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Gilberto Filaci Paola Contini Iolanda Grasso Donatella Bignardi Massimo Ghio Lorella Lanza Marco Scudeletti Francesco Puppo Martino Bolognesi Roberto S. Accolla Francesco Indiveri 《European journal of immunology》1998,28(12):3968-3979
CD4+ T cells proliferating in response to purified double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (dsDNA) have been recently demonstrated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Their activation was inhibited by anti-HLA class II (HLA-II) monoclonal antibodies; thus, the existence of a molecular interaction between dsDNA and HLA-II is conceivable. In this report we show that dsDNA specifically bind to HLA-II. After preincubating cells with purified dsDNA or synthetic oligonucleotides, dsDNA was detected on the cell membrane and in the lysates of HLA-II+ but not of isogenic HLA-II− cell lines. We demonstrate that dsDNA binding inhibits that of a specific peptide to HLA-II. Mixed lymphocyte reaction and antigen-specific T cell proliferation were inhibited by the preincubation of stimulator cells or antigen-presenting cells with dsDNA. These results suggest the existence of a novel mechanism of down-modulation of the CD4+ T cell function generated by lack of stimulation due to the HLA-II presenting molecules being “n;-occupied” by dsDNA. 相似文献
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Peptide presentation by HLA class I and II antigens regulates specific antigen recognition by T cells. The present study aimed to investigate T cell infiltration and its relation to HLA antigen expression in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Fresh tissue samples were collected from five insulinomas and six other neuroendocrine tumors (one gastrinoma, one glucagonoma, two carcinoid, and two neuroendocrine carcinomas). Normal pancreatic and splenic tissue samples were used as controls. Investigation of infiltrating lymphocyte populations, as well as staining of HLA class I and II antigens, were performed by standard immunohistochemistry. The majority of investigated tumors demonstrated an intratumoral infiltration by CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells that was significantly higher than in normal pancreatic islets. Only a minority of tumor-infiltrating T cells showed the CD45RO+ phenotype. The expression of HLA class I antigen was altered in 10 of 11 tumors. A loss of beta-2microglobulin represented the most frequent type of alteration to HLA class I expression, although the total loss of HLA class I was found in only one case of neuroendocrine carcinoma. HLA class II molecules were expressed by endothelial and lymphoid cells and not by tumor cells. In conclusion most neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors induce a T cell mediated immune response resulting in an intratumoral infiltration with CD3+, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Loss of beta-2microglobulin is a frequent alteration in these tumors, which may influence the normal function of the HLA class I antigen complex. In contrast to malignant tumors of the exocrine pancreas, expression of HLA class II was absent in neuendocrine pancreatic tumor cells. 相似文献
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M. Wang S. T. Tang O. Lund M. H. Dziegiel S. Buus M. H. Claesson 《Clinical and experimental immunology》2009,155(3):441-446
Interferon‐γ secreting T lymphocytes against pox virus‐derived synthetic 9‐mer peptides were tested by enzyme‐linked immunospot in peripheral blood of individuals vaccinated with vaccinia virus more than 30 years ago. The peptides were characterized biochemically as high‐affinity human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class I binders (KD ≤ 5 nM). However, five of the individuals tested did not show typical CD8+ T cell‐mediated HLA class I‐restricted responses. Instead, these donors showed CD4+ T cell‐dependent responses against four of a total of eight antigenic 9‐mer peptides discovered recently by our group. These latter responses were blocked specifically in the presence of anti‐HLA class II antibody. We conclude that long‐lived memory responses against pox virus‐derived 9‐mer peptides, with high binding affinity for HLA class I molecules, are mediated in some cases by CD4+ T cells and apparently restricted by HLA class II molecules. 相似文献
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Eric Le Dran Nadine Gervois Elisabeth Diez Gilbert Semana Brigitte Dreno Francine Jotereau 《European journal of immunology》1995,25(10):2732-2736
CD4+ T cell clones derived from lymphocytes infiltrating four human melanomas specifically recognized melanoma-derived tumor epitopes as shown by secretion of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in vitro upon interaction with autologous melanoma cells, whereas they did not recognize HLA class II-expressing autologous lymphoblasts or HLA class II mismatched allogeneic melanoma cells. Specificity was further established by demonstrating that TNF responses to tumor cells were inhibited by HLA-DR or HLA-DQ monoclonal antibodies. Most of these clones cross-reacted with allogeneic melanoma cells expressing a potentially restricting HLA allele or a structurally similar one. These data show that shared epitopes of human melanoma cells presented on HLA class II molecules are frequently recognized by autologous CD4+ T lymphocytes. 相似文献
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One B. Dintwe Cheryl L. Day Erica Smit Elisa Nemes Clive Gray Michele Tameris Helen McShane Hassan Mahomed Willem A. Hanekom Thomas J. Scriba 《European journal of immunology》2013,43(9):2409-2420
Heterologous prime‐boost strategies hold promise for vaccination against tuberculosis. However, the T‐cell characteristics required for protection are not known. We proposed that boost vaccines should induce long‐lived functional and phenotypic changes to T cells primed by Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) and/or natural exposure to mycobacteria. We characterized changes among specific CD4+ T cells after vaccination with the MVA85A vaccine in adults, adolescents, and children. CD4+ T cells identified with Ag85A peptide‐bearing HLA class II tetramers were characterized by flow cytometry. We also measured proliferative potential and cytokine expression of Ag85A‐specific CD4+ T cells. During the effector phase, MVA85A‐induced specific CD4+ T cells coexpressed IFN‐γ and IL‐2, skin homing integrins, and the activation marker CD38. This was followed by contraction and a transition to predominantly IL‐2‐expressing, CD45RA?CCR7+CD27+ or CD45RA+CCR7+CD27+ specific CD4+ T cells. These surface phenotypes were similar to Ag85A‐specific T cells prior to MVA85A. However, functional differences were observed postvaccination: specific proliferative capacity was markedly higher after 6–12 months than before vaccination. Our data suggest that MVA85A vaccination may modulate Ag85A‐specific CD4+ T‐cell function, resulting in greater recall potential. Importantly, surface phenotypes commonly used as proxies for memory T‐cell function did not associate with functional effects of vaccination. 相似文献
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Microenvironmental stresses induce HLA‐E/Qa‐1 surface expression and thereby reduce CD8+ T‐cell recognition of stressed cells
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Takanori Sasaki Takayuki Kanaseki Yosuke Shionoya Serina Tokita Sho Miyamoto Eri Saka Vitaly Kochin Akira Takasawa Yoshihiko Hirohashi Yasuaki Tamura Akihiro Miyazaki Toshihiko Torigoe Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka Noriyuki Sato 《European journal of immunology》2016,46(4):929-940
Hypoxia and glucose deprivation are often observed in the microenvironment surrounding solid tumors in vivo. However, how they interfere with MHC class I antigen processing and CD8+ T‐cell responses remains unclear. In this study, we analyzed the production of antigenic peptides presented by classical MHC class I in mice, and showed that it is quantitatively decreased in the cells exposed to either hypoxia or glucose deprivation. In addition, we unexpectedly found increased surface expression of HLA‐E in human and Qa‐1 in mouse tumor cells exposed to combined oxygen and glucose deprivation. The induced Qa‐1 on the stressed tumor model interacted with an inhibitory NKG2/CD94 receptor on activated CD8+ T cells and attenuated their specific response to the antigen. Our results thus suggest that microenvironmental stresses modulate not only classical but also nonclassical MHC class I presentation, and confer the stressed cells the capability to escape from the CD8+ T‐cell recognition. 相似文献
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Jakub Kopycinski Mohamed Osman Paul D. Griffiths Vincent C. Emery 《Journal of medical virology》2010,82(1):94-103
The cytomegalovirus ppUL83 protein contains an immunodominant A*0201 restricted epitope between residues 495 and 503. We investigated the tolerance of this epitope to sequence variation in the context of peptide binding to HLA A*0201 and the ability to induce an Interferon gamma (IFNγ) response through engagement with the T‐cell receptor (TCR). The majority of mutations investigated resulted in a decrease in the production of IFNγ indicating that if such variants occurred in vivo they would not be recognized by CD8 T‐cell clones specific for the wild‐type epitope. The mechanistic basis for the majority of the mutant peptides was their failure to bind and stabilize class I HLA cell surface expression. However, one peptide with a mutation at the P5 position (methionine to cysteine) resulted in a significant enhanced binding to HLA A*0201 and also an increase in cell surface expression over the wild‐type peptide but was unable to engage with the CD8 TCR and trigger IFNγ production. This peptide acted as a competitive inhibitor of the wild‐type peptide but could not fully inhibit IFNγ production by the latter. We subsequently investigated whether mutations of the HLA A*0201 epitope were evident in immunocompromized patients experiencing either rapid exponential or persistent cytomegalovirus replication. J. Med. Virol. 82:94–103, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. 相似文献
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Catherine L. Keech Ken C. Pang James McCluskey Weisan Chen 《European journal of immunology》2010,40(2):330-338
Controversy still surrounds the importance of cross‐presentation versus endogenous or direct presentation of MHC‐I restricted Ag in CD8+ T‐cell (TCD8+) immunity. It is even less clear what relative role these pathways play in shaping the T‐cell repertoire specific for ubiquitous self‐antigens, especially in cases where both Ag presentation pathways could potentially be involved. Here we provide evidence that a TCD8+ repertoire specific for a determinant from the nuclear autoantigen La‐SSB is largely shaped by direct presentation. In this system, mouse TCD8+ reactive to a xenogeneic human La (hLa51–58) Kb peptide did not recognize directly presented peptide on either spleen cells from hLa‐Tg mice or hLa transfected syngeneic cells. Interestingly, the same TCD8+ were activated by in vivo challenge with allogeneic APC expressing either the Tg hLa or loaded with intact recombinant hLa protein, indicating functional cross‐presentation of the hLa51–58. However, in irradiated bone marrow chimeric mice, DC expressing Tg hLa, but not WT DC that matured in hLa‐Tg mice, constitutively presented the hLa51–58 to TCD8+. These data demonstrate that although both the direct‐ and cross‐presentation pathways are potentially operative in revealing hLa51–58 to TCD8+, the TCD8+ repertoire to this determinant is shaped quantitatively according to the efficiency of Ag presentation. 相似文献
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We studied factors affecting major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II)-restricted presentation of exogenous peptides at the surface of macrophages. We have previously shown that peptide presentation is modulated by surface-associated proteolytic enzymes, and in this report the role of the binding of MHC-II molecules in preventing proteolysis of exogenous synthetic peptides was addressed. Two peptides containing CD4 T-cell epitopes were incubated with fixed macrophages expressing binding and non-binding MHC-II, and supernatants were analysed by high-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry to monitor peptide degradation. The proportion of full-length peptides that were degraded and the number of peptide fragments increased when non-binding macrophages were used, leading to reduction in peptide presentation. When MHC-II molecules expressed on the surface of fixed macrophages were blocked with monoclonal antibody and incubated with peptides and the supernatants were transferred to fixed macrophages, a significant reduction in peptide presentation was observed. Peptide presentation was up-regulated at pH 5.5 compared to neutral pH, and the latter was found to be the pH optimum of the proteolytic activity of the surface enzymes involved in the degradation of exogenous peptides and proteins. The data suggest that MHC-II alleles that bind peptides protect them from degradation at the antigen-presenting cell surface for presentation to CD4 T cells and we argue that this mechanism could be particularly pronounced at sites of inflammation. 相似文献
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The impact of HLA class I and EBV latency‐II antigen‐specific CD8+ T cells on the pathogenesis of EBV+ Hodgkin lymphoma
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K. Jones L. Wockner R. M. Brennan C. Keane P. K. Chattopadhyay M. Roederer D. A. Price D. K. Cole B. Hassan K. Beck D. Gottlieb D. S. Ritchie J. F. Seymour F. Vari P. Crooks S. R. Burrows M. K. Gandhi 《Clinical and experimental immunology》2016,183(2):206-220
In 40% of cases of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) latency‐II antigens [EBV nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1)/latent membrane protein (LMP)1/LMP2A] are present (EBV+cHL) in the malignant cells and antigen presentation is intact. Previous studies have shown consistently that HLA‐A*02 is protective in EBV+cHL, yet its role in disease pathogenesis is unknown. To explore the basis for this observation, gene expression was assessed in 33 cHL nodes. Interestingly, CD8 and LMP2A expression were correlated strongly and, for a given LMP2A level, CD8 was elevated markedly in HLA‐A*02– versus HLA‐A*02+ EBV+cHL patients, suggesting that LMP2A‐specific CD8+ T cell anti‐tumoral immunity may be relatively ineffective in HLA‐A*02– EBV+cHL. To ascertain the impact of HLA class I on EBV latency antigen‐specific immunodominance, we used a stepwise functional T cell approach. In newly diagnosed EBV+cHL, the magnitude of ex‐vivo LMP1/2A‐specific CD8+ T cell responses was elevated in HLA‐A*02+ patients. Furthermore, in a controlled in‐vitro assay, LMP2A‐specific CD8+ T cells from healthy HLA‐A*02 heterozygotes expanded to a greater extent with HLA‐A*02‐restricted compared to non‐HLA‐A*02‐restricted cell lines. In an extensive analysis of HLA class I‐restricted immunity, immunodominant EBNA3A/3B/3C‐specific CD8+ T cell responses were stimulated by numerous HLA class I molecules, whereas the subdominant LMP1/2A‐specific responses were confined largely to HLA‐A*02. Our results demonstrate that HLA‐A*02 mediates a modest, but none the less stronger, EBV‐specific CD8+ T cell response than non‐HLA‐A*02 alleles, an effect confined to EBV latency‐II antigens. Thus, the protective effect of HLA‐A*02 against EBV+cHL is not a surrogate association, but reflects the impact of HLA class I on EBV latency‐II antigen‐specific CD8+ T cell hierarchies. 相似文献
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Tsuchikawa T Ikeda H Cho Y Miyamoto M Shichinohe T Hirano S Kondo S 《Clinical and experimental immunology》2011,164(1):50-56
Oesophageal cancer is one of the most aggressive tumours with a poor prognosis. However, little is known about the immune response in the tumour microenvironment. To investigate the role of immunosurveillance in the clinical course of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, 98 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded primary tumours were analysed using immunohistochemical methods for human leucocyte antigen (HLA) class I heavy chain and β2-microglobulin expression and for CD4-, CD8- and CD57-positive cell infiltration. HLA class I expression of tumour cells was correlated positively with infiltration of CD8(+) T cells into the cancer nest, but not with the clinical course of disease. However, CD8(+) and CD4(+) T cell infiltration was correlated with prognosis. These results suggest that tumour antigen-specific cellular immune response plays a role in the clinical course of the disease and that HLA class I antigen expressed on tumour cells contribute to this association most probably by mediating the interactions between tumour cells and CD8(+) T cells. 相似文献
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Patency of Litomosoides sigmodontis infection depends on Toll‐like receptor 4 whereas Toll‐like receptor 2 signalling influences filarial‐specific CD4+ T‐cell responses
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Maria B. Rodrigo Sandy Schulz Vanessa Krupp Manuel Ritter Katharina Wiszniewsky Kathrin Arndts Ruth S. E. Tamadaho Elmar Endl Achim Hoerauf Laura E. Layland 《Immunology》2016,147(4):429-442
BALB/c mice develop a patent state [release of microfilariae (Mf), the transmission life‐stage, into the periphery] when exposed to the rodent filariae Litomosoides sigmodontis. Interestingly, only a portion of the infected mice become patent, which reflects the situation in human individuals infected with Wuchereria bancrofti. Since those individuals had differing filarial‐specific profiles, this study compared differences in immune responses between Mf+ and Mf– infected BALB/c mice. We demonstrate that cultures of total spleen or mediastinal lymph node cells from Mf+ mice produce significantly more interleukin‐5 (IL‐5) to filarial antigens but equal levels of IL‐10 when compared with Mf– mice. However, isolated CD4+ T cells from Mf+ mice produced significantly higher amounts of all measured cytokines, including IL‐10, when compared with CD4+ T‐cell responses from Mf– mice. Since adaptive immune responses are influenced by triggering the innate immune system we further studied the immune profiles and parasitology in infected Toll‐like receptor‐2‐deficient (TLR2?/?) and TLR4?/? BALB/c mice. Ninety‐three per cent of L. sigmodontis‐exposed TLR4?/? BALB/c mice became patent (Mf+) although worm numbers remained comparable to those in Mf+ wild‐type controls. Lack of TLR2 had no influence on patency outcome or worm burden but infected Mf+ mice had significantly lower numbers of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells and dampened peripheral immune responses. Interestingly, in vitro culturing of CD4+ T cells from infected wild‐type mice with granulocyte–macrophage colony‐stimulating factor‐derived TLR2?/? dendritic cells resulted in an overall diminished cytokine profile to filarial antigens. Hence, triggering TLR4 or TLR2 during chronic filarial infection has a significant impact on patency and efficient CD4+ T‐cell responses, respectively. 相似文献
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Analysis of the functional WT1‐specific T‐cell repertoire in healthy donors reveals a discrepancy between CD4+ and CD8+ memory formation
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Sabine Schmied Emma Gostick David A. Price Hinrich Abken Mario Assenmacher Anne Richter 《Immunology》2015,145(4):558-569
The Wilms’ tumour‐1 (WT1) protein is considered a prime target for cancer immunotherapy based on its presumptive immunogenicity and widespread expression across a variety of malignancies. However, little is known about the naturally occurring WT1‐specific T‐cell repertoire because self‐derived antigens typically elicit low frequency responses that challenge the sensitivity limits of current detection techniques. In this study, we used highly efficient cell enrichment procedures based on CD137, CD154, and pHLA class I tetramer staining to conduct a detailed analysis of WT1‐specific T cells from the peripheral blood. Remarkably, we detected WT1‐specific CD4+ and CD8+ T‐cell populations in the vast majority of healthy individuals. Memory responses specific for WT1 were commonly present in the CD4+ T‐cell compartment, whereas WT1‐specific CD8+ T cells almost universally displayed a naive phenotype. Moreover, memory CD4+ and naive CD8+ T cells with specificity for WT1 were found to coexist in some individuals. Collectively, these findings suggest a natural discrepancy between the CD4+ and CD8+ T‐cell lineages with respect to memory formation in response to a self‐derived antigen. Nonetheless, WT1‐specific T cells from both lineages were readily activated ex vivo and expanded in vitro, supporting the use of strategies designed to exploit this expansive reservoir of self‐reactive T cells for immunotherapeutic purposes. 相似文献
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Maternal HY‐restricting HLA class II alleles are associated with poor long‐term outcome in recurrent pregnancy loss after a boy
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Astrid Marie Kolte Rudi Steffensen Ole Bjarne Christiansen Henriette Svarre Nielsen 《American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989)》2016,76(5):400-405
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Tsung‐Hsien Lin Hung‐Chang Wu Yen‐Chuan Hsieh Chih‐En Tseng Ryo Ichinohasama Shih‐Sung Chuang 《Pathology international》2013,63(2):132-137
Adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a peripheral T‐cell neoplasm caused by human T‐cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV‐I). The neoplastic cells are highly pleomorphic and are usually CD4+ and CD8? phenotypically. We reported the case of a 46‐year‐old woman presenting with fever, abdominal distention, lymphadenopathy, leukocytosis and hypercalcemia. Nodal biopsy showed diffuse infiltration by monomorphic small to medium‐sized atypical lymphocytes expressing CD3, CD25, CD30 and CD99, but not CD1a, CD4, CD8, CD34, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase or ALK. An initial diagnosis of T‐lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma was made based on cytomorphology, CD4 and CD8 double negativity, and the expression of CD99. The diagnosis was later revised to ATLL based on the positive serology study for anti‐HTLV I/II antibody and confirmation by the clonal integration of HTLV‐I proviral DNA into the tumor tissues by Southern blotting analysis. The patient had a stage IVB disease and died of septic shock after 2 courses of chemotherapy 3 months after diagnosis. Immunohistochemical staining for CD99 in archival ATLL tissues showed a positive rate of 67% (4 of 6 tumors). Our case showed that ATLL with atypical morphology and immunophenotype in HTLV non‐endemic areas might pose a diagnostic challenge and CD99 expression is frequent in ATLL. 相似文献
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Cynthia X. L. Chang Anthony T. Tan Ming Yan Or Kai Yee Toh Pei Yiing Lim Adeline S. E. Chia Thomas M. Froesig Karen D. Nadua Hsueh‐Ling J. Oh Hoe Nam Leong Sine R. Hadrup Adam J. Gehring Yee‐Joo Tan Antonio Bertoletti Gijsbert M. Grotenbreg 《European journal of immunology》2013,43(4):1109-1120
Conditional ligands have enabled the high‐throughput production of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) libraries that present defined peptides. Immunomonitoring platforms typically concentrate on restriction elements associated with European ancestry, and such tools are scarce for Asian HLA variants. We report 30 novel irradiation‐sensitive ligands, specifically targeting South East Asian populations, which provide 93, 63, and 79% coverage for HLA‐A, ‐B, and ‐C, respectively. Unique ligands for all 16 HLA types were constructed to provide the desired soluble HLA product in sufficient yield. Peptide exchange was accomplished for all variants as demonstrated by an ELISA‐based MHC stability assay. HLA tetramers with redirected specificity could detect antigen‐specific CD8+ T‐cell responses against human cytomegalovirus, hepatitis B (HBV), dengue virus (DENV), and Epstein‐Barr virus (EBV) infections. The potential of this population‐centric HLA library was demonstrated with the characterization of seven novel T‐cell epitopes from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, HBV, and DENV. Posthoc analysis revealed that the majority of responses would be more readily identified by our unbiased discovery approach than through the application of state‐of‐the‐art epitope prediction. This flow cytometry‐based technology therefore holds considerable promise for monitoring clinically relevant antigen‐specific T‐cell responses in populations of distinct ethnicity. 相似文献
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Marzena Ciechomska Caroline L. Wilson Achilleas Floudas Wang Hui Andrew D. Rowan Willem van Eden John H. Robinson Andrew M. Knight 《Immunology》2014,141(1):70-78
The majority of studies examining antigen‐presenting cell (APC) function have focused on the capture and presentation of antigens released from pathogens or damaged cells. However, antigen‐specific B cells are also capable of efficiently extracting antigens that are either tethered to, or integrally part of the plasma membrane of various target cells. In this study we show that B cells are also highly efficient at extracting integral components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) for subsequent presentation. In particular we demonstrate that B cells specific for aggrecan, an integral component of cartilage ECM, acquire this rheumatoid arthritis candidate autoantigen in both a B‐cell‐receptor‐dependent and a contact‐dependent manner. We also demonstrate that the subsequent presentation of aggregan from ECM leads to CD4+ T‐cell activation and effector cell formation. Recent studies have identified B‐cell‐mediated antigen presentation as essential for the development of autoimmunity, but a unique role for B cells compared with other APC has yet to be defined. Our findings lead us to propose that the acquisition of ECM‐derived autoantigens represents a mechanism that defines the APC requirement for B cells in the development of autoimmunity. 相似文献
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Rats transgenic (TG) for the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I HLA-B27 and beta2-microglobulin genes develop chronic colitis under specific pathogen-free (SPF) but not sterile (germ-free, GF) conditions. We investigated the role of antigen-presenting molecules involved in generating immune responses by CD4+ mesenteric lymph node (MLN) cells from colitic HLA-B27 TG rats to commensal enteric micro-organisms. All TG MLN cells expressed HLA-B27. A higher level of MHC class II was expressed on cells from TG rats, both SPF and GF, compared to non-TG littermates. In contrast, rat MHC class I expression was lower on TG than non-TG cells. Both TG and non-TG antigen presenting cells (APC) pulsed with caecal bacterial antigens induced a marked interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) response in TG CD4+ T lymphocytes but failed to stimulate non-TG cells. Blocking MHC class II on both TG and non-TG APC dramatically inhibited their ability to induce TG CD4+ T cells to produce IFN-gamma. Blocking HLA-B27 on TG APC similarly inhibited IFN-gamma responses. When the antibodies against MHC class II and HLA-B27 were combined, no APC-dependent IFN-gamma response was detected. These data implicate both native rat MHC class II and TG HLA-B27 in CD4+ MLN T-cell IFN-gamma responses to commensal enteric microflora in this colitis model. 相似文献