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2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The analysis of epitope and immunological response of primary biliary cirrhosis

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11470124
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 内科学一般
Research InstitutionKYUSHU UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

HAYASHIDA Kazuhiro  Kyushu University Hospital, assitant, 医学部・附属病院, 助手 (60180981)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SASAZUKI Takehiko  Kyushu University, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Professor, 生体防御医学研究所, 教授 (50014121)
NISHIMURA Yasuharu  Kumamoto University, School of Medicine, Professor, 大学院・医学系研究科, 教授 (10156119)
NAKAMURA Minoru  Kyushu University Hospital, assitant, 医学部・附属病院, 助手 (40217906)
Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2001
KeywordsPrimary Biliary Cirrhosis / autoimmune / autoantibody / auto-reactive T cell / molecular mimicry / analogue peptide / autoantigen / anti-mitochondria antibody
Research Abstract

The pyruvate dehydrogenase E2 component (PDC-E2) is a major antigen for the anti-mitochondria antibody that is a specific autoantibody associated with primary biliary cirrhosis. We have clarified that the major T cell epitope is PDC-E2 163-176 (163 GDLLAEIETDKATI 176), the important site of T cell recognition is 170E, 172D and 173K (ExDK sequence), and the some of human PDC-E2 reactive T cell clones (hPDC-TCC) cross-react with the E-coli PDC-E2 antigen.
(Year 1999) The All hPDC-TCC restricted by HLA-DR53 were Th1 type helper T cell, and they reacted not only with the E-coli derived peptide which resembled the molecular mimicry for human PDC-E2 but also the other bacteria derived peptides.
(Year 2000) The hPDC-TCC was classified into two groups according to the reactive pattern for the foreign antigen and the autoantigens. The one was the clones that reacted only with the autoantigen of human mitochondria derived proteins, and the other was the clones that reacted not only with the autoantigens but also with the many bacteria derived peptide contained the ExDK motif in the sequence.
(Year 2001) Some of the hPDC-TCC cross-reacted with the nuclear antigens, and the clones specific for E-coli OGDC-E2 34-47 also cross-reacted with the human mitochondria autoantigens.
We have clarified the existence of cross reactivity of T cell between autoantigens and foreign antigens, and suggested the possibility of molecular mimicry regarding the break of tolerance for the autoantigens.

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All Publications (14 results)

  • [Publications] Ishibashi, H., Shigematsu, H., Shimoda, S., Nakamura, M.: "Antigen peptide analog -Induction of T cell anergy in primary biliary cirrhosis"Internal Medicine. 38(2). 173-175 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Fukushima, N., Ikematsu, H., Nakamura, M., Matsui, M., Shimoda, S., Hayashida, K., et al.: "Nucleotide variations amongst VH genes of AMA-producing B cell clones in primary biliary cirrhosis"J Autoimmunity. 14(3). 247-257 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Van de Water J, Ishibashi H, Coppel RL, Gershwin ME: "Molecular mimicry and primary biliary cirrhosis : Premises not promises"Hepatology. 33(4). 771-775 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Ishibashi H, Kamihira T, Shimoda S: "Bile duct cell apoptosis : a rare event in primary biliary cirrhosis?"Digestive Liver Disease. 33(2). 122-124 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 中村稔, 下田慎治, 石橋大海: "原発性胆汁性肝硬変におけるPDC-E2 163-176エピトープ"臨床免疫. 35(4). 412-419 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 石橋大海: "原発性胆汁性肝硬変とHLA"肝臓. 42(5). 227-230 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Ishibashi H, Shimoda S, Shigematsu H, Nakamura M: "General Aspects of Molecular Biology and Immunology for the treatment of Intractable Liver Deseases, Tsuji T, Meyer zum Buchenfelde KH(eds)"Elsevier Science BV(In press). (2002)

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  • [Publications] Ishibashi, H., Shigematsu, H., Shimoda, S., Nakamura, M.: "Antigen peptide analog - Induction of T cell anergy in primary biliary cirrhosis"Internal Medicine. 38(2). 173-175 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Fukushima, N., Ikematsu, H., Nakamura, M., Matsui, M., Shimoda, S., Hayashida, K., Niho, Y., Koike, K., Gershwin, M.E., Ishibashi, H.: "Nucleotide variations amongst VH genes of AMA-producing B cell clones in primary biliary cirrhosis"J Autoimmunity. 14(3). 247-257 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Shimoda, S., Nakamura, M., Shigematsu, H., Tanimoto, H., Gushima,T., Gershwin, M.E., Ishibashi, H.: "Mimicry peptides of human PDC-E2 163-176 peptide, the immunodominant T-cell epitope of primary biliary cirrhosis"Hepatology. 31(6). 1212-1216 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Shigematsu, H., Shimoda, S., Nakamura, M., Matsushita, S., Nishimura, Y., Sakamoto, N., Ichiki, Y., Niho, Y., Gershwin, M.E., Ishibashi, H.: "Fine specificity of T cells reactive to human PDC-E2 163-176 peptide, the immunodominant autoantigen in primary biliary cirrhosis : Implications for molecular mimicry and cross-recognition among mitochondrial autoantigens"Hepatology. 32(5). 901-909 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Ishibashi H.: "Are primary biliary cirrhosis and autoimmune cholangitis reflective of the pendulum of a clock and therefore represent a 'phase' of the same disease?"J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 16(2). 121-123 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Ishibashi H, Kamihira T, Shimoda S.: "Bile duct cell apoptosis : a rare event in primary biliary cirrhosis?"Digest Liver Dis. 33(2). 122-124 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Van de Water J, Ishibashi H, Coppel RL, Gershwin ME: "Molecular mimicry and primary biliary cirrhosis : Premises not promises"Hepatology. 33(4). 771-775 (2001)

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