期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
卷 21, 期 11, 页码 3519-3523出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16705
关键词
antigen presentation; recognition; autoimmunity; cell death; apoptosis; complement biology; editorial; personal viewpoint; immunosuppression; immune modulation; innate immunity
资金
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [PO1 AI087586]
Initially believed to be solely part of the C1 complex initiating the complement cascade, C1q was later found to play a crucial role as a pattern recognition receptor in facilitating clearance of apoptotic cells and preventing immune recognition of autoantigens. This dual function of C1q has significant implications in transplantation and may potentially be explored as a therapeutic target to modulate immune responses.
In 1963, Lepow and colleagues resolved C1, the first component of the classical pathway, into three components, which they named C1q, C1r, and C1s. All three of these components were demonstrated to be involved in causing hemolysis in vitro. For over 30 years after that seminal discovery, the primary function attributed to C1q was as part of the C1 complex that initiated the classical pathway of the complement cascade. Then, a series of papers reported that isolated C1q could bind to apoptotic cells and facilitate their clearance by macrophages. Since then, rheumatologists have recognized that C1q is an important pattern recognition receptor (PRR) that diverts autoantigen containing extracellular vesicles from immune recognition. This critical function of C1q as a regulator of immune recognition has been largely overlooked in transplantation. Now that extracellular vesicles released from transplants have been identified as a major agent of immune recognition, it is logical to consider the potential impact of C1q on modulating the delivery of allogeneic extracellular vesicles to antigen presenting cells. This concept has clinical implications in the possible use of C1q or a derivative as a biological therapeutic to down-modulate immune responses to transplants.
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