Commensal microbiota and myelin autoantigen cooperate to trigger autoimmune demyelination
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Active multiple sclerosis lesions show inflammatory changes suggestive of a combined attack by autoreactive T and B lymphocytes against brain white matter. These pathogenic immune cells derive from progenitors that are normal, innocuous components of the healthy immune repertoire but become autoaggressive upon pathological activation. The stimuli triggering this autoimmune conversion have been commonly attributed to environmental factors, in particular microbial infection. However, using the relapsing-remitting mouse model of spontaneously developing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, here we show that the commensal gut flora-in the absence of pathogenic agents-is essential in triggering immune processes, leading to a relapsing-remitting autoimmune disease driven by myelin-specific CD4(+) T cells. We show further that recruitment and activation of autoantibody-producing B cells from the endogenous immune repertoire depends on availability of the target autoantigen, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), and commensal microbiota. Our observations identify a sequence of events triggering organ-specific autoimmune disease and these processes may offer novel therapeutic targets.
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- Authors
- Berer, K., Mues, M., Koutrolos, M., Rasbi, Z. A., Boziki, M., Johner, C., Wekerle, H., & Krishnamoorthy, G.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology (DE)
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Wekerle, Hartmut
- Krishnamoorthy, Gurumoorthy
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2011-10-26
- Volume
- 479
- Issue
- 7374
- Pages
- 538-541
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2037907937
- Cited by
- 1,251
- References
- 29
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- FWCI
- 44.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Division of Materials Research
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Keywords
- commensal gut microbiota, myelin autoantigens, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, multiple sclerosis, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, autoimmune demyelination, autoantibody-producing B cells, CD4+ T cells, diet and microbiome, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Autoantigens, B-Lymphocytes, Brain, Cell Movement, Diet, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental, Germ-Free Life, Lymph Nodes, Lymphocyte Activation, Myelin Proteins, Myelin Sheath, Stomach, T-Lymphocytes, Autoimmunity, Cytokines, Germinal Center, Adoptive Transfer, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Mice, Metagenome, Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein
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