Affiliation:
1. Section of Immunology and Infection, Division of Applied Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Abstract
Summary
Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA) is caused by autoantibodies against red blood cell (RBC) surface antigens that render RBC susceptible to Fc-mediated phagocytosis and complement-mediated lysis. Experimental AIHA can be induced by injection of rat RBC to naive mice, but a lymphocyte-mediated regulatory mechanism eventually suppresses the production of autoantibodies specific for mouse RBC. Critically, this tolerogenic response can be transferred to naive mice by splenocytes from the rat RBC-immunized mouse. Here we investigate whether indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase (IDO) or the initiators of IDO cascade, including the cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen (CTLA)-4 receptor and its soluble isoform, contribute to this tolerogenic mechanism. Splenocytes from experimental AIHA mice were transferred adoptively to naive mice under the cover of anti-CTLA-4, anti-soluble CTLA-4 antibodies or IDO inhibitor 1-methyl tryptophan (1-MT). Recipient mice were immunized with rat RBC and levels of antibody against self-RBC and rat-RBC were monitored. Our results indicate that transfer of tolerance to naive recipients is dependent upon IDO-mediated immunosuppression, as mice receiving previously tolerized splenocytes under the cover of 1-MT were refractory to tolerance and developed haemolytic disease upon further challenge with rat RBC. Initiators of IDO activity, CTLA-4 or soluble CTLA-4 did not mediate this tolerogenic process but, on their blockade, boosted antigen-specific effector immune responses.
Funder
NHS Grampian Endowment funding
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Immunology,Immunology and Allergy
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