| Th2-polarised PrP-specific transgenic T-cells confer partial protection against murine scrapie. | |
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PMID: 21909267 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Several hurdles must be overcome in order to achieve efficient and safe immunotherapy against conformational neurodegenerative diseases. In prion diseases, the main difficulty is that the prion protein is tolerated as a self protein, which prevents powerful immune responses. Passive antibody therapy is effective only during early, asymptomatic disease, well before diagnosis is made. If efficient immunotherapy of prion diseases is to be achieved, it is crucial to understand precisely how immune tolerance against the prion protein can be overcome and which effector pathways may delay disease progression. To this end, we generated a transgenic mouse that expresses the ß-chain of a T cell receptor recognizing a PrP epitope presented by the class II major histocompatibility complex. The fact that the constraint is applied to only one TCR chain allows adaptation of the other chain according to the presence or absence of tolerogenic PrP. We first show that transgene-bearing T cells, pairing with rearranged α-chains conferring anti-PrP specificity, are systematically eliminated during ontogeny in PrP+ mice, suggesting that precursors with good functional avidity are rare in a normal individual. Second, we show that transgene-bearing T cells with anti-PrP specificity are not suppressed when transferred into PrP+ recipients and proliferate more extensively in a prion-infected host. Finally, such T cells provide protection through a cell-mediated pathway involving IL-4 production. These findings support the idea that cell-mediated immunity in neurodegenerative conditions may not be necessarily detrimental and may even contribute, when properly controlled, to the resolution of pathological processes. |
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Authors:
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Saci Iken; Véronique Bachy; Pauline Gourdain; Annick Lim; Sylvie Grégoire; Thomas Chaigneau; Pierre Aucouturier; Claude Carnaud |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2011-09-01 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: PLoS pathogens Volume: 7 ISSN: 1553-7374 ISO Abbreviation: PLoS Pathog. Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-09-12 Completed Date: 2012-01-05 Revised Date: 2012-04-26 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101238921 Medline TA: PLoS Pathog Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e1002216 Citation Subset: IM |
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UPMC Univ Paris 6, UMR_S 938, Centre de Recherche Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France. |
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Adoptive Transfer Animals CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / transplantation Complementarity Determining Regions Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor Interleukin-4 Mice Mice, Transgenic PrPSc Proteins / immunology Prions / immunology* Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / immunology Scrapie / prevention & control* Th2 Cells / immunology* |
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0/Complementarity Determining Regions; 0/PrPSc Proteins; 0/Prions; 0/Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; 207137-56-2/Interleukin-4 |
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