Vascular injury derived apoptotic exosome-like vesicles trigger autoimmunity.

ABSTRACT: According to a central tenet of classical immune theory, a healthy immune system must avoid self-reactive lymphocyte clones but we now know that B cells repertoire exhibit some level of autoreactivity. These autoreactive B cells are thought to rely on self-ligands for their clonal selection and survival. Here, we confirm that healthy mice exhibit self-reactive B cell clones that can be stimulated in vitro by agonists of toll-like receptor (TLR) 1/2, TLR4, TLR7 and TLR9 to secrete anti-LG3/perlecan. LG3/perlecan is an antigen packaged in exosome-like structures released by apoptotic endothelial cells (ApoExos) upon vascular injury. We demonstrate that the injection of ApoExos in healthy animals activates the IL-23/IL-17 pro-inflammatory and autoimmune axis, and produces several autoa

SUBMITTER: Juillard S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11402544 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature