Role of perforin in controlling B-cell hyperactivity and humoral autoimmunity
| Autor: | Phuong Nguyen, John C. Papadimitriou, Andrei Shustov, Irina G. Luzina, Barry S. Handwerger, Charles S. Via, Keith B. Elkon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins
Rapid Publication T-Lymphocytes medicine.medical_treatment Graft vs Host Disease Autoimmunity chemical and pharmacologic phenomena medicine.disease_cause Mice medicine Animals Humans Cytotoxic T cell B cell B-Lymphocytes Hemostasis Membrane Glycoproteins biology Perforin Models Immunological Autoantibody General Medicine Disease Models Animal CTL medicine.anatomical_structure Cytokine Immunology biology.protein CD8 Signal Transduction |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Investigation. 106:R39-R47 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9738 |
| DOI: | 10.1172/jci8876 |
| Popis: | To determine the role of perforin-mediated cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) effector function in immune regulation, we studied a well-characterized mouse model of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Induction of acute GVHD using perforin-deficient donor T cells (pfp→F1) initially resulted in features of acute GVHD, e.g., engraftment of both donor CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, upregulation of Fas and FasL, production of antihost CTL, and secretion of both Th1 and Th2 cytokines. Despite fully functional FasL activity, pfp donor cells failed to totally eliminate host B cells, and, by 4 weeks of disease, cytokine production in pfp→F1 mice had polarized to a Th2 response. Pfp→F1 mice eventually developed features of chronic GVHD, such as increased numbers of B cells, persistence of donor CD4 T cells, autoantibody production, and lupuslike renal disease. We conclude that in the setting of B- and T-cell activation, perforin plays an important immunoregulatory role in the prevention of humoral autoimmunity through the elimination of both autoreactive B cells and ag-specific T cells. Moreover, an ineffective initial CTL response can evolve into a persistent antibody-mediated response and, with it, the potential for sustained humoral autoimmunity. This article may have been published online in advance of the print edition. The date of publication is available from the JCI website, http://www.jci.org. J. Clin. Invest. 106:R39–R47 (2000). |
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