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Departments of
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Dermatology, and
Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany;
Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Düsseldorf University Medical Center, Düsseldorf, Germany; and
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Pemphigus vulgaris is a severe autoimmune disease caused by autoantibodies against the cutaneous adhesion molecule, desmoglein 3 (Dsg3). The aim of this study was to characterize the specificity of autoreactive Th cells, which presumably regulate Dsg3-specific autoantibody production. Ninety-seven Th1 and Th2 clones isolated from 16 pemphigus patients and 12 HLA-matched healthy donors recognized the Dsg3 peptides, DG3(78-94), DG3(96-112), DG3(189-205), DG3(205-221), and DG3(250-266). Peptide DG3(96-112), and to a lesser extent DG3(250-266), was recognized by the majority of T cells from patients and healthy donors in association with HLA-DRB1*0402 and DQB1*0503 which were prevalent in the pemphigus patients and Dsg3-responsive healthy donors. Analyzing the V
-chain of the TCR of the DG3(96-112)-specific T cells showed no restricted TCR usage. Peptides DG3(342-358) and DG3(376-392) were exclusively recognized by T cell clones (n = 13) from patients while DG3(483-499) was only recognized by T cell clones (n = 3) from a healthy donor. All Dsg3 peptides contained conserved amino acids at relative positions 1, 4, and 6; amino acids with a positive charge at position 4 presumably represent anchor motifs for DRB1*0402. These findings demonstrate that T cell recognition of distinct Dsg3 peptides is restricted by distinct HLA class II molecules and is independent from the development of pemphigus vulgaris.
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