An uneven expression of T cell receptor V genes in the arterial wall and peripheral blood in giant cell arteritis
| Autor: | C. Schaufelberger, Claes Nordborg, Göran K. Hansson, Rune Andersson, E Nordborg, J. Wahlström |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty CD3 Complex CD3 T cell Receptors Antigen T-Cell alpha-beta Immunology Giant Cell Arteritis CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes Immunophenotyping Antigen medicine Immunology and Allergy Humans Aged biology T-cell receptor Middle Aged medicine.disease Flow Cytometry Immunohistochemistry Temporal Arteries Giant cell arteritis medicine.anatomical_structure Gene Expression Regulation biology.protein Female CD8 |
| Zdroj: | Inflammation. 31(6) |
| ISSN: | 0360-3997 |
| Popis: | The aim of the study was to investigate T cell receptor (TCR) usage at the time of diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and to estimate the degree of clonality of T-cells infiltrating the lesion. Seven patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis were included in the study. Immunocytochemistry in biopsies from the temporal arteries and flow cytometric analysis of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) was performed using monoclonal antibodies specific for CD3, CD4 and CD8 and 13 TCR Valpha and Vbeta gene segment products. The CDR3 fragment length polymorphism was assessed by gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified TCR segments. The T lymphocytes were found to be concentrated to the adventitia rather than the media or intima. Six of the seven patients with GCA had expansions of T lymphocytes, expressing selected TCR V genes in the arterial wall. None of these expansions was found in PBL. The infiltrating T-cells were poly- or oligoclonal. In conclusion, the dominating part of the inflammatory infiltrate in GCA emanates from the adventitial microvessels. There is an uneven expression of TCR V genes by T lymphocytes in the inflammatory infiltrates as compared to peripheral blood T lymphocytes at the time of diagnosis, consistent with an antigen-driven immunological reaction in the arterial wall. |
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