Anti-Trib2 Autoantibody in Narcolepsy as A Result of Hypocretin/Orexin Nerve Deciduation
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Narcolepsy is a disabling disorder characterized by recurrent daytime sleepiness and cataplexy [1]. The 90% to 95% loss of hypocretin (also called orexin) neurons in postmortem brains of narcolepsy is reported [2]. An immunological pathogenesis for the lack of hypocretin neurons in narcolepsy has been suggested in view of the tight association with the HLA-DQB1*0602 [3-4]. Recent findings including our research showed 16-26% of narcolepsy patients having anti-tribbles pseudokinase 2 (TRIB2) autoantibody in their blood [5-7]. However, it remains to be clarified whether or not causal relationship exists between anti-TRIB2 autoantibody and narcolepsy. TRIB2 is highly expressed not only in hypothalamic hypocretin neurons but also in visceral fat [8]. As one possibility, natural occurring antibody against TRIB2 might be induced without the injuring of hypocretin neurons, because anti-TRIB2 antibodies were more prevalent in HLA-DQB1*0602 positive narcolepsy cases with cataplexy compared with cases without HLA-DQB1*0602 [7]. HLA-DQB1*0602 might be key factor to produce such a natural occurring antibody which cross-reacts with TRIB2 antigens.To test anti-TRIB2 autoantibody as the consequence of hypocretin cell destruction and release of its contents in the peripheral tissues, we examined if the anti-TRIB2 antibody titer changes following the loss of hypocretin neurons by using hypocretin/ataxin-3 transgenic (ataxin-3) mice, whose hypocretin neurons are postnatally ablated. No plasma obtained from young ataxin-3 mice before hypocretin neuron ablation (three and four-week-old; seven females and five males), two (16.7%) out of twelve 12~26-week-old ataxin-3 mice, and twelve (66.7%) out of eighteen 28~38-week-old ataxin-3 mice were positive for anti-TRIB2 autoantibodies in ELISA experiment. The plasma positive for anti-TRIB2 antibody on ELISA from over 26-week-old ataxin-3 mice, at the advanced stage of hypocretin cell destruction, also showed positive reactions against TRIB2 antigen in immunoblotting experiment, and this positive plasma specifically reacted with murine hypothalamic hypocretin neurons in immunofluorescence experiment.I. Hypocretin/orexin neurons were attacked and destructed by unknown inciting factor(s). II. Hypocretin/orexin neuron contents were released in the peripheral tissues. III. CD4+ T cells recognizes the presented TRIB2 antigen and is activated. IV. Activated CD4+ T cells stimulate CD8+ T cells and promotes anti-TRIB2 autoantibody production from B cells by using IL4.The latter releasing intracellular TRIB2 in peripheral might lead to the formation of autoantibodies. We conclude that anti- TRIB2 autoantibody in narcolepsy patients is the consequence of hypocretin cell deciduation by unidentified factors [9] (Figure 1).
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Susumu Tanaka, Hisao Yamada, Tohru Kodama
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