PMID- 24353159 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140813 LR - 20211203 IS - 1946-6242 (Electronic) IS - 1946-6234 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 216 DP - 2013 Dec 18 TI - CD4+ T cell autoimmunity to hypocretin/orexin and cross-reactivity to a 2009 H1N1 influenza A epitope in narcolepsy. PG - 216ra176 LID - 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007762 [doi] AB - Narcolepsy, a disorder strongly associated with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQA1*01:02/DQB1*06:02 (DQ0602), is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, and rapid eye movement sleep abnormalities. It is caused by the loss of ~70,000 posterior hypothalamic neurons that produce the wake-promoting neuropeptide hypocretin (HCRT) (orexin). We identified two DQ0602-binding HCRT epitopes, HCRT56-68 and HCRT87-99, that activated a subpopulation of CD4(+) T cells in narcolepsy patients but not in DQ0602-positive healthy control subjects. Because of the established association of narcolepsy with the 2009 H1N1 influenza A strain (pH1N1), we administered a seasonal influenza vaccine (containing pH1N1) to patients with narcolepsy and found an increased frequency of circulating HCRT56-68- and HCRT87-99-reactive T cells. We also identified a hemagglutinin (HA) pHA1 epitope specific to the 2009 H1N1 strain, pHA1275-287, with homology to HCRT56-68 and HCRT87-99. In vitro stimulation of narcolepsy CD4(+) T cells with pH1N1 proteins or pHA1275-287 increased the frequency of HCRT56-68- and HCRT87-99-reactive T cells. Our data indicate the presence of CD4(+) T cells that are reactive to HCRT in narcolepsy patients and possible molecular mimicry between HCRT and a similar epitope in influenza pH1N1, pHA1275-287. FAU - De la Herran-Arita, Alberto K AU - De la Herran-Arita AK AD - Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. FAU - Kornum, Birgitte Rahbek AU - Kornum BR FAU - Mahlios, Josh AU - Mahlios J FAU - Jiang, Wei AU - Jiang W FAU - Lin, Ling AU - Lin L FAU - Hou, Tieying AU - Hou T FAU - Macaubas, Claudia AU - Macaubas C FAU - Einen, Mali AU - Einen M FAU - Plazzi, Giuseppe AU - Plazzi G FAU - Crowe, Catherine AU - Crowe C FAU - Newell, Evan W AU - Newell EW FAU - Davis, Mark M AU - Davis MM FAU - Mellins, Elizabeth D AU - Mellins ED FAU - Mignot, Emmanuel AU - Mignot E LA - eng GR - P50 NS23724/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AI095813/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - U19AI057229/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Retracted Publication PL - United States TA - Sci Transl Med JT - Science translational medicine JID - 101505086 RN - 0 (Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (H1N1 virus hemagglutinin) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ alpha-Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ beta-Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DQA1 antigen) RN - 0 (HLA-DQB1 antigen) RN - 0 (Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus) RN - 0 (Influenza Vaccines) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Neuropeptides) RN - 0 (Orexins) RN - 0 (pandemrix) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) RN - EC 3.2.2.5 (CD38 protein, human) RN - EC 3.2.2.6 (ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1) SB - IM CIN - Nat Rev Immunol. 2014 Feb;14(2):66-7. PMID: 24445664 CIN - Sci Transl Med. 2014 Jun 25;6(242):242le3. PMID: 24964988 RIN - De la Herran-Arita AK, Kornum BR, Mahlios J, Jiang W, Lin L, Hou T, Macaubas C, Einen M, Plazzi G, Crowe C, Newell EW, Davis MM, Mellins ED, Mignot E. Sci Transl Med. 2014 Jul 30;6(247):247rt1. PMID: 25080479 MH - ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1/immunology MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - *Autoimmunity/genetics MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Child MH - Cross Reactions MH - Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics/immunology MH - Female MH - HLA-DQ alpha-Chains/genetics MH - HLA-DQ beta-Chains/genetics MH - Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/genetics/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype/genetics/*immunology MH - Influenza Vaccines/adverse effects/immunology MH - Influenza, Human/immunology/virology MH - Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics/*immunology MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Male MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/immunology MH - Middle Aged MH - Molecular Mimicry/genetics/immunology MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Narcolepsy/etiology/genetics/*immunology MH - Neuropeptides/genetics/*immunology MH - Orexins MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Translational Research, Biomedical MH - Twins, Monozygotic MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2013/12/20 06:00 MHDA- 2014/08/15 06:00 CRDT- 2013/12/20 06:00 PHST- 2013/12/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/08/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 5/216/216ra176 [pii] AID - 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007762 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sci Transl Med. 2013 Dec 18;5(216):216ra176. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007762.