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Generation of a Mouse Spontaneous Autoimmune Thyroiditis Model
Published on: March 17, 2023
Characterization of a recombinant Yersinia enterocolitica lipoprotein; implications for its role in autoimmune
Eryn Gangi1, Vinayak Kapatral, Mohammed El-Azami El-Idrissi
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA.
Abstract:
Autoimmune Graves' disease (GD), which is characterized by hyperthyroidism, is mediated by autoantibodies to the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR). Yersinia enterocolitica (Y.e.) has been shown to produce a lipoprotein (LP) that can cross-react with the TSHR and thus can act as a potential trigger of thyroid autoimmunity. In this study, to further characterize LP, we cloned the LP gene from Y. enterocolitica and expressed a recombinant LP. This recombinant LP was mitogenic for C3H/HeJ (LPS hyporesponsive) B cells and induced production and secretion of significant levels of IL-6 from splenocytes. A mouse antibody generated against the recombinant LP cross-reacted with TSHR as shown by western blot analysis. FACS analysis of splenocytes from mice immunized with LP revealed that LP could induce increased expression of B7.1 and B7.2. The immunomodulatory effects of LP including up-regulation of B7.1 and B7.2 coupled with its ability to induce antibodies that can cross-react with the TSHR showed several potential mechanisms by which it can cause breakdown of self-tolerance to TSHR.
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