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Increased T-cell reactivity and elevated levels of CD8+ memory T-cells in Alzheimer's disease-patients and T-cell hyporeactivity in an Alzheimer's disease-mouse model : implications for immunotherapy

Schindowski, Katharina and Eckert, Anne and Peters, Jürgen and Gorriz, Corinna and Schramm, Uta and Weinandi, Thomas and Maurer, Konrad and Frölich, Lutz and Müller, Walter E.. (2007) Increased T-cell reactivity and elevated levels of CD8+ memory T-cells in Alzheimer's disease-patients and T-cell hyporeactivity in an Alzheimer's disease-mouse model : implications for immunotherapy. Neuromolecular medicine, Vol. 9, No. 4. pp. 340-354.

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Abstract

Neuroinflammation is observed in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, a little is known about the mechanisms of neural-immune interactions. The involvement of peripheral T-cell function in AD is still far from clear, though it plays an important role in immunotherapy. The aim of this study was to determine peripheral T-cell reactivity in AD patients and in an AD mouse model. Mitogenic activation via ligation of the T-cell receptor (TCR) with PHA-L was measured in T lymphocytes from AD patients and Thy1(APP 751SL) x HMG(PS1 M146L)-transgenic mice (APP x PS1). In order to uncover failures in TCR signaling, the TCR was also bypassed by PMA and ionomycin treatment. All patients were sporadic late onset cases and the transgenic mice expressed no mutant APP in lymphocytes, so that direct interactions of mutant APP on T-cell function can be excluded. CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell showed increased reactivity (tyrosine phosphorylation, CD69 expression, and proliferation) in AD, while APP x PS1 transgenic mice displayed hyporeactive CD8+ T-cells after TCR ligation. Increased levels of CD8+ T memory cells and down regulation of CD8 receptor were found in AD and the animal model. Anergic TCR uncoupling was associated with loss of MAPK signaling (p38, ERK1 and ERK2) in APP x PS1. Our data implicate the generation of reactive memory T-cell in AD and of anergic memory T-cells in transgenic mice and should be taken into concern when designing immunotherapy.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Psychiatrie (Klinik) > Erwachsenenpsychiatrie UPK
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Psychiatrie (Klinik) > Erwachsenenpsychiatrie UPK
UniBasel Contributors:Eckert, Anne
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:1535-1084
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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