Dressel Alexander, Vogelgesang Antje, Brinkmeier Heinrich, Mäder Michael, Weber Frank
Department of Neurology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Sauerbruchstr., 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
J Neuroimmunol. 2006 Dec;181(1-2):133-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2006.07.014. Epub 2006 Nov 7.
Glatiramer acetate (GA) is an approved drug for therapy of relapsing remitting MS that acts as a T cell antigen. Here, we report the cloning of HLA restricted, GA-specific human CD8(+) T cells. In addition, we analyzed the cytokine profile of GA-reactive CD8(+) T cell lines. Unexpectedly, IL-4 was increased in untreated MS patients as compared to healthy individuals (p<0.001). In GA-treated patients, however, IL-4 (p<0.001), IL-10 (p<0.001) and TNF-alpha (p<0.001) were decreased. Thus, while GA is known to induce a TH2 bias in CD4(+) T cells, we detected a distinct pattern in GA-reactive CD8(+) T cells.
醋酸格拉替雷(GA)是一种已获批准用于治疗复发缓解型多发性硬化症的药物,它作为一种T细胞抗原发挥作用。在此,我们报告了HLA限制的、GA特异性人类CD8(+) T细胞的克隆。此外,我们分析了GA反应性CD8(+) T细胞系的细胞因子谱。出乎意料的是,与健康个体相比,未经治疗的多发性硬化症患者体内的IL-4有所增加(p<0.001)。然而,在接受GA治疗的患者中,IL-4(p<0.001)、IL-10(p<0.001)和TNF-α(p<0.001)均有所下降。因此,虽然已知GA会在CD4(+) T细胞中诱导TH2偏向,但我们在GA反应性CD8(+) T细胞中检测到了一种不同的模式。