Human double-negative T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus provide help for IgG and are restricted by CD1c
Human double-negative T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus provide help for IgG and are restricted by CD1c
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.165.9.5338
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发表时间:
2000-11-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Hahn, BH
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作者:
Sieling, PA;Porcelli, SA;Hahn, BH
To understand the mechanism of T cell help for IBG production in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) we investigated the response of CD4- and CD8-negative (double-negative (DN)) T cells because: 1) DN T cells are present at unusually high frequency in patients with SLE and can induce. pathogenic autoantibodies; 2) the DN T cell repertoire includes cells restricted by CD1 Ag-presenting molecules; and 3) CD1c is expressed on a population of circulating B cells. We derived DN T cell lines from SLE patients and healthy individuals. In the presence of CD1(+) APCs, DN T cell lines from SLE patients produced both IL-4 and IFN-gamma, whereas DN T cells from healthy donors produced IFN-gamma, but no IL-4, In general, cells from patients with highly active disease produced high levels of IFN-gamma; cells from those with little activity produced high IL-4, Coculture of CD1c-directly reactive T cells from healthy donors with CD1c(+) B cells elicited IgM Abs, but little or no IgG, In contrast, CD1c-directly reactive T cells from SLE patients induced isotype switching, with a striking increase in IgG production. Neutralizing Abs to CD1c inhibited the ability of DN T cells to induce IgG production from CD1c(+) B cells, further indicating that CD1c mediated the T and B cell interaction. IgG production was also inhibited by neutralizing Abs to IL-4, correlating with the cytokine pattern of TPN T cells derived from these patients. The data suggest that CD1c-restricted T cells from SLE patients can provide help to CD1c(+) B cells for IgG production and could therefore promote pathogenic autoantibody responses in SLE.