Effect of MHC class I and CD8 cell deficiency on experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis pathogenesis.
Effect of MHC class I and CD8 cell deficiency on experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis pathogenesis.
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.153.11.5330
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发表时间:
1994-12
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
M. Shenoy;R. Kaul;E. Goluszko;C. David;P. Christadoss;P. Christadoss
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作者:
M. Shenoy;R. Kaul;E. Goluszko;C. David;P. Christadoss;P. Christadoss
MHC class I and CD8+ cell deficiency have either prevented systemic lupus erythematosus-like disease in mice or enhanced type I diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice. To study the involvement of MHC class I and class I-restricted CD8+ T cells in the induction of a classical Ab-mediated disease, experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG), we immunized beta 2 microglobulin (beta 2-m) gene-disrupted (beta 2 m-/-) C57BL10 (B10) mice, deficient in class I gene expression and CD8+ cells, and heterozygous (beta 2-m+/-) B10 mice with normal expression of class I molecules and sufficient CD8+ cells with Torpedo acetylcholine receptor in CFA, and assessed them for clinical and immunopathologic manifestations of EAMG. Despite MHC class I and CD8+ cell deficiency, beta 2-m-/- mice developed EAMG. Moreover, the incidence of EAMG in the beta 2-m-/- mice was higher than that of beta 2-m+/- heterozygous mice with normal class I expression and frequency of CD8+ cells. The finding provided direct genetic evidence against a pathogenic effector role in C57BL10 mice for MHC class I molecule and class I-restricted CD8+ T cells in EAMG pathogenesis.