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Medicine,
Pathology, and
Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York, College of Medicine, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210
Abnormal T cell activation and cell death underlie the pathology of systemic lupus erythematosus. Although mitochondrial hyperpolarization (MHP) represents an early and reversible checkpoint of T cell activation and apoptosis, lupus T cells exhibit persistent MHP. NO has recently been recognized as a key signal of mitochondrial biogenesis and mediator of MHP in human T lymphocytes. In this study, we show that persistent MHP was associated with increased mitochondrial mass (+47.7 ± 2.8%; p = 0.00017) and increased mitochondrial (+21.8 ± 4.1%; p = 0.016) and cytoplasmic Ca2+ content in T cells from 19 systemic lupus erythematosus patients with respect to 11 control donors (+38.0 ± 6.4%; p = 0.0023). Electron microscopy revealed that lupus lymphocytes contained 8.76 ± 1.0 mitochondria, while control donors contained 3.18 ± 0.28 mitochondria per cell (p = 0.0009). Increased mitochondrial mass in T cells was associated with 2.08 ± 0.09-fold enhanced NO production by lupus monocytes (p = 0.0023). Activation of T cells through the TCR initiates a biphasic elevation in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration, a rapid initial peak observed within minutes, and a plateau phase lasting up to 48 h. In response to CD3/CD28 costimulation, rapid Ca2+ fluxing was enhanced while the plateau phase was diminished in lupus T cells. NO-induced mitochondrial biogenesis in normal T cells enhanced the rapid phase and reduced the plateau of Ca2+ influx upon CD3/CD28 costimulation, thus mimicking the Ca2+ signaling profile of lupus T cells. Mitochondria constitute major Ca2+ stores and NO-dependent mitochondrial biogenesis may account for altered Ca2+ handling by lupus T cells.
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