Investigation of a Mechanism for Accelerated Breakdown of Immune Tolerance to the Primary Biliary Cirrhosis–Associated Autoantigen, Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex
摘要:
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.
Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclization Involving Nucleophilic Attack to the Keto Group of α,α′-Dioxo Gold Carbene and 1,2-Alkynyl Migration: Synthesis of Furan-3-carboxylates
作者:Ali Wang、Mingduo Lu、Yuanhong Liu
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02389
日期:2021.9.3
for the synthesis of functionalized furan-3-carboxylates based on gold-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of diynones with alcohols or water has been developed. Mechanisticstudies revealed that a rare nucleophilic attack to the carbonyl group of the α,α′-dioxo gold carbene instead of the carbene center and 1,2-alkynyl group migration were involved in this transformation. This method offers several advantages