Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Neuroscience Program, College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
J Neuroimmunol. 2018 Dec 15;325:20-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2018.10.007. Epub 2018 Oct 15.
B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein (Blimp-1) is a transcription factor that regulates effector/memory B cells and CD8 T cells. Here we show that Blimp-1 is expressed in both Th1 and Th17 cells in vitro and highly expressed in effector/memory myelin-specific CD4 T cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) mice. The immunized Blimp-1 conditional knockout mice have a significantly delayed disease onset but enhanced disease severity during the effector phase compared to their wild-type littermates, suggesting that Blimp-1 is a unique transcription factor with distinct roles in the regulation of myelin-specific CD4 T cells during priming and effector phase of EAE.
B 淋巴细胞诱导成熟蛋白 (Blimp-1) 是一种转录因子,可调节效应器/记忆 B 细胞和 CD8 T 细胞。在这里,我们表明 Blimp-1 在体外的 Th1 和 Th17 细胞中表达,并在实验性自身免疫性脑脊髓炎 (EAE) 小鼠中的效应器/记忆髓鞘特异性 CD4 T 细胞中高度表达。与野生型同窝仔相比,免疫 Blimp-1 条件性敲除小鼠的疾病发作明显延迟,但在效应期疾病严重程度增强,表明 Blimp-1 是一种独特的转录因子,在 EAE 的启动和效应期调节髓鞘特异性 CD4 T 细胞中具有不同的作用。