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Antibodies to the Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor M3 in Primary Biliary Cholangitis Inhibit Receptor Function on Cholangiocytes
- Source :
- Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 11 (2020), Frontiers in Immunology
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2020.
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Abstract
- Background and Aims: In primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), antibodies to a peptide of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor 3 (mAChR3) have been described. Since the mAChR3 is expressed on cholangiocytes and mAChR3-signaling is involved in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory biliary diseases, we wanted to investigate whether anti-mAChR3-antibodies influence the function of the receptor and the proliferative response of cholangiocytes.Methods: Immunoglobulins were isolated by ammonium sulfate precipitation using sera from patients with PBC (n = 63) and with other chronic liver disorders (n = 150). All immunoglobulins were analyzed by a luminometric assay using Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells overexpressing the mAChR3 and cholangiocytes (TFK-1-cells) expressing the receptor constitutively. Cell proliferation was measured by 3H-thymidine assay. PBC patients were also analyzed in the follow-up.Results: Antibodies inhibiting the mAChR3 were found in 49 and 79% of PBC patients using CHO-cells or TFK-1-cells, respectively, but only in up to 26% of controls (p < 0.01). Stimulatory antibodies were hardly detected. Antibody reactivity only marginally changed during the course of the disease, independently of the choice of treatment (ursodeoxycholic acid, immunosuppressive therapy, or no medication). There was no correlation with laboratory, clinical or histological parameters, but the antibodies were more frequently found in PBC patients with a benign course (96%) than in patients with active disease progressing to late stages within 10 years (57%; p < 0.01). Proliferation of cells was not influenced by immunoglobulins from PBC-patients.Conclusion: Sera from patients with PBC contain inhibitory antibodies to the mAChR3 on cholangiocytes (TFK-1 cells) without influencing TFK-1-cell proliferation. These antibodies were predominantly observed in patients with non-progressing PBC.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
lcsh:Immunologic diseases. Allergy
Immunology
CHO Cells
Autoantigens
Young Adult
Cricetulus
muscarinic acetylcholine receptor 3
Animals
Humans
cholangiocytes
Original Research
Aged
Autoantibodies
Aged, 80 and over
Receptor, Muscarinic M3
Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary
primary biliary cholangitis
Middle Aged
digestive system diseases
Chinese hamster ovary cells
Female
functional autoantibodies
lcsh:RC581-607
disease activity
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16643224
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Immunology
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid.dedup....68403f64a9cda1f0cbd18214d13c4b56