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Roman Aguilera A, Lutzky VP, Mittal D, Li XY, Stannard K, Takeda K, Bernhardt G, Teng MWL, Dougall WC, Smyth MJ. CD96 targeted antibodies need not block CD96-CD155 interactions to promote NK cell anti-metastatic activity. Oncoimmunology 2018; 7:e1424677. [PMID: 29721390 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2018.1424677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
CD96 is a transmembrane glycoprotein Ig superfamily receptor, expressed on various T cell subsets and NK cells, that interacts with nectin and nectin-like proteins, including CD155/polio virus receptor (PVR). Here, we have compared three rat anti-mouse CD96 mAbs, including two that block CD96-CD155 (3.3 and 6A6) and one that does not block CD96-CD155 (8B10). Using flow cytometry, we demonstrated that both mAbs 3.3 and 6A6 bind to the first Ig domain of mouse CD96 and compete with CD155 binding, while mAb 8B10 binds to the second Ig domain and does not block CD155. While Fc isotype was irrelevant concerning the anti-metastatic activity of 3.3 mAb, in four different experimental metastases models and one spontaneous metastasis model, the relative order of anti-metastatic potency was 6A6 > 3.3 > 8B10. The metastatic burden control of all of the anti-CD96 clones was highly dependent on NK cells and IFN-γ. Consistent with its inability to block CD96-CD155 interactions, 8B10 retained anti-metastatic activity in CD155-deficient mice, whereas 3.3 and 6A6 lost potency in CD155-deficient mice. Furthermore, 8B10 retained most of its anti-metastatic activity in IL-12p35-deficient mice whereas the activity of 3.3 and 6A6 were partially lost. All three mAbs were inactive in CD226-deficient mice. Altogether, these data demonstrate anti-CD96 need not block CD96-CD155 interactions (ie. immune checkpoint blockade) to promote NK cell anti-metastatic activity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amelia Roman Aguilera
- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Cell Biology, Biomedical Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover, Germany
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- Cancer Immunoregulation and Immunotherapy, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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C5a receptor 1 promotes autoimmunity, neutrophil dysfunction and injury in experimental anti-myeloperoxidase glomerulonephritis. Kidney Int 2017; 93:615-625. [PMID: 29241626 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
The prospects for complement-targeted therapy in ANCA-associated vasculitis have been enhanced by a recent clinical trial in which C5a receptor 1 (C5aR1) inhibition safely replaced glucocorticoids in induction treatment. C5aR1 primes neutrophils for activation by anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) and is therefore required in models of glomerulonephritis induced by anti-myeloperoxidase antibody. Although humoral and cellular autoimmunity play essential roles in ANCA-associated vasculitis, a role for C5aR1 in these responses has not been described. Here, we use murine models to dissect the role of C5aR1 in the generation of anti-myeloperoxidase autoimmunity and the effector responses resulting in renal injury. The genetic absence or pharmacological inhibition of C5aR1 results in reduced autoimmunity to myeloperoxidase with an attenuated Th1 response, increased Foxp3+ regulatory T cells and reduction in generation of myeloperoxidase-ANCA. These changes are mediated by C5aR1 on dendritic cells, which promotes activation, and thus myeloperoxidase autoimmunity and glomerulonephritis. We also use renal intravital microscopy to determine the effect of C5aR1 inhibition on ANCA induced neutrophil dysfunction. We found that myeloperoxidase-ANCA induce neutrophil retention and reactive oxygen species burst within glomerular capillaries. These pathological behaviors are abrogated by C5aR1 inhibition. Thus, C5aR1 inhibition ameliorates both autoimmunity and intra-renal neutrophil activation in ANCA-associated vasculitis.
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Sun JB, Holmgren J, Cragg MS, Xiang Z. Lack of Fc Gamma Receptor IIIA Promotes Rather than Suppresses Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses after Mucosal or Parenteral Immunization with Antigen and Adjuvants. Scand J Immunol 2017; 85:264-271. [PMID: 28128471 DOI: 10.1111/sji.12528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The Fcγ receptor IIIA (FcγRIIIA) has traditionally been known as a positive regulator of immune responses. Consistent with this, mice deficient in FcγRIIIA are protected from various inflammation-associated pathologies including several autoimmune diseases. In contrast to this accepted dogma, we show here that mice lacking FcγRIIIA developed increased rather than reduced both humoral and cellular immune responses to mucosal (sublingual) immunization with ovalbumin (OVA) given together with the strong mucosal adjuvant cholera toxin as well as to parenteral (subcutaneous) immunization with OVA in complete Freund's adjuvant. After either route of immunization, in comparison with concomitantly immunized wild-type mice, FcγRIIIA-/- mice had increased serum anti-OVA IgG (IgG1 but not IgG2) antibody responses as well as augmented cellular responses that included memory B cells and effector T cells. The increments in immune responses in FcγRIIIA-/- mice were similar to those seen in FcγRIIB-/- mice. Furthermore, OVA-pulsed FcγRIIIA-/- DCs, similar to OVA-specific FcγRIIB-/- DCs, had enhanced capacity to activate OVA-specific OT-II T cells, which was even further pronounced when DCs were pulsed with IgG1-complexed OVA. Our data support an inhibitory-regulatory role of FcγRIIIA on vaccine/adjuvant-induced immune responses and demonstrate that lack of FcγRIIIA can promote rather than suppress both humoral and cellular immune responses.
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- J-B Sun
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and University of Gothenburg Vaccine Research Institute (GUVAX), Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and University of Gothenburg Vaccine Research Institute (GUVAX), Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Antibody and Vaccine Group, Cancer Sciences Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and University of Gothenburg Vaccine Research Institute (GUVAX), Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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Rosales C. Fcγ Receptor Heterogeneity in Leukocyte Functional Responses. Front Immunol 2017; 8:280. [PMID: 28373871 PMCID: PMC5357773 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Antibodies participate in defense of the organism from all types of pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa. IgG antibodies recognize their associated antigen via their two Fab portions and are in turn recognized though their Fc portion by specific Fcγ receptors (FcγRs) on the membrane of immune cells. Multiple types and polymorphic variants of FcγR exist. These receptors are expressed in many cells types and are also redundant in inducing cell responses. Crosslinking of FcγR on the surface of leukocytes activates several effector functions aimed toward the destruction of pathogens and the induction of an inflammatory response. In the past few years, new evidence on how the particular IgG subclass and the glycosylation pattern of the antibody modulate the IgG-FcγR interaction has been presented. Despite these advances, our knowledge of what particular effector function is activated in a certain cell and in response to a specific type of FcγR remains very limited today. On one hand, each immune cell could be programmed to perform a particular cell function after FcγR crosslinking. On the other, each FcγR could activate a particular signaling pathway leading to a unique cell response. In this review, I describe the main types of FcγRs and our current view of how particular FcγRs activate various signaling pathways to promote unique leukocyte functions.
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- Carlos Rosales
- Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Young A, Ngiow SF, Barkauskas DS, Sult E, Hay C, Blake SJ, Huang Q, Liu J, Takeda K, Teng MWL, Sachsenmeier K, Smyth MJ. Co-inhibition of CD73 and A2AR Adenosine Signaling Improves Anti-tumor Immune Responses. Cancer Cell 2016; 30:391-403. [PMID: 27622332 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2016.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Preclinical studies targeting the adenosinergic pathway have gained much attention for their clinical potential in overcoming tumor-induced immunosuppression. Here, we have identified that co-blockade of the ectonucleotidase that generates adenosine CD73 and the A2A adenosine receptor (A2AR) that mediates adenosine signaling in leuokocytes, by using compound gene-targeted mice or therapeutics that target these molecules, limits tumor initiation, growth, and metastasis. This tumor control requires effector lymphocytes and interferon-γ, while antibodies targeting CD73 promote an optimal therapeutic response in vivo when engaging activating Fc receptors. In a two-way mixed leukocyte reaction using a fully human anti-CD73, we demonstrated that Fc receptor binding augmented the production of proinflammatory cytokines.
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MESH Headings
- 5'-Nucleotidase/antagonists & inhibitors
- 5'-Nucleotidase/immunology
- Adenosine A2 Receptor Antagonists/pharmacology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Female
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance/immunology
- Male
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/therapy
- Melanoma, Experimental/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/therapy
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Neoplasms/immunology
- Neoplasms/pathology
- Neoplasms/therapy
- Receptor, Adenosine A2A/immunology
- Signal Transduction
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- Arabella Young
- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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- MedImmune, LLC., Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA
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- MedImmune, LLC., Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA
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- Cancer Immunoregulation and Immunotherapy, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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- MedImmune, LLC., Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; Cancer Immunoregulation and Immunotherapy, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Division of Cell Biology, Biomedical Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; Cancer Immunoregulation and Immunotherapy, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia.
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Freeley SJ, Popat RJ, Parmar K, Kolev M, Hunt BJ, Stover CM, Schwaeble W, Kemper C, Robson MG. Experimentally-induced anti-myeloperoxidase vasculitis does not require properdin, MASP-2 or bone marrow-derived C5. J Pathol 2016; 240:61-71. [PMID: 27235854 PMCID: PMC4996338 DOI: 10.1002/path.4754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody vasculitis is a systemic autoimmune disease with glomerulonephritis and pulmonary haemorrhage as major clinical manifestations. The name reflects the presence of autoantibodies to myeloperoxidase and proteinase-3, which bind to both neutrophils and monocytes. Evidence of the pathogenicity of these autoantibodies is provided by the observation that injection of anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies into mice causes a pauci-immune focal segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis which is histologically similar to the changes seen on renal biopsy in patients. Previous studies in this model have implicated the alternative pathway of complement activation and the anaphylatoxin C5a. Despite this progress, the factors that initiate complement activation have not been defined. In addition, the relative importance of bone marrow-derived and circulating C5 is not known. This is of interest given the recently identified roles for complement within leukocytes. We induced anti-myeloperoxidase vasculitis in mice and confirmed a role for complement activation by demonstrating protection in C3-deficient mice. We showed that neither MASP-2- nor properdin-deficient mice were protected, suggesting that alternative pathway activation does not require properdin or the lectin pathway. We induced disease in bone marrow chimaeric mice and found that circulating and not bone marrow-derived C5 was required for disease. We have therefore excluded properdin and the lectin pathway as initiators of complement activation and this means that future work should be directed at other potential factors within diseased tissue. In addition, in view of our finding that circulating and not bone marrow-derived C5 mediates disease, therapies that decrease hepatic C5 secretion may be considered as an alternative to those that target C5 and C5a. © 2016 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- Simon J Freeley
- Division of Transplantation Immunology and Mucosal Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Transplantation Immunology and Mucosal Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Transplantation Immunology and Mucosal Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Division of Transplantation Immunology and Mucosal Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Division of Transplantation Immunology and Mucosal Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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Kang S, Rogers JL, Monteith AJ, Jiang C, Schmitz J, Clarke SH, Tarrant TK, Truong YK, Diaz M, Fedoriw Y, Vilen BJ. Apoptotic Debris Accumulates on Hematopoietic Cells and Promotes Disease in Murine and Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 196:4030-9. [PMID: 27059595 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Apoptotic debris, autoantibody, and IgG-immune complexes (ICs) have long been implicated in the inflammation associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); however, it remains unclear whether they initiate immune-mediated events that promote disease. In this study, we show that PBMCs from SLE patients experiencing active disease, and hematopoietic cells from lupus-prone MRL/lpr and NZM2410 mice accumulate markedly elevated levels of surface-bound nuclear self-antigens. On dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages (MFs), the self-antigens are part of IgG-ICs that promote FcγRI-mediated signal transduction. Accumulation of IgG-ICs is evident on ex vivo myeloid cells from MRL/lpr mice by 10 wk of age and steadily increases prior to lupus nephritis. IgG and FcγRI play a critical role in disease pathology. Passive transfer of pathogenic IgG into IgG-deficient MRL/lpr mice promotes the accumulation of IgG-ICs prior to significant B cell expansion, BAFF secretion, and lupus nephritis. In contrast, diminishing the burden IgG-ICs in MRL/lpr mice through deficiency in FcγRI markedly improves these lupus pathologies. Taken together, our findings reveal a previously unappreciated role for the cell surface accumulation of IgG-ICs in human and murine lupus.
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- SunAh Kang
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599; and
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599; and
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599;
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Blake SJ, Stannard K, Liu J, Allen S, Yong MCR, Mittal D, Aguilera AR, Miles JJ, Lutzky VP, de Andrade LF, Martinet L, Colonna M, Takeda K, Kühnel F, Gurlevik E, Bernhardt G, Teng MWL, Smyth MJ. Suppression of Metastases Using a New Lymphocyte Checkpoint Target for Cancer Immunotherapy. Cancer Discov 2016; 6:446-59. [PMID: 26787820 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-15-0944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
UNLABELLED CD96 has recently been shown as a negative regulator of mouse natural killer (NK)-cell activity, with Cd96(-/-)mice displaying hyperresponsive NK cells upon immune challenge. In this study, we have demonstrated that blocking CD96 with a monoclonal antibody inhibited experimental metastases in three different tumor models. The antimetastatic activity of anti-CD96 was dependent on NK cells, CD226 (DNAM-1), and IFNγ, but independent of activating Fc receptors. Anti-CD96 was more effective in combination with anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, or doxorubicin chemotherapy. Blocking CD96 in Tigit(-/-)mice significantly reduced experimental and spontaneous metastases compared with its activity in wild-type mice. Co-blockade of CD96 and PD-1 potently inhibited lung metastases, with the combination increasing local NK-cell IFNγ production and infiltration. Overall, these data demonstrate that blocking CD96 is a new and complementary immunotherapeutic strategy to reduce tumor metastases. SIGNIFICANCE This article illustrates the antimetastatic activity and mechanism of action of an anti-CD96 antibody that inhibits the CD96-CD155 interaction and stimulates NK-cell function. Targeting host CD96 is shown to complement surgery and conventional immune checkpoint blockade.
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- Stephen J Blake
- Cancer Immunoregulation and Immunotherapy, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Immunoregulation and Immunotherapy, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia. Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Immunoregulation and Immunotherapy, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Immunoregulation and Immunotherapy, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Human Immunity, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia. Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Human Immunity, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Cell Biology, Biomedical Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Cancer Immunoregulation and Immunotherapy, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia. School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia. School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
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Ngiow SF, Young A, Jacquelot N, Yamazaki T, Enot D, Zitvogel L, Smyth MJ. A Threshold Level of Intratumor CD8+ T-cell PD1 Expression Dictates Therapeutic Response to Anti-PD1. Cancer Res 2015. [PMID: 26208901 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-15-1082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Despite successes, thus far, a significant proportion of the patients treated with anti-PD1 antibodies have failed to respond. We use mouse tumor models of anti-PD1 sensitivity and resistance and flow cytometry to assess tumor-infiltrating immune cells immediately after therapy. We demonstrate that the expression levels of T-cell PD1 (PD1(lo)), myeloid, and T-cell PDL1 (PDL1(hi)) in the tumor microenvironment inversely correlate and dictate the efficacy of anti-PD1 mAb and function of intratumor CD8(+) T cells. In sensitive tumors, we reveal a threshold for PD1 downregulation on tumor-infiltrating CD8(+) T cells below which the release of adaptive immune resistance is achieved. In contrast, PD1(hi) T cells in resistant tumors fail to be rescued by anti-PD1 therapy and remain dysfunctional unless intratumor PDL1(lo) immune cells are targeted. Intratumor Tregs are partly responsible for the development of anti-PD1-resistant tumors and PD1(hi) CD8(+) T cells. Our analyses provide a framework to interrogate intratumor CD8(+) T-cell PD1 and immune PDL1 levels and response in human cancer.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptive Immunity
- Adenocarcinoma/immunology
- Adenocarcinoma/therapy
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- B7-H1 Antigen/physiology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Colonic Neoplasms/immunology
- Colonic Neoplasms/therapy
- Down-Regulation
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/immunology
- Immunization, Passive
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/immunology
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating/metabolism
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/therapy
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Myeloid Cells/immunology
- Myeloid Cells/metabolism
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/physiology
- Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/biosynthesis
- Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/genetics
- Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/physiology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
- Tumor Microenvironment/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Shin Foong Ngiow
- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia. School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia. School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- INSERM U1015, Villejuif, France. Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. Equipe labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, University of Paris Sud XI, Villejuif, France. Center of Clinical Investigations in Biotherapies of Cancer (CICBT), Villejuif, France
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- INSERM U1015, Villejuif, France. Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. Equipe labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, University of Paris Sud XI, Villejuif, France. Center of Clinical Investigations in Biotherapies of Cancer (CICBT), Villejuif, France
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- INSERM U1015, Villejuif, France. Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. Equipe labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, University of Paris Sud XI, Villejuif, France. Center of Clinical Investigations in Biotherapies of Cancer (CICBT), Villejuif, France. Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Institut de Cancerologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- INSERM U1015, Villejuif, France. Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. Equipe labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, University of Paris Sud XI, Villejuif, France. Center of Clinical Investigations in Biotherapies of Cancer (CICBT), Villejuif, France
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- Immunology in Cancer and Infection Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia. School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
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IgG1 protects against renal disease in a mouse model of cryoglobulinaemia. Nature 2014; 517:501-4. [PMID: 25363774 PMCID: PMC4342786 DOI: 10.1038/nature13868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Belperron AA, Liu N, Booth CJ, Bockenstedt LK. Dual role for Fcγ receptors in host defense and disease in Borrelia burgdorferi-infected mice. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2014; 4:75. [PMID: 24967215 PMCID: PMC4052197 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Arthritis in mice infected with the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, results from the influx of innate immune cells responding to the pathogen in the joint and is influenced in part by mouse genetics. Production of inflammatory cytokines by innate immune cells in vitro is largely mediated by Toll-like receptor (TLR) interaction with Borrelia lipoproteins, yet surprisingly mice deficient in TLR2 or the TLR signaling molecule MyD88 still develop arthritis comparable to that seen in wild type mice after B. burgdorferi infection. These findings suggest that other, MyD88-independent inflammatory pathways can contribute to arthritis expression. Clearance of B. burgdorferi is dependent on the production of specific antibody and phagocytosis of the organism. As Fc receptors (FcγR) are important for IgG-mediated clearance of immune complexes and opsonized particles by phagocytes, we examined the role that FcγR play in host defense and disease in B. burgdorferi-infected mice. B. burgdorferi-infected mice deficient in the Fc receptor common gamma chain (FcεRγ−/− mice) harbored ~10 fold more spirochetes than similarly infected wild type mice, and this was associated with a transient increase in arthritis severity. While the elevated pathogen burdens seen in B. burgdorferi-infected MyD88−/− mice were not affected by concomitant deficiency in FcγR, arthritis was reduced in FcεRγ−/−MyD88−/− mice in comparison to wild type or single knockout mice. Gene expression analysis from infected joints demonstrated that absence of both MyD88 and FcγR lowers mRNA levels of proteins involved in inflammation, including Cxcl1 (KC), Xcr1 (Gpr5), IL-1beta, and C reactive protein. Taken together, our results demonstrate a role for FcγR-mediated immunity in limiting pathogen burden and arthritis in mice during the acute phase of B. burgdorferi infection, and further suggest that this pathway contributes to the arthritis that develops in B. burgdorferi-infected MyD88−/− mice.
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- Alexia A Belperron
- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT, USA
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- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT, USA
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- Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT, USA
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- Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT, USA
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Hobday PM, Auger JL, Schuneman GR, Haasken S, Verbeek JS, Binstadt BA. Fcγ receptor III and Fcγ receptor IV on macrophages drive autoimmune valvular carditis in mice. Arthritis Rheumatol 2014; 66:852-62. [PMID: 24757138 DOI: 10.1002/art.38311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Arthritis and valvular carditis coexist in several human rheumatic diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatic fever, and rheumatoid arthritis. T cell receptor-transgenic K/BxN mice develop spontaneous autoantibody-associated arthritis and valvular carditis. The common Fc receptor γ (FcRγ) signaling chain is required for carditis to develop in K/BxN mice. FcRγ pairs with numerous receptors in a variety of cells. The aim of this study was to identify the FcRγ-associated receptors and Fcγ receptor (FcγR)-expressing cells that mediate valvular carditis in this model. METHODS We bred K/BxN mice lacking the genes that encode activating Fcγ receptors (FcγRI, FcγRIII, and FcγRIV), and we assessed these mice for valvular carditis. We similarly evaluated complement component C3-deficient K/BxN mice. Immunohistochemistry, bone marrow transplantation, and macrophage depletion were used to define the key FcRγ-expressing cell type. RESULTS Genetic deficiency of only one of the activating Fcγ receptors did not prevent carditis, whereas deficiency of all 3 activating Fcγ receptors did. Further analysis demonstrated that FcγRIII and FcγRIV were the key drivers of valve inflammation; FcγRI was dispensable. C3 was not required. FcRγ expression by radioresistant cells was critical for valvular carditis to develop, and further analysis indicated that macrophages were the key candidate FcγR-expressing effectors of carditis. CONCLUSION FcγRIII and FcγRIV act redundantly to promote valvular carditis in K/BxN mice with systemic autoantibody-associated arthritis. Macrophage depletion reduced the severity of valve inflammation. These findings suggest that pathogenic autoantibodies engage Fcγ receptors on macrophages to drive valvular carditis. Our study provides new insight into the pathogenesis of cardiovascular inflammation in the setting of autoantibody-associated chronic inflammatory diseases.
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Xiao Y, Yu S, Zhu B, Bedoret D, Bu X, Francisco LM, Hua P, Duke-Cohan JS, Umetsu DT, Sharpe AH, DeKruyff RH, Freeman GJ. RGMb is a novel binding partner for PD-L2 and its engagement with PD-L2 promotes respiratory tolerance. Mol Immunol 2014; 48:1292-300. [PMID: 24752301 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2010.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Revised: 11/17/2010] [Accepted: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We report that programmed death ligand 2 (PD-L2), a known ligand of PD-1, also binds to repulsive guidance molecule b (RGMb), which was originally identified in the nervous system as a co-receptor for bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs). PD-L2 and BMP-2/4 bind to distinct sites on RGMb. Normal resting lung interstitial macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells express high levels of RGMb mRNA, whereas lung dendritic cells express PD-L2. Blockade of the RGMb-PD-L2 interaction markedly impaired the development of respiratory tolerance by interfering with the initial T cell expansion required for respiratory tolerance. Experiments with PD-L2-deficient mice showed that PD-L2 expression on non-T cells was critical for respiratory tolerance, but expression on T cells was not required. Because PD-L2 binds to both PD-1, which inhibits antitumor immunity, and to RGMb, which regulates respiratory immunity, targeting the PD-L2 pathway has therapeutic potential for asthma, cancer, and other immune-mediated disorders. Understanding this pathway may provide insights into how to optimally modulate the PD-1 pathway in cancer immunotherapy while minimizing adverse events.
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- Yanping Xiao
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 2 Division of Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital; 3 Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology and 4 Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Dammacco F, Battaglia S, Gesualdo L, Racanelli V. Goodpasture's disease: A report of ten cases and a review of the literature. Autoimmun Rev 2013; 12:1101-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2013.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Simpson TR, Li F, Montalvo-Ortiz W, Sepulveda MA, Bergerhoff K, Arce F, Roddie C, Henry JY, Yagita H, Wolchok JD, Peggs KS, Ravetch JV, Allison JP, Quezada SA. Fc-dependent depletion of tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells co-defines the efficacy of anti-CTLA-4 therapy against melanoma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 210:1695-710. [PMID: 23897981 PMCID: PMC3754863 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20130579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1086] [Impact Index Per Article: 98.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Anti–CTLA-4 antibody induces selective depletion of T reg cells within tumor lesions in a manner that is dependent on the presence of Fc gamma receptor-expressing macrophages within the tumor microenvironment. Treatment with monoclonal antibody specific for cytotoxic T lymphocyte–associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4), an inhibitory receptor expressed by T lymphocytes, has emerged as an effective therapy for the treatment of metastatic melanoma. Although subject to debate, current models favor a mechanism of activity involving blockade of the inhibitory activity of CTLA-4 on both effector (T eff) and regulatory (T reg) T cells, resulting in enhanced antitumor effector T cell activity capable of inducing tumor regression. We demonstrate, however, that the activity of anti–CTLA-4 antibody on the T reg cell compartment is mediated via selective depletion of T reg cells within tumor lesions. Importantly, T reg cell depletion is dependent on the presence of Fcγ receptor–expressing macrophages within the tumor microenvironment, indicating that T reg cells are depleted in trans in a context-dependent manner. Our results reveal further mechanistic insight into the activity of anti-CTLA-4–based cancer immunotherapy, and illustrate the importance of specific features of the local tumor environment on the final outcome of antibody-based immunomodulatory therapies.
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- Tyler R Simpson
- Department of Immunology, M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Olaru F, Wang XP, Luo W, Ge L, Miner JH, Kleinau S, Geiger XJ, Wasiluk A, Heidet L, Kitching AR, Borza DB. Proteolysis breaks tolerance toward intact α345(IV) collagen, eliciting novel anti-glomerular basement membrane autoantibodies specific for α345NC1 hexamers. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 190:1424-32. [PMID: 23303673 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Goodpasture disease is an autoimmune kidney disease mediated by autoantibodies against noncollagenous domain 1 (NC1) monomers of α3(IV) collagen that bind to the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), usually causing rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (GN). We identified a novel type of human IgG4-restricted anti-GBM autoantibodies associated with mild nonprogressive GN, which specifically targeted α345NC1 hexamers but not α3NC1 monomers. The mechanisms eliciting these anti-GBM autoantibodies were investigated in mouse models recapitulating this phenotype. Wild-type and FcγRIIB(-/-) mice immunized with autologous murine GBM NC1 hexamers produced mouse IgG1-restricted autoantibodies specific for α345NC1 hexamers, which bound to the GBM in vivo but did not cause GN. In these mice, intact collagen IV from murine GBM was not immunogenic. However, in Col4a3(-/-) Alport mice, both intact collagen IV and NC1 hexamers from murine GBM elicited IgG Abs specific for α345NC1 hexamers, which were not subclass restricted. As heterologous Ag in COL4A3-humanized mice, murine GBM NC1 hexamers elicited mouse IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG2b autoantibodies specific for α345NC1 hexamers and induced anti-GBM Ab GN. These findings indicate that tolerance toward autologous intact α345(IV) collagen is established in hosts expressing this Ag, even though autoreactive B cells specific for α345NC1 hexamers are not purged from their repertoire. Proteolysis selectively breaches this tolerance by generating autoimmunogenic α345NC1 hexamers. This provides a mechanism eliciting autoantibodies specific for α345NC1 hexamers, which are restricted to noninflammatory IgG subclasses and are nonnephritogenic. In Alport syndrome, lack of tolerance toward α345(IV) collagen promotes production of alloantibodies to α345NC1 hexamers, including proinflammatory IgG subclasses that mediate posttransplant anti-GBM nephritis.
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- Florina Olaru
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Tutykhina IL, Sedova ES, Gribova IY, Ivanova TI, Vasilev LA, Rutovskaya MV, Lysenko AA, Shmarov MM, Logunov DY, Naroditsky BS, Tillib SV, Gintsburg AL. Passive immunization with a recombinant adenovirus expressing an HA (H5)-specific single-domain antibody protects mice from lethal influenza infection. Antiviral Res 2012; 97:318-28. [PMID: 23274786 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2012.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2012] [Revised: 12/03/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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One effective method for the prevention and treatment of influenza infection is passive immunization. In our study, we examined the feasibility of creating an antibody-based preparation with a prolonged protective effect against influenza virus. Single-domain antibodies (sdAbs) specific for influenza virus hemagglutinin were generated. Experiments in mouse models showed 100% survivability for both intranasal sdAbs administration 24h prior to influenza challenge and 24h after infection. sdAb-gene delivery by an adenoviral vector led to gene expression for up to 14days. Protection by a recombinant adenovirus containing the sdAb gene was observed in cases of administration prior to influenza infection (14d-24h). We also demonstrated that the single administration of a combined preparation containing sdAb DNA and protein expanded the protection time window from 14d prior to 48h after influenza infection. This approach and the application of a broad-spectrum sdAbs will allow the development of efficient drugs for the prevention and treatment of viral infections produced by pandemic virus variants and other infections.
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- Irina L Tutykhina
- Gamaleya Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, 18, Gamaleya Street, Moscow 123098, Russia
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Williams JW, Tjota MY, Sperling AI. The contribution of allergen-specific IgG to the development of th2-mediated airway inflammation. J Allergy (Cairo) 2012; 2012:236075. [PMID: 23150737 PMCID: PMC3485540 DOI: 10.1155/2012/236075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In both human asthmatics and animal models of allergy, allergen-specific IgG can contribute to Th2-mediated allergic inflammation. Mouse models have elucidated an important role for IgG and Fc-gamma receptor (FcγR) signaling on antigen presenting cells (APC) for the induction of airway inflammation. These studies suggest a positive feedback loop between IgG produced by the adaptive B cell response and FcγR signaling on innate immune cells. Studies of IgG and FcγRs in humans with asthma or allergic lung disease have been more controversial. Some reports have identified associations between allergen-specific IgG and severity of allergic responses, while other studies have found associations of IgG subclass IgG4 with allergic tolerance. In this paper, we review the literature to help define the nature of IgG and FcγR signaling on innate immune cells and how it contributes to the development of allergic immune responses.
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- Jesse W. Williams
- Committee on Molecular Pathology and Molecular Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program and Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Committee on Molecular Pathology and Molecular Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program and Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Kasperkiewicz M, Nimmerjahn F, Wende S, Hirose M, Iwata H, Jonkman MF, Samavedam U, Gupta Y, Möller S, Rentz E, Hellberg L, Kalies K, Yu X, Schmidt E, Häsler R, Laskay T, Westermann J, Köhl J, Zillikens D, Ludwig RJ. Genetic identification and functional validation of FcγRIV as key molecule in autoantibody-induced tissue injury. J Pathol 2012; 228:8-19. [DOI: 10.1002/path.4023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2011] [Revised: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Zhang JJ, Malekpour M, Luo W, Ge L, Olaru F, Wang XP, Bah M, Sado Y, Heidet L, Kleinau S, Fogo AB, Borza DB. Murine membranous nephropathy: immunization with α3(IV) collagen fragment induces subepithelial immune complexes and FcγR-independent nephrotic syndrome. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 188:3268-77. [PMID: 22371398 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1103368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a leading cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults and a significant cause of end-stage renal disease, yet current therapies are nonspecific, toxic, and often ineffective. The development of novel targeted therapies requires a detailed understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms, but progress is hampered by the lack of a robust mouse model of disease. We report that DBA/1 mice as well as congenic FcγRIII(-/-) and FcRγ(-/-) mice immunized with a fragment of α3(IV) collagen developed massive albuminuria and nephrotic syndrome, because of subepithelial deposits of mouse IgG and C3 with corresponding basement membrane reaction and podocyte foot process effacement. The clinical presentation and histopathologic findings were characteristic of MN. Although immunized mice produced genuine anti-α3NC1 autoantibodies that bound to kidney and lung basement membranes, neither crescentic glomerulonephritis nor alveolitis ensued, likely because of the predominance of mouse IgG1 over IgG2a and IgG2b autoantibodies. The ablation of activating IgG Fc receptors did not ameliorate injury, implicating subepithelial deposition of immune complexes and consequent complement activation as a major effector pathway. We have thus established an active model of murine MN. This model, leveraged by the availability of genetically engineered mice and mouse-specific reagents, will be instrumental in studying the pathogenesis of MN and evaluating the efficacy of novel experimental therapies.
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- Jun-Jun Zhang
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Adame-Gallegos JR, Shi J, McIntosh RS, Pleass RJ. The generation and evaluation of two panels of epitope-matched mouse IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b and IgG3 antibodies specific for Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium yoelii merozoite surface protein 1-19 (MSP1(19)). Exp Parasitol 2012; 130:384-93. [PMID: 22343045 PMCID: PMC3336205 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2011] [Revised: 01/28/2012] [Accepted: 02/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Murine immunoglobulin G (IgG) plays an important role in mediating protective immune responses to malaria. We still know relatively little about which IgG subclasses protect against this disease in mouse models, although IgG2a and IgG2b are considered to be the most potent and dominate in successful passive transfer experiments in rodent malarias. To explore the mechanism(s) by which the different mouse IgG subclasses may mediate a protective effect, we generated mouse IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b and IgG3 specific for the C-terminal 19-kDa region of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 (PfMSP119), and to the homologous antigen from Plasmodium yoelii (P. yoelii), both major targets of protective immune responses. This panel of eight IgGs bound antigen with an affinity comparable to that seen for their epitope-matched parental monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) from which they were derived, although for reasons of yield, we were only able to explore the function of mouse IgG1 recognizing PfMSP119 in detail, both in vitro and in vivo. Murine IgG1 was as effective as the parental human IgG from which it was derived at inducing NADPH-mediated oxidative bursts and degranulation from neutrophils. Despite showing efficacy in in vitro functional assays with neutrophils, the mouse IgG1 failed to protect against parasite challenge in vivo. The lack of protection afforded by MSP119-specific IgG1 against parasite challenge in wild type mice suggests that this Ab class does not play a major role in the control of infection with mouse malaria in the Plasmodium berghei transgenic model.
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- Jaime R Adame-Gallegos
- Lab C4, Institute of Genetics, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
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Monocyte Subsets Responsible for Immunoglobulin G-Dependent Effector Functions In Vivo. Immunity 2011; 35:932-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2010] [Revised: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The role of differential IgG glycosylation in the interaction of antibodies with FcγRs in vivo. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2011; 16:7-14. [DOI: 10.1097/mot.0b013e328342538f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Lux A, Nimmerjahn F. Impact of Differential Glycosylation on IgG Activity. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2011; 780:113-24. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5632-3_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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FcγRIV deletion reveals its central role for IgG2a and IgG2b activity in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:19396-401. [PMID: 20974962 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014515107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cellular Fcγ receptors are essential for IgG-dependent effector functions in vivo. There is convincing evidence that selective activating Fcγ receptors are responsible for the activity of individual IgG subclasses. Thus, IgG1 activity is absent in FcγRIII-deficient mice, and several studies suggest that the activity of the most potent IgG subclasses, IgG2a and IgG2b, might be dependent on either individual or a combination of activating FcγRs. To study the role of individual activating FcγRs for IgG subclass activity, we generated an FcγRIV-deficient mouse and showed that a variety of IgG2a- and IgG2b-dependent effector functions are impaired in the absence of this activating Fc receptor in models of autoimmunity and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity.
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Baerenwaldt A, Biburger M, Nimmerjahn F. Mechanisms of action of intravenous immunoglobulins. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2010; 6:425-34. [PMID: 20441428 DOI: 10.1586/eci.10.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has been used for nearly three decades as an efficient anti-inflammatory therapeutic regimen in a growing number of autoimmune diseases. Despite this their success in clinical application, the mechanism of action of IVIg therapy remains elusive. During the last few years, several mechanisms dependent on either the IgG variable or constant fragment have been proposed to explain the potent immunomodulatory activity of IVIg. This review will discuss which molecular and cellular pathways might be involved in the anti-inflammatory activity of IVIg and for which types of autoimmune diseases they might be relevant.
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- Anne Baerenwaldt
- Department of Biology, Institute of Genetics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Staudtstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Luo W, Wang XP, Kashtan CE, Borza DB. Alport alloantibodies but not Goodpasture autoantibodies induce murine glomerulonephritis: protection by quinary crosslinks locking cryptic α3(IV) collagen autoepitopes in vivo. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 185:3520-8. [PMID: 20709951 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The noncollagenous (NC1) domains of alpha3alpha4alpha5(IV) collagen in the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) are targets of Goodpasture autoantibodies or Alport posttransplant nephritis alloantibodies mediating rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. Because the autoepitopes but not the alloepitopes become cryptic upon assembly of alpha3alpha4alpha5NC1 hexamers, we investigated how the accessibility of B cell epitopes in vivo influences the development of glomerulonephritis in mice passively immunized with human anti-GBM Abs. Alport alloantibodies, which bound to native murine alpha3alpha4alpha5NC1 hexamers in vitro, deposited linearly along the mouse GBM in vivo, eliciting crescentic glomerulonephritis in Fcgr2b(-/-) mice susceptible to Ab-mediated inflammation. Goodpasture autoantibodies, which bound to murine alpha3NC1 monomer and dimer subunits but not to native alpha3alpha4alpha5NC1 hexamers in vitro, neither bound to the mouse GBM in vivo nor induced experimental glomerulonephritis. This was due to quinary NC1 crosslinks, recently identified as sulfilimine bonds, which comprehensively locked the cryptic Goodpasture autoepitopes in the mouse GBM. In contrast, non-crosslinked alpha3NC1 subunits were identified as a native target of Goodpasture autoantibodies in the GBM of squirrel monkeys, a species susceptible to Goodpasture autoantibody-mediated nephritis. Thus, crypticity of B cell autoepitopes in tissues uncouples potentially pathogenic autoantibodies from autoimmune disease. Crosslinking of alpha3alpha4alpha5NC1 hexamers represents a novel mechanism averting autoantibody binding and subsequent tissue injury by posttranslational modifications of an autoantigen.
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- Wentian Luo
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Biburger M, Aschermann S, Lux A, Nimmerjahn F. The role of Fcγ receptors in murine autoimmune thrombocytopenia. Ann Hematol 2010; 89 Suppl 1:25-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s00277-010-0915-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2009] [Accepted: 01/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Syed SN, Konrad S, Wiege K, Nieswandt B, Nimmerjahn F, Schmidt RE, Gessner JE. Both FcgammaRIV and FcgammaRIII are essential receptors mediating type II and type III autoimmune responses via FcRgamma-LAT-dependent generation of C5a. Eur J Immunol 2010; 39:3343-56. [PMID: 19795417 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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FcgammaRIV is a relatively new IgG Fc receptor (FcgammaR) that is reported to contribute to the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, although its specific role in relation to FcgammaRIII, complement and IgG2 subclasses remains uncertain. Here we define FcgammaRIV on macrophages as a receptor for soluble IgG2a/b complexes but not for cellular bound IgG2a and show that simultaneous activation of FcgammaRIV and FcgammaRIII is critical to mediate certain type II/III autoimmune responses. FcgammaRIII-deficient mice display compensatory enhanced FcgammaRIV expression, are protected from lung inflammation after deposition of IgG complexes, and show reduced sensitivity to IgG2a/b-mediated hemolytic anemia, indicating that increased FcgammaRIV alone is not sufficient to trigger these diseases in the absence of FcgammaRIII. Importantly, however, blockade of FcgammaRIV is also effective in inhibiting phagocytosis and cytokine production in IgG2b-induced anemia and acute lung injury, processes that display a further dependence on C5a anaphylatoxin receptor. Using gene deletion and functional inhibition studies, we found that FcgammaRIII and FcgammaRIV are each essential to trigger an FcRgamma-linker for activation of T-cell-dependent signal that drives C5a production in the Arthus reaction. Together, the results demonstrate a combined requirement for FcgammaRIII and FcgammaRIV in autoimmune injury, and identify the linker for activation of T cells adaptor as an integral component of linked FcgammaR and C5a anaphylatoxin receptor activation to generate inflammation.
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- Shahzad N Syed
- Laboratory for Molecular Immunology, Clinic for Immunology and Rheumatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Genetic defects affecting the humoral immune response and especially the production of antibodies of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) isotype result in a heightened susceptibility to infections. Studies over the last years have demonstrated the crucial role of Fc-receptors for IgG (FcγRs) widely expressed on innate immune effector cells in mediating the protective function of IgG. During the last years, additional ligands interacting with FcγRs as well as additional receptors binding to IgG glycosylation variants have been identified. In this review, we discuss how the interaction of these different ligands with classical and novel Fcγ-receptors influences the immune response and which strategies microorganisms have developed to prevent them.
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- Falk Nimmerjahn
- Chair of Genetics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Staudtstr. 5, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
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Otten MA, Groeneveld TWL, Flierman R, Rastaldi MP, Trouw LA, Faber-Krol MC, Visser A, Essers MC, Claassens J, Verbeek JS, van Kooten C, Roos A, Daha MR. Both complement and IgG fc receptors are required for development of attenuated antiglomerular basement membrane nephritis in mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:3980-8. [PMID: 19710463 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To elucidate the mechanisms of glomerulonephritis, including Goodpasture's syndrome, mouse models are used that use heterologous Abs against the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) with or without preimmunization with foreign IgG from the same species. These studies have revealed the requirement of either FcgammaR or complement, depending on the experimental model used. In this study, we provide evidence that both FcgammaR and complement are obligatory for a full-blown inflammation in a novel attenuated passive model of anti-GBM disease. We demonstrate that administration of subnephritogenic doses of rabbit anti-GBM Abs followed by a fixed dose of mouse mAbs to rabbit IgG, allowing timing and dosing for the induction of glomerulonephritis, resulted in reproducible complement activation via the classical pathway of complement and albuminuria in wild-type mice. Because albuminuria was absent in FcR-gamma-chain(-/-) mice and reduced in C3(-/-) mice, a role for both FcgammaR and complement is postulated. Because C1q(-/-) and C4(-/-) mice lacking a functional classical and lectin pathway did develop albuminuria, we suggest involvement of the alternative pathway of complement. Anti-GBM glomerulonephritis occurs acutely following the administration of mouse anti-rabbit IgG, and proceeds in a chronic fashion dependent on both FcgammaR and complement. This novel attenuated model allows elucidating the relative contribution of different mediator systems of the immune system to the development of renal injury, and also provides a platform for the assessment of different treatment protocols and evaluation of drugs that ultimately may be beneficial for the treatment of anti-GBM mediated glomerulonephritides.
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- Marielle A Otten
- Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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