RRC ID 82089
著者 Takeshita M, Suzuki K, Nakazawa M, Kamata H, Ishii M, Oyamada Y, Oshima H, Usuda S, Tsunoda K, Takeuchi T.
タイトル Disease-specific autoantibody production in the lungs and salivary glands of anti-synthetase syndrome.
ジャーナル Front Immunol
Abstract Interstitial lung disease is a common complication of anti-synthetase syndrome (ASS), and lymphocytic infiltration is often observed in the lesion. We have recently reported that disease-specific autoantibodies are produced by infiltrating lymphocytes in some autoimmune diseases. Here, we investigate the antigen specificity of B cells in the lung lesions of ASS patients. A total of 177 antibodies were produced from antibody-secreting cells in bronchoalveolar fluid (BALF) of three each of serum anti-Jo-1 and serum anti-EJ antibody-positive patients. Twelve to 30% and 50 to 62% of these antibodies were disease-specific autoantibodies, respectively. These autoantibodies recognized conformational epitopes of the whole self-antigen and had affinity maturations, indicating that self-antigens themselves are the target of humoral immunity. In addition, 100 antibodies were produced from two salivary gland tissues, obtained by chance, of ASS patients. Salivary glands are not generally recognized as lesions of ASS, but unexpectedly, ASS-related autoantibody production was also observed similar to that of BALF. Immunostaining confirmed the presence of ASS-related autoantibody-producing cells in salivary glands. Our results suggest that disease-specific autoantibody production at lesion sites is a common pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, and that tissue-specific production of autoantibodies can provide insights regarding the distribution of organ manifestations in autoimmune diseases.
巻・号 15
ページ 1265792
公開日 2024-1-1
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1265792
PMID 38938569
PMC PMC11208671
MeSH Adult Aged Antibodies, Antinuclear / immunology Autoantibodies* / immunology Autoantigens / immunology B-Lymphocytes / immunology Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / immunology Female Humans Lung* / immunology Lung* / pathology Lung Diseases, Interstitial / immunology Male Middle Aged Myositis* / immunology Salivary Glands* / immunology Salivary Glands* / pathology
IF 5.085
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 293T(RCB2202)