Immunologically mediated cytotoxicity against human eye muscle cells in Graves' ophthalmopathy

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
P W WangJ R Wall

Abstract

The possible roles of antibody-mediated complement-dependent cytotoxicity (AMC), antibody-dependent killer (K) cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), and spontaneous, natural killer (NK) cell-mediated cytotoxicity (NKC) against human eye muscle cells in the pathogenesis of Graves' ophthalmopathy were investigated, using as targets human eye muscle cells, by 51Cr release assays. AMC was not demonstrated in serum from any patient or normal subject. In ADCC assays, eye muscle cell lysis was significantly increased in serum from patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy compared to those with Graves' hyperthyroidism without eye disease and normal subjects. ADCC tests were positive (percent specific lysis greater than the upper limit of normal) in 5 of 13 patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy using serum diluted 1:48 and in 4 of 10 patients using serum diluted 1:6. There was no correlation between the extent of lysis of human eye muscle and that of human (abdominal) skeletal muscle and no difference between patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy and normal subjects in assays in which abdominal muscle cell targets were used. The degree of killing in ADCC tests was independent of the source of K cells, being similar in assays using effector cells...Continue Reading

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