Recognition of desmoglein 3 by autoreactive T cells in pemphigus vulgaris patients and normals

The Journal of Investigative Dermatology
M HertlS I Katz

Abstract

Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune blistering disease of the skin and is caused by autoantibodies against desmoglein 3 (Dsg3) on epidermal keratinocytes. Because the production of autoantibodies is presumably T cell dependent, Dsg3-specific T cell reactivity was investigated in 14 PV patients and 12 healthy donors. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from seven PV patients with active disease showed a primary in vitro response to a recombinant protein containing the extracellular portion (EC1-5) of Dsg3, whereas two of seven PV patients in remission or under immunosuppressive treatment exhibited only secondary (2 degrees) or tertiary (3 degrees) T cell responses to Dsg3. T cell responses to Dsg3 were also observed in four of 12 healthy individuals upon 2 degrees or 3 degrees stimulation with Dsg3. Both PV patients and healthy responders were either positive for DRbeta1*0402 -- which is highly prevalent in PV -- or positive for DR11 alleles homologous to DRbeta1*0402. Two CD4+ Dsg3-specific T cell lines and 12 T cell clones from two PV patients and two CD4+ T cell lines and eight T cell clones from two normals were also stimulated by a Dsg3 protein devoid of the EC2-3 (deltaN1), suggesting that epitopes were located in the ...Continue Reading

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