HSP70i is a critical component of the immune response leading to vitiligo.
HSP70i is a critical component of the immune response leading to vitiligo.
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1755-148x.2011.00916.x
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发表时间:
2012-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Poole IC
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作者:
Mosenson JA;Zloza A;Klarquist J;Barfuss AJ;Guevara-Patino JA;Poole IC
HSP70i and other stress proteins have been used in anti-tumor vaccines. This begs the question whether HSP70i plays a unique role in immune activation. We vaccinated inducible HSP70i (Hsp70-1) knockout mice and wild-type animals with optimized TRP-1, a highly immunogenic melanosomal target molecule. We were unable to induce robust and lasting depigmentation in the Hsp70-1 knockout mice, and in vivo cytolytic assays revealed a lack of CTL activity. Absence of T cell infiltration to the skin and maintenance of hair follicle melanocytes was observed. By contrast, depigmentation proceeded without interruption in mice lacking a tissue specific constitutive isoform of HSP70 (Hsp70-2) vaccinated with TRP-2. Next, we demonstrated that HSP70i was necessary and sufficient to accelerate depigmentation in vitiligo-prone Pmel-1 mice, accompanied by lasting phenotypic changes in dendritic cell subpopulations. In summary, these studies assign a unique function to HSP70i in vitiligo, and identify HSP70i as targetable entity for treatment.