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1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Abnormalities of immune regulation in autoimmune hepatitis and their modulation by TGF-β

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09670552
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Gastroenterology
Research InstitutionOKAYAMA UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

SAKAGUCHI Kohsaku  Okayama University, Medical School Hospital, Assistant, 医学部・附属病院, 助手 (90235143)

Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1999
Keywordsautoimmune hepatitis / Peripheral lymphocytes / CD95 / TGF-β / TGF-β receptor
Research Abstract

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic active hepatitis, in which abnormalities of immune regulation have been suspected to play a role in the induction of autoimmunity. Recently, the peripheral immune system have been appeared to possess mechanisms to control an autoimmune aberration by the elimination, by apoptosis, of autoreactive or unnecessary lymphocytes activate by antigenic stimuli. The transmembrane protein CD95 (Fas/APO-1) plays a role in the apoptotic death of antigen-activated lymphocytes. In this study, we examined the levels and distributional expressions of CD95 and Bcl-2 on freshly isolated lymphocytes from patients with AIH by flow cytometric analysis. The surface expression of CD95 was significantly high in both the CD4ィイD1+ィエD1 T and CD8ィイD1+ィエD1 T cell subsets derived from the patients with AIH, compared with expression in patients with chronic hepatitis C and normal subjects. The increase in CD95 expression was associated with the phenotypic conversion of native CD45ROィイD1-ィエD1 to primed CD45ROィイD1+ィエD1 T cells. These results indicate that the expanded CD95ィイD1+ィエD1 CD45ROィイD1+ィエD1 primed T cell most likely reflect a continuous activation of T lymphocytes, and/or the persistent presence of activated lymphocytes as a consequence of abnormalities in the peripheral deletion of activated lymphocytes. On the other hands, transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) has been shown to exert several immunosuppressive effects. We investigated the level of serum TGF-β and the expression of TGF-β receptor II (TβRII) on peripheral blood monocular cells, in order to evaluate the role of TGF-β in the abnormalities of immune regulation. The level of serum TGF-β was significantly greater in the patients with AIH, while the expression of TβRII on PBMC was decreased. The decreased TβRII expression on PBMC suggests that a reduction in TβRII expression on PBMC results in attenuation of immunosuppression signals from TGF-β.

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  • [Publications] 坂口孝作,辻 孝夫: "自己免疫現象を伴うC型慢性肝炎の各種治療経過からみた病態"肝臓. 38. 192-193 (1997)

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  • [Publications] 毛利裕一,坂口孝作,ほか: "肝臓産生性TGF-βによる末梢血単核球からのIFN-γ,TNG-α分泌に与える影響"消化器と免疫. 34. 255-257 (1997)

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  • [Publications] 坂口孝作,辻 孝夫: "自己免疫現象を伴うC型慢性肝炎の各種治療経過からみた病態と治療法の選択"肝臓病学の最前線1997. 54-61 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Ogawa, S., Sakaguchi, K., et al.: "Increase in CD95 (Fas/APO-1)-positive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood derived from patients with autoimmune hepatitis or chronic hepatitis C with autoimmune phenomena"J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol.. 15. 69-75 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Sakaguchi, K., Mouri, H., et al.: "Production of transforming growth factor-β by human hepatocellular carcinoma cells and its potential role in the immunosuppression"Progress in Hepatology, Volume 5. Liver and Immunology. 5. 61-67 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 辻 孝夫,坂口孝作: "I.自己免疫性肝炎 2.病態解明"日本内科学会雑誌. 88. 578-583 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Sakaguchi K, Tsuji T.: "Therapeutic effect of various treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C associated with autoimmune phenomena"KANZO. 38. 192-193 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Mouri H, Sakaguchi K, et al: "Effects of TGF-β produced by hepatocellular carcinoma cells on IFN-γ and TNF-α production of peripheral blood mononuclear cells"SYOKAKI TO MENNEKI. 34. 255-257 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Sakaguchi K, Tsuji T.: "Clinical features and therapeutic methods for chronic hepatitis C associated with autoimmune phenomena"KANNZOUBYOUGAKU NO SAIZENNSENN 1997. 54-61 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Ogawa S, Sakaguchi K, et al: "Increased in CD95 (Fas/APO-1)-positive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood derived from patients with autoimmune hepatitis or hepatitis C with autoimmune phenomena"J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 15. 69-75 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Sakaguchi K, Mouri H, et al: "Production of transforming growth factor-β by human hepatocellular carcinoma cells and its potential role in the immunosuppression"Progress in Hepatology. vol. 5. 61-67 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Tsuji T, Sakaguchi K.: "Autoimmune hepatitis 2. Pathogenesis"NIHONN NAIKAGAKKAI ZASSHI. 88. 578-583 (1999)

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