Suppressed clinical experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis in bm12 mice is linked to reduced intracellular calcium mobilization and IL-10 and IFN-gamma release by acetylcholine receptor-specific T cells |
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Authors: | Poussin Mathilde A Fuller Claudette L Goluszko Elzbieta Reyes Victor E Braciale Vivian L Christadoss Premkumar |
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Institution: | Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6076, USA. |
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Abstract: | Class II MHC mutant bm12 mice have an increased resistance to experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) compared to C57BL/6 mice. In vitro, this relative resistance was mainly associated with a reduced cytokine response to acetylcholine receptor (AChR) and its dominant pathogenic peptide alpha 146-162, whereas the response to the epitope alpha 111-126 remained intact. Calcium mobilization after stimulation of AChR-immune T cells with AChR or alpha 146-162 peptide, but not alpha 111-126 peptide, was decreased in bm12 compared to C57BL/6. Thus, the reduced incidence of clinical EAMG in bm12 is linked to lower IFN-gamma and IL-10 release, and intracellular calcium mobilization by alpha 146-162-specific T cells. |
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