Human autoimmune gastritis (AIG) is an organ-specific inflammatory disorder leading to gastric atrophy and pernicious anemia. Gastric H+,K(+)-ATPase was identified as the autoantigen in both human disease and experimental murine AIG (EAIG). Studies of EAIG significantly contributed to current knowledge of human AIG, but to what extent EAIG mimics AIG is still debated, and the autoantigenic epitopes in AIG are yet unknown. This study aimed to identify the H+,K(+)-ATPase epitopes recognized by gastric T cell clones from AIG patients, to define their TCR Vbeta usage and epitope-induced cytokine response. Sixteen H+,K(+)-ATPase-reactive CD4+ gastric T cell clones of four AIG patients were tested for proliferation to overlapping 15-mer peptides spanning the a and beta chains of H+,K(+)-ATPase. We identified 6 epitopes in the a chain and 5 in the beta chain; TCR Vbeta usage was not restricted. Four (36%) of the 11 H+,K(+)-ATPase epitopes recognized in AIG were found to overlap with epitopes that are relevant in EAIG, including a previously described gastritogenic epitope. Gastric T cell recognition of the peptide epitopes resulted in secretion of Th1 cytokines. Our data suggest a striking similarity between human AIG and EAIG, at the epitope level, with regard to cytokine secretion and likely also with regard to pathogenic mechanisms.

Characterization of H/K-ATPase T-cell epitopes in human autoimmune gastritis / Bergman, M. P.; Amedei, Amedeo; D'Elios, MARIO MILCO; Azzurri, A.; Benagiano, M.; Tamburini, C.; VAN DER ZEE, R.; VANDENBROUCKE GRAULS, C. M.; Appelmelk, B. J.; DEL PRETE, Gianfranco. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 0014-2980. - STAMPA. - 33:(2003), pp. 539-545. [10.1002/immu.200310030]

Characterization of H/K-ATPase T-cell epitopes in human autoimmune gastritis.

AMEDEI, AMEDEO;D'ELIOS, MARIO MILCO;DEL PRETE, GIANFRANCO
2003

Abstract

Human autoimmune gastritis (AIG) is an organ-specific inflammatory disorder leading to gastric atrophy and pernicious anemia. Gastric H+,K(+)-ATPase was identified as the autoantigen in both human disease and experimental murine AIG (EAIG). Studies of EAIG significantly contributed to current knowledge of human AIG, but to what extent EAIG mimics AIG is still debated, and the autoantigenic epitopes in AIG are yet unknown. This study aimed to identify the H+,K(+)-ATPase epitopes recognized by gastric T cell clones from AIG patients, to define their TCR Vbeta usage and epitope-induced cytokine response. Sixteen H+,K(+)-ATPase-reactive CD4+ gastric T cell clones of four AIG patients were tested for proliferation to overlapping 15-mer peptides spanning the a and beta chains of H+,K(+)-ATPase. We identified 6 epitopes in the a chain and 5 in the beta chain; TCR Vbeta usage was not restricted. Four (36%) of the 11 H+,K(+)-ATPase epitopes recognized in AIG were found to overlap with epitopes that are relevant in EAIG, including a previously described gastritogenic epitope. Gastric T cell recognition of the peptide epitopes resulted in secretion of Th1 cytokines. Our data suggest a striking similarity between human AIG and EAIG, at the epitope level, with regard to cytokine secretion and likely also with regard to pathogenic mechanisms.
2003
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539
545
Bergman, M. P.; Amedei, Amedeo; D'Elios, MARIO MILCO; Azzurri, A.; Benagiano, M.; Tamburini, C.; VAN DER ZEE, R.; VANDENBROUCKE GRAULS, C. M.; Appelmelk, B. J.; DEL PRETE, Gianfranco
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