Novel model of antigen-specific induction of bile duct injury.
Gastroenterology
; 131(6): 1899-906, 2006 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND & AIMS:
Biliary-directed inflammation is an important cause of acute and chronic liver disease. We developed and characterized a transgenic mouse model of immune-mediated hepatobiliary injury.METHODS:
Ovalbumin (OVA)-BIL mice were developed using 3.0 kilobase of the rat apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter promoter to drive aberrant expression of a membrane form of ovalbumin (OVA) on biliary epithelium. Liver inflammation resulted from adoptive transfer of OVA-specific T cells. Liver immune cells were characterized to determine the mechanism of the response by assessing activation, proliferation, and intracellular cytokine expression.RESULTS:
OVA-BIL transgenic mice were tolerant to OVA, without evidence of liver disease. Adoptive transfer of OVA-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells into naïve OVA-BIL mice led to biliary-centered necroinflammatory damage in a dose-dependent manner. This inflammation absolutely required CD8+ T cells and was augmented by CD4+ T cells. Adoptively transferred OVA CD8+ cells homed to and proliferated in the liver but not the spleen. These activated, adoptively transferred cytotoxic T lymphocytes produced elevated levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interferon gamma.CONCLUSIONS:
T-cell recognition of antigen aberrantly expressed on bile duct epithelium induced an acute necroinflammatory response specific to the liver, with activation, proliferation, and cytokine production predominantly by the OVA-specific cytotoxic T cells. Thus, OVA BIL represents an antigen-specific animal model of inflammatory bile duct injury.
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Asunto principal:
Enfermedades de los Conductos Biliares
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Ovalbúmina
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Linfocitos T CD8-positivos
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Traslado Adoptivo
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Antígenos
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Gastroenterology
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos