A virus-induced molecular mimicry model of multiple sclerosis
AUTOR(ES)
Olson, Julie K.
FONTE
American Society for Clinical Investigation
RESUMO
Molecular mimicry is the process by which virus infection activates T cells that are cross-reactive with self antigens. Infection of SJL/J mice with the neurotropic picornavirus Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) leads to a progressive CD4+ T cell–mediated demyelinating disease similar to multiple sclerosis. To study the potential of virus-induced molecular mimicry to initiate autoimmune demyelination, a nonpathogenic TMEV variant was engineered to encode a 30-mer peptide encompassing the immunodominant encephalitogenic myelin proteolipid protein (PLP139-151) epitope. Infection with the PLP139-151–encoding TMEV led within 10–14 days to a rapid-onset paralytic demyelinating disease characterized by PLP139-151–specific CD4+ Th1 responses; insertion of a non-self ovalbumin sequence led to restoration of the normal late-onset disease. Early-onset disease was also observed in mice infected with a TMEV encoding PLP139-151 with an amino acid substitution at the secondary T cell receptor (TCR) contact residue (H147A), but not in mice infected with TMEV encoding a PLP139-151 substitution at the primary TCR contact (W144A). Most significantly, mice infected with TMEV encoding a Haemophilus influenzae mimic peptide, sharing only 6 of 13 amino acids with PLP139-151, displayed rapid-onset disease and developed cross-reactive PLP139-151–specific CD4+ Th1 responses. To our knowledge, this is the first study showing that a naturally infectious virus encoding a myelin epitope mimic can directly initiate organ-specific T cell–mediated autoimmunity.
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