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| - An Ig μ-heavy chain transgene inhibits systemic lupus erythematosus immunopathology in autoimmune (NZB × NZW)F1 mice
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| - Intrinsic defects in the B lymphoid lineage are involved in predisposition for systemic lupus erythematosus in (NZB × NZW)F1 (NZB/W) mice. In addition, a contribution of CD4+ T cells has been shown to be crucial for the development of fatal glomerulonephritis. To further dissect the role of B and T cells in lupus immunopathology we used Ig μ-heavy chain (μHC) transgenic (Tg) NZB/W mice that we recently established to study mechanisms of B cell tolerance. The Tg NZB/W mice have a very restricted B cell repertoire and only a very minor population of B cells having endogenously rearranged μHC Ig loci are able to undergo isotype switch. Here we analyzed the influence of the restricted B cell repertoire on the development of IgG anti-DNA antibodies and glomerulonephritis as well as the hyperactivation of Th cells. IgG anti-DNA antibodies developed delayed but consistently in the Tg NZB/W mice, suggesting that a strong selective mechanism for the development of these autoantibodies is operative. Despite significant autoantibody titers in Tg NZB/W mice, very little immune deposits in the glomeruli and no evidence for renal inflammation were found. The Tg mice have a significantly prolonged survival time and most of the Tg mice lived much longer than 1 year. Interestingly, the generalized T cell activation that normally correlates and coincides with the progression of the disease in NZB/W mice is strongly reduced in older Tg animals. The absence of IgG3 anti-DNA antibodies and the strong reduction of IgG2a anti-DNA antibodies in the Tg mice suggests that particularly the activation of Th1 cells is inhibited. This result shows that a significant restriction in the B cell repertoire prevents hyperactivation of Th cells and supports the model that T cell hyperactivation in NZB/W mice is secondary to specific interactions with a subpopulation of presumably autoreactive B lymphocytes.
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