The involvement of CD44 and its novel ligand galectin-8 in apoptotic regulation of autoimmune inflammation.
J Immunol
; 179(2): 1225-35, 2007 Jul 15.
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| ID: mdl-17617615
ABSTRACT
The synovial fluid (SF) cells of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients express a specific CD44 variant designated CD44vRA. Using a cellular model of this autoimmune disease, we show in this study that the mammalian lectin, galectin-8 (gal-8), is a novel high-affinity ligand of CD44vRA. By affinity chromatography, flow cytometry, and surface plasmon resonance, we demonstrate that gal-8 interacts with a high affinity (K(d), 6 x 10(-9) M) with CD44vRA. We further demonstrate that SF cells from RA patients express and secrete gal-8, to a concentration of 25-65 nM, well within the concentration of gal-8 required to induce apoptosis of SF cells. We further show that not all gal-8 remains freely soluble in the SF and at least part forms triple complexes with CD44 and fibrinogen that can be detected, after fibrinogen immunoprecipitation, with Abs against fibrinogen, gal-8 and CD44. These triple complexes may therefore increase the inflammatory reaction by sequestering the soluble gal-8, thereby reducing its ability to induce apoptosis in the inflammatory cells. Our findings not only shed light on the receptor-ligand relationships between CD44 and gal-8, but also underline the biological significance of these interactions, which may affect the extent of the autoimmune inflammatory response in the SF of RA patients.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
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Signal Transduction
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Hyaluronan Receptors
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Galectins
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Inflammation
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Immunol
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Israel