Cutting Edge: Processing of Oxidized Peptides in Macrophages Regulates T Cell Activation and Development of Autoimmune ArthritisShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: Journal of Immunology, ISSN 0022-1767, E-ISSN 1550-6606, Vol. 199, no 12, p. 3937-3942Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
APCs are known to produce NADPH oxidase (NOX) 2-derived reactive oxygen species; however, whether and how NOX2-mediated oxidation affects redox-sensitive immunogenic peptides remains elusive. In this study, we investigated a major immunogenic peptide in glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (G6PI), a potential autoantigen in rheumatoid arthritis, which can form internal disulfide bonds. Ag presentation assays showed that presentation of this G6PI peptide was more efficient in NOX2-deficient (Ncf1(m1J/m1J) mutant) mice, compared with wild-type controls. IFN-gamma-inducible lysosomal thiol reductase (GILT), which facilitates disulfide bond-containing Ag processing, was found to be upregulated in macrophages from Ncf1 mutant mice. Ncf1 mutant mice exhibited more severe G6PI peptide-induced arthritis, which was accompanied by the increased GILT expression in macrophages and enhanced Ag-specific T cell responses. Our results show that NOX2-dependent processing of the redox-sensitive autoantigens by APCs modify T cell activity and development of autoimmune arthritis.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. Vol. 199, no 12, p. 3937-3942
National Category
Immunology in the medical area
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-343895DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700774ISI: 000417018100002PubMedID: 29127146OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-343895DiVA, id: diva2:1187234
2018-03-022018-03-022018-07-30Bibliographically approved