozygotes. Unlike the switch defect, the hypermutation defect probably resulted in an in vivo effect because the serum IgG antibodies from the heterozygotes were of strikingly lower affinity to dsDNA than serum IgG antibodies from wild-type littermates. This suggests that the somatic hypermutation defect resulted in impaired affinity maturation of autoantibodies in these mice and explains the low levels of specific anti-dsDNA antibodies in the heterozygotes. This correlated with a delay in the development of kidney damage. These results imply that AID levels impact the class switch recombination and somatic hypermutation mechanisms and directly implicate affinity maturation of autoantibodies in autoimmunity.
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- Chuancang Jiang
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, D3-01 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Jiang C, Foley J, Clayton N, Kissling G, Jokinen M, Herbert R, Diaz M. Abrogation of lupus nephritis in activation-induced deaminase-deficient MRL/lpr mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:7422-31. [PMID: 17513793 PMCID: PMC2131724 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.11.7422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We generated MRL/lpr mice deficient in activation-induced deaminase (AID). Because AID is required for Ig hypermutation and class switch recombination, these mice lack hypermutated IgG Abs. Unlike their AID wild-type littermates, AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice not only lacked autoreactive IgG Abs but also experienced a dramatic increase in the levels of autoreactive IgM. This phenotype in AID-deficient mice translated into a significant reduction in glomerulonephritis, minimal mononuclear cell infiltration in the kidney, and a dramatic increase in survival to levels comparable to those previously reported for MRL/lpr mice completely lacking B cells and well below those of mice lacking secreted Abs. Therefore, this study wherein littermates with either high levels of autoreactive IgM or autoreactive IgG were directly examined proves that autoreactive IgM Abs alone are not sufficient to promote kidney disease in MRL/lpr mice. In addition, the substantial decrease in mortality combined with a dramatic increase in autoreactive IgM Abs in AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice suggest that autoreactive IgM Abs might not only fail to promote nephritis but may also provide a protective role in MRL/lpr mice. This novel mouse model containing high levels of autoreactive, unmutated IgM Abs will help delineate the contribution of autoreactive IgM to autoimmunity.
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- Chuancang Jiang
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, D3-01, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Pathology Associates, Charles River Laboratories, 11000 Weston Parkway Suite 110, Cary, NC 27513
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, D3-01, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
- Corresponding author information: Dr. Marilyn Diaz, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, D3-01, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, RTP, NC, 27709. Tel. 919-541-4740, E-mail:
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Hasegawa H, Inoue A, Muraoka M, Yamanouchi J, Miyazaki T, Yasukawa M. Therapy for pneumonitis and sialadenitis by accumulation of CCR2-expressing CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in MRL/lpr mice. Arthritis Res Ther 2007; 9:R15. [PMID: 17284325 PMCID: PMC1860074 DOI: 10.1186/ar2122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2006] [Revised: 01/09/2007] [Accepted: 02/07/2007] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Adoptive transfer of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells has been shown to have therapeutic effects in animal models of autoimmune diseases. Chemokines play an important role in the development of autoimmune diseases in animal models and humans. The present study was performed to investigate whether the progression of organ-specific autoimmune diseases could be reduced more markedly by accumulating chemokine receptor-expressing CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells efficiently in target organs in MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) mice. CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T cells (Treg cells) and CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ CCR2-transfected T cells (CCR2-Treg cells) were transferred via retro-orbital injection into 12-week-old MRL/lpr mice at the early stage of pneumonitis and sialadenitis, and the pathological changes were evaluated. Expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1)/CCL2 was observed in the lung and submandibular gland of the mice and increased age-dependently. The level of CCR2 expression and MCP-1 chemotactic activity of CCR2-Treg cells were much higher than those of Treg cells. MRL/lpr mice to which CCR2-Treg cells had been transferred showed significantly reduced progression of pneumonitis and sialadenitis in comparison with MRL/lpr mice that had received Treg cells. This was due to more pronounced migration of CCR2-Treg cells and their localization for a longer time in MCP-1-expressing lung and submandibular gland, resulting in stronger suppressive activity. We prepared chemokine receptor-expressing Treg cells and demonstrated their ability to ameliorate disease progression by accumulating in target organs. This method may provide a new therapeutic approach for organ-specific autoimmune diseases in which the target antigens remain undefined.
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- Hitoshi Hasegawa
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pathogenomics, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitsukawa 454, Toon City, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pathogenomics, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitsukawa 454, Toon City, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pathogenomics, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitsukawa 454, Toon City, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pathogenomics, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitsukawa 454, Toon City, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Pathogenomics, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitsukawa 454, Toon City, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pathogenomics, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitsukawa 454, Toon City, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
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Crescent formation in glomerulonephritis (GN) is a manifestation of severe glomerular injury that usually results in a poor clinical outcome. In humans, crescentic GN is frequently associated with evidence of either systemic or organ-specific autoimmunity. T cells play a major role in initiation of adaptive immune responses that lead to crescentic injury. In experimental models of crescentic GN, Th1 predominant immune responses have been shown to promote crescent formation. Perturbation of regulatory T cell function may contribute to development of autoimmune crescentic GN. The presence of T cells and macrophages in crescentic glomeruli, frequently in the absence of humoral mediators of immunity, suggest a dominant effector role for T cells in crescentic GN. The association of cellular immune mediators with local fibrin deposition implicates cell-mediated "delayed-type hypersensitivity-like" mechanisms in crescent formation. Intrinsic renal cells also contribute to T cell-driven effector mechanisms in crescentic GN, via expression of MHC II and co-stimulatory molecules and by production of chemokines and cytokines that amplify leukocyte recruitment and injury.
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- Peter G Tipping
- Monash University, Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Rd, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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Zhao JH, Sun SJ, Horiguchi H, Arao Y, Kanamori N, Kikuchi A, Oguma E, Kayama F. A soy diet accelerates renal damage in autoimmune MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr mice. Int Immunopharmacol 2005; 5:1601-10. [PMID: 16039550 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2005.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2005] [Revised: 03/11/2005] [Accepted: 04/18/2005] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Isoflavones, which are phytoestrogens present in large quantities in soy and soy-derived products, have estrogenic activity, inhibit protein tyrosine kinase, and exert other effects in the human body. Thus, the recent spread of soy consumption in Western populations emphasizes the need to more fully understand the potential effects in the body, especially in abnormal immune conditions. In the present study, the influence of a soy diet on lupus disease in MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) mice was investigated. Weanling female MRL/lpr mice (4 weeks) were fed a soy diet (20% soybean protein and 5% soybean oil). The soy diet exacerbated renal damage; findings in this mouse strain included accelerated proteinuria, elevated serum creatinine concentrations, and reduced creatinine clearance. No effects were detected, however, in C3H/HeN mice, which have the same H-2(k) genetic background as MRL/lpr mice do. A tendency toward an increase in thymus weight and proliferation of T cells in spleen and B cells in lymph nodes were found at the age of 16 weeks. These findings indicate that a soy diet, in comparison with a casein diet, significantly exacerbates the clinical course of this autoimmune disease. Further research on the mechanism of this effect of soy-rich diets is needed, and isoflavone supplementation for systemic lupus erythematosus patients should be carefully reevaluated.
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- Jian-Hong Zhao
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Center for Community Medicine, Jichi Medical School, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Minamikawachi-machi, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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Zhu J, Liu X, Xie C, Yan M, Yu Y, Sobel ES, Wakeland EK, Mohan C. T cell hyperactivity in lupus as a consequence of hyperstimulatory antigen-presenting cells. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:1869-78. [PMID: 15951839 PMCID: PMC1143586 DOI: 10.1172/jci23049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2004] [Accepted: 05/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sle3 is an NZM2410-derived lupus susceptibility locus on murine chromosome 7. Congenic recombination has resulted in a novel mouse strain, B6.Sle3, associated with serum antinuclear autoantibodies (ANAs), T cell hyperactivity, and elevated CD4/CD8 ratios. An OVA-specific TCR transgene was used as a tool to demonstrate that Sle3 facilitated heightened T cell expansion in vitro, and in vivo, following antigen challenge. Indeed, continued T cell expansion was noted even in response to a tolerogenic signal. However, these phenotypes did not appear to be T cell intrinsic but were dictated by hyperstimulatory B6.Sle3 APCs. Importantly, B6.Sle3-derived DCs and macrophages appeared to be significantly more mature/activated, less apoptotic, and more proinflammatory and were better at costimulating T cells in vitro, compared with the B6 counterparts. Finally, the adoptive transfer of B6.Sle3-derived DCs into healthy B6 recipients elicited increased CD4/CD8 ratios and serum ANAs, 2 cardinal Sle3-associated phenotypes. We posit that their heightened expression of various costimulatory molecules, including CD80, CD106, I-A, and CD40, and their elevated production of various cytokines, including IL-12 and IL-1beta, may explain why Sle3-bearing DCs may be superior at breaching self tolerance. These studies provide mechanistic evidence indicating that intrinsic abnormalities in DCs and possibly other myeloid cells may dictate several of the phenotypes associated with systemic lupus, including ANA formation and T cell hyperactivity.
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- Jiankun Zhu
- Simmons Arthritis Research Center, Division of Rheumatology, Center for Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8884, USA
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Reilly CM, Mishra N, Miller JM, Joshi D, Ruiz P, Richon VM, Marks PA, Gilkeson GS. Modulation of renal disease in MRL/lpr mice by suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:4171-8. [PMID: 15356168 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.6.4171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is involved in the development of many diseases. Histone acetylation is a posttranslational modification of the nucleosomal histone tails that is regulated by the balance of histone deacetylases and histone acetyltransferases. Alterations in the balance of histone acetylation have been shown to cause aberrant expression of genes that are a hallmark of many diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus. In this study, we determined whether suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA), a histone deacetylase inhibitor: 1) inhibits inflammatory mediator production in vitro and 2) modulates lupus progression in vivo. Mesangial cells isolated from 10-wk-old MRL/lpr mice were stimulated with LPS/IFN-gamma and incubated with SAHA. TNF-alpha, IL-6, NO, and inducible NO synthase expression were inhibited by SAHA. We then treated MRL/lpr mice with daily injections of SAHA from age 10 to 20 wk. The animals treated with SAHA had decreased spleen size and a concomitant decrease in CD4-CD8- (double-negative) T cells compared with controls. Serum autoantibody levels and glomerular IgG and C3 deposition in SAHA-treated mice were similar to controls. In contrast, proteinuria and pathologic renal disease were significantly inhibited in the mice receiving SAHA. These data indicate that SAHA blocks mesangial cell inflammatory mediator production in vitro and disease progression in vivo in MRL/lpr mice.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/administration & dosage
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Animals
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/administration & dosage
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/pharmacology
- Autoantibodies/biosynthesis
- CD3 Complex/biosynthesis
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Glomerular Mesangium/drug effects
- Glomerular Mesangium/immunology
- Glomerular Mesangium/metabolism
- Glomerular Mesangium/pathology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/biosynthesis
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/metabolism
- Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
- Hydroxamic Acids/administration & dosage
- Hydroxamic Acids/pharmacology
- Immunosuppressive Agents/administration & dosage
- Immunosuppressive Agents/pharmacology
- Inflammation Mediators/antagonists & inhibitors
- Inflammation Mediators/metabolism
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/metabolism
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/pathology
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/prevention & control
- Lymphopenia/chemically induced
- Lymphopenia/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred MRL lpr
- Organ Size/drug effects
- Proteinuria/prevention & control
- Proteinuria/urine
- Spleen/drug effects
- Spleen/immunology
- Spleen/pathology
- Vorinostat
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Affiliation(s)
- Christopher M Reilly
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, 24060, USA.
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Kinoshita K, Yamagata T, Nozaki Y, Sugiyama M, Ikoma S, Funauchi M, Kanamaru A. Blockade of IL-18 Receptor Signaling Delays the Onset of Autoimmune Disease in MRL-Faslpr Mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:5312-8. [PMID: 15470078 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.8.5312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Autoimmune disease in Fas-deficient MRL-Faslpr mice is dependent on infiltrating autoreactive leukocytes and autoantibodies, and IFN-gamma plays an important role in the pathogenesis. As IL-18 is capable of inducing IFN-gamma production in T cells, we hypothesized that signaling through IL-18R is involved in the pathogenesis. To investigate the impact of IL-18 in this autoimmune disease, we generated an MRL-Faslpr strain deficient in IL-18Ralpha. Compared with the wild-type strain, IL-18Ralpha-deficient MRL-Faslpr mice survived longer and showed a significant reduction in renal pathology, including glomerular IgG deposits, proteinuria, and serum anti-DNA Abs. Intrarenal transcripts encoding IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-12, and IL-10, which have been linked to nephritis, were all markedly reduced. Skin lesions, lymphadenopathy, and lung pathology characteristic of the MRL-Faslpr mouse disease were diminished in IL-18Ralpha-deficient MRL-Faslpr mice. Thus, we conclude that IL-18Ralpha signaling is critical to the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease in MRL-Faslpr mice.
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- Koji Kinoshita
- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan.
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Seagal J, Melamed D. Contribution of alphabeta and gammadelta T cells to the generation of primary immunoglobulin G-driven autoimmune response in immunoglobulin- mu-deficient/lpr mice. Immunology 2004; 112:265-73. [PMID: 15147570 PMCID: PMC1782487 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2004.01883.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Class switch recombination (CSR) is a T-cell-dependent mechanism regulating isotype switching in activated mature B cells. Recently we showed that T-cell-independent CSRs occur spontaneously during B lymphopoiesis, but such cells are negatively selected by Fas signalling. In immunoglobulin mu-deficient mice, lack of Fas rescues isotype-switched B cells, resulting in generation of an autoimmune primary immunoglobulin G (IgG) repertoire in muMT/lpr mice. In the present study, we studied the role of alphabeta and gammadelta T cells in regulating this primary gammaH-driven repertoire. We found that a lack of alphabeta T cells significantly inhibited IgG production and autoimmunity in muMT/lpr mice, whereas a lack of gammadelta T cells resulted in augmented IgG production and autoimmunity. Also, a lack of T cells in muMT mice rescued isotype-switched B cells and serum IgG, probably owing to the lack of available FasL. We suggest that although CSRs in B-cell lymphopoiesis are T-cell independent, alphabeta T cells are important in the expansion of isotype-switched B-cell precursors and in promoting gammaH-driven autoimmunity, whereas gammadelta T cells regulate these cells.
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- Jane Seagal
- Department of Immunology, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are two major forms of human inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Their etiology is unknown, but increasing evidence indicate that immune mechanisms play an important role. It is well known that immune responses in the intestine remain in a state of controlled inflammation, suggesting that not only active suppression by regulatory T (TR) cells plays an important role in the normal intestinal homeostasis, but also its dysregulation leads to the development of IBD. This article reviews the unique aspects of TR cells and discuss how these control the intestinal homeostasis.
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- Takanori Kanai
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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Converging experimental evidence indicates that the clinical expression of autoimmunity is under the control of T cell-mediated immunoregulatory circuits. Several types of suppressor T cells have been described. Some of them are closely dependent upon cytokines such as TH2 cells and Tr1 cells. Others appear to rely more on cell-cell contact (such as CD25+ CD62L+ T cells), although some cytokines, notably TGF-beta, may be involved in their growth or their mode of action. It is tempting to separate suppressor cells that appear spontaneously, such as CD25+ T cells and NKT cells (innate immunoregulation), from those that are only observed after antigen administration, such as TH2 cells and Tr1 cells (adaptive immunoregulation). The role of these diverse cell types in the control of the onset or the progression of autoimmune diseases is likely, but still a matter of debate. A central question is to determine whether immune dysregulation precedes the burst of pathogenic autoimmunity.
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Shiozawa F, Kasama T, Yajima N, Odai T, Isozaki T, Matsunawa M, Yoda Y, Negishi M, Ide H, Adachi M. Enhanced expression of interferon-inducible protein 10 associated with Th1 profiles of chemokine receptor in autoimmune pulmonary inflammation of MRL/lpr mice. Arthritis Res Ther 2003; 6:R78-R86. [PMID: 14979941 PMCID: PMC400420 DOI: 10.1186/ar1029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2003] [Revised: 11/03/2003] [Accepted: 11/04/2003] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) mice spontaneously develop systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-like disease. The natural history of the pulmonary involvement and the underlying mechanism of leukocyte infiltration into the lungs of MRL/lpr mice and SLE patients remains elusive. We aimed to investigate the expression profiles of chemokines and chemokine receptors in the lung of the SLE-prone mouse. We examined the correlation between lung inflammation and expression of IP-10 (interferon-gamma-inducible protein 10), a CXC chemokine, and TARC (thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine), a CC chemokine, in MRL/lpr mice, MRL/Mp-+/+ (MRL/+) mice, and C57BL/6 (B6) control mice. The extent of cell infiltration in the lung was assessed histopathologically. Reverse transcriptase PCR showed up-regulation of IP-10 mRNA expression in the lungs (P < 0.05) of MRL/lpr mice, in comparison with MRL/+ or B6 mice. The increase paralleled increased expression of a specific IP-10 receptor, CXCR3, and correlated with the degree of infiltration of mononuclear lymphocytes. In contrast, lung expression of TARC and its specific receptor, CCR4, were suppressed in MRL/lpr mice. Immunohistology showed that macrophage-like cells were the likely source of IP-10. Flow cytometric analyses revealed that the CXCR3-expressing cells were mainly infiltrating CD4 T cells and macrophages, which correlated with the degree of mononuclear lymphocyte infiltration. Recent data suggest that Th1 cells and Th1-derived cytokines play an important role in the development of SLE-like disease in MRL/lpr mice. Our results suggest that IP-10 expression in the lung is involved, through CXCR3, in the pathogenesis of pulmonary inflammation associated with migration of Th1 cells.
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- Fumitaka Shiozawa
- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, First Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Having been long debated, the notion of suppressor T cells--renamed regulatory T cells--is back on the map, but many questions remain regarding the nature of these regulatory cells. Are they specialized cells? What are their phenotype, antigen specificity, mode of action and, above all, biological (and immunopathological) relevance? The predominant role of naturally occurring CD4+CD25+ T cells has been emphasized recently. Other cell types, however, contribute to immunoregulation also, whether they arise spontaneously during ontogeny or during the course of an adaptive immune response.
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- Jean-François Bach
- Hôpital Necker, INSERM U580, 161 rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Khalil M, Inaba K, Steinman R, Ravetch J, Diamond B. T cell studies in a peptide-induced model of systemic lupus erythematosus. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:1667-74. [PMID: 11160209 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.3.1667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We have previously reported that immunization with a peptide mimetope of dsDNA on a branched polylysine backbone (DWEYSVWLSN-MAP) induces a systemic lupus erythematosus-like syndrome in the nonautoimmune BALB/c mouse strain. To understand the mechanism underlying this breakdown in self tolerance, we examined the role of T cells in the response. Our results show that the anti-foreign and anti-self response induced by immunization is T cell dependent and is mediated by I-E(d)-restricted CD4(+) T cells of the Th1 subset. In addition, generation of the critical T cell epitope requires processing by APCs and depends on the presence of both DWEYSVWLSN and the MAP backbone. The breakdown in self tolerance does not occur through cross-reactivity between the T cell epitope of DWEYSVWLSN-MAP and epitopes derived from nuclear Ags. In this induced-model of SLE, therefore, autoreactivity results from the activation of T cells specific for foreign Ag and of cross-reactive anti-foreign, anti-self B cells. Despite the fact that tissue injury is mediated by Ab, the critical initiating T cell response is Th1.
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- M Khalil
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Liang B, Gee RJ, Kashgarian MJ, Sharpe AH, Mamula MJ. B7 Costimulation in the Development of Lupus: Autoimmunity Arises Either in the Absence of B7.1/B7.2 or in the Presence of Anti-B7.1/B7.2 Blocking Antibodies. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.4.2322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Costimulatory molecules, termed B7.1 and B7.2, are present on the surfaces of APC and are important for the activation of T lymphocytes specific for both foreign Ags and autoantigens. We have examined the role of B7 costimulation in the MRL-lpr/lpr murine model of human systemic lupus erythematosus. MRL-lpr/lpr mice receiving both anti-B7.1 and anti-B7.2 Abs expressed significantly lower anti-small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (snRNP) and anti-dsDNA autoantibodies than did untreated mice. Anti-B7.2 Ab treatment alone inhibited anti-dsDNA autoantibody expression while having no effect on anti-snRNP autoantibody expression. Anti-B7.1 Ab treatment alone did not change the expression of either anti-snRNP or anti-dsDNA autoantibodies. Parallel studies performed in MRL-lpr/lpr mice genetically deficient in either B7.1 or B7.2 expressed autoantibody profiles comparable to those found in wild-type MRL-lpr/lpr mice. However, B7.1-deficient MRL-lpr/lpr mice exhibited distinct and more severe glomerulonephritis while B7.2-deficient MRL-lpr/lpr mice had significantly milder or absent kidney pathology as compared with age-matched wild-type mice. These studies indicate that each B7 costimulatory signal may control unique pathological events in murine systemic lupus erythematosus that may not always be apparent in autoantibody titers alone.
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- Bailin Liang
- *Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, and
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- *Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, and
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- †Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510; and
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- ‡Immunology Research Division, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- *Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, and
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Theofilopoulos AN, Kono DH. The genes of systemic autoimmunity. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS 1999; 111:228-40. [PMID: 10354363 DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1381.1999.99244.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Autoimmune diseases include a wide spectrum of disorders, which have been divided into systemic and organ-specific disorders. Lupus, the prototypic systemic autoimmune disease, is characterized by female predominance, multiorgan pathology, and autoantibodies, primarily directed against nuclear antigens. The disease is heterogeneous, with variable organ involvement, serology, and clinical course. Susceptibility to lupus is inherited as a polygenic trait with added contributions from environmental and stochastic variance. Concerted efforts have recently been made by several laboratories to define the genetic basis of this disease in predisposed mice and humans. The identification of the Fas/FasL defects in lpr and gld lupus mice was the first example of spontaneous mutations of apoptosis-promoting genes being associated with systemic autoimmunity. This research was instrumental in clarifying the roles of these genes in tolerance and immunoregulation, and in extrapolating these results to other autoimmune diseases, as well as cancer and transplantation. To these findings have been added those from transgenic and gene knockout mouse studies that have helped to define the systemic autoimmunity-inducing or -modifying effects of specific genes in normal background and lupus-congenic mice. In addition, the findings from genome-wide searches have begun to identify predisposing loci (and ultimately genes) for the spontaneous lupus-like diseases in various mouse strains and in humans. The emerging picture is that multiple genetic contributions can independently lead to systemic autoimmunity in mice, which reinforces the view that human lupus may be similarly composed of diverse genotypes. This complexity underscores the importance of defining the predisposing alleles and mechanisms of action, an undertaking that is certainly feasible given current technologies and future advances in the definition of mammalian genomes.
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- A N Theofilopoulos
- Immunology Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Holoshitz J. Activation of gammadelta T cells by mycobacterial antigens in rheumatoid arthritis. Microbes Infect 1999; 1:197-202. [PMID: 10801230 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(99)80034-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- J Holoshitz
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor 48109-0680, USA
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Kretz-Rommel A, Rubin RL. Persistence of Autoreactive T Cell Drive Is Required to Elicit Anti-Chromatin Antibodies in a Murine Model of Drug-Induced Lupus. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.2.813] [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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Long-term treatment with procainamide and numerous other medications is occasionally associated with the development of drug-induced lupus. We recently established a murine model for this syndrome by disrupting central T cell tolerance. Two intrathymic injections of procainamide-hydroxylamine (PAHA), a reactive metabolite of procainamide, into (C57BL/6 × DBA/2)F1 mice resulted in the appearance of chromatin-reactive T cells and anti-chromatin autoantibodies. The current study explores in this model the role of autoreactive T cells in autoantibody production and examines why autoantibodies after a single intrathymic drug injection were much more limited in isotype and specificity. Injection of as few as 5000 chromatin-reactive T cells into naive, syngeneic mice induced a rapid IgM anti-denatured DNA response, while injection of at least 100-fold greater number of activated T cells was required for induction of IgG anti-chromatin Abs, suggesting that small numbers of autoreactive T cells can be homeostatically controlled. Mice subjected to a single intrathymic PAHA injection after receiving splenic B cells from an intrathymic PAHA-injected syngeneic donor also developed anti-chromatin Abs, but adoptive transfer of similarly primed T cells or of B cells without intrathymic PAHA injection of the recipient failed to produce an anti-chromatin response. However, anti-chromatin Abs developed after a single intrathymic PAHA injection in Fas-deficient C57BL/6-lpr/lpr mice, suggesting that activation-induced cell death limited autoimmunity in normal mice. Taken together, these results imply that chromatin-reactive T cells produced by intrathymic PAHA created a B cell population primed to somatically mutate and Ig class switch when subjected to a heavy load or second wave of autoreactive T cells.
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- Anke Kretz-Rommel
- W. M. Keck Autoimmune Disease Center, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- W. M. Keck Autoimmune Disease Center, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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This Publication is No. 11789-IMM from the Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road/IMM3, La Jolla, CA 92037. The work of the author reported herein was supported, in part, by NIH grants AR39555, AR31203, and AG15061.
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- A N Theofilopoulos
- Immunology Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Genetic Insights into Murine Lupus. Lupus 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59259-703-1_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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