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Amendt T, Jumaa H. Adaptive tolerance: Protection through self-recognition. Bioessays 2022; 44:e2100236. [PMID: 34984705 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202100236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The random nature of immunoglobulin gene segment rearrangement inevitably leads to the generation of self-reactive B cells. Avoidance of destructive autoimmune reactions is necessary in order to maintain physiological homeostasis. However, current central and peripheral tolerance concepts fail to explain the massive number of autoantibody-borne autoimmune diseases. Moreover, recent studies have shown that in physiological mouse models autoreactive B cells were neither clonally deleted nor kept in an anergic state, but were instead able to mount autoantibody responses. We propose that activation of autoreactive B cells is induced by polyvalent autoantigen complexes that can occur under physiological conditions. Repeated encounter of autoantigen complexes leads to the production of affinity-matured autoreactive IgM that protects its respective self-targets from degradation. We refer to this novel mechanism as adaptive tolerance. This article discusses the discovery of adaptive tolerance and the unexpected role of high affinity IgM autoantibodies.
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- Timm Amendt
- Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Kaswala DH, Veeraraghavan G, Kelly CP, Leffler DA. Celiac Disease: Diagnostic Standards and Dilemmas. Diseases 2015; 3:86-101. [PMID: 28943611 PMCID: PMC5548238 DOI: 10.3390/diseases3020086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Celiac Disease (CD) affects at least 1% of the population and evidence suggests that prevalence is increasing. The diagnosis of CD depends on providers being alert to both typical and atypical presentations and those situations in which patients are at high risk for the disease. Because of variable presentation, physicians need to have a low threshold for celiac testing. Robust knowledge of the pathogenesis of this autoimmune disease has served as a catalyst for the development of novel diagnostic tools. Highly sensitive and specific serological assays including Endomysial Antibody (EMA), tissue transglutaminase (tTG), and Deamidated Gliadin Peptide (DGP) have greatly simplified testing for CD and serve as the foundation for celiac diagnosis. In addition, genetic testing for HLA DQ2 and DQ8 has become more widely available and there has been refinement of the gluten challenge for use in diagnostic algorithms. While diagnosis is usually straightforward, in special conditions including IgA deficiency, very young children, discrepant histology and serology, and adoption of a gluten free diet prior to testing, CD can be difficult to diagnose. In this review, we provide an overview of the history and current state of celiac disease diagnosis and provide guidance for evaluation of CD in difficult diagnostic circumstances.
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- Dharmesh H Kaswala
- The Celiac Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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- The Celiac Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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- The Celiac Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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- The Celiac Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Petrarca L, Nenna R, Mastrogiorgio G, Florio M, Brighi M, Pontone S. Dyspepsia and celiac disease: Prevalence, diagnostic tools and therapy. World J Methodol 2014; 4:189-196. [PMID: 25332916 PMCID: PMC4202456 DOI: 10.5662/wjm.v4.i3.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The prevalence of dyspepsia is up to 40% in population-based study. Functional dyspepsia is an exclusion diagnosis and it is classified as a chronic abdominal pain-related functional disorder, characterized by the presence of persistent or recurrent pain or discomfort centered in the upper abdomen, neither relief by defecation, nor association with the onset of a change in stool frequency or form. Celiac disease (CD) is a common autoimmune enteropathy, with a prevalence around 1% in the general population. Its diagnosis includes a serological screening and an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with multiple biopsies. Gluten-free diet is the only effective treatment. CD diagnosis is often delayed in asymptomatic patients or in individuals with less clinical gastrointestinal symptoms. Several studies performed coeliac disease screening in patients with symptoms suggestive of dyspepsia, showing a biopsy-proved prevalence that ranged from 0.5% to 2%. The typical endoscopic markers of villous atrophy are not sufficiently sensitive, so some endoscopic techniques, such as “water immersion” and confocal endomicroscopy were proposed to improve the diagnostic sensitivity and target biopsies. A recent meta-analysis estimated that the prevalence of CD was higher in patients with dyspepsia, but not in a statistically significant way. However this assumption should be confirmed further larger studies.
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Actin is a target of T-cell reactivity in patients with advanced carotid atherosclerotic plaques. Mediators Inflamm 2013; 2013:261054. [PMID: 24324294 PMCID: PMC3844233 DOI: 10.1155/2013/261054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall associated with autoimmune reactions. In a previous study, we observed the presence of actin-specific antibodies in sera from patients with carotid atherosclerosis. To extend our previous results we evaluated the possible role of actin as antigenic target of cell-mediated immune reactions in carotid atherosclerosis. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 17 patients and 16 healthy subjects were tested by cell proliferation assay and by ELISA for cytokine production. Actin induced a proliferative response in 47% of patients' PBMC samples, with SI ranging from 2.6 to 21.1, and in none of the healthy subjects' samples (patients versus healthy subjects, P = 0.02). The presence of diabetes in patients was significantly associated with proliferative response to actin (P = 0.04). IFN-γ and TNF-α concentrations were higher in PBMC from patients than in those from healthy subjects and in PBMC proliferating to actin than in nonproliferating ones. Our data demonstrate for the first time a role of actin as a target autoantigen of cellular immune reactions in patients with carotid atherosclerosis. The preferential proinflammatory Th1 activation suggests that actin could contribute to endothelial dysfunction, tissue damage, and systemic inflammation in carotid atherosclerosis.
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Delong T, Baker RL, He J, Haskins K. Novel autoantigens for diabetogenic CD4 T cells in autoimmune diabetes. Immunol Res 2013; 55:167-72. [PMID: 22971988 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-012-8375-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Autoreactive CD4 T cells play a central role in the development of type 1 diabetes. The BDC panel of diabetogenic T cell clones was originally isolated from non-obese diabetic mice and has been used to study the role of autoreactive CD4 T cells and T cell autoantigens in the development of diabetes. Recent studies by our group have led to the identification of two new target antigens for clones of this panel. This review describes the proteomic strategy used for antigen identification, the antigens identified, and the potential contribution of post-translational modification to autoantigen generation. In addition, we compare peptide epitopes for the T cell clones and discuss their potential applications in investigating the role of T cell autoantigens in the pathogenesis and regulation of disease.
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- Thomas Delong
- Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado School of Medicine and National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA
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Byrne G, Freeley M, Feighery C, Whelan A, Long A. Protein kinase C delta is a substrate of tissue transglutaminase and a novel autoantigen in coeliac disease. Clin Immunol 2013; 147:1-8. [PMID: 23454274 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2013.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Revised: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Post-translational modification of proteins by deamidation or transamidation by tissue transglutaminase (tTG) has been suggested as a possible mechanism for the development of autoimmunity. Sequence analysis of protein kinase C delta (PKCδ) identified an amino acid motif that suggested the possibility that PKCδ was a glutamine substrate of tTG and MALDI-TOF analysis of synthesised peptides from PKCδ proved that this was the case. Polymerisation experiments using recombinant tTG and biotinylated hexapeptide substrate incorporation assays demonstrated that PKCδ is a substrate for tTG-mediated transamidation. Elevated levels of anti-PKCδ antibodies were detected in sera from patients with coeliac disease (p<0.0001) but not from patients with other autoimmune disorders. These data suggest that a subset of patients with coeliac disease produce autoantibodies against PKCδ and that this response may stem from a tTG-PKCδ substrate interaction.
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- Greg Byrne
- School of Biological Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin 8, Ireland.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Department of Immunology, St. James's Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Immunology, St. James's Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 8, Ireland
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Novel therapeutic/integrative approaches for celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis. Clin Dev Immunol 2012; 2012:959061. [PMID: 23093980 PMCID: PMC3474991 DOI: 10.1155/2012/959061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. Gluten is a protein component in wheat and other cereals like rye and barley. At present, the only available treatment is a strict gluten-free diet. Recent advances have increased our understanding of the molecular basis for this disorder. Last decade has seen new scientific developments in this disease and led to the formulation of new concepts of pathophysiology that offer possible targets for new treatments or interventions integrative to the gluten-free diet.
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Rossin F, D'Eletto M, Macdonald D, Farrace MG, Piacentini M. TG2 transamidating activity acts as a reostat controlling the interplay between apoptosis and autophagy. Amino Acids 2011; 42:1793-802. [PMID: 21479826 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-0899-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2010] [Accepted: 03/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Tissue transglutaminase (TG2) activity has been implicated in inflammatory disease processes such as Celiac disease, infectious diseases, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington's disease. Furthermore, four distinct biochemical activities have been described for TG2 including protein crosslinking via transamidation, GTPase, kinase and protein disulfide isomerase activities. Although the enzyme plays a complex role in the regulation of cell death and autophagy, the molecular mechanisms and the putative biochemical activity involved in each is unclear. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to determine how TG2 modulates autophagy and/or apoptosis and which of its biochemical activities is involved in those processes. To address this question, immortalized embryonic fibroblasts obtained from TG2 knock-out mice were reconstituted with either wild-type TG2 or TG2 lacking its transamidating activity and these were subjected to different treatments to induce autophagy or apoptosis. We found that knock out of the endogenous TG2 resulted in a significant exacerbation of caspase 3 activity and PARP cleavage in MEF cells subjected to apoptotic stimuli. Interestingly, the same cells showed the accumulation of LC3 II isoform following autophagy induction. These findings strongly suggest that TG2 transamidating activity plays a protective role in the response of MEF cells to death stimuli, because the expression of the wild-type TG2, but not its transamidation inactive C277S mutant, resulted in a suppression of caspase 3 as well as PARP cleavage upon apoptosis induction. Additionally, the same mutant was unable to catalyze the final steps in autophagosome formation during autophagy. Our findings clearly indicate that the TG2 transamidating activity is the primary biochemical function involved in the physiological regulation of both apoptosis and autophagy. These data also indicate that TG2 is a key regulator of cross-talk between autophagy and apoptosis.
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- Federica Rossin
- Department of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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The multiple inter-dependent post-translational modifications of histones represent fine regulators of chromatin dynamics. These covalent modifications, including phosphorylation, acetylation, ubiquitination, deimination, and methylation, affect therefore the numerous processes involving chromatin, such as replication, repair, transcription, genome stability, and cell death. Specific enzymes introducing modified residues in histones are precisely regulated, and a single amino acid residue can be subjected to a single or several, independent modifications. Disruption of histone post-translational modifications perturbs the pattern of gene expression, which may result in disease manifestations. It has become evident in recent years that apoptosis-modified histones exert a central role in the induction of autoimmunity, for example in systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. Certain histone post-translational modifications are linked to cell death (apoptotic and non-apoptotic cell death) and might be involved in lupus in the activation of normally tolerant lymphocyte subpopulations. In this review, we discuss how these modifications can affect the antigenicity and immunogenicity of histones with potential consequences in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases.
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Federation of International Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition consensus report on celiac disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2008; 47:214-9. [PMID: 18664878 DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0b013e318181afed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Miguel Valera J, Hurtado C, Poniachik J, Abumohor P, Brahm J. Estudio de enfermedad celíaca en pacientes con enfermedad por hígado graso no alcohólico y con hepatopatías autoinmunes. GASTROENTEROLOGIA Y HEPATOLOGIA 2008; 31:8-11. [DOI: 10.1157/13114565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Suzuki A, Yamada R, Yamamoto K. Citrullination by peptidylarginine deiminase in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007; 1108:323-39. [PMID: 17893996 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1422.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex, multifactorial disease with genetic and immunological aspects. Because RA is an autoimmune condition, dysregulation of the immune system is implied. Many linkage and association studies have also indicated that multiple genetic factors are associated with RA. Although the contribution of each genetic factor is small, the combination of these factors affects RA development. Previous studies have suggested that genetic changes affect the internal immunological environment, which results in autoimmune diseases. More recent genetic studies indicate that the HLA-DRB gene is the predominant cause of RA and that other non-HLA genes are also involved. We reported that peptidylarginine deiminase (gene name abbreviated to PADI, protein name abbreviated to PAD) type 4 is the one of the non-HLA genetic factors involved in RA via citrullination. Antibodies against citrullinated proteins/peptides are highly specific to RA, but the physiological roles of PADI gene, PAD proteins as their products and citrullinated proteins/peptides are obscure. However, levels of anticitrullinated protein antibodies are apparently also increased and were involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune arthritis in mice with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). These data suggested that citrullinated protein and anticitrullinated protein antibodies play important roles in the development of RA. This review summarizes the relationship between RA and citrullination, as well as the role of PADI4 genetics.
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- Akari Suzuki
- Laboratory for Rheumatic Diseases, SNP Research Center, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), 1-7-22, Suehirocho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Engelhard VH, Altrich-Vanlith M, Ostankovitch M, Zarling AL. Post-translational modifications of naturally processed MHC-binding epitopes. Curr Opin Immunol 2005; 18:92-7. [PMID: 16343885 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2005.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2005] [Accepted: 11/25/2005] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A variety of different post-translational modifications of peptides displayed by class I and II MHC molecules have now been described. Some modifications promote the binding of peptides to MHC molecules, and might also influence the ability of the peptide to be produced by antigen processing pathways. In some instances, the antigen processing components themselves are actually responsible for generating post-translational modifications. Finally, evidence is accumulating that modifications can be altered as a consequence of inflammation, transformation, apoptosis and aging. This leads to altered repertories of MHC-associated peptides, which may be important in immune responses associated with autoimmune diseases, infection and cancer.
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- Victor H Engelhard
- Carter Center for Immunology Research and the Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, USA.
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Germenis AE, Yiannaki EE, Zachou K, Roka V, Barbanis S, Liaskos C, Adam K, Kapsoritakis AN, Potamianos S, Dalekos GN. Prevalence and clinical significance of immunoglobulin A antibodies against tissue transglutaminase in patients with diverse chronic liver diseases. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 12:941-8. [PMID: 16085912 PMCID: PMC1182196 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.12.8.941-948.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The prevalence of celiac disease (CD) and the prevalence and clinical significance of anti-tissue transglutaminase (tTG) antibodies (tTGAbs) in a large series of patients with chronic liver diseases were assessed. We studied 738 patients (462 with chronic viral hepatitis, 117 with autoimmune liver diseases, 113 with alcoholic or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and 46 with other liver disorders) and 1,350 healthy controls (HC). Immunoglobulin A (IgA) tTGAbs were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and a microsphere-based flow cytometric assay. Positive sera were investigated for IgA antiendomysial antibodies (EmA). IgA tTGAb-positive subjects were invited to undergo a small-intestinal biopsy and HLA-DQ allele typing. Four of 1,350 HC (0.3%) tested tTGAb(+) EmA(+) and underwent a biopsy (CD confirmation in all). Four of 738 liver disease patients tested tTGAbs(+) EmA(+) (0.54%; not statistically significant). Two were HCV infected (1.24%; not statistically significant), and two had transaminasemia of unknown origin. Forty-three patients tested tTGAbs(+) EmA(-) (5.8%; P<0.001 compared to HC). Inhibition experiments verified the existence of specific IgA anti-tTG reactivity. Twenty-six of 43 patients underwent a biopsy (all negative for CD). Binary logistic regression analysis revealed age (P=0.008), cirrhosis (P=0.004), alkaline phosphatase (P=0.026), and antinuclear antibodies (P=0.012) as independent risk factors for tTGAb reactivity among the patients. It was concluded that CD prevalence is the same in HC and patients with chronic liver diseases. The prevalence of tTGAbs is higher in hepatic patients compared to HC, but their specificity for CD diagnosis in this group of patients is low. tTGAbs in patients appear to be associated with the presence of autoimmunity, cirrhosis, and cholestasis, irrespective of the origin of the liver disease.
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- Anastasios E Germenis
- Laboratory of Immunology and Histocompatibility, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
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Gadewar S, Fasano A. Celiac disease: is the atypical really typical? Summary of the recent National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference and latest advances. Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2005; 7:455-61. [PMID: 16313875 DOI: 10.1007/s11894-005-0076-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. Gluten is a protein component in wheat and other cereals, such as rye and barley. At present, the only available treatment is a strict gluten-free diet. Recent advances have increased our understanding of the molecular basis for this disorder. The past decade has seen new scientific developments in this disease and led to the formulation of new concepts of pathophysiology and clinical manifestations. There are several targets for new treatments. This article briefly summarizes the National Institutes of Health Consensus Statement and gives an overview of new findings in recent years and of future therapeutic options for CD.
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- Swati Gadewar
- Department of Pediatrics, Mucosal Biology Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Health Science Facility II Room 8345, 20 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Although the immune system has developed mechanisms to distinguish "self" from "non-self," the presence of autoimmune diseases demonstrates that these mechanisms can be bypassed. The posttranslational modification of self-antigens is one way in which "new" antigens are created for which immune tolerance does not exist. We review some of the posttranslationally modified self-antigens associated with autoimmune diseases, how they arise, and how they break immune tolerance.
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- Hester A Doyle
- Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520-8031, USA.
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Jemmerson R, Dubinsky JM, Brustovetsky N. Cytochrome C release from CNS mitochondria and potential for clinical intervention in apoptosis-mediated CNS diseases. Antioxid Redox Signal 2005; 7:1158-72. [PMID: 16115019 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2005.7.1158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Apoptosis is critical for normal development and tissue homeostasis. However, its abnormal occurrence has been implicated in a number of disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases and stroke. Translocation of cytochrome c (Cyt c) from mitochondria to the cytoplasm is a key step in the initiation and/or amplification of apoptosis. Here we discuss Cyt c release in apoptosis with its impact on the CNS and review our studies of Cyt c release from isolated rat brain mitochondria in response to several insults. Calcium-induced Cyt c release, as occurs in neurons during stroke and ischemia, involves rupture of the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) and can be blocked by inhibitors of the mitochondrial permeability transition (mPT). Thus, inhibitors of the mPT have shown efficacy in animal models of ischemia. In contrast, proapoptotic proteins, such as BID, BAX, and BAK, induce Cyt c release independently of the mPT without lysing the MOM. Several inhibitors of BAX-induced Cyt c release have shown promise in models of CNS apoptosis. Because of their distinct mechanisms for Cyt c release, both the mPT and proapoptotic proteins should be targeted for effective clinical intervention in CNS disorders involving apoptosis.
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- Ronald Jemmerson
- Department of Microbiology and Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Ohmori H, Oka M, Nishikawa Y, Shigemitsu H, Takeuchi M, Magari M, Kanayama N. Immunogenicity of autologous IgG bearing the inflammation-associated marker 3-nitrotyrosine. Immunol Lett 2005; 96:47-54. [PMID: 15585307 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2004.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2004] [Revised: 07/02/2004] [Accepted: 07/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To explore the link between inflammation and autoimmunity, we analyzed the immunogenicity of 3-nitrotyrosine (NT)-bearing self-proteins, an inflammation-associated marker that is formed by nitration of protein tyrosine residues with peroxynitrite generated during inflammation. An interesting feature of NT is its structural similarity to a synthetic hapten, 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetyl (NP), with which some anti-DNA antibodies (Abs) have been reported to show cross-reactivity. We confirmed that some of anti-DNA monoclonal Abs (mAbs) obtained from MRL/lpr mice also bound NT as well as NP. Based on these findings, we examined whether NT-bearing autologous IgG (NT-IgG) as a model of NT-self proteins is immunogenic to induce a DNA-cross-reactive anti-NT Ab response in autologous normal mice. Anti-NT IgM and IgG Ab responses were elicited after the third immunization with NT-IgG, concomitant with an increase in anti-single stranded (ss)DNA titer. Interestingly, a part of anti-NT mAbs thus induced showed cross-reactivity with ssDNA, some of which used VH sequences that were highly homologous to those reported in anti-DNA Abs from NZB/WF1 mice. Splenic T cells primed with NT-IgG, but not with unmodified IgG, showed a proliferative response to the inducing antigen. Collectively, NT-IgG is immunogenic in autologous hosts, and can induce anti-NT Abs that are cross-reactive with ssDNA.
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- Hitoshi Ohmori
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University, Tsushima-Naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
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Ohmori H, Kanayama N. Immunogenicity of an inflammation-associated product, tyrosine nitrated self-proteins. Autoimmun Rev 2005; 4:224-9. [PMID: 15893716 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2004.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2004] [Accepted: 11/22/2004] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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To understand the mechanism leading to autoantibody production, it is of importance to reveal how self-components that are otherwise inactive as antigens acquire immunogenicity. One possible mechanism is the generation of structurally modified self-proteins in apoptotic or inflamed tissues. The post-translational modification of proteins might give rise to the generation of new epitopes to which T and B lymphocytes are not rendered tolerant. Among the protein modifications, this review is focussed on the generation and the immunogenicity of self-proteins carrying 3-nitrotyrosine (NT), an inflammation-associated marker. NT-proteins are generated in vivo by nitration with peroxynitrite, which is formed from nitric oxide and superoxide that are released from activated inflammatory cells. Interestingly, many anti-DNA Abs from autoimmune mice have been shown cross-reactive with NT. Analysis of the immunogenicity of NT-carrying self-proteins has revealed that they elicit both humoral and cellular immune responses in mice. Thus, NT-containing epitopes created on self-proteins may serve as a trigger to impair or bypass immunological tolerance.
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- Hitoshi Ohmori
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Okayama University, Tsushima-Naka 3-1-1, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
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Yamada R. Peptidylarginine deiminase type 4, anticitrullinated peptide antibodies, and rheumatoid arthritis. Autoimmun Rev 2005; 4:201-6. [PMID: 15893712 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2004.11.002] [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: 08/15/2004] [Accepted: 11/10/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Anticitrullinated peptide antibodies seem to be one of the most clinically reliable serologic markers for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A genetic approach revealed that one of the citrullinating enzymes has a RA-susceptible variant. Peptidyl citrullination alters the chemical character of peptides and, subsequently, their antigenicity as well. This change in antigenicity of self-peptides seems to invoke citrulline-related autoimmunity. Although the precise physiologic role of citrullination is still unknown, accumulating data indicate that citrullination has a definite role in biologic phenomena, along with other posttranslational protein modifications, such as methylation and phosphorylation. In RA synovial tissue, two of five PADI isotypes are known to be expressed, and their expression is regulated at multiple steps: transcription, translation, intracellular localization, and activation/inactivation of PADI proteins. Further investigations on citrulline and PADIs from various aspects will provide a more profound understanding of RA-related autoimmunity.
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- Ryo Yamada
- Laboratory for Rheumatic Diseases, SNP Research Center, The Physical and Chemical Research Institute (RIKEN), 1-7-22 Suehirocho, Tsurumiku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.
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Yamamoto K, Yamada R. Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism analyses of rheumatoid arthritis. J Autoimmun 2005; 25 Suppl:12-5. [PMID: 16271291 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2005.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2005] [Revised: 05/03/2005] [Accepted: 09/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Because of the limitations of candidate gene studies and linkage analyses for common diseases, genome-wide association studies are now recognized as a powerful approach to mapping responsible genes with modest effects on various diseases. We performed whole genome case-control linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated genes in Japanese subjects using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) mainly discovered in gene-containing regions. We identified RA-associated polymorphisms in two genes/loci, PADI4 and SLC22A4/A5 cluster. PADI4 catalyzes the conversion of arginine residues to citrulline in proteins. Recent reports on the high specificity of autoantibodies against citrullinated proteins to RA and the results of our study suggest that citrullination by PADI4 is a fundamental phenomenon of RA. On the other hand, the functions of SLC22A4/A5 have not been studied in detail, but SLC22A4/A5 have been reported to have multiple polymorphisms associated with several autoimmune diseases. Thus, large-scale LD mapping appears to be effective for identifying RA-associated polymorphisms.
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- Kazuhiko Yamamoto
- Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Rodolfo C, Mormone E, Matarrese P, Ciccosanti F, Farrace MG, Garofano E, Piredda L, Fimia GM, Malorni W, Piacentini M. Tissue transglutaminase is a multifunctional BH3-only protein. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:54783-92. [PMID: 15485857 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m410938200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Tissue transglutaminase (TG2) protein accumulates to high levels in cells during early stages of apoptosis both in vivo and in vitro. The analysis of the TG2 primary sequence showed the presence of an eight amino acid domain, sharing 70% identity with the Bcl-2 family BH3 domain. Cell-permeable peptides, mimicking the domain sequence, were able to induce Bax conformational change and translocation to mitochondria, mitochondrial depolarization, release of cytochrome c, and cell death. Moreover, we found that the TG2-BH3 peptides as well as TG2 itself were able to interact with the pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member Bax, but not with anti-apoptotic members Bcl-2 and Bcl-X(L). Mutants in the TG2-BH3 domain failed to sensitize cells toward apoptosis. In TG2-overexpressing cells about half of the protein is localized on the outer mitochondrial membrane where, upon cell death induction, it cross-links many protein substrates including Bax. TG2 is the first member of a new subgroup of multifunctional BH3-only proteins showing a large mass size (80 kDa) and enzymatic activity.
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- Carlo Rodolfo
- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Kaplan MJ. Apoptosis in systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Immunol 2004; 112:210-8. [PMID: 15308111 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2004.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2004] [Accepted: 04/25/2004] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Mariana J Kaplan
- University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Margutti P, Delunardo F, Sorice M, Valesini G, Alessandri C, Capoano R, Profumo E, Siracusano A, Salvati B, Riganò R, Ortona E. Screening of a HUAEC cDNA library identifies actin as a candidate autoantigen associated with carotid atherosclerosis. Clin Exp Immunol 2004; 137:209-15. [PMID: 15196264 PMCID: PMC1809071 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02491.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The humoral immune response to endothelium has a pivotal role in the development of atherosclerosis. Using a molecular method, we sought to identify endothelial autoantigens in carotid atherosclerosis. Immunoscreening of a HUAEC expression library with IgG from a pool of two sera from patients with carotid atherosclerosis identified a clone specific to actin. We evaluated actin-specific IgG reactivity in patients with carotid atherosclerosis and compared responses with those in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and type 1 diabetes mellitus and in healthy subjects. Enzyme-linked immunoassay detected actin-specific IgG in a significantly higher percentage of sera from patients with atherosclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus than from healthy subjects (16/61, 26% and 13/33, 39%versus 2/41, 5%, P = 0.012 and P < 10(-4), by chi2 test). Mean optical density values were significantly higher in patients than in healthy subjects (P < 10(-4) by Student's t-test). Patients with atherosclerosis and uncomplicated plaques had significantly higher serum anti-actin IgG reactivity than those with complicated plaques (P = 0.048 by Student's t-test). Our findings suggest that actin is an autoantigenic molecule of potential clinical interest in carotid atherosclerosis.
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- P Margutti
- Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie e Immunomediate, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Chen JSK, Konopleva M, Andreeff M, Multani AS, Pathak S, Mehta K. Drug-resistant breast carcinoma (MCF-7) cells are paradoxically sensitive to apoptosis. J Cell Physiol 2004; 200:223-34. [PMID: 15174092 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether expression of tissue transglutaminase (TG2) and caspase-3 proteins in drug-resistant breast carcinoma MCF-7/DOX cells would render these cells selectively susceptible to apoptotic stimuli. Despite high resistance to multidrug resistance (MDR)-related drug, doxorubicin (> or =150-fold), the MCF-7/DOX cells were extremely sensitive to apoptotic stimuli. Thus, calcium ionophore, A23187 (A23187) and the protein kinase C inhibitor staurosporine (STS) each induced rapid and time-dependent apoptosis in MCF-7/DOX cells. The apoptosis induced by either agent was accompanied by caspase-3 activation and other downstream changes that are typical of cells undergoing apoptosis. The alterations upstream of caspase-3 activation, however, such as loss in mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsi), release of cytochrome c, and activation of caspase-8, and caspase-9, were detected only in STS-treated cells. The A12387 failed to induce any of the caspase-3 upstream changes, implying that A23187-induced apoptosis may utilize one or more novel upstream pathways leading to the activation of caspase 3. In summary, these data demonstrate that MCF-7/DOX cells are much more sensitive to apoptotic stimuli than previously thought and that A23187-induced apoptosis may involve some novel, yet unidentified, upstream pathway that leads to the activation of caspase-3 and other downstream events.
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- Jack S K Chen
- Department of Bioimmunotherapy, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Hall JC, Casciola-Rosen L, Rosen A. Altered structure of autoantigens during apoptosis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 2004; 30:455-71, vii. [PMID: 15261336 DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2004.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The clustering and concentration of autoantigens at the surface of apoptotic cells, in combination with the striking tolerance-inducing function of apoptotic cells, have focused attention on abnormalities in apoptotic cell execution and clearance as potential susceptibility and initiating factors in systemic autoimmunity. Structural changes that occur during cell death may influence the immunogenicity of self antigens. This article discusses the modifications that autoantigens undergo during cell death, identifies certain proimmune forms of apoptotic death in which autoantigen structure is frequently modified, and reviews the mechanisms through which such structural changes might lead to initiation of an autoimmune response.
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- John C Hall
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Mason F. Lord Building, Center Tower, Suite 5300, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Vossenaar ER, Després N, Lapointe E, van der Heijden A, Lora M, Senshu T, van Venrooij WJ, Ménard HA. Rheumatoid arthritis specific anti-Sa antibodies target citrullinated vimentin. Arthritis Res Ther 2004; 6:R142-50. [PMID: 15059278 PMCID: PMC400433 DOI: 10.1186/ar1149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 326] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2003] [Revised: 01/16/2004] [Accepted: 01/19/2004] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Antibodies directed to the Sa antigen are highly specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and can be detected in approximately 40% of RA sera. The antigen, a doublet of protein bands of about 50 kDa, is present in placenta and in RA synovial tissue. Although it has been stated that the Sa antigen is citrullinated vimentin, experimental proof for this claim has never been published. In this study, we investigated the precise nature of the antigen. Peptide sequences that were obtained from highly purified Sa antigen were unique to vimentin. Recombinant vimentin, however, was not recognized by anti-Sa reference sera. In vivo, vimentin is subjected to various post-translational modifications, including citrullination. Since antibodies to citrullinated proteins are known to be highly specific for RA, we investigated whether Sa is citrullinated and found that Sa indeed is citrullinated vimentin. Anti-Sa antibodies thus belong to the family of anticitrullinated protein/peptide antibodies. The presence of the Sa antigen in RA synovial tissue, and the recent observation that vimentin is citrullinated in dying human macrophages, make citrullinated vimentin an interesting candidate autoantigen in RA and may provide new insights into the potential role of citrullinated synovial antigens and the antibodies directed to them in the pathophysiology of RA.
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- Erik R Vossenaar
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Freitag T, Schulze-Koops H, Niedobitek G, Melino G, Schuppan D. The role of the immune response against tissue transglutaminase in the pathogenesis of coeliac disease. Autoimmun Rev 2004; 3:13-20. [PMID: 15003183 DOI: 10.1016/s1568-9972(03)00054-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2003] [Accepted: 04/07/2003] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The development of autoimmunity to tissue transglutaminase (TGase 2) is a striking feature of coeliac disease, an enteropathy that develops in genetically susceptible individuals upon exposure to dietary gluten. IgA anti-TGase 2 autoantibodies are present in at least 98% of coeliac patients on a gluten-containing diet and provide a valuable tool for the diagnosis of the disorder. During disease development, the formation of TGase 2-gliadin complexes through TGase 2 activity appears to be central for B-cell epitope spreading from gliadin to TGase 2. However, the potential role of an immune response against TGase 2 in the pathogenesis of coeliac disease and for the development of the intestinal lesion remains unclear. Recently, an inhibitory effect of anti-TGase 2 autoantibodies from coeliac patients on TGase 2 activity in vitro has been described. Here, we report that a cellular and humoral response against TGase 2 can be induced in TGase 2 (-/-) and wildtype mice on a C57BL/6 background by s.c. immunization with human recombinant or guinea pig TGase 2 in complete Freund's adjuvant. Immunized wildtype, but not TGase 2 (-/-) mice develop periductal lymphocytic infiltrates in lacrimal glands. Although no intestinal lesions were found, this observation lends support to the concept that the development of autoimmunity against TGase 2 is a pathological event that might ultimately lead to organ damage.
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- Tobias Freitag
- Medical Department I, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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Bizzaro N, Villalta D, Tonutti E, Doria A, Tampoia M, Bassetti D, Tozzoli R. IgA and IgG tissue transglutaminase antibody prevalence and clinical significance in connective tissue diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, and primary biliary cirrhosis. Dig Dis Sci 2003. [PMID: 14714625 DOI: 10.1023/b: ddas.0000007875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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An association between celiac disease (CD) and other autoimmune diseases such as connective tissue diseases (CTD), inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) has been reported in several studies. However, a high rate of false positives in autoantibody testing was noted, especially when tissue transglutaminase (tTG) from guinea pig liver was used. Thus, the real prevalence of CD in CTD, IBD, and PBC is unclear. In a case-control study, 400 patients with CTD, 170 with IBD, 48 with PBC, and 120 healthy subjects were investigated for CD by the analysis of IgA and IgG tTG antibodies using the more specific human recombinant tTG immunoenzymatic assay. Patients and controls with positive findings were further tested for antiendomysial antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence and HLA typing, and those found positive by either of these tests underwent duodenal biopsy to confirm a possible diagnosis of CD. Twelve patients were positive for IgA or IgG tTG antibodies, showing an overall prevalence of 1.9%. Only 1 healthy subject (0.8%) had a low level positive reaction for IgA anti-tTG. Among the 12 patients and the healthy subject, only 2 (1 SLE and 1 ulcerative colitis patient) were subsequently confirmed to be affected with CD by positive EMA, HLA, and small bowel biopsy findings. The highest rate of false positives was found in PBC patients (10.4%). For these reasons, serological screening testing for CD is not recommended in CTD patients or in subjects affected with IBD or PBC, unless there is a relevant clinical suspicion of CD.
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- N Bizzaro
- Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Ospedale Civile, 30027 S.Dona di Piave (VE), Italy.
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Dieterich W, Esslinger B, Schuppan D. Pathomechanisms in Celiac Disease. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2003; 132:98-108. [PMID: 14600421 DOI: 10.1159/000073710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Celiac disease is a complex autoimmune disease which is characterized by a strong genetic association (HLA-DQ2 or -DQ8), gluten as nutritional etiological factor, and the enzyme tissue transglutaminase as endomysial autoantigen. Patients develop highly predictive IgA autoantibodies to tTG. Certain gluten peptides are presented by the disease-associated HLA-DQ2/DQ8 molecules leading to stimulation of gluten-specific T cells. This immune response which is driven in the lamina propria causes the mucosal transformation characteristic for celiac disease. Increased intestinal expression of tTG in patients with CD appears to play an important role in the pathogenesis of CD. Thus, modification of gluten peptides by tTG, especially deamidation of certain glutamine residues, can enhance their binding to HLA-DQ2 or -DQ8 and potentiate T cell stimulation. Furthermore, tTG-catalyzed cross-linking and consequent haptenization of gluten with extracellular matrix proteins allows for storage and extended availability of gluten in the mucosa. New therapeutic approaches aim at proteolytic destruction of immunodominant gliadin peptides that are resistant to intestinal enzymes by bacterial prolyl endopeptidases, the inhibition of tTG activity with highly specific enzyme inhibitors or at HLA-DQ2/DQ8 blocking peptide analogues.
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- Walburga Dieterich
- Medical Department I, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Yamada R, Suzuki A, Chang X, Yamamoto K. Peptidylarginine deiminase type 4: identification of a rheumatoid arthritis-susceptible gene. Trends Mol Med 2003; 9:503-8. [PMID: 14604829 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2003.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Recent studies using linkage disequilibrium and SNPs uncovered a rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-susceptible haplotype in the gene encoding peptidylarginine deiminase (PADI) type 4. This gene is one of four known PADI genes that encode enzymes to change arginine into citrulline in proteins. Post-translational modifications of proteins, including peptidyl citrullination, are related to autoimmunity, and peptidyl citrulline is a known target of one of the most RA-specific autoantibodies. Further research on PADI4, its citrullination of native peptides, subsequent breakdown of tolerance, and the role of these peptides in the development of RA, is expected to bring a better understanding of autoimmunity and arthritis, and advancements in the medical care of RA.
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- Ryo Yamada
- Laboratory for Rheumatic Diseases, SNP Research Center, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan.
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Esposito C, Paparo F, Caputo I, Porta R, Salvati VM, Mazzarella G, Auricchio S, Troncone R. Expression and enzymatic activity of small intestinal tissue transglutaminase in celiac disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2003; 98:1813-20. [PMID: 12907337 DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07582.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The molecular and functional properties of small intestinal tissue transglutaminase are largely unknown despite growing interest because of its role in celiac disease (CD). In this study, we aimed to evaluate tissue transglutaminase expression and enzymatic activity in bioptic fragments obtained from the duodenum of untreated individuals with CD and from control subjects. METHODS Analysis of tissue transglutaminase mRNA expression was performed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The presence of the enzyme in bioptic fragments as well as in homogenates from CD patients and controls was revealed by immunohistochemistry and Western blot, respectively, using the antitissue transglutaminase CUB 7402 clone. To evaluate in situ transglutaminase activity, sections of bioptic fragments were incubated in the presence of 5 mmol/L CaCl(2) with 5-(biotinamido)pentylamine or, alternatively, with a biotinylated glutamine-containing hexapeptide (TVQQEL) and the biotinylated 31-43 A-gliadin-derived peptide. RESULTS Tissue transglutaminase mRNA levels were 1.0-fold higher (p < 0.05) in CD patients than in controls. Immunohistochemistry and in situ demonstration of enzymatic activity in celiac mucosa clearly showed an increased expression of active tissue transglutaminase in the extracellular matrix of the subepithelial region and in the enterocytes. Staining of the biotinylated 31-43 A-gliadin peptide in the same area of tissue transglutaminase suggested the presence of lysine-donor substrates in intestinal mucosa. CONCLUSIONS Tissue transglutaminase is more expressed and active in defined areas of the small intestinal mucosa from patients with CD. The presence in the celiac mucosa of proteins able to act as amine-donor substrates suggests that tissue transglutaminase-mediated post-translational modification of proteins cross-linked with gliadin peptides may represent a pathogenic mechanism of CD.
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- Carla Esposito
- Department of Chemistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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The formation of autoantibodies against chromatin is the main feature of systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), an autoimmune disease, which is T-cell dependent and autoantigen-driven. Historically, antibodies against dsDNA, one of the components of chromatin, are considered as a hallmark of SLE. However, dsDNA is poorly immunogenic. Nucleosome-specific T helper cells have been identified. These T cells propagate not only nucleosome-specific antibodies, but also anti-dsDNA antibodies. Nucleosomes are formed during apoptosis by cleavage of chromatin, and evidence of disturbed apoptosis has been found especially in certain murine models of lupus. In addition to an increased rate of apoptosis, autoimmunity against chromatin might also result from an impaired phagocytosis of apoptotic material, for which strong evidence has been provided by studies in certain knock-out mice (C1q, SAP, Dnase I). The induction of an immune response to nucleosomes could be enhanced by modifications of histones or DNA during apoptosis, altered presentation by antigen presenting cells or a viral infection. The release of nucleosomes and the formation of anti-chromatin autoantibodies result in formation of complexes, which bind to the glomerular basement membrane via heparan sulfate. This deposition incites glomerulonephritis, the most serious manifestation of SLE.
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- J W C Dieker
- Nephrology Research Laboratory, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, and Division of Nephrology University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Schuppan D, Dieterich W. A molecular warhead and its target: tissue transglutaminase and Celiac Sprue. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 2003; 10:199-201. [PMID: 12670530 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(03)00055-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The substitution of a glutamine residue with 6-diazo-5-oxo-norleucine (DON) transforms an immunodominant gluten peptide into a potent inhibitor of tissue transglutaminase. DON-modified peptides could be useful for the study and therapy of celiac sprue.
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- Detlef Schuppan
- First Department of Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Esposito C, Marra M, Giuberti G, D'Alessandro AM, Porta R, Cozzolino A, Caraglia M, Abbruzzese A. Ubiquitination of tissue transglutaminase is modulated by interferon alpha in human lung cancer cells. Biochem J 2003; 370:205-12. [PMID: 12401132 PMCID: PMC1223138 DOI: 10.1042/bj20021390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2002] [Revised: 10/22/2002] [Accepted: 10/25/2002] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The addition of 2500 i.u./ml interferon alpha (IFNalpha) for 48 h induced apoptosis, and caused an approx. 4-fold increase in the activity and expression of tissue transglutaminase (tTG), in human lung cancer H1355 cells. However, the increase in mRNA levels for tTG was just 1.6-fold. On the basis of these data, we investigated whether tTG levels may be regulated through regulation of its degradation via ubiquitination. It was found that 2500 i.u./ml IFNalpha induced a time-dependent decrease in tTG ubiquitination. On the other hand, addition of the proteasome inhibitor lactacystin led to accumulation of the ubiquitinated form of the enzyme and to a consequent increase in its expression. Treatment of the cells with the two agents combined antagonized the accumulation of the ubiquitinated isoforms of tTG induced by lactacystin and caused a potentiation of tTG expression. Moreover, the tTG inducer retinoic acid was also able to cause increased expression and ubiquitination of tTG in H1355 cells. The addition of monodansylcadaverine (a tTG inhibitor) to IFNalpha-treated H1355 cells completely antagonized growth inhibition and apoptosis induced by the cytokine. In conclusion, we demonstrate for the first time that tTG is ubiquitinated and degraded by a proteasome-dependent pathway. Moreover, IFNalpha can, at least in part, induce apoptosis through the modulation of this pathway.
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- Carla Esposito
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Salerno, Via S. Allende 1-84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy
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Sblattero D, Florian F, Azzoni E, Zyla T, Park M, Baldas V, Not T, Ventura A, Bradbury A, Marzari R. The analysis of the fine specificity of celiac disease antibodies using tissue transglutaminase fragments. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:5175-81. [PMID: 12392549 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03215.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Celiac disease is an intestinal malabsorption characterized by an intolerance to cereal proteins accompanied by immunological responses to dietary gliadins and an autoantigen located in the endomysium. The latter has been identified as the enzyme tissue transglutaminase which belongs to a family of enzymes that catalyze protein cross-linking reactions and is constitutively expressed in many tissues as well as being activated during apoptosis. In a recent paper, we described the selection and characterization of anti-transglutaminase Igs from phage antibody libraries created from intestinal lymphocytes from celiac disease patients. In this work, using transglutaminase gene fragments, we identify a region of tissue transglutaminase recognized by these antibodies as being conformational and located in the core domain of the enzyme. This is identical to the region recognized by anti-transglutaminase Igs found in the serum of celiac disease patients.
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Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) is an inducible transamidating acyltransferase that catalyzes Ca(2+)-dependent protein modifications. It acts as a G protein in transmembrane signalling and as a cell surface adhesion mediator, this distinguishes it from other members of the transglutaminase family. The sequence motifs and domains revealed in the recent TG2 structure, can each be assigned distinct cellular functions, including the regulation of cytoskeleton, cell adhesion and cell death. Ablation of TG2 in mice results in impaired wound healing, autoimmunity and diabetes, reflecting the number and variety of TG2 functions. An important role for the enzyme in the pathogenesis of coeliac disease, fibrosis and neurodegenerative disorders has also been demonstrated, making TG2 an important therapeutic target.
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- Laszlo Fesus
- Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, H-4012, Debrecen, Hungary.
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- Detlef Schuppan
- First Department of Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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Mastroberardino PG, Iannicola C, Nardacci R, Bernassola F, De Laurenzi V, Melino G, Moreno S, Pavone F, Oliverio S, Fesus L, Piacentini M. 'Tissue' transglutaminase ablation reduces neuronal death and prolongs survival in a mouse model of Huntington's disease. Cell Death Differ 2002; 9:873-80. [PMID: 12181738 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2002] [Revised: 06/04/2002] [Accepted: 06/07/2002] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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By crossing Huntington's disease (HD) R6/1 transgenic mice with 'tissue' transglutaminase (TG2) knock-out mice, we have demonstrated that this multifunctional enzyme plays an important role in the neuronal death characterising this disorder in vivo. In fact, a large reduction in cell death is observed in R6/1, TG2(-/-) compared with R6/1 transgenic mice. In addition, we have shown that the formation of neuronal intranuclear inclusions (NII) is potentiated in absence of the 'tissue' transglutaminase. These phenomena are paralleled by a significant improvement both in motor performances and survival of R6/1, TG2(-/-) versus R6/1 mice. Taken together these findings suggest an important role for tissue transglutaminase in the regulation of neuronal cell death occurring in Huntington's disease.
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Celiac disease is a permanent intolerance to dietary gluten. Its well known features are abdominal symptoms, malabsorption of nutrients, and small-bowel mucosal inflammation with villous atrophy, which recover on a gluten-free diet. Diagnosis is challenging in that patients often suffer from subtle, if any, symptoms. The risk of clinically silent celiac disease is increased in various autoimmune conditions. The endocrinologist, especially, should maintain high suspicion and alertness to celiac disease, which is to be found in 2-5% of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or autoimmune thyroid disease. Patients with multiple endocrine disorders, Addison's disease, alopecia, or hypophysitis may also have concomitant celiac disease. Similar heredity and proneness to autoimmune conditions are considered to be explanations for these associations. A gluten-free diet is essential to prevent celiac complications such as anemia, osteoporosis, and infertility. The diet may also be beneficial in the treatment of the underlying endocrinological disease; prolonged gluten exposure may even contribute to the development of autoimmune diseases. The diagnosis of celiac disease requires endoscopic biopsy, but serological screening with antiendomysial and antitissue transglutaminase antibody assays is an easy method for preliminary case finding. Celiac disease will be increasingly detected provided the close association with autoimmune endocrinological diseases is recognized.
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- Pekka Collin
- Department of Medicine, Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere, 33014 Tampere, Finland.
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Villalta D, Bizzaro N, Tonutti E, Tozzoli R. IgG Anti-Transglutaminase Autoantibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjögren Syndrome. Clin Chem 2002. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/48.7.1133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Danilo Villalta
- Servizio di Immunologia e Microbiologia, Azienda Ospedaliera, S. Maria degli Angeli, 33170 Pordenone, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Ospedale Civile, 30027 S. Donà di Piave (VE), Italy
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- Istituto di Chimica Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliera, S. Maria della Misericordia, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina di Laboratorio, Ospedale Civile, 33053 Latisana (UD), Italy
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Piacentini M, Farrace MG, Piredda L, Matarrese P, Ciccosanti F, Falasca L, Rodolfo C, Giammarioli AM, Verderio E, Griffin M, Malorni W. Transglutaminase overexpression sensitizes neuronal cell lines to apoptosis by increasing mitochondrial membrane potential and cellular oxidative stress. J Neurochem 2002; 81:1061-72. [PMID: 12065619 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.00898.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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'Tissue' transglutaminase (tTG) selectively accumulates in cells undergoing apoptosis both in vivo and in vitro. Considering the central role played by mitochondria in apoptosis, we investigated the relationships existing amongst tTG expression, apoptosis and mitochondrial function. To this aim we studied the mechanisms of apoptosis in a neuronal cell line (SK-N-BE (2)) in which the tTG-expression was driven by a constitutive promoter. Furthermore, a tet-off inducible promoter was also used in 3T3 fibroblastic cells used as control. Both cell lines, when expressing tTG, appeared 'sensitized' to apoptosis. Strikingly, we found major differences in the morphological features of mitochondria among cell lines in the absence of apoptotic stimuli. In addition, these ultrastructural characteristics were associated with specific functional features: (i) constitutively hyperpolarized mitochondria and (ii) increased reactive oxygen intermediates production. Importantly, after mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis by staurosporine, a rapid loss of mitochondrial membrane potential was found in tTG cells only. Taken together, these results seem to suggest that, via hyperpolarization, tTG might act as a 'sensitizer' towards apoptotic stimuli specifically targeted to mitochondria. These results could also be of pathogenetic relevance for those diseases that are characterized by increased tTG and apoptotic rate together with impaired mitochondrial function, e.g. in some neurodegenerative disease.
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- Mauro Piacentini
- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome, Italy
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Doyle HA, Mamula MJ. Posttranslational protein modifications: new flavors in the menu of autoantigens. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2002; 14:244-9. [PMID: 11981321 DOI: 10.1097/00002281-200205000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Perhaps one of the most elusive areas of study in autoimmunity has been identifying the self-antigens that initially trigger the development of autoimmune responses. Recent work in this area has demonstrated that a number of biochemical modifications that arise in proteins after their translation induce autoimmune responses to otherwise ignored self-proteins. This article will describe those autoimmune diseases in which posttranslational modifications may play a role in initiation of disease, as well as identify how these modifications arise and contribute to the breakdown of immune tolerance. Lastly, we will address how posttranslational modifications in self-antigens affect current diagnostic techniques and the development of immunotherapies for autoimmune diseases.
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- Hester A Doyle
- Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Jemmerson R, LaPlante B, Treeful A. Release of intact, monomeric cytochrome c from apoptotic and necrotic cells. Cell Death Differ 2002; 9:538-48. [PMID: 11973612 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2001] [Revised: 08/06/2001] [Accepted: 11/08/2001] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Cytochrome c (Cyt c) has been shown to translocate from mitochondria to the cytoplasm of cells early in apoptosis. In this study sandwich ELISAs for Cyt c were used to determine if Cyt c is ultimately released from apoptotic and necrotic cells. Gel-filtration and cation-exchange chromatographies, in conjunction with immunoreactivity in ELISA, and Western blotting were employed to examine the integrity of the released Cyt c. The results show that Cyt c is released from both apoptotic and necrotic cells in an intact, monomeric form. The release of Cyt c from apoptotic splenocytes began within 2 h following apoptotic insult, while Cyt c was immediately released following induction of necrosis by heat shock. These findings may be relevant to understanding how Cyt c becomes a target for antibody production in some patients with systemic autoimmune diseases.
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- R Jemmerson
- Department of Microbiology and Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Chen JSK, Agarwal N, Mehta K. Multidrug-resistant MCF-7 breast cancer cells contain deficient intracellular calcium pools. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2002; 71:237-47. [PMID: 12002342 DOI: 10.1023/a:1014461832403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Emergence of resistance to antineoplastic drugs poses a major impediment to the successful treatment of breast cancer. We previously reported that human breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells selected for resistance against doxorubicin (MCF-7/DOX cells) expressed high levels of tissue-type transglutaminase (tTGase), a calcium-dependent protein cross-linking enzyme that plays a role in apoptosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the mechanisms by which MCF-7/DOX cells survive and proliferate despite high levels of tTGase expression. Our results demonstrate that the MCF-7/DOX cells contain deficient intracellular calcium pools, which may explain their ability to survive and tolerate the high levels of tTGase expression. Treatment with thapsigargin failed to induce any significant killing of MCF-7/DOX cells. Similar treatment of the drug-sensitive MCF-7 wild-type (MCF-7/WT) cells, however, induced significant apoptosis. Treatment with the ionophore A23187, on the other hand, killed a large percentage of both the MCF-7/DOX and the MCF-7/WT cells. We also established a revertant cell line, MCF-7/RT, from MCF-7/DOX cells to rule out the involvement of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in these phenomena. Unlike the MCF-7/DOX cells, the MCF-7/RT cells showed no detectable P-gp expression; the MCF-7/RT cells, however, continued to express high levels of tTGase. Moreover, like MCF-7/DOX cells, the MCF-7/RT cells were highly resistant to thapsigargin-induced apoptosis but were sensitive to the ionophore A23187-induced apoptosis. These results suggest that the resistance of MCF7/DOX cells to thapsigargin is linked to their defective intracellular Ca2+ stores, a notion that was directly confirmed by single-cell spectrofluorometric analysis.
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- Jack S K Chen
- Department of Bioimmunotherapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA
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- D Schuppan
- First Department of Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany.
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Cerf-Bensussan N, Jabri B. La maladie cœliaque : une maladie auto-immune induite par un antigène alimentaire. Med Sci (Paris) 2001. [DOI: 10.1051/medsci/200117111129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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It is estimated that 50-90% of the proteins in the human body are post-translationally modified. In the proper context, these modifications are necessary for the biological functions of a vast array of proteins and the effector functions of the cells in which they reside. However, it is now clear that some post-translational modifications can create new self antigens (Ags) or even mask Ags normally recognized by the immune system. In either case, they profoundly affect the recognition of Ag by bone marrow-derived cells, as well as their effector functions. How do post-translational protein modifications affect the processing of foreign and self Ags and what is their role in the origin of autoimmune responses?
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- H A Doyle
- Yale University School of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, 333 Cedar Street, LCI 609, PO Box 208031, New Haven, CT 06520-8031, USA
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Lecoeur H, Prévost MC, Gougeon ML. Oncosis is associated with exposure of phosphatidylserine residues on the outside layer of the plasma membrane: a reconsideration of the specificity of the annexin V/propidium iodide assay. CYTOMETRY 2001; 44:65-72. [PMID: 11309810 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0320(20010501)44:1<65::aid-cyto1083>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Following a lethal injury, two modes of cell death can be distinguished, apoptosis and primary necrosis. Cells pass through a prelethal stage characterized by a preservation of membrane integrity, in which they shrink (apoptosis) or swell (oncosis, the early phase of primary necrosis). During apoptosis, a loss of phospholipid asymmetry leads to exposure of phosphatidylserine (PS) residues on the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane. We examined whether the external PS exposure, initially supposed to be specific for apoptosis, was also observed in oncotic cells. METHODS Human peripheral lymphocytes, Jurkat T cells, U937 cells, or HeLa cells were submitted to either apoptotic or oncotic stimuli. PS external exposure was assessed after binding of FITC-conjugated annexin V as was the loss of membrane integrity after propidium iodide (PI) uptake. Morphological examination was performed by optical or electron microscopy. RESULTS Similarly to apoptotic cells, oncotic cells expose external PS residues while preserving membrane integrity. Consequently, oncotic cells exhibit the annexin V+ PI- phenotype, previously considered to be specific for apoptotic cells. CONCLUSIONS This study concludes that the annexin V/PI assay does not discriminate between apoptosis and oncosis and that it can be a useful tool to study oncosis by flow cytometry.
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- H Lecoeur
- Unité d'Oncologie Virale, Département SIDA et Rétrovirus, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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