Autoantibodies against cardiac troponin I are responsible for dilated cardiomyopathy in PD-1-deficient mice |
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Authors: | Okazaki Taku Tanaka Yoshimasa Nishio Ryosuke Mitsuiye Tamotsu Mizoguchi Akira Wang Jian Ishida Masayoshi Hiai Hiroshi Matsumori Akira Minato Nagahiro Honjo Tasuku |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medical Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan. |
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Abstract: | We recently reported that mice deficient in the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) immunoinhibitory coreceptor develop autoimmune dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), with production of high-titer autoantibodies against a heart-specific, 30-kDa protein. In this study, we purified the 30-kDa protein from heart extract and identified it as cardiac troponin I (cTnI), encoded by a gene in which mutations can cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Administration of monoclonal antibodies to cTnI induced dilatation and dysfunction of hearts in wild-type mice. Monoclonal antibodies to cTnI stained the surface of cardiomyocytes and augmented the voltage-dependent L-type Ca2+ current of normal cardiomyocytes. These findings suggest that antibodies to cTnI induce heart dysfunction and dilatation by chronic stimulation of Ca2+ influx in cardiomyocytes. |
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