PMID- 12794168 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030908 LR - 20220419 IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 170 IP - 12 DP - 2003 Jun 15 TI - Immunoglobulin activation of T cell chemoattractant expression in fibroblasts from patients with Graves' disease is mediated through the insulin-like growth factor I receptor pathway. PG - 6348-54 AB - Graves' disease (GD) is associated with T cell infiltration, but the mechanism for lymphocyte trafficking has remained uncertain. We reported previously that fibroblasts from patients with GD express IL-16, a CD4-specific chemoattractant, and RANTES, a C-C chemokine, in response to GD-specific IgG (GD-IgG). We unexpectedly found that these responses result from a functional interaction between GD-IgG and the insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I receptor (IGF-IR). IGF-I and the IGF-IR-specific IGF-I analog, des(1-3), mimic the effects of GD-IgG. Neither GD-IgG nor IGF-I activates chemoattractant expression in control fibroblasts from donors without GD. Interrupting IGF-IR function with specific receptor-blocking Abs or by transiently transfecting fibroblasts with a dominant negative mutant IGF-IR completely attenuates signaling provoked by GD-IgG. Moreover, GD-IgG displaces specific (125)I-labeled IGF-I binding to fibroblasts and attenuates IGF-IR detection by flow cytometry. These findings identify a novel disease mechanism involving a functional GD-IgG/IGF-IR bridge, which potentially explains T cell infiltration in GD. Interrupting this pathway may constitute a specific therapeutic strategy. FAU - Pritchard, Jane AU - Pritchard J AD - Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, USA. FAU - Han, Rui AU - Han R FAU - Horst, Noah AU - Horst N FAU - Cruikshank, William W AU - Cruikshank WW FAU - Smith, Terry J AU - Smith TJ LA - eng GR - EY08976/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - EY11708/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL32902/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - MO1RR00425/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Adjuvants, Immunologic) RN - 0 (Autoantigens) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL5) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) RN - 0 (Interleukin-16) RN - 0 (Iodine Radioisotopes) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, IGF Type 1) SB - IM MH - Adjuvants, Immunologic/biosynthesis/genetics/metabolism/physiology MH - Autoantigens/biosynthesis/genetics/metabolism/physiology MH - Cell Movement/immunology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemokine CCL5/*biosynthesis/physiology MH - Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/genetics/immunology MH - Fibroblasts/*immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Graves Disease/*immunology/pathology MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin G/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Interleukin-16/*biosynthesis/physiology MH - Iodine Radioisotopes/metabolism MH - Protein Binding/immunology MH - Receptor, IGF Type 1/biosynthesis/genetics/metabolism/*physiology MH - Signal Transduction/*immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes/cytology/*immunology MH - Transfection EDAT- 2003/06/10 05:00 MHDA- 2003/09/10 05:00 CRDT- 2003/06/10 05:00 PHST- 2003/06/10 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/09/10 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/06/10 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.170.12.6348 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2003 Jun 15;170(12):6348-54. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.12.6348.