title: Induction of experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT) by heat-denaturated thyroglobulin (Tg).
abstract: Experimental Autoimmune Thyroiditis (EAT) is characterized by autoreactive T and B cell responses, assessed by a marked lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid gland by T cells and the occurrence of circulating autoantibodies (AAb) to thyroglobulin (Tg). It was recently reported that administration of denaturated exogenous antigens primes class I-restricted cytotoxic T cells in vivo. Since cytotoxic T cells are involved in EAT development, porcine Tg (pTg) was heat-denaturated, i.v. injected into CBA/J mice and features of EAT evaluated. Simultaneously, mice were immunized with pTg and adjuvants and evaluation of EAT performed. We found that heat-denaturated pTg (hdpTg) induced EAT in recipient mice similar to native pTg/adjuvants. Surprisingly, whereas Tg-specific cytotoxic T cells were regularly found in lymph node cells from hdpTg or native pTg immunized mice, proliferative responses were only detected using T cells from native pTg immunized mice. Autoantibodies to pTg were decreased by a factor 30 in sera from mice immunized with hdpTg. These data further emphasized the role of Tg-specific cytotoxic T cells in EAT.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 283, Université René Descartes, Hôpital Cochin, Paris.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Brazillet
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mignon-Godefroy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charreire
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007114:Immunization; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology; D013954:Thyroglobulin / Q000276:immunology*; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D013954:Thyroglobulin