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Saha A, Taylor PA, Lees CJ, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Osborn MJ, Feser CJ, Thangavelu G, Melchinger W, Refaeli Y, Hill GR, Munn DH, Murphy WJ, Serody JS, Maillard I, Kreymborg K, van den Brink M, Dong C, Huang S, Zang X, Allison JP, Zeiser R, Blazar BR. Donor and host B7-H4 expression negatively regulates acute graft-versus-host disease lethality. JCI Insight 2019; 4:127716. [PMID: 31578305 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.127716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
B7-H4 is a negative regulatory B7 family member. We investigated the role of host and donor B7-H4 in regulating acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Allogeneic donor T cells infused into B7-H4-/- versus WT recipients markedly accelerated GVHD-induced lethality. Chimera studies pointed toward B7-H4 expression on host hematopoietic cells as more critical than parenchymal cells in controlling GVHD. Rapid mortality in B7-H4-/- recipients was associated with increased donor T cell expansion, gut T cell homing and loss of intestinal epithelial integrity, increased T effector function (proliferation, proinflammatory cytokines, cytolytic molecules), and reduced apoptosis. Higher metabolic demands of rapidly proliferating donor T cells in B7-H4-/- versus WT recipients required multiple metabolic pathways, increased extracellular acidification rates (ECARs) and oxygen consumption rates (OCRs), and increased expression of fuel substrate transporters. During GVHD, B7-H4 expression was upregulated on allogeneic WT donor T cells. B7-H4-/- donor T cells given to WT recipients increased GVHD mortality and had function and biological properties similar to WT T cells from allogeneic B7-H4-/- recipients. Graft-versus-leukemia responses were intact regardless as to whether B7-H4-/- mice were used as hosts or donors. Taken together, these data provide new insights into the negative regulatory processes that control GVHD and provide support for developing therapeutic strategies directed toward the B7-H4 pathway.
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- Asim Saha
- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem-Cell Transplantation, Freiburg University Medical Center, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Institute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem-Cell Transplantation, Freiburg University Medical Center, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Saha A, Taylor PA, Lees CJ, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Osborn MJ, Feser CJ, Thangavelu G, Melchinger W, Refaeli Y, Hill GR, Munn DH, Serody JS, Maillard I, Kreymborg K, van den Brink M, Dong C, Huang S, Zang X, Allison JP, Zeiser R, Blazar BR. B7-H4 expression in donor T cells and host cells negatively regulates acute graftversus- host disease lethality. The Journal of Immunology 2019. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.202.supp.69.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The B7 family members are critical in positive and negative regulation of immune responses by engaging various lymphocyte receptors. B7-H4 is a member of the B7 family that can negatively regulate T cell function. We investigated the role of host and donor B7-H4 in regulating acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Allogeneic donor T cells infused into B7-H4−/− versus wild type (WT) recipients markedly accelerated GVHD-induced lethality in a C57BL/6 to BALB/c GVHD model. Chimera studies pointed toward B7-H4 expression on host hematopoietic cells as more critical than parenchymal cells in controlling GVHD. B7-H4−/− recipients had rapid mortality associated with increased donor T cell expansion, gut T cell homing and loss of intestinal epithelial integrity, increased Teffector function (proliferation, pro-inflammatory cytokines, cytolytic molecules) and reduced apoptosis. Higher metabolic demands of rapidly proliferating donor T cells in B7-H4−/− versus WT recipients required multiple metabolic pathways, increased extra-cellular acidification rates and oxygen consumption rates, and increased expression of fuel substrate transporters. Interestingly, during GVHD, B7-H4 expression was upregulated on allogeneic WT donor T cells. Consistent with these data, donor B7-H4−/− T cells given to WT recipients increased GVHD mortality and functioned similarly to WT T cells from allogeneic B7-H4−/− recipients. Graft-versus-leukemia responses were intact regardless as to whether B7-H4−/− mice were used as hosts or donors. Taken together, these data provide new insights into the negative regulatory processes that control GVHD and provide support for developing therapeutic strategies directed toward the B7-H4 pathway.
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- 3University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, Co
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- 11Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Kreymborg K, Haak S, Murali R, Wei J, Waitz R, Gasteiger G, Savage PA, van den Brink MRM, Allison JP. Ablation of B7-H3 but Not B7-H4 Results in Highly Increased Tumor Burden in a Murine Model of Spontaneous Prostate Cancer. Cancer Immunol Res 2015; 3:849-54. [PMID: 26122284 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-15-0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The costimulatory molecules B7-H3 and B7-H4 are overexpressed in a variety of human tumors and have been hypothesized as possible biomarkers and immunotherapeutic targets. Despite this potential, the predominating uncertainty about their functional implication in tumor-host interaction hampers their evaluation as a target for cancer therapy. By means of a highly physiologic, spontaneous tumor model in mice, we establish a causal link between B7-H3 and host tumor control and found B7-H4 to be redundant.
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- Katharina Kreymborg
- Program in Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York. Centre of Allergy and Environment (ZAUM), Technical University and Helmholtz Centre Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Program in Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Program in Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Immunology and Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Program in Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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Taube C, Tertilt C, Gyülveszi G, Dehzad N, Kreymborg K, Schneeweiss K, Michel E, Reuter S, Renauld JC, Arnold-Schild D, Schild H, Buhl R, Becher B. IL-22 is produced by innate lymphoid cells and limits inflammation in allergic airway disease. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21799. [PMID: 21789181 PMCID: PMC3138740 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Accepted: 06/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Interleukin (IL)-22 is an effector cytokine, which acts primarily on epithelial cells in the skin, gut, liver and lung. Both pro- and anti-inflammatory properties have been reported for IL-22 depending on the tissue and disease model. In a murine model of allergic airway inflammation, we found that IL-22 is predominantly produced by innate lymphoid cells in the inflamed lungs, rather than TH cells. To determine the impact of IL-22 on airway inflammation, we used allergen-sensitized IL-22-deficient mice and found that they suffer from significantly higher airway hyperreactivity upon airway challenge. IL-22-deficiency led to increased eosinophil infiltration lymphocyte invasion and production of CCL17 (TARC), IL-5 and IL-13 in the lung. Mice treated with IL-22 before antigen challenge displayed reduced expression of CCL17 and IL-13 and significant amelioration of airway constriction and inflammation. We conclude that innate IL-22 limits airway inflammation, tissue damage and clinical decline in allergic lung disease.
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- Christian Taube
- III. Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
- Department of Pediatrics, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Department of Pathology, Neuroimmunology Divison, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- III. Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Department of Pathology, Neuroimmunology Divison, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- III. Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd Experimental Medicine Unit, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
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- Institute of Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- III. Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Department of Pathology, Neuroimmunology Divison, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Dehzad N, Tertilt C, Gyülveszi G, Kreymborg K, Schneeweiß K, Michel E, Reuter S, Martin H, Renauld JC, Buhl R, Becher B, Taube C. The role of IL-22 in allergic airway disease. Pneumologie 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1270353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Haak S, Croxford AL, Kreymborg K, Heppner FL, Pouly S, Becher B, Waisman A. IL-17A and IL-17F do not contribute vitally to autoimmune neuro-inflammation in mice. J Clin Invest 2008; 119:61-9. [PMID: 19075395 DOI: 10.1172/jci35997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Accepted: 11/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The clear association of Th17 cells with autoimmune pathogenicity implicates Th17 cytokines as critical mediators of chronic autoimmune diseases such as EAE. To study the impact of IL-17A on CNS inflammation, we generated transgenic mice in which high levels of expression of IL-17A could be initiated after Cre-mediated recombination. Although ubiquitous overexpression of IL-17A led to skin inflammation and granulocytosis, T cell-specific IL-17A overexpression did not have a perceptible impact on the development and health of the mice. In the context of EAE, neither the T cell-driven overexpression of IL-17A nor its complete loss had a major impact on the development of clinical disease. Since IL-17F may be able to compensate for the loss of IL-17A, we also generated IL-17F-deficient mice. This strain was fully susceptible to EAE and displayed unaltered emergence and expansion of autoreactive T cells during disease. To eliminate potential compensatory effects of either cytokine, we treated IL-17F-deficient mice with antagonistic monoclonal antibodies specific for IL-17A and found again only a minimal beneficial impact on disease development. We conclude therefore that both IL-17A and IL-17F, while prominently expressed by an encephalitogenic T cell population, may only marginally contribute to the development of autoimmune CNS disease.
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- Stefan Haak
- Neuroimmunology Division, Institute of Experimental Immunology, Department of Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Kreymborg K, Etzensperger R, Dumoutier L, Haak S, Rebollo A, Buch T, Heppner FL, Renauld JC, Becher B. IL-22 is expressed by Th17 cells in an IL-23-dependent fashion, but not required for the development of autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Immunol 2007; 179:8098-104. [PMID: 18056351 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.12.8098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Lately, IL-17-secreting Th cells have received an overwhelming amount of attention and are now widely held to be the major pathogenic population in autoimmune diseases. In particular, IL-22-secreting Th17 cells were shown to specifically mark the highly pathogenic population of self-reactive T cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). As IL-17A itself was found to only play a minor role during the development of EAE, IL-22 is now postulated to contribute to the pathogenic function of Th17 cells. The goal of this study was to determine the role and function of IL-22 during the development of CNS autoimmunity in vivo. We found that CNS-invading encephalitogenic Th17 cells coexpress IL-22 and that IL-22 is specifically induced by IL-23 in autoimmune-pathogenic CD4+ T cells in a time- and dose-dependent manner. We next generated IL-22-/- mice, which--in contrast to the prediction that expression of inflammatory cytokines by CNS-invading T cells inevitably confers pathogenic function--turned out to be fully susceptible to EAE. Taken together, we show that self-reactive Th cells coexpress IL-17 and IL-22, but that the latter also does not appear to be directly involved in autoimmune pathogenesis of the CNS.
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- Katharina Kreymborg
- Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Kebir H, Kreymborg K, Ifergan I, Dodelet-Devillers A, Cayrol R, Bernard M, Giuliani F, Arbour N, Becher B, Prat A. Human TH17 lymphocytes promote blood-brain barrier disruption and central nervous system inflammation. Nat Med 2007; 13:1173-5. [PMID: 17828272 PMCID: PMC5114125 DOI: 10.1038/nm1651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1241] [Impact Index Per Article: 73.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2007] [Accepted: 08/16/2007] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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T(H)17 lymphocytes appear to be essential in the pathogenesis of numerous inflammatory diseases. We demonstrate here the expression of IL-17 and IL-22 receptors on blood-brain barrier endothelial cells (BBB-ECs) in multiple sclerosis lesions, and show that IL-17 and IL-22 disrupt BBB tight junctions in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, T(H)17 lymphocytes transmigrate efficiently across BBB-ECs, highly express granzyme B, kill human neurons and promote central nervous system inflammation through CD4+ lymphocyte recruitment.
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- Hania Kebir
- Neuroimmunology Unit, Center for the Study of Brain Diseases, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal-Notre-Dame Hospital, 1560 Sherbrooke Street East, Montreal, Quebec H2L 4M1, Canada
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IL-12 and IL-23 are molecules mainly produced by activated accessory and antigen-presenting cells. The tools for studying the biology of IL-12 in man and laboratory rodents have greatly advanced our appreciation of the central role of this molecule in cell-mediated immunity and inflammation. In particular, IL-12 is thought to be the prime-regulator of TH1 development. Targeting what was thought to be IL-12 function in vivo, resulted in drastic amelioration of inflammation and autoimmunity firmly linking TH1 polarisation to autoimmune development. Upon discovery of IL-23 and the fact that the large subunit of IL-23 is shared by IL-12, the research community only begins to grasp that the features attributed to IL-12 and TH1 development in inflammation are, in fact, dependent on IL-23 and not on IL-12. Hence, the perception of IL-12 biology is, to a large extent, based on a mistaken identity. In this review, the authors provide an overview of their current understanding of IL-12 and IL-23 biology in inflammation and autoimmunity, and how this viewpoint has been readjusted over the past 15 years.
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- Katharina Kreymborg
- Department of Neurology, Universitätsspital/University of Zürich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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Dengjel J, Schoor O, Fischer R, Reich M, Kraus M, Müller M, Kreymborg K, Altenberend F, Brandenburg J, Kalbacher H, Brock R, Driessen C, Rammensee HG, Stevanovic S. Autophagy promotes MHC class II presentation of peptides from intracellular source proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:7922-7. [PMID: 15894616 PMCID: PMC1142372 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0501190102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 494] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2005] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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MHC-peptide complexes mediate key functions in adaptive immunity. In a classical view, MHC-I molecules present peptides from intracellular source proteins, whereas MHC-II molecules present antigenic peptides from exogenous and membrane proteins. Nevertheless, substantial crosstalk between these two pathways has been observed. We investigated the influence of autophagy on the MHC-II ligandome and demonstrated that peptide presentation is altered considerably upon induction of autophagy. The presentation of peptides from intracellular and lysosomal source proteins was strongly increased on MHC-II in contrast with peptides from membrane and secreted proteins. In addition, autophagy influenced the MHC-II antigen-processing machinery. Our study illustrates a profound influence of autophagy on the class II peptide repertoire and suggests that this finding has implications for the regulation of CD4(+) T cell-mediated processes.
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- Jörn Dengjel
- Department of Immunology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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