Dopamine D2 receptor on CD4 <superscript>+</superscript> T cells is protective against inflammatory responses and signs in a mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis.
In: Arthritis research & therapy, Jg. 25 (2023-05-26), Heft 1, S. 87
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Background: Dopamine is a neurotransmitter and has been found to regulate lymphocytes by acting on dopamine receptors (DRs). CD4 + T cells express all the five subtypes of DRs, D1R to D5R. Although CD4 + T cells have been involved in pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), roles of DRs expressed on these cells in RA are poorly understood. This study determined whether D2R expressed on CD4 + T cells regulates inflammatory responses and signs in collagen type II (CII)-induced arthritis (CIA), a mouse model of RA.
Methods: DBA/1 mice and C57BL/6 mice with global D1r or D2r deficiency (D1r -/- or D2r -/- ) or CD4 + T cell-specific D2r deletion (D2r fl/fl /CD4 Cre ) were used to prepare CIA model by intradermal injection of CII. D2R agonist sumanirole was intraperitoneally administered in CIA mice. CD4 + T cells obtained from CIA mice were exposed to sumanirole or/and D2R antagonist L-741,626 in vitro. Arthritic symptoms were assessed by clinical arthritis scores. Flow cytometric assay measured frequencies of CD4 + T cell subsets (Th1, Th2, Th17 and Treg cells). Expression of specific transcription factors for the CD4 + T cell subsets was tested by Western blot. Cytokine production was estimated by quantitative PCR and ELISA.
Results: CIA mice manifested a bias of CD4 + T cells towards Th1 and Th17 cells. D2r -/- CIA mice showed a stronger bias towards Th1 and Th17 phenotypes than CIA mice, while D1r -/- CIA mice did not show the changes. CD4 + T cell-specific D2r deletion exacerbated both the polarization towards Th1 and Th17 cells and the symptoms of arthritis. Sumanirole administration in CIA mice ameliorated the bias of CD4 + T cells towards Th1 and Th17 phenotypes as well as arthritic symptoms. Sumanirole treatment of in vitro CD4 + T cells obtained from CIA mice promoted the shift to Treg cells, and the effect of sumanirole was blocked by L-741,626.
Conclusions: D2R expressed on CD4 + T cells is protective against imbalance between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory T cells and arthritic symptoms in CIA.
(© 2023. The Author(s).)
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Dopamine D2 receptor on CD4 <superscript>+</superscript> T cells is protective against inflammatory responses and signs in a mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Wang, XQ ; Cai, HH ; Deng, QW ; Chang, YZ ; Peng, YP ; Qiu, YH |
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Zeitschrift: | Arthritis research & therapy, Jg. 25 (2023-05-26), Heft 1, S. 87 |
Veröffentlichung: | London : BioMed Central, 2003-, 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1478-6362 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1186/s13075-023-03071-1 |
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