Abstract:
:Stress response proteins can play integral roles as modulators of cellular function and can be involved in mechanisms that are important to immune function. Metallothionein (MT), a cysteine-rich stress response protein, has been shown to play numerous roles in the cell: it serves as a reservoir of essential heavy metals, it scavenges free radicals, and it can sequester heavy metals. These various functions suggest that MT may also participate in modulating immune responses. In previous work, we have shown that exogenous metallothionein can suppress the developing humoral immune response when coinjected with antigen. The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of endogenous MT on the development of humoral immunity. We compared the humoral immune function of animals with a targeted disruption of Mt-1 and -2 genes (MTKO) and their wild-type counterparts. MTKO mice displayed a significantly higher humoral response to challenge with ovalbumin (OVA) compared to wild-type controls. The secondary anti-OVA response in MTKO mice is as much as 58% higher than the response in control mice injected at the same time. Overall circulatory immunoglobulin levels are also substantially higher in MTKO mice (0.039 mg/ml IgM and 0.42 mg/ml IgG) than wild-type controls. MTKO mice displayed increased B cell differentiation following OVA challenge and an enhanced lymphoproliferative response to mitogenic stimulation. These changes in immune functional capacity occur in the context of changes in the makeup of the lymphoid compartments of the blood and spleen. There are substantially fewer T and B cells in the circulation of MTKO mice, but more T cells in the spleen of these mice than in control animals. Finally, we have found that splenocytes from MTKO animals displayed significantly elevated levels of NF-kappaB activity compared to wild-type controls. In conclusion, we have provided evidence that endogenous metallothionein can modulate the immune response in vivo and that intracellular MT may modulate immune function by regulation of transcription factor activity.
journal_name
Toxicol Appl Pharmacoljournal_title
Toxicology and applied pharmacologyauthors
Crowthers KC,Kline V,Giardina C,Lynes MAdoi
10.1006/taap.2000.8961subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-08-01 00:00:00pages
161-72issue
3eissn
0041-008Xissn
1096-0333pii
S0041-008X(00)98961-0journal_volume
166pub_type
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