期刊
JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY
卷 35, 期 1, 页码 33-44出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2010.01.003
关键词
EAE; Multiple sclerosis; CD8; T cells; Regulatory
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资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01AI053439, R01AI065463, K24AI079272]
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society [JF2118-A-2]
Immune-based self-recognition and failure to modulate this response are believed to contribute to the debilitating autoimmune pathology observed in multiple sclerosis (MS). Studies from its murine model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), have shown that neuroantigen-specific CD4+ T cells are capable of inducing disease, while their immune sibling, the CD8+ T cells, have largely been ignored. To understand their role in autoimmune demyelination, we first confirmed that, similar to our observations in human MS, there is robust induction of neuroantigen-reactive CD8+ T cells in several models, including MOG(35-55)/CFA-induced EAE. However, MOG(35-55)-specific CD8+ T-cells, when purified, were unable to adoptively transfer disease into naive mice (in contrast to CD4+ T-cells). In fact, we observed that the transfer of these neuroantigen-specific CD8+ T cells was able to suppress the induction of EAE and to inhibit ongoing EAE. These regulatory CD8+ T cells produced IFN-gamma and perforin and were able to kill MUG loaded CD4+ T-cells as well as CD4-depleted APC, suggesting a cytotoxic/suppressor mechanism. Inhibition of EAE was associated with both the modulation of APC function as well as decreased MOG-specific CD4+ T cell responses. Our studies reveal a novel and unexpected immune regulatory function for neuroantigen-specific CD8+ T cells and have interesting biologic and therapeutic implications. (C)2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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