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Synovial fibroblasts in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A scoping review. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2023; 58:152159. [PMID: 36592581 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Synovial fibroblasts and their role in juvenile idiopathic arthritis have received limited attention compared to other immune mediated disease such as rheumatoid arthritis. Furthermore, no review exists regarding synovial fibroblasts, their interaction with immune cells and their potential involvement in juvenile idiopathic arthritis pathogenesis. This scoping review set out to identify and compile the current knowledge of all peer-reviewed studies on synovial fibroblasts from patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The aim was to map the current knowledge and to produce a tool to assist future studies. The entire MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science databases were used to identify all published studies in English regarding synovial fibroblasts from patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. We identified 18 eligible studies out of a total of 1778 screened entries. The majority of studies identified synovial fibroblast subsets or functional characteristics that may be involved in disease pathogenesis. We identified mechanisms of cell-cell interaction with leukocytes, pro-inflammatory signaling and unfavorable connective tissue homeostasis that may contribute to cartilage damage or bony overgrowth. All included studies identified mechanisms potentially linking synovial fibroblasts to specific disease traits in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Most findings were similar to mechanisms also described in synovial fibroblast from adults with arthritis. However, the limited number of studies found identifies an unmet need for additional studies on synovial fibroblasts and their potential role in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
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How does age determine the development of human immune-mediated arthritis? Nat Rev Rheumatol 2022; 18:501-512. [PMID: 35948692 PMCID: PMC9363867 DOI: 10.1038/s41584-022-00814-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Does age substantially affect the emergence of human immune-mediated arthritis? Children do not usually develop immune-mediated articular inflammation during their first year of life. In patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, this apparent ‘immune privilege’ disintegrates, and chronic inflammation is associated with variable autoantibody signatures and patterns of disease that resemble adult arthritis phenotypes. Numerous mechanisms might be involved in this shift, including genetic and epigenetic predisposing factors, maturation of the immune system with a progressive modulation of putative tolerogenic controls, parallel development of microbial dysbiosis, accumulation of a pro-inflammatory burden driven by environmental exposures (the exposome) and comorbidity-related drivers. By exploring these mechanisms, we expand the discussion of three (not mutually exclusive) hypotheses on how these factors can contribute to the differences and similarities between the loss of immune tolerance in children and the development of established immune-mediated arthritis in adults. These three hypotheses relate to a critical window in genetics and epigenetics, immune maturation, and the accumulation of burden. The varied manifestation of the underlying mechanisms among individuals is only beginning to be clarified, but the establishment of a framework can facilitate the development of an integrated understanding of the pathogenesis of arthritis across all ages. In this Review, the authors discuss age-related arthropathy and the similarities and differences between childhood loss of immune tolerance and adult development of immune-mediated arthritis, and develop three hypotheses describing age-related mechanisms that contribute to the onset of arthritis. The arthritis-free ‘immune privilege’ of early childhood is overridden by multiple mechanisms, progressively and age-dependently, generating recognizable patterns of chronic inflammatory arthritis. The emergence of arthritis involves interconnected mechanisms related to immune priming, to a situational susceptibility and to the accumulation of an inflammatory burden. The accumulation of epigenetic drift may contribute to differences across ages. The exposome is expected to contribute to arthritis emergence in adults as well as in children.
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Kondo Y, Shida Y, Ishikawa T, Yada K, Takeyama M, Shima M, Nogami K. A case of moderate haemophilia A with inhibitor, carrying the p.R1800H mutation, complicated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Haemophilia 2018; 25:e51-e54. [PMID: 30507053 DOI: 10.1111/hae.13648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yuka Kondo
- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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Spiegel L, Kristensen KD, Herlin T. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis characteristics: Etiology and pathophysiology. Semin Orthod 2015. [DOI: 10.1053/j.sodo.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Update on research and clinical translation on specific clinical areas: From bench to bedside: How insight in immune pathogenesis can lead to precision medicine of severe juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2014; 28:229-46. [PMID: 24974060 DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2014.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Despite the enormous progress in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), innovations based on true bench-to-bedside research, performed in JIA patients, are still scarce. This chapter describes novel developments in which clinical innovations go hand in hand with basic discoveries. For the purpose of this review, we will mainly focus on developments in severe forms of JIA, most notably systemic JIA and polyarticular JIA. However, also in less severe forms of JIA, such as oligoarticular JIA, better insight will help to improve diagnosis and treatment. Facilitating the transition from bench to bedside will prove crucial for addressing the major challenges in JIA management. If successful, it will set new standards for a safe, targeted and personalized therapeutic approach for children with JIA.
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The pathogenesis of oligoarticular/polyarticular vs systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Autoimmun Rev 2011; 10:482-9. [PMID: 21320644 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2011.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2011] [Accepted: 01/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has had a long and difficult problem with classification. It is clearly a heterogeneous and multi-factorial autoimmune disease but all too often the distinctions among subtypes were unclear. In fact, there is now increasing evidence of a distinct pathogenesis of oligo/polyarticular JIA compared to systemic JIA. Oligo/polyarticular JIA is an antigen-driven lymphocyte-mediated autoimmune disease with abnormality in the adaptive immune system. Cartilage-derived auto-antigens activate autoreactive T cells including Th1 and Th17 cells with production of pro-inflammatory cytokines IFN-γ and IL-17. On the other hand, the inhibition of regulatory T (Treg) cells including natural Foxp3(+) Treg and self-heat shock protein-induced Treg cells with decreased anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 results in the loss of immune tolerance. Imbalance between autoreactive Th1/Th17 and Treg cells leads to the failure of T cell tolerance to self-antigens, which contributes to the synovial inflammation of oligo/polyarticular JIA. By contrast, systemic JIA is an autoinflammatory disease with abnormality in the innate immune system. A loss of control of the alternative secretory pathway leading to aberrant activation of phagocytes including monocytes, macrophages and neutrophils seems to be involved in the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1, IL-6, IL-18 and pro-inflammatory S100-proteins, which contribute to the multisystem inflammation of systemic JIA. Markedly distinct pathogenesis of oligo/polyarticular JIA and systemic JIA implies that they might need different treatment strategies.
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Etiology and pathogenesis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-06551-1.00099-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Prakken BJ, Albani S. Using biology of disease to understand and guide therapy of JIA. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2009; 23:599-608. [DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pont-Kingdon G, Bohnsack J, Sumner K, Whiting A, Clifford B, Guthery SS, Jorde LB, Lyon E, Prahalad S. Lack of association between beta 2-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Scand J Rheumatol 2009; 38:91-5. [PMID: 19177262 DOI: 10.1080/03009740802541488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic autoimmune arthropathy. Beta 2-adrenergic receptors are a link between the sympathetic nervous system and the immune system. Associations between variants in the gene encoding the beta 2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) and autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been demonstrated. We aimed to investigate ADRB2 variants for association with JIA. METHODS Genotypes and haplotypes of two ADRB2 variants (G16R and Q27E) were determined in 348 children with JIA and 448 healthy controls by direct molecular haplotyping using melting-curve analysis of a fluorescently labelled loci-spanning probe. Case-control analysis was performed to investigate whether ADRB2 variants were associated with JIA. RESULTS No association was found between JIA and alleles, genotypes, or haplotypes of ADRB2. Specifically, the haplotype that demonstrated a strong association with RA (R16/Q27) was not associated with JIA. None of the variants demonstrated association after stratification by JIA subtypes or gender. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that ADRB2 variants are not associated with JIA or any of the major JIA subtypes. These observations suggest that, although they share several clinical and pathological features, JIA and RA have unique genetic associations.
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- G Pont-Kingdon
- ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Prahalad S, Martins TB, Tebo AE, Whiting A, Clifford B, Zeft AS, McNally B, Bohnsack JF, Hill HR. Elevated serum levels of soluble CD154 in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2008; 6:8. [PMID: 18507862 PMCID: PMC2430568 DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-6-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2007] [Accepted: 05/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Cytokines play important roles in mediating inflammation in autoimmunity. Several cytokines are elevated in serum and synovial fluid samples from children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). Soluble CD154 (sCD154) is elevated in other autoimmune disorders, but has not been characterized in JIA. Our objectives were to determine if sCD154 is elevated in JIA, and to examine correlations between sCD154 and other inflammatory cytokines. METHODS Serum from 77 children with JIA and 81 pediatric controls was analyzed for interleukin (IL)1beta, IL2, IL4, IL5, IL6, IL8, IL10, IL12, IL13, sCD154, interferon-gamma (IFNgamma), soluble IL2 receptor (sIL2R), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha), using the Luminex Multi-Analyte Profiling system. Differences in levels of cytokines between cases and controls were analyzed. Logistic regression was also performed. RESULTS sCD154 was significantly elevated in cases compared to controls (p < 0.0001). IL1beta, IL5, IL6, IL8, IL13, IFNgamma, sIL2R, and TNFalpha were also significantly elevated in JIA. Levels of sCD154 were highly correlated with IL1beta, IL6, IL8, and TNFalpha (p < 0.0001). Logistic regression analysis suggested that IL6 (odds ratio (OR): 1.4, p < 0.0001), sCD154 (OR: 1.1, p < 0.0001), and TNFalpha (OR: 1.1, p < 0.005) were positively associated with JIA, while IL10 (OR: 0.5, p < 0.002) was protective. sCD154 was elevated in all JIA subtypes, with highest levels among more severe subtypes. IL1beta, IL6, IL8, sIL2R and TNFalpha were also elevated in several JIA subtypes. CONCLUSION Serum levels of sCD154, IL1beta, IL6, IL8, sIL2R and TNFalpha are elevated in most JIA subtypes, suggesting a major role for sCD154, and these cytokines and cytokine receptors in the pathogenesis of JIA.
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- Sampath Prahalad
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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- The Associated Regional and University Pathologists Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- The Associated Regional and University Pathologists Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT, USA,Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA,The Associated Regional and University Pathologists Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT, USA,Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA,Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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The purpose of the study was to assess the outcomes of knee synovectomies in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Thirty-one arthroscopic synovectomies were performed in 19 children (six oligoarthritis, 20 polyarthritis, five psoriatic arthritis). The percentage of recurrence in the group with oligoarthritis was 67%, in the group with polyarthritis was 95%, whereas all psoriatic arthritis recurred. The overall mean survival (i.e. free from recurrence) was 1.05 years (95% confidence interval, 0.74-1.35). Mean survival time was 1.69, 0.80 and 1.30 years, respectively, for oligoarthritis, polyarthritis and psoriatic arthritis. After synovectomy we observed two complications: thrombophlebitis of the omolateral superior femoral vein and septic arthritis. In conclusion, the mainstay of therapy for juvenile idiopathic arthritis remains medical treatment and intensive physiotherapy. The aim of arthroscopic synovectomy is to allow to make the most of nonsurgical therapy. It revealed more accurate and less invasive results than open synovectomy, maintained the range of motion of the joint, allowed early mobilization and required shorter hospitalization. Best results were observed in the group of oligoarthritis.
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Mast cells reside in the normal synovium and increase strikingly in number in rheumatoid arthritis and other joint diseases. Given the broad spectrum of activity of this lineage, it has for decades been considered probable that mast cells are involved in the pathophysiology of synovitis. Recent work in murine arthritis has substantiated this suspicion, showing that mast cells can contribute importantly to the initiation of inflammatory arthritis. However, the role of the greatly expanded population of synovial mast cells in established arthritis remains unknown. Here we review the current understanding of mast cell function in acute arthritis and consider the potentially important influence of this cell on key processes within the chronically inflamed synovium, including leukocyte recruitment and activation, fibroblast proliferation, angiogenesis, matrix remodeling, and injury to collagen and bone. We also consider recent evidence supporting an immunomodulatory or anti-inflammatory role for mast cells as well as pharmacologic approaches to the mast cell as a therapeutic target in inflammatory arthritis.
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- Peter A Nigrovic
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Kamphuis S, Hrafnkelsdóttir K, Klein MR, de Jager W, Haverkamp MH, van Bilsen JHM, Albani S, Kuis W, Wauben MHM, Prakken BJ. Novel self-epitopes derived from aggrecan, fibrillin, and matrix metalloproteinase-3 drive distinct autoreactive T-cell responses in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and in health. Arthritis Res Ther 2007; 8:R178. [PMID: 17129378 PMCID: PMC1794523 DOI: 10.1186/ar2088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2006] [Revised: 11/15/2006] [Accepted: 11/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by chronic joint inflammation. Knowing which antigens drive the autoreactive T-cell response in JIA is crucial for the understanding of disease pathogenesis and additionally may provide targets for antigen-specific immune therapy. In this study, we tested 9 self-peptides derived from joint-related autoantigens for T-cell recognition (T-cell proliferative responses and cytokine production) in 36 JIA patients and 15 healthy controls. Positive T-cell proliferative responses (stimulation index ≥2) to one or more peptides were detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of 69% of JIA patients irrespective of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genotype. The peptides derived from aggrecan, fibrillin, and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 yielded the highest frequency of T-cell proliferative responses in JIA patients. In both the oligoarticular and polyarticular subtypes of JIA, the aggrecan peptide induced T-cell proliferative responses that were inversely related with disease duration. The fibrillin peptide, to our knowledge, is the first identified autoantigen that is primarily recognized in polyarticular JIA patients. Finally, the epitope derived from MMP-3 elicited immune responses in both subtypes of JIA and in healthy controls. Cytokine production in short-term peptide-specific T-cell lines revealed production of interferon-γ (aggrecan/MMP-3) and interleukin (IL)-17 (aggrecan) and inhibition of IL-10 production (aggrecan). Here, we have identified a triplet of self-epitopes, each with distinct patterns of T-cell recognition in JIA patients. Additional experiments need to be performed to explore their qualities and role in disease pathogenesis in further detail.
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- Sylvia Kamphuis
- Department of Paediatric Immunology and IACOPO, Institute for Translational Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Paediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Erasmus MC Sophia, PO Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatric Immunology and IACOPO, Institute for Translational Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatric Immunology and IACOPO, Institute for Translational Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatric Immunology and IACOPO, Institute for Translational Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatric Immunology and IACOPO, Institute for Translational Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 1, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine and Pediatrics and IACOPO Institute for Translational Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilmandrive, La Jolla CA 92093-0663, USA
- Androclus Therapeutics, Via Carducci 15, 92100 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Paediatric Immunology and IACOPO, Institute for Translational Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 1, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 1, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatric Immunology and IACOPO, Institute for Translational Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Palmer HS, Kelso EB, Lockhart JC, Sommerhoff CP, Plevin R, Goh FG, Ferrell WR. Protease-activated receptor 2 mediates the proinflammatory effects of synovial mast cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 56:3532-40. [DOI: 10.1002/art.22936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Interleukin-18 is a cytokine member of the IL-1 super family that seems to exert powerful Th1-promoting activities in synergy with IL-12. Here we describe the participation of IL-18 in inflammatory joint diseases, in particular rheumatoid arthritis, adult onset Still's disease and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The emphasis of this study was to summarize in vivo and in vitro studies that focused the action of this pro-inflammatory cytokine on the arthritic process as well as its role in the complex network of chemical mediators involved.
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- A P N Lotito
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Prahalad S, Bohnsack JF, Jorde LB, Whiting A, Clifford B, Dunn D, Weiss R, Moroldo M, Thompson SD, Glass DN, Bamshad MJ. Association of two functional polymorphisms in the CCR5 gene with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Genes Immun 2006; 7:468-75. [PMID: 16775617 PMCID: PMC2927816 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is mediated by Th1-immune responses. In children with JRA, synovial T cells express high levels of the Th1-chemokine receptor CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5), which has been implicated in susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis. To test the hypothesis that genetic variation in CCR5 is associated with susceptibility to JRA, we analyzed patterns of variation in the 5'cis-regulatory region of CCR5 in 124 multiplex families from a JRA-affected sibpair registry. After sequencing the upstream region of CCR5, variants were tested for association with JRA by transmission disequilibrium testing. A single nucleotide polymorphism, C-1835T, was significantly undertransmitted to children with early-onset JRA (P<0.01). C-1835T was genotyped in 424 additional simplex and multiplex families. CCR5-1835T allele was undertransmitted in the cohort of all probands with JRA (P<0.02), as well as in those with early-onset (P<0.01) or pauciarticular JRA (P<0.05). Another variant, a 32-bp deletion in the open reading frame of CCR5 (CCR5-Delta32) was also tested in approximately 700 simplex and multiplex families. CCR5-Delta32 was also significantly undertransmitted to probands with early-onset JRA (P<0.05). Both variants are in regions under natural selection, and result in functional consequences. Our results suggest these CCR5 variants are protective against early-onset JRA.
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- S Prahalad
- Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132-2206, USA.
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Pharoah DS, Varsani H, Tatham RW, Newton KR, de Jager W, Prakken BJ, Klein N, Wedderburn LR. Expression of the inflammatory chemokines CCL5, CCL3 and CXCL10 in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and demonstration of CCL5 production by an atypical subset of CD8+ T cells. Arthritis Res Ther 2006; 8:R50. [PMID: 16507178 PMCID: PMC1526593 DOI: 10.1186/ar1913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2005] [Revised: 01/16/2006] [Accepted: 02/06/2006] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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This study focuses upon three chemokines, namely CCL5, CXCL10 and CCL3, which are potential novel therapeutic targets in arthritis. The aim of the study was to analyse the expression and production of these three chemokines within the joints of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) of the oligoarticular and polyarticular subtypes. All three of these chemokines are highly expressed at the level of mRNA, with the most significant increase in mRNA levels being demonstrated for CCL5 when compared with matched peripheral blood samples and controls. We show that high levels of all three chemokines are present in synovial fluid of children with JIA. We investigate the major source of CCL5 from inflammatory synovial cells, which we show to be CD8+ T cells. This CD8+ synovial T cell population has an unexpected phenotype that has not been described previously, being CCR7- yet predominantly CD28+ and CD45RA-. These cells contain high levels of stored intracellular CCL5, and rapid release of CCL5 takes place on T cell stimulation, without requiring new protein synthesis. In addition, we demonstrate that CCL5 is present in synovial biopsies from these patients, in particular on the endothelium of small and medium sized vessels. We believe this to be the first in depth analysis of these mediators of inflammation in JIA.
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- Rheumatology Unit, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, UK
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- Rheumatology Unit, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Immunology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre, Utrecht
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- Department of Paediatric Immunology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre, Utrecht
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- Microbiology/Infectious Disease Unit, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, UK
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Svensson B, Larsson A, Adell R. The mandibular condyle in juvenile chronic arthritis patients with mandibular hypoplasia: a clinical and histological study. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2001; 30:300-5. [PMID: 11518352 DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2001.0058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In 12 JCA patients with severe mandibular hypoplasia, who all strongly demanded early treatment, 21 mandibular condyles were replaced by costochondral grafts. All of them had radiographic morphological changes in the mandibular condyles with varying degrees of destruction of the articular cartilages. Severe pathological changes in the lower joint compartments were consistently observed at surgery. Hence, the lower joint compartments were obstructed with granulomatous tissue, whereas the upper compartments were without macroscopic pathological changes. These findings indicated a polarized involvement of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA). The extent of condylar articular surface destruction at histological examination varied from focal to total cartilage destruction. Inflammation of the subchondral bone marrow was a frequent finding. In spite of considerable arthritic destruction of the condyles, only one patient had TMJ pain, while a restricted mouth opening capacity was a more frequent finding. Thus, TMJ pain did not seem to constitute a reliable symptom of serious arthritic destruction of the mandibular condyle.
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- B Svensson
- Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Orebro Medical Centre Hospital, Sweden
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Scola MP, Imagawa T, Boivin GP, Giannini EH, Glass DN, Hirsch R, Grom AA. Expression of angiogenic factors in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: correlation with revascularization of human synovium engrafted into SCID mice. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2001; 44:794-801. [PMID: 11315918 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200104)44:4<794::aid-anr135>3.0.co;2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although increased vascularity was noted in early histopathologic studies of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) synovium, the available data on angiogenesis in JRA are very limited. The main purposes of this study were to assess expression of the key angiogenic factors in JRA synovium, and to evaluate a SCID mouse model of JRA as an approach to study in vivo regulation of the expression of these factors in JRA. METHODS RNase protection assay was used to assess the expression of the key angiogenic factors in fresh JRA synovium and in JRA synovial tissue fragments that had been minced and then implanted into SCID mice. Vascularity of the samples was assessed by immunohistochemical staining for von Willebrand factor. Synovial specimens obtained from patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or other noninflammatory arthropathies were used as controls. RESULTS Detectable levels of messenger RNA for vascular endothelial growth factor and angiopoietin 1 and their respective receptors, as well as endoglin and thrombin receptors, were present in all JRA tissue specimens studied. The levels of expression of these factors in JRA tissues were significantly higher than those in tissues obtained from patients with OA or other noninflammatory arthropathies. Furthermore, increased expression of the key angiogenic factors in the fresh JRA tissues correlated with the exuberant revascularization of JRA minced tissue fragments implanted into SCID mice. This was in sharp contrast to the poor revascularization of implanted OA tissues. CONCLUSION JRA synovium is characterized by high angiogenic activity. SCID mouse-human JRA synovium chimeras may provide a good approach to study the in vivo regulation of angiogenesis in JRA.
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MESH Headings
- Angiopoietin-1
- Animals
- Antigens, CD
- Arthritis, Juvenile/immunology
- Arthritis, Juvenile/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Endoglin
- Endothelial Growth Factors/genetics
- Endothelial Growth Factors/metabolism
- Female
- Humans
- Lymphokines/genetics
- Lymphokines/metabolism
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, SCID
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/metabolism
- Osteoarthritis/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Receptors, Thrombin/genetics
- Receptors, Thrombin/metabolism
- Synovial Membrane/immunology
- Synovial Membrane/metabolism
- Synovial Membrane/transplantation
- Tissue Transplantation
- Transplantation, Heterologous
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/genetics
- Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/metabolism
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
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- M P Scola
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
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Olsson N, Ulfgren AK, Nilsson G. Demonstration of mast cell chemotactic activity in synovial fluid from rheumatoid patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2001; 60:187-93. [PMID: 11171676 PMCID: PMC1753565 DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.3.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The significance of the mast cell in the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases has become more evident. Although mast cell hyperplasia is a feature of rheumatoid arthritis, the nature of mast cell chemoattractants involved in the recruitment of mast cells in joint diseases has not been studied in any detail. In this study the presence of mast cell chemotactic activity in synovial fluids was examined. METHODS Synovial fluids from seven rheumatoid patients were tested in a modified Boyden chamber, where a human mast cell line was used as responder. The presence of stem cell factor (SCF) and transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) was measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS Six of the seven synovial fluids tested exhibited mast cell chemotactic activity. Two characterised human mast cell chemotaxins, SCF and TGFbeta, were highly expressed in the synovium. Soluble SCF could be detected in all fluids analysed. Blocking antibodies against SCF or TGFbeta almost completely blocked the activity in one fluid, partially blocked the activity in three, and did not affect the activity in two. Treatment of the responder cells with pertussis toxin reduced the migratory response against seven fluids, indicating the presence of chemoattractants mediating their effect through G(i) coupled receptors. CONCLUSION These data demonstrate the presence of multiple factors in synovial fluid acting as mast cell chemoattractants, two of which are SCF and TGFbeta that contribute to the effect. These findings may be of importance for developing new strategies to inhibit mast cell accumulation in rheumatic diseases.
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- N Olsson
- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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He S, Gaça MD, Walls AF. The activation of synovial mast cells: modulation of histamine release by tryptase and chymase and their inhibitors. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 412:223-9. [PMID: 11166285 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)00734-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Mast cells have been implicated as having pivotal roles in arthritis, but little is known of the processes leading to the activation of synovial mast cells or their potential for pharmacological control. We have investigated the ability of tryptase and chymase, and inhibitors of these major mast cell proteases to modulate the activation of mast cells from human synovial tissue. The tryptase inhibitor drug N-(1-hydroxy-2-naphthoyl)-L-arginyl-L-prolinamide hydrochloride (APC366) inhibited immunoglobulin E (IgE)-dependent histamine release in a dose-dependent manner, with about 70% inhibition being achieved at a dose of 300 microM. Histamine release stimulated by calcium ionophore A23187 was also inhibited by this compound. The chymase inhibitor chymostatin inhibited IgE-dependent histamine release by approximately 60% at 1 microg/ml. Tryptase at concentrations of 3.0 microg/ml and greater stimulated histamine release from synovial cells, which was dependent on catalytic activity, whereas chymase had little effect on these cells. The activation of mast cells by tryptase may represent an amplification process in the synovium. The mast cell stabilising properties of inhibitors of tryptase and chymase could be of therapeutic value in arthritis.
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- S He
- Immunopharmacology Group, University of Southampton, South Block, Southampton General Hospital, Mailpoint 837, SO16 6YD, Southampton, UK
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Grom AA, Hirsch R. T-cell and T-cell receptor abnormalities in the immunopathogenesis of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2000; 12:420-4. [PMID: 10990179 DOI: 10.1097/00002281-200009000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Several lines of indirect evidence suggest that the pathologic autoimmune responses in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis may be antigen-driven and T cell-mediated. These include (1) activation markers expressed on synovial T cells suggestive of previous activation in vivo; (2) persistent oligoclonally expanded T-cell populations accumulating preferentially in the synovial compartment; (3) some T-cell receptor complementarity-determining region 3 sequence similarities between different clones in an individual patient; and (4) T-cell derived cytokines of predominantly Th1 type. Whether T-cell contribution is limited to only early stages of the disease (as appears to be the case in collagen-induced arthritis) or T cells are required for the perpetuation of the inflammation at later stages as well, still remains to be determined.
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- A A Grom
- William S. Rowe Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA.
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Sullivan KE, McDonald-McGinn DM, Driscoll DA, Zmijewski CM, Ellabban AS, Reed L, Emanuel BS, Zackai EH, Athreya BH, Keenan G. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis-like polyarthritis in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DiGeorge anomalad/velocardiofacial syndrome/conotruncal anomaly face syndrome). ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1997; 40:430-6. [PMID: 9082929 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of polyarthritis and chromosome 22q11.2 deletions. METHODS Eighty patients with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome followed up at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia were examined for evidence of arthropathy or arthritis. Patients with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and polyarthritis underwent laboratory evaluations of immunologic function to determine the relationship of their immunodeficiency to the polyarthritis. RESULTS The prevalence of polyarthritis in patients with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome was markedly increased over the prevalence of polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) in the general population. All 3 patients with polyarthritis had evidence of impaired T cell function. Two of the patients with polyarthritis also had IgA deficiency. CONCLUSION The chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome represents a primary T cell disorder which can be associated with a JRA-like polyarthritis. All 3 patients with polyarthritis had evidence of more extensive immunoregulatory derangements than those typically seen in patients with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion, and these derangements may have predisposed to the development of polyarthritis.
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- K E Sullivan
- Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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de Paulis A, Marinò I, Ciccarelli A, de Crescenzo G, Concardi M, Verga L, Arbustini E, Marone G. Human synovial mast cells. I. Ultrastructural in situ and in vitro immunologic characterization. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1996; 39:1222-33. [PMID: 8670335 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the ultrastructure of human synovial mast cells in situ, to identify immunologic and nonimmunologic stimuli that activate these cells in vitro, and to quantify a number of preformed and de novo-synthesized mediators. METHODS We conducted an ultrastructural study of synovial mast cells in situ and performed immunoelectron microscopy localization of tryptase and chymase. Isolated synovial mast cells were analyzed biochemically, immunologically, and functionally in vitro and compared with cells from human lung, heart, and skin. RESULTS Ultrastructural study of synovial tissue revealed mast cells with homogeneously dense, scrolled, crystal, and mixed granules, and lipid bodies in the cytoplasm. A small percentage of mast cells showed evidence of degranulation. Immunoelectron microscopy demonstrated the subcellular localization of tryptase and chymase over granules of > 90% of the mast cells, which were of the MCTC subtype. Isolated synovial mast cells released histamine in response to immunologic (anti-IgE and anti-Fc epsilon receptor I [anti-Fc epsilon RI]) and nonimmunologic (substance P, recombinant human stem cell factor, and 48/80) stimuli, but did not respond to recombinant human C5a in vitro. Synovial mast cells differed from those isolated from other human tissues, in a variety of immunologic and biochemical features. There was a linear correlation between the percentage of histamine secretion and tryptase release (r = 0.79, P < 0.001) induced by cross-linking of Fc epsilon RI. Cross-linking of IgE with anti-IgE on synovial mast cells induced de novo synthesis of prostaglandin D2 (mean +/- SEM 87.5 +/- 4.9 ng/10(6) cells) and of leukotriene C4 (57.6 +/- 17.8 ng/10(6) cells). CONCLUSION Mast cells ultrastructurally characterized in situ in synovial tissue were seen to differ from mast cells previously isolated from other human tissues. This raises the possibility that the local microenviroment influences their phenotype. Isolation of mast cells from human synovia can be useful for studying their role and their mediators in patients with arthritis.
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Sakkas LI, Platsoucas CD. Immunopathogenesis of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: role of T cells and MHC. Immunol Res 1995; 14:218-36. [PMID: 8778211 DOI: 10.1007/bf02918218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is defined as chronic arthritis of unknown etiology appearing in patients less than 16 years of age. The disease is heterogeneous and is classified as pauciarticular, polyarticular, or systemic-onset disease. A few lines of evidence suggest that T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. T cells infiltrating the synovial membrane bear markers of activation and produce cytokines. The association of particular subtypes of JRA with certain HLA class II alleles provides strong evidence in favor of T cell involvement through an HLA-peptide-T cell receptor complex. Limited data from a few patients with JRA on T cell receptor transcripts from synovial membrane or synovial fluid cells point towards oligoclonality. This further supports the concept that T cells infiltrating the synovial membrane or extravasating into synovial fluid in patients with JRA reflect antigen-driven T cell proliferation.
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- L I Sakkas
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa., USA
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Grom AA, Giannini EH, Glass DN. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and the trimolecular complex (HLA, T cell receptor, and antigen). Differences from rheumatoid arthritis. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1994; 37:601-7. [PMID: 7514410 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780370501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- A A Grom
- University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Ohio 45229-2899
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Oen K, Danell G, Stewart S, Wilkins J, Tazumi K, Jacobson K. Adhesion of peripheral blood lymphocytes of children with arthritis to human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Clin Exp Immunol 1994; 95:415-23. [PMID: 7511076 PMCID: PMC1535091 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1994.tb07012.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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To determine whether adhesion of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) may be enhanced, adhesion of PBL of children with JRA, children with seronegative spondyloarthropathies (SSA), age-appropriate and adult controls, to human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) was assessed in vitro. B and CD4 T lymphocytes in initial, adherent, and non-adherent cell fraction were identified by flow cytometry. B lymphocytes of all the younger subjects combined had a higher adherence to activated HUVEC compared with B lymphocytes of the adult donors. Except for greater adherence of HLA-DR+ CD4 T cells, lymphocytes of children with JRA showed no enhanced adhesion to either unactivated or activated HUVEC. The percentage of B cells adherent to activated HUVEC in each of the subject groups was 1.5-3.6-fold higher than adherent CD4 T lymphocytes. Surface analyses indicated higher percentages of CD49d (alpha 4)+ and CD29 (beta 1)+ CD4 T lymphocytes in adherent cells, but less of a differential in CD49 (alpha 4)+ and no difference in CD29 (beta 1)+ B lymphocytes. There were fewer Leu-8 (L-selectin)+ B and Leu-8+ CD4 T cells among adherent cells. The data suggest a greater adhesive capacity of B lymphocytes compared with CD4 T lymphocytes which is unrelated to disease, and the possibility that B lymphocytes may utilize adhesion molecules distinct from those of CD4 T lymphocytes. Only a small subset of T cells of patients with JRA may have an enhanced capacity for adhesion to endothelium.
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- K Oen
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Grom AA, Thompson SD, Luyrink L, Passo M, Choi E, Glass DN. Dominant T-cell-receptor beta chain variable region V beta 14+ clones in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:11104-8. [PMID: 8248215 PMCID: PMC47930 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.23.11104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The characteristic histopathology and major histocompatibility complex associations in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis suggest an oligoclonal antigen-specific T-cell population may be critical to pathogenesis. To test this, we analyzed the T-cell repertoire of a polyarticular HLA-DR4+ juvenile rheumatoid arthritis patient with an aggressive form of disease that required arthrocentesis of the knee joints and early replacement of both hip joints. A comparison of T-cell-receptor beta chain variable region (V beta) gene expression in peripheral blood and synovial fluid performed by semiquantitation of cDNA samples amplified by the PCR revealed overexpression of the T-cell-receptor V beta 14 gene family. To determine the nature of V beta 14 overexpression, we sequenced randomly cloned amplification products derived from two synovial fluid, two synovial tissue, and three peripheral blood samples by using a V beta 14/beta chain constant region primer pair. Sequence data showed that the T-cell response in the synovia was oligoclonal. Of four clones found, one was present in all joints examined and persisted over time. This clone accounted for 67% and 74% of all V beta 14+ clones sequenced in two synovial fluid samples and 75% and 40% in two synovial tissue samples. This clone was also found at a lesser frequency in peripheral blood samples. Further studies provided evidence for the presence of oligoclonally expanded populations of T cells utilizing the V beta 14 T-cell receptor in 6 of 27 patients examined. In contrast to the remaining patients studied, 3 with a late onset polyarticular course who exhibited especially marked clonality were characterized by features typical of adult rheumatoid arthritis (IgM rheumatoid factor-positive and HLA-DR4+). These data suggest a role for V beta 14+ T cells in a group of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis patients.
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- A A Grom
- Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039
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Cheevers WP, McGuire TC. The lentiviruses: maedi/visna, caprine arthritis-encephalitis, and equine infectious anemia. Adv Virus Res 1988; 34:189-215. [PMID: 2843016 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(08)60518-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- W P Cheevers
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164
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Kvien TK, Pahle JA, Høyeraal HM, Sandstad B. Comparison of synovectomy and no synovectomy in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. A 24-month controlled study. Scand J Rheumatol 1987; 16:81-91. [PMID: 3299684 DOI: 10.3109/03009748709102912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Thirty patients with pauciarticular or polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis entered a randomized, 24-month, parallel trial of synovectomy (n = 15) versus no synovectomy (n = 15). The joints studied were 18 wrists, 8 ankles and 4 knees. The synovectomies were performed as radically as possible. Joint motion was slightly decreased in the operated joints, especially for passive movements during the first 6 months following surgery. Swelling and disease activity of the joints studied as well as subjective evaluation of joint pain improved in the synovectomy group compared with the non-synovectomy group. This improvement seemed to continue for at least 2 years.
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Khan MM, Strober S, Melmon KL. Regulatory effects of mast cells on lymphoid cells: the role of histamine type 1 receptors in the interaction between mast cells, helper T cells and natural suppressor cells. Cell Immunol 1986; 103:41-53. [PMID: 2879638 DOI: 10.1016/0008-8749(86)90066-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We have investigated the role of mast cells as modulators of lymphocyte function because the mast cells are concentrated in the areas of lymphoid storage; they are dependent upon T-cell growth factor for their proliferation; and they appear to be the principle if not sole storage site for histamine. We have tested the influence of mast cells on the proliferation of alloreactive cloned helper T cells, mixed leukocyte reactions, and the suppressive capacity of natural suppressor cells. We used an IL-3-dependent mast cell line that at high numbers (greater than 10(5)) suppressed and at low numbers (10(3) to 6 X 10(4)) augmented the proliferation of TH cells. Addition of histamine to cocultures enhanced the mast cell mediated proliferation of TH cells without directly affecting the helper cells. The action of histamine appeared to be mediated with H1 type receptors on these mast cells. Pretreatment of natural suppressor cells with supernatants from mast cell enhanced their suppressive capability. Here too, histamines enhanced suppression by the NS cell via histamine type 1 receptors on the natural suppressor cells. Our data suggest that mast cells may be a major modulator of the lymphoid cell immune function and demonstrate a role of histamine type 1 receptors in the interaction between mast cells, helper T cells, and natural suppressor cells.
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Crisp AJ, Chapman CM, Kirkham SE, Schiller AL, Krane SM. Articular mastocytosis in rheumatoid arthritis. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1984; 27:845-51. [PMID: 6466393 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780270802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The number and distribution of mast cells were assessed in 116 synovial membranes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in 30 control specimens. Rheumatoid synovial membranes contained a mean of 48.5 mast cells per 20 high-power fields (HPF) (range 0-252), and control synovial membranes had a mean of 3.9 mast cells per 20 HPF (range 0-13) (P less than 0.001). In a comparison of high and low mast cell subgroups in rheumatoid arthritis, counts were directly related to the intensity of clinical synovitis in the affected joint, but not to hemoglobin concentration or erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Joints excised from 5 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were characterized by active bone remodeling with increased osteoid, active resorption by osteoclasts, and trabecular osteoporosis. Mast cells were prominent in both extraosseous pannus and intraosseous invasive tissue. The possible roles of mast cells in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis are discussed.
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Godfrey HP, Ilardi C, Engber W, Graziano FM. Quantitation of human synovial mast cells in rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic diseases. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1984; 27:852-6. [PMID: 6380504 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780270803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We examined sections of synovial membranes from 14 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 7 with other rheumatic diseases, and 10 with no apparent joint disease. Patients with RA and other rheumatic diseases had significantly more synovial mast cells/vessel than patients with no joint disease (0.49 and 0.20, respectively, versus 0.03). They also had significantly more total mast cells/10 fields than patients with no joint disease (9.9 and 5.0, respectively, versus 0.4). Within the rheumatoid group, patients with active disease had more total mast cells/10 fields than patients clinically considered to have end-stage disease (P less than 0.05). Synovial basophils were not identified in any patient. Synovial vascularity was similar for all groups (2.3 vessels/field). The role of the synovial mast cell in RA and other rheumatic diseases remains to be determined.
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Bromley M, Fisher WD, Woolley DE. Mast cells at sites of cartilage erosion in the rheumatoid joint. Ann Rheum Dis 1984; 43:76-9. [PMID: 6696523 PMCID: PMC1001227 DOI: 10.1136/ard.43.1.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Cartilage-pannus junctions of the rheumatoid lesion have been examined by histochemical and ultrastructural techniques in an attempt to identify the cells responsible for cartilage degradation. Mast cells have been identified at sites of cartilage erosion in 3 specimens of rheumatoid joint. It is known that mast cells participate in immunological reactions, produce the vasoactive and proteinase-modulating agents histamine and heparin as well as their own degradative proteinases. The close association of mast cells with sites of cartilage erosion suggests they may play an important role in the pathophysiology of joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis.
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Brassfield AL, Adams DS, Crawford TB, McGuire TC. Ultrastructure of arthritis induced by a caprine retrovirus. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1982; 25:930-6. [PMID: 6288054 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780250804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The ultrastructure of early retrovirus-induced arthritis was studied sequentially in 20 goat kids inoculated with caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus. Synovial lesions began as intercellular edema and collagen fragmentation and continued as progressive mononuclear cell infiltration and lining cell hyperplasia, hypertrophy, and necrosis. At 18 through 45 days after the inoculation, lining cells contained small accumulations of virus-like particles similar to virus seen in infected tissue culture cells. No virus was seen budding from infected lining cell membranes.
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Kamei T, Ishihara T, Fujihara S, Nakamura H, Yokota T, Imada N, Akizuki S, Iwata T, Uchino F. Amyloidosis associated with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. ACTA PATHOLOGICA JAPONICA 1982; 32:123-33. [PMID: 7072494 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1982.tb02033.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Clinical and pathological findings are reported in a Japanese girl who died of secondary amyloidosis associated with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis two years after the onset of symptoms. The patient had intermittent high fever, rheumatoid rash, polyarthralgia, and hepatosplenomegaly. The joints showed the typical histologic changes of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Amyloid deposition was found in various tissues; however, remarkable deposition of amyloid was observed in the gastrointestinal tract, especially in the ileum. The amyloid protein in this patient was identified as protein AA using the methods of potassium permanganate treatment and the peroxidase-antiperoxidase unlabeled antibody technique.
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