title: Selective unresponsiveness to conformational B cell epitopes of the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in H-2b mice.
abstract: Autoantibodies directed against conformation-dependent epitopes of the extracellular domain of the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG(Igd)) play a major role in the immunopathogenesis of demyelination in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. We now demonstrate that one or more genes encoded within the MHC selectively censor the ability of H-2(b) mice to mount this conformation-dependent autoantibody response, while leaving T and B cell responses to linear MOG(Igd) epitopes intact. This novel form of selective B cell unresponsiveness discriminates between pathogenic and nonpathogenic Ab responses to MOG and determines whether or not Ab-dependent effector mechanisms play an important role in the pathogenesis of MOG-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in the mouse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroimmunology, Max-Planck-Institute for Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bourquin
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schubart
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tobollik
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mather
authors.forename: Sherry
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogg
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liblau
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Linington
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology*; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D020297:Mice, Congenic; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009185:Myelin Proteins; D018992:Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D063308:Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013045:Species Specificity; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte; D006183:H-2 Antigens; C032876:H-2Kb protein, mouse; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; C571327:Mog protein, mouse; D009185:Myelin Proteins; D018992:Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein; D063308:Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein; D019444:Vaccines, DNA