Toll-like receptor activation in basophils contributes to the development of IgG4-related disease

作者：Watanabe Tomohiro^*; Yamashita Kouhei; Sakurai Toshiharu; Kudo Masatoshi; Shiokawa Masahiro; Uza Norimitsu; Kodama Yuzo; Uchida Kazushige; Okazaki Kazuichi; Chiba Tsutomu

来源：Journal of Gastroenterology, 2013, 48(2): 247-253.

DOI：10.1007/s00535-012-0626-8

• IgG4-related disease
• Basophil
• TLR

IgG4-related disease (IRD) is characterized by systemic IgG4 antibody responses and by infiltration of IgG4-expressing plasma cells into the affected organs. Although T helper type 2 (Th2) cytokines are implicated in enhanced IgG4 responses, molecular mechanisms accounting for the development of IgG4 antibody responses are poorly defined. Since basophils function as antigen-presenting cells for Th2 responses, we tried to clarify the role of basophils in the development of IgG4 responses in this study.
IgG4 and cytokine responses to various nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor and Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands were examined by using basophils isolated from healthy controls and from patients with IgG4-related disease.
Activation of TLRs in basophils from healthy controls induced IgG4 production by B cells, which effect was associated with enhanced production of B cell activating factor (BAFF) and IL-13. In addition, activation of TLRs in basophils from patients with IRD induced a large amount of IgG4 by B cells from healthy controls. This enhancement of IgG4 production was again associated with BAFF and IL-13.
These data suggest that innate immune responses mediated through TLRs may play a role in the development of IgG4-related disease, in part by production of BAFF from basophils.

• 出版日期2013-2