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ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM
Volume 48, Issue 7, Pages 1948-1955Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/art.11072
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01-AI-42269] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective. T cells from a majority of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) display antigen receptor-mediated signaling aberrations associated with defective T cell receptor (TCR) xi chain, a subunit of the TCR/CD3 complex. This study was undertaken to explore the possibility that forced expression of TCR chain may reverse the known signaling abnormalities and defective interleukin-2 (IL-2) production in SLE T cells. Methods. Freshly isolated SLE T cells were transfected with TCR chain construct in a eukaryotic expression vector at high efficiency, by a recently developed nucleoporation technique. Restoration of TCR/ CD3-mediated signaling was studied in the xi chain-transfected cells. Results. In SLE T cells transfected with TCR chain, surface expression of TCR chain was increased and the TCR/CD3-induced increased free intracytoplasmic calcium concentration response was normalized, as was hyperphosphorylation of cellular substrates. Simultaneously, the previously noted increased expression of the Fc receptor gamma chain was diminished in SLE T cells transfected with the chain expression vector, and the surface membrane clusters of cell signaling molecules were redistributed to a more continuous pattern. TCR chain replacement also augmented the expression of diminished TCR/CD3-mediated IL-2 production in SLE T cells, associated with increased expression of the p65 subunit of nuclear factor kappaB in the nuclear fractions of these T cells. Conclusion. These results suggest that reconstitution of deficient TCR chain can reverse the TCR/ CD3-mediated signaling abnormalities as well as the defective IL-2 production in T cells of patients with SLE.
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