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Increased autophagy in CD4+ T cells of rheumatoid arthritis patients results in T-cell hyperactivation and apoptosis resistance.
van Loosdregt, Jorg; Rossetti, Maura; Spreafico, Roberto; Moshref, Maryam; Olmer, Merissa; Williams, Gary W; Kumar, Pavanish; Copeland, Dana; Pischel, Ken; Lotz, Martin; Albani, Salvatore.
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  • van Loosdregt J; Translational Research Laboratory, Inflammatory and Infectious Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, USA.
  • Rossetti M; Eureka Institute for Translational Medicine, Siracusa, Italy.
  • Spreafico R; Division of Pediatrics, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Moshref M; Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Olmer M; Translational Research Laboratory, Inflammatory and Infectious Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, USA.
  • Williams GW; SingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Kumar P; Eureka Institute for Translational Medicine, Siracusa, Italy.
  • Copeland D; Translational Research Laboratory, Inflammatory and Infectious Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, USA.
  • Pischel K; SingHealth Translational Immunology and Inflammation Centre, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Lotz M; Translational Research Laboratory, Inflammatory and Infectious Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, USA.
  • Albani S; Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA.
Eur J Immunol ; 46(12): 2862-2870, 2016 12.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27624289
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease hallmarked by aberrant cellular homeostasis, resulting in hyperactive CD4+ T cells that are more resistant to apoptosis. Both hyperactivation and resistance to apoptosis may contribute to the pathogenicity of CD4+ T cells in the autoimmune process. A better knowledge of the mechanisms determining such impaired homeostasis could contribute significantly to both the understanding and the treatment of the disease. Here we investigated whether autophagy, is dysregulated in CD4+ T cells of RA patients, resulting in disturbed T-cell homeostasis. We demonstrate that the rate of autophagy is significantly increased in CD4+ T cells from RA patients, and that increased autophagy is also a feature of in vitro activated CD4+ T cells. The increased apoptosis resistance observed in CD4+ T cells from RA patients was significantly reversed upon autophagy inhibition. These mechanisms may contribute to RA pathogenesis, as autophagy inhibition reduced both arthritis incidence and disease severity in a mouse collagen induced arthritis mouse model. Conversely, in Atg5flox/flox -CD4-Cre+ mice, in which all T cells are autophagy deficient, T cells showed impaired activation and proliferation. These data provide novel insight into the pathogenesis of RA and underscore the relevance of autophagy as a promising therapeutic target.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Artrite Reumatoide / Autofagia / Ativação Linfocitária / Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos / Proteína 5 Relacionada à Autofagia Limite: Aged / Animals / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Artrite Reumatoide / Autofagia / Ativação Linfocitária / Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos / Proteína 5 Relacionada à Autofagia Limite: Aged / Animals / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article