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- Title
Oligoclonal expansion of memory CD8+ T cells in cerebrospinal fluid from multiple sclerosis patients.
- Authors
Jacobsen, Marc; Cepok, Sabine; Quak, Elfriede; Happel, Michael; Gaber, Rami; Ziegler, Andreas; Schock, Sabine; Oertel, Wolfgang H; Sommer, Norbert; Hemmer, Bernhard
- Abstract
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS. Although the aetiology of multiple sclerosis is still unknown, it is widely believed that T cells play a central role in its pathogenesis. To identify and characterize disease-relevant T cells, we analysed CD4+ and CD8+ T cells freshly isolated from the CSF and peripheral blood of 36 multiple sclerosis patients for their T-cell receptor variable beta (TCRBV) chain repertoire. In most patients, we found significant overexpression of individual TCRBV chains on CD8+ T cells from CSF compared with peripheral blood. In contrast, only a few multiple sclerosis patients showed differences between the two compartments in TCRBV expression on CD4+ T cells. The overexpression of specific TCRBV chains on CD8+ T cells was found to be stable over several months in selected patients and involved mainly T cells with a memory phenotype. In two patients studied, individual TCRBV chain overexpression was found to be caused by the expansion of T cell populations with identical or highly similar rearranged T-cell receptor beta- and alpha-chain sequences, which were not found among peripheral blood CD8+ T cells. Our findings demonstrate selective enrichment of memory CD8+ T cells in the CSF of multiple sclerosis patients, suggesting a role for these CD8+ T cells in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. Our study provides a basis for future trials to identify disease-associated antigens and disease pathogenesis in multiple sclerosis.
- Publication
Brain : a journal of neurology, 2002, Vol 125, Issue Pt 3, p538
- ISSN
0006-8950
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/brain/awf059