Experimental Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis is(EAMG)an animal model of myasthenia gravis (MG),is a rare organ-specific autoimmune disease targeting the autoantigen nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR). It has demonstrated that the major reason caused the disease is the antibody secreted by the activated B cell. Some papers showed that the prolonged survival of B cell, which was related with the expression of pro-apoptosis gene Bim, played very important role in autoimmune disease.The results in our preliminary experiment showed that the expression of Bim is reduced after stimulation in B cells. This reflect that there should be any relationship between Bim and the disease EAMG. Also, other's paper showed that Osteopontin could regulate the pro-apoptosis role of Bim and in our experiment we found that after stimulated by osteopontin, the expression of Bim is decreased in B cells. All of these indicated that Bim and Osteopontin maybe could affact the survival of B cell during the development of EAMG. Base on thess and our preliminary experiment results, our research aim to find out the gaps in the regulation among Osteopontin-Bim-B cell in immunal system and in the development of EAMG, that can enrich the theoretical content of how MG/EAMG occurrence and we can provide a new theretical basis and experimental foundation for MG clinical treatment.
重症肌无力(MG)是B细胞介导T细胞依赖的自身免疫性疾病,以往对其发病机制研究过分强调了T细胞对B细胞的调节,忽视了B细胞自身调节作用。我们前期实验证实B细胞自我调控在MG/EAMG中的作用尤为重要,并提出Osteopontin-Bim-B细胞免疫调节轴这一新概念,即当B细胞受到OPN活化后导致其内促凋亡基因Bim表达下降,自身反应性B细胞清除减少,大量带有针对自身神经肌肉接头处乙酰胆碱受体抗体的B细胞在体内蓄积,分泌抗体,促使MG/EAMG发生。本课题以MG/EAMG为研究对象,利用Bim基因敲除鼠、OPN体内预防性治疗等平台旨在研究在MG/EAMG中OPN、Bim如何参与疾病过程;阐明Bim对B细胞增殖、凋亡、抗体分泌的影响及具体途径;确定影响Bim作用的相关因素,探讨Opn-Bim-B细胞免疫调节轴具体机制。这些问题解决不仅丰富MG/EAMG发病机制内容,对临床靶点治疗MG意义重大。
重症肌无力(Myasthenia Gravis,MG)是一种B细胞介导的,T细胞依赖的自身免疫性疾病,AChR特异性T、B细胞在体内大量沉积是导致MG发生的关键因素,我们发现AChR特异性B细胞随着疾病进展比例逐渐上升,且与骨桥蛋白(Osteopontin,OPN)、Bim之间存在相关性。本课题旨在阐明:1、OPN与EAMG发生、发展之间的关系;2、OPN对AChR特异性T、B细胞的影响;3、OPN-Bim-T\B细胞之间的相关性。.经过四年的研究工作,我们如期完成了课题内容。首先,我们建立了稳定的MG动物模型-EAMG,在此基础上证实了:1、在EAMG发生、发展过程中,OPN在血清中的表达升高;2、脾细胞中OPN在RNA和蛋白水平表达均上升,说明OPN参与了EAMG疾病过程;3、AChR特异性B细胞的比例随疾病发展表达升高;4、AChR特异性B细胞活化与Bim表达下降相关,这说明Bim活性受到抑制后阻断了自身免疫性B细胞凋亡。我们分别通过构建真核表达载体和原核表达载体来分离纯化大鼠OPN蛋白,随后进行了体内外实验证实了:1、OPN体内注射后,EAMG大鼠发病提前,体重偏低,并且血清中抗AChR特异性抗体分泌增加;2、体外加入OPN刺激后,AChR特异性脾细胞凋亡率下降,且Bim的表达同时下降,这说明OPN可以抑制凋亡且与Bim通路相关;3、体外加入OPN刺激后,Th1比例上升,Treg比例下降,这表明OPN打破Th细胞之间网络平衡参与EAMG发病过程。通过该课题的研究丰富了EAMG发病机制理论,完善了OPN-Bim参与自身免疫性疾病的机制,为临床治疗提供新的靶点和方向。.我们所取得的成果以科研论文的形式发表文章4篇,其中SCI收录2篇,核心期刊2篇,SCI论文手稿1篇(现在修稿阶段),硕士研究生3名(2名已经毕业,1名在读),圆满的完成了科研课题。
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