HLA-DR alleles in amyloid beta-peptide autoimmunity: a highly immunogenic role for the DRB1*1501 allele.
| Title: | HLA-DR alleles in amyloid beta-peptide autoimmunity: a highly immunogenic role for the DRB1*1501 allele. |
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| Authors: | Zota V; Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.; Nemirovsky A; Baron R; Fisher Y; Selkoe DJ; Altmann DM; Weiner HL; Monsonego A |
| Source: | Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) [J Immunol] 2009 Sep 01; Vol. 183 (5), pp. 3522-30. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Aug 12. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 2985117R Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1550-6606 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00221767 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Immunol Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2025- : [Oxford] : Oxford University Press; Original Publication: Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, c1950- |
| MeSH Terms: | Alzheimer Disease/*immunology ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/*immunology ; HLA-DR Antigens/*genetics ; Peptide Fragments/*immunology; Alzheimer Disease/metabolism ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/administration & dosage ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/genetics ; Antigen Presentation/genetics ; Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/administration & dosage ; Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics ; Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology ; HLA-DR Antigens/immunology ; Peptide Fragments/administration & dosage ; Peptide Fragments/genetics ; T-Lymphocytes/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes/metabolism ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Alleles ; Animals ; Cells, Cultured ; Disease Models, Animal ; HLA-DRB1 Chains ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mice, Transgenic ; Middle Aged |
| Abstract: | Active amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) immunization of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) caused meningoencephalitis in approximately 6% of immunized patients in a clinical trial. In addition, long-term studies of AD patients show varying degrees of Abeta Ab responses, which correlate with the extent of Abeta clearance from the brain. In this study, we examined the contribution of various HLA-DR alleles to these immune-response variations by assessing Abeta T cell reactivity, epitope specificity, and immunogenicity. Analysis of blood samples from 133 individuals disclosed that the abundant DR haplotypes DR15 (found in 36% of subjects), DR3 (in 18%), DR4 (12.5%), DR1 (11%), and DR13 (8%) were associated with Abeta-specific T cell responses elicited via distinct T cell epitopes within residues 15-42 of Abeta. Because the HLA-DRB1*1501 occurred most frequently, we examined the effect of Abeta challenge in humanized mice bearing this allele. The observed T cell response was remarkably strong, dominated by secretion of IFN-gamma and IL-17, and specific to the same T cell epitope as that observed in the HLA-DR15-bearing humans. Furthermore, following long-term therapeutic immunization of an AD mouse model bearing the DRB1*1501 allele, Abeta was effectively cleared from the brain parenchyma and brain microglial activation was reduced. The present study thus characterizes HLA-DR alleles directly associated with specific Abeta T cell epitopes and demonstrates the highly immunogenic properties of the abundant allele DRB1*1501 in a mouse model of AD. This new knowledge enables us to explore the basis for understanding the variations in naturally occurring Abeta-reactive T cells and Abeta immunogenicity among humans. |
| Substance Nomenclature: | 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides); 0 (Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte); 0 (HLA-DR Antigens); 0 (HLA-DRB1 Chains); 0 (HLA-DRB1*15:01 antigen); 0 (Peptide Fragments); 0 (amyloid beta-protein (1-42)) |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20090814 Date Completed: 20090918 Latest Revision: 20111117 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| DOI: | 10.4049/jimmunol.0900620 |
| PMID: | 19675171 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't