Investigation of a Mechanism for Accelerated Breakdown of Immune Tolerance to the Primary Biliary Cirrhosis–Associated Autoantigen, Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex
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Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease characterized by autoreactive T- and B-cell responses to the highly conserved enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC). In this study we have examined the breakdown of T-cell tolerance to self-PDC using a mouse model. Female SJL/J mice were sensitized intraperitoneally with foreign-PDC (bovine) and/or self-PDC (murine) in complete Freund's adjuvant, and serum, spleen, and liver tissue was taken 8 weeks later. Animals sensitized with foreign-PDC produced IgG antibodies that were reactive with both foreign and self-PDC, but splenic T cells from these animals only responded to stimulation with foreign PDC. Sensitization with self-PDC elicited neither antibodies nor reactive T cells. Significantly, cosensitization with mixed self-PDC and foreign-PDC resulted in a full breakdown of self-tolerance, with generation of both antibody and T-cell responses to self-PDC of the type seen exclusively in human PBC patients. Mild bile duct lesions deficient in CD8(+) T cells were seen 8 weeks after sensitization with either foreign or self-PDC. However, after sensitization with mixed self-PDC and foreign-PDC, these lesions were significantly larger and heavily infiltrated by CD8(+) T cells. Liver-infiltrating T cells derived from the self-PDC and foreign-PDC cosensitized but not from control animals showed reactivity with self-PDC, suggesting a possible role for autoreactive PDC-specific T-cell responses in the pathogenesis of the observed histologic changes. It is likely that B-cell cross-reactivity between foreign and self-PDC enhances the potential for breakdown of T-cell self-tolerance by allowing efficient presentation of self-antigens in the inoculum. This model may provide a useful system for investigating the etiology and treatment of PBC.
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作者:Bohlmann
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Domino pericyclic reactions of acyclic conjugated (E,Z,E,E)-tetraenes
作者:Danielle Skropeta、Rodney W. Rickards
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.03.011
日期:2007.4
Acyclic conjugated (E,Z,E,E)-tetraenes, upon thermolysis, undergo a domino pericyclic process involving 6 pi electrocyclisation of the (E,Z,E)-triene moiety to give the corresponding cis-disubstituted 5-vinyl-1,3-cyclohexadienes, followed by an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction with the vinyl side chain to give tricyclo[3.2.1.0(2,7)]oct-3-enes. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Investigation of a Mechanism for Accelerated Breakdown of Immune Tolerance to the Primary Biliary Cirrhosis–Associated Autoantigen, Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex
作者:David E J Jones、Jeremy M Palmer、Kate Bennett、Amanda J Robe、Stephen J Yeaman、Helen Robertson、Margaret F Bassendine、Alastair D Burt、John A Kirby
DOI:10.1038/labinvest.3780413
日期:2002.2
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease characterized by autoreactive T- and B-cell responses to the highly conserved enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC). In this study we have examined the breakdown of T-cell tolerance to self-PDC using a mouse model. Female SJL/J mice were sensitized intraperitoneally with foreign-PDC (bovine) and/or self-PDC (murine) in complete Freund's adjuvant, and serum, spleen, and liver tissue was taken 8 weeks later. Animals sensitized with foreign-PDC produced IgG antibodies that were reactive with both foreign and self-PDC, but splenic T cells from these animals only responded to stimulation with foreign PDC. Sensitization with self-PDC elicited neither antibodies nor reactive T cells. Significantly, cosensitization with mixed self-PDC and foreign-PDC resulted in a full breakdown of self-tolerance, with generation of both antibody and T-cell responses to self-PDC of the type seen exclusively in human PBC patients. Mild bile duct lesions deficient in CD8(+) T cells were seen 8 weeks after sensitization with either foreign or self-PDC. However, after sensitization with mixed self-PDC and foreign-PDC, these lesions were significantly larger and heavily infiltrated by CD8(+) T cells. Liver-infiltrating T cells derived from the self-PDC and foreign-PDC cosensitized but not from control animals showed reactivity with self-PDC, suggesting a possible role for autoreactive PDC-specific T-cell responses in the pathogenesis of the observed histologic changes. It is likely that B-cell cross-reactivity between foreign and self-PDC enhances the potential for breakdown of T-cell self-tolerance by allowing efficient presentation of self-antigens in the inoculum. This model may provide a useful system for investigating the etiology and treatment of PBC.