Inhibition of cathepsin S reduces allogeneic T cell priming but not graft-versus-host disease against minor histocompatibility antigens.
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant
; 18(4): 546-56, 2012 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22178962
ABSTRACT
Cathepsin (Cathepsin) S, L, and B proteases mediate antigen presentation on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II by degrading the invariant chain Ii, which blocks peptide loading. The ability of the Cathepsin S inhibitor LHVS (morpholinurea-leucine-homophenylalanine-vinylsulfone phenyl) to impede antigen presentation has led its development as a therapy for autoimmune diseases. There is substantial evidence that donor T cell recognition of host minor histocompatibility antigens (miHA) and subsequent destruction of host tissue mediates graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). We hypothesized that enzymes involved in antigen presentation may play a role in the development of GVHD. Using the C57BL/6 â BALB.B minor mismatch acute GVHD (aGVHD) model, we found that the cathepsin S activity of spleens from allogenetically transplanted mice were significantly increased 1 week after transplantation compared with syngeneic mice. Although LHVS decreased T cell priming responses against both single OVA antigen and miHA in vitro, LHVS did not reduce the severity of aGVHD. In fact, LHVS exacerbated a CD4(+)-T cell-dependent model of GVHD similar to chronic GVHD. This suggests that cytokines rather than T cells may mediate much of the damage in the aGVHD model and that therapeutics based on inhibition of antigen presentation for GVHD must be approached with caution.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sulfones
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CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
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Cathepsins
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Bone Marrow Transplantation
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Antigen Presentation
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Dipeptides
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Graft vs Host Disease
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant
Journal subject:
HEMATOLOGIA
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TRANSPLANTE
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canada