Autor: |
D A, Jabs, B, Lee, J, Whittum-Hudson, R A, Prendergast |
Rok vydání: |
2001 |
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Zdroj: |
Investigative ophthalmologyvisual science. 42(2) |
ISSN: |
0146-0404 |
Popis: |
MRL/MpJ mice spontaneously develop lacrimal gland inflammation and are a model for the human disorder Sjögren's syndrome. MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) and MRL/Mp-+/+ (MRL/+) mice are congenic substrains, which differ only by a single autosomal recessive gene, the lpr mutation. This mutation results in defective Fas protein, defective lymphocytic apoptosis, and accelerated autoimmune lacrimal gland disease in MRL/lpr mice. We evaluated apoptosis in the lacrimal glands of MRL/lpr and MRL/+ mice.Inflammatory cells in the lacrimal glands of MRL/lpr and MRL/+ mice were evaluated for apoptosis with TUNEL staining and Fas and Fas ligand expression with immunohistochemistry.MRL/lpr mice had a greater percentage of the lacrimal gland replaced by inflammatory infiltrate (30.3% +/- 7.0%) than did MRL/+ mice (13.0% +/- 3.0%, P = 0.02). However, similar amounts of lymphocytic apoptosis were present in the lacrimal glands of MRL/lpr and MRL/+ mice. The mean number of apoptotic cells per unit area of inflammation was 23.8 +/- 2.4 in MRL/lpr mice and 24.6 +/- 6.0 in MRL/+ mice (P = 0.91). Fas expression was absent on lymphocytes in MRL/lpr mice but was present on lymphocytes in MRL/+ mice. Fas ligand expression was present on epithelial structures in both substrains.The accelerated lacrimal gland disease inflammation in MRL/lpr mice does not appear to be due to decreased apoptosis in the microenvironment of the lacrimal gland of MRL/lpr mice. It appears that in MRL/lpr mice there is defective extrathymic lymphoid apoptosis, permitting a relatively greater expansion of autoreactive T cells, which subsequently invade the lacrimal gland. |
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