Molecular mimics can induce a nonautoaggressive repertoire that preempts induction of autoimmunity.
Molecular mimics can induce a nonautoaggressive repertoire that preempts induction of autoimmunity.
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分子模拟物可以诱导一种非自身攻击性的指令，从而抢先诱导自身免疫。
DOI：
10.1073/pnas.0914508107
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Sercarz,EliE
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作者：
Maverakis,Emanual;Menezes,JuscileneS;Ametani,Akio;Han,Mei;Stevens,DavidB;He,Yong;Wang,Yan;Ono,Yoko;Miyamura,Yoshinori;Lam,KitS;Ward,ESally;Sercarz,EliE
To determine the role that competition plays in a molecular mimic’s capacity to induce autoimmunity, we studied the ability of naïve encephalitogenic T cells to expand in response to agonist altered peptide ligands (APLs), some capable of stimulating both self-directed and exclusively APL-specific T cells. Our results show that although the APLs capable of stimulating exclusively APL-specific T cells are able to expand encephalitogenic T cells in vitro, the encephalitogenic repertoire is effectively outcompeted in vivo when the APL is used as the priming immunogen. Competition as a mechanism was supported by: (i) the demonstration of a population of exclusively APL-specific T cells, (ii) an experiment in which an encephalitogenic T cell population was successfully outcompeted by adoptively transferred naïve T cells, and (iii) demonstrating that the elimination of competing T cells bestowed an APL with the ability to expand naïve encephalitogenic T cells in vivo. In total, these experiments support the existence of a reasonably broad T cell repertoire responsive to a molecular mimic (e.g., a microbial agent), of which the exclusively mimic-specific component tends to focus the immune response on the invading pathogen, whereas the rare cross-reactive, potentially autoreactive T cells are often preempted from becoming involved.
