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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
Natural killer T (NKT) cells and CD5(+)B cells were searched for in various immune organs of autoimmune prone (NZBxNZW)F(1) (NZB/W F(1)) mice. The number of lymphocytes increased in the liver, spleen, and peritoneal cavity after the onset of disease (at the age of 30 weeks) while the number of thymocytes decreased at that time. Prominent changes of lymphocyte subsets were seen in the liver and peritoneal cavity, namely, expansion of IL-2Rbeta(+)TCRalpha beta(int) cells in the liver and of CD5(+)B220(+) cells in the peritoneal cavity. The majority of TCRalpha beta(int) cells in the liver were NK1.1(+), and CD5(+)B cells in the peritoneal cavity were CD1d(+). Proteinuria became prominent in NZB/W F(1) mice with the progression of disease. In parallel with this progression, the proportion of NKT cells decreased slightly in the liver, but their absolute number remained at a high level in this organ. These NKT cells were CD4(+) and used an invariant chain of Valpha14Jalpha281 for TCRalpha. Reflecting the elevation of CD5(+)B cells, autoantibodies against hepatocyte cytoplasmand denatured DNA were detected in sera. Although NKT cells are known to be immunoregulatory cells in some autoimmune mice, the present results raise the possibility that NKT cells as well as CD5(+)B cells might be associated with the onset of autoimmune diseases in NZB/W F(1) mice. Indeed, NKT cells in F(1) mice had a high potential to induce autoimmune-like inflammationwhen alpha-galactosylceramide was administered or when active NKT cells were transferred into young F(1) mice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2551-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Adoptive Transfer, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Antibodies, Antinuclear, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Antigens, CD1, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Antigens, CD1d, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Antigens, CD5, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Autoantibodies, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Autoimmune Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-B-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Crosses, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Galactosylceramides, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Hepatocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Kidney Glomerulus, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Lymphoproliferative Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Mice, Inbred MRL lpr, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Mice, Inbred NZB, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Peritoneal Cavity, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Proteinuria, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:12207339-T-Lymphocyte Subsets
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Tissue-specific expansion of NKT and CD5+B cells at the onset of autoimmune disease in (NZBxNZW)F1 mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't