Ongoing immunoglobulin class switch DNA recombination in lupus B cells: Analysis of switch regulatory regions

被引:13
作者
Liu, SQ
Cerutti, A
Casali, P
Crow, MK
机构
[1] Hosp Special Surg, Mary Kirkland Ctr Lupus Res, New York, NY 10021 USA
[2] Cornell Univ, Weill Med Coll, Dept Pathol, New York, NY 10021 USA
[3] Cornell Univ, Weill Med Coll, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, New York, NY 10021 USA
[4] Univ Calif Irvine, Ctr Immunol, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
关键词
inummoglobulin; DNA; lupus B cells; SLE; polymorphism;
D O I
10.1080/08916930400010611
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Inflammation and tissue damage in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are mediated by class-switched autoantibodies reactive with nucleic acids, nucleic acid-binding proteins, phospholipids and other self-antigens. While some healthy individuals produce IgM antibodies with specificities similar to those of lupus patients, immunoglobulin class switching to mature downstream isotypes appears to be required for the generation of pathogenic autoantibodies. To characterize the cellular and molecular basis of pathogenic autoantibody production in SLE, we studied the capacity of peripheral blood B cells of naive phenotype from patients with SLE, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or healthy control subjects to spontaneously switch to IgG and IgA. In addition, we determined the DNA sequences of the upstream evolutionary conserved sequence (ECS)-Igamma promoter regulatory regions that control gemiline I-H-C-H transcription and class switch DNA recombination (CSR) to IgG(1), IgG(2) and IgG(4). IgM(+)IgD(+) B cells from patients with SLE, but not those from RA or healthy control subjects, underwent spontaneous CSR, as assessed by expression of germline Igamma1-Cgamma1, Igamma2-Cgamma2, Igamma3-Cgamma3, Igamma4-Cgamma4 and Ialpha1-Calpha1 transcripts, mature (switched) V(H)DJ(H)-Cgamma1, V(H)DJ(H)-Cgamma2, V(H)DJ(H)-Cgamma3 and V(H)DJ(H)-Calpha1 transcripts and secreted IgG and IgA. Although polymorphic DNA sequences were identified in the ECS-Igamma1, ECS-Igamma2 and ECS-Igamma4 promoter regions, the transcription factor-binding sites that mediate germline Igamma-Cgamma transcription were conserved in patients and controls. However, distinct patterns of nuclear protein binding to an ECS-Igamma promoter sequence that contains both positive and negative regulatory elements were observed in SLE patients and controls. These results support a role for exogenous signals, such as through CD40 ligation, rather than altered genomic sequence, in the increased production of class switched autoantibodies in SLE.
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页数:13
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