Deleterious versus protective autoimmunity in multiple sclerosis

2015 ◽  
Vol 296 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milos Kostic ◽  
Ivana Stojanovic ◽  
Goran Marjanovic ◽  
Nikola Zivkovic ◽  
Ana Cvetanovic
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Protective Autoimmunity

Abstract 44: Failure of Protective Autoimmunity in Mouse and Human Atherosclerosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Wolf ◽  
Teresa Gerhardt ◽  
Nathaly Anto Michel ◽  
Bjarke Hansen ◽  
Alessandro Sette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Lymph Nodes ◽  
Mhc Class Ii ◽  
T Regulatory Cells ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
T Cell Response ◽  
Regulatory Cells ◽  
Protective Autoimmunity

Background: In atherosclerosis, CD4 + T helper cells recognize auto-antigens including ApoB, the main protein in low-density lipoprotein (LDL). However, atherosclerosis-specific, auto-reactive CD4 + T cells have not been detected in vivo , and their function is unknown. Methods and Results: We have previously identified peptides derived from mouse ApoB that bind with high affinity to the MHC class II molecule of C57BL/6 mice (I-A b ). We designed and validated a new multimer of a recombinant MHC-II molecule fused to one ApoB auto-epitopes, P6 (TGAYSNASSTESASY, P6:I-A b ), that enabled detection of low-affinity, P6-reactive CD4 + T cells. Using this P6:I-A b multimer, we identified ApoB-reactive CD4 + T cells in healthy, young C57BL/6 mice that were predominately differentiated T-regulatory cells (T regs ) and expressed IL-10, a known atheroprotective cytokine. This population was detectable in lymph nodes and already showed a memory phenotype in young animals without atherosclerosis. In Apoe -/- mice, adoptively transferred ApoB P6-specific T regs accumulated in the aorta and draining lymph nodes and gave rise to pathogenic T H 1 and T H 17 cells. This phenotypic switch was caused by enhanced plasticity of antigen-specific T regs as evidenced by multiple clusters of intermediate T reg -T eff phenotypes in single cell RNA sequencing of 4485 antigen-specific CD4 + T cells. In the plaque, many T cells were ex-T regs as identified by a FoxP3 lineage tracker mouse, suggesting that atherosclerosis-specific CD4 + T cells lost their regulatory capacity. Vaccination with P6 maintained a protective phenotype in antigen-specific T regs and protected from atherosclerosis. In humans, ApoB-specific CD4 + T cells from atherosclerotic patients showed the same cytokine patterns found in mouse CD4 + T cells, suggesting that autoimmunity to ApoB is protective first, but later gives rise to a pathogenic CD4 + T cell response that aggravates atherosclerosis. Conclusion: Protective T-regulatory cells recognizing peptide antigens of ApoB exist in naïve mice, protect against atherosclerosis, but convert into pathogenic T H 1 and -17 cells during the natural course of disease in mice and humans. These results call for immunomodulatory therapies to maintain protective autoimmunity.

Myelin specific Th1 cells are necessary for post-traumatic protective autoimmunity

2002 ◽  
Vol 130 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 78-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Kipnis ◽  
Eti Yoles ◽  
Tal Mizrahi ◽  
Auraham Ben-Nur ◽  
Michal Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Th1 Cells ◽  
Protective Autoimmunity ◽  
Post Traumatic

Protective Autoimmunity

2008 ◽  
pp. 3322-3324
Author(s):  
Michal Schwartz ◽  
Jonathan Kipnis
Keyword(s):  
Protective Autoimmunity
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